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Post by Henbury Gas on Mar 8, 2018 3:22:47 GMT
Oh yes, it definitely smelled of gas. That was coal gas, produced from finest coal brought from the South Wales coal field by train and unloaded at dedicated sidings just up from Stapleton Road station. T his was when the Filton Bank into Bristol TM was a 4 track layout, to cope with the amount of rail traffic. In the 1970's they took up 2 sets of track because they decided 4 weren't needed. Network rail are now in the process of relaying the he 4 track system, at huge expense, because the 2 tracks can no longer cope with the amount of rail traffic. Progress, huh?Anyway, back to the smell. When Natural Gas was introduced, coal gas was phased out, rendering the Eastville works redundant. The old works were gradually demolished, along with the vast Gasometers used to store the produced gas, ready to be distributed on demand. As someone else has said, Natural Gas is odourless, so an aroma similar to the old gas is added to enable early detection of leaks. On the other hand, Ashton Gate stinks of sh1t. They used to be able to blame this unpleasantness on the New Cut which wound its malodorous way through South Bristol and behind the stadium. Those of a certain age will recall that Bristols raw sewage was emptied into the river on the ebb tide so it would be carried out to sea. During the summer it used to absolutely stink. I can remember sitting on the top deck of the 94 Bristol Omnibus service going to Redcliffe school. If the tide was going out you could clearly see turds, used condoms and toilet paper bobbing merrily along. Thankfully we have become much more Eco-conscious. All sewage is now treated, and no effluent of any kind is emptied into the river. Apart from being very muddy, the water is now clean, fish can be caught and I have seen Cormorants fishing along the New Cut. And so to our six-fingered friends at AG. Unable to blame the foul stink in their ground on external origins, all of football now knows that the sh**ty smell Eminates from the dirty, unwashed plebs that frequent the venue on match days. Hence their nickname. Simple really! and they are going to rebuild Henbury Station at a cost of £10-12m next year to cope with all the new houses at Cribbs  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2018 3:25:13 GMT
Oh yes, it definitely smelled of gas. That was coal gas, produced from finest coal brought from the South Wales coal field by train and unloaded at dedicated sidings just up from Stapleton Road station. T his was when the Filton Bank into Bristol TM was a 4 track layout, to cope with the amount of rail traffic. In the 1970's they took up 2 sets of track because they decided 4 weren't needed. Network rail are now in the process of relaying the he 4 track system, at huge expense, because the 2 tracks can no longer cope with the amount of rail traffic. Progress, huh?Anyway, back to the smell. When Natural Gas was introduced, coal gas was phased out, rendering the Eastville works redundant. The old works were gradually demolished, along with the vast Gasometers used to store the produced gas, ready to be distributed on demand. As someone else has said, Natural Gas is odourless, so an aroma similar to the old gas is added to enable early detection of leaks. On the other hand, Ashton Gate stinks of sh1t. They used to be able to blame this unpleasantness on the New Cut which wound its malodorous way through South Bristol and behind the stadium. Those of a certain age will recall that Bristols raw sewage was emptied into the river on the ebb tide so it would be carried out to sea. During the summer it used to absolutely stink. I can remember sitting on the top deck of the 94 Bristol Omnibus service going to Redcliffe school. If the tide was going out you could clearly see turds, used condoms and toilet paper bobbing merrily along. Thankfully we have become much more Eco-conscious. All sewage is now treated, and no effluent of any kind is emptied into the river. Apart from being very muddy, the water is now clean, fish can be caught and I have seen Cormorants fishing along the New Cut. And so to our six-fingered friends at AG. Unable to blame the foul stink in their ground on external origins, all of football now knows that the sh**ty smell Eminates from the dirty, unwashed plebs that frequent the venue on match days. Hence their nickname. Simple really! and they are going to rebuild Henbury Station at a cost of £10-12m next year to cope with all the new houses at Cribbs I wonder if a new treaty with the European trading bloc will be 're negotiated in 50 years?? |
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Post by Congas on Mar 8, 2018 6:21:11 GMT
The sewage treatment plant is in Avonmouth, built in the 60s. A tunnel was blasted from there to town under the Avon Gorge and the rock was used as underlay for the motorways being built at the time. No idea how it links up with the sewage system in town but you can see a few pipes and valves on the side of the Portway not far from the suspension bridge. Eastville did whiff of gas at times. Natural gas needed different sized holes in the burners.
