In Person
Talk
Gosport Museum and Art Gallery, The Roberts Room, 19 Walpole Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 1NS
How did Gosport smell 50, 100, or 150 years ago? Why are smells, perfumes, odours, and fragrances so evocative?
In this light-hearted session, Peter Cardy invites you to remember once-familiar smells like Jeyes Fluid, Lifebuoy Soap, town gas, cough mixture, and antiseptics. Rain on a dry street? Your first girlfriend’s perfume, or your boyfriend’s aftershave? School dinners, sherbet lemons, aniseed balls? Meanwhile, what was going on down below if you got the drains up? If you remember Brobat, Bronco, school dinners, horses or dogs in the street, this session is for you.
Bring your memories of historic smells, and if you have examples or images to share, bring them with you to this feast of olfactory nose-talgia.
Duration approx. 60 minutes
Event Times
Friday 06 September 1800
Tuesday 10 September 1030
Access
Fully accessible building. Some on-road parking for Blue Badge holders to the sides of the venue.
Additional Information
Town car parks close by, and Morrrisons Supermarket is next door for customers. Lovely cafe on site for drinks and snacks from local suppliers, also local makers’ items in the giftshop. Take time to view the other free displays in the Museum and Gallery.
Organised By
Peter Cardy
Directions
Adjacent to Morrison’s Supermarket.