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Post by southencl on Mar 8, 2018 8:14:55 GMT
Back in the 50's and 60's there was a large sewage treatment works in Feeder Road serving south Bristol. The sewage seen in the New Cut and City Docks at that time came largely from the ships using the docks - mainly Guiness boats, Holmes Sand and Gravel and of course dozens of small privately owned boats.
The coal gas of that era was the common method of suicide at that time!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2018 8:20:26 GMT
The smell was the fumes from the ovens that heated the coal to produce the gas.Steam was released into the furnaces to increase the amount of gas recovered.
That was the reason for the clouds of damp white smoke that we all consumed especially when stood on the tote.
Happy days!
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Post by biggsy on Mar 8, 2018 10:14:09 GMT
Coal gas and Woodbines, a heady mix that takes me back to the '50s and the damp Saturdays at Eastville!
There was no other ground that could produce an atmosphere to compare!
Bygone days that are gone forever and probably for H & S just as well.
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Post by Squiffy on Mar 8, 2018 10:14:46 GMT
The smell was the fumes from the ovens that heated the coal to produce the gas.Steam was released into the furnaces to increase the amount of gas recovered. That was the reason for the clouds of damp white smoke that we all consumed especially when stood on the tote. Happy days! It’s amazing that anyone who attended Eastville regularly and breathed that lot in is still alive! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2018 12:18:10 GMT
The smell was the fumes from the ovens that heated the coal to produce the gas.Steam was released into the furnaces to increase the amount of gas recovered. That was the reason for the clouds of damp white smoke that we all consumed especially when stood on the tote. Happy days! It’s amazing that anyone who attended Eastville regularly and breathed that lot in is still alive! Snowflake |
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Post by Eaststaffsgas on Mar 8, 2018 15:45:18 GMT
My earliest memories of being taken to the ground by my dad, particularly at evening games, was the smell of gas and cigars. We used to walk around the back of the North stand where the smell was unmistakeable, to get into the north enclosure.Once there, I was struck by the greenness of the grass under floodlights and the site of someone chipping the ball towards Stuart Taylor who would head the ball what seemed like 100 yards back towards the kicker.I was about seven at the time and Stuart was like a man mountain to me.
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Post by slam on Mar 8, 2018 16:56:33 GMT
Can anyone else remember the smell from the greyhound kennels as you walked into the ground from the Muller Road end.
TBH, the smell of gas was like a breath of fresh air when you eventually made it to the stadium.
Ahhhhh - Those were the days!!!!
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Post by paulpirate on Mar 8, 2018 17:04:08 GMT
Gas doesn't smell, the aroma is added so you can smell a leak. methane smells |
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Post by Marshy on Mar 8, 2018 17:27:43 GMT
Gas doesn't smell, the aroma is added so you can smell a leak. methane smells Yes I can vouch for that the missus is always farting in bed, dirty cow! |
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Post by EssoBlue on Mar 8, 2018 18:13:06 GMT
What about smell of petrol and motorbike exhaust fumes during the Bristol Bulldogs speedway days?
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Post by oldgas on Mar 8, 2018 19:04:20 GMT
The sewage treatment plant is in Avonmouth, built in the 60s. A tunnel was blasted from there to town under the Avon Gorge and the rock was used as underlay for the motorways being built at the time. No idea how it links up with the sewage system in town but you can see a few pipes and valves on the side of the Portway not far from the suspension bridge. Eastville did whiff of gas at times. Natural gas needed different sized holes in the burners. That's right. I remember when the gas supply change-over was taking place Gas Board fitters visited every house with a gas supply, and changed the burners of the gas Hobs and ovens of all property in a given area. Once that was completed the supply was changed and the fitters moved to the next district to be changed. It was a fairly quick process in the 1960's because most homes had a gas cooker and that was it. There was hardly any gas boilers to be changed over to N G, most homes made do with an open coal fire in one room in the winters of my childhood. simple, but happy times. And we had the Gas to look k forward to every other Saturday. |
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Post by paulpirate on Mar 8, 2018 19:35:09 GMT
Yes I can vouch for that the missus is always farting in bed, dirty cow! bet it smells like roses though |
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Post by Marshy on Mar 8, 2018 19:37:28 GMT
Yes I can vouch for that the missus is always farting in bed, dirty cow! bet it smells like roses though No, it smells like sh**. |
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Post by paulpirate on Mar 8, 2018 21:18:52 GMT
bet it smells like roses though No, it smells like sh**. must be a ted |
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Post by e4bandrobinstubbs on Mar 8, 2018 21:40:41 GMT
and they are going to rebuild Henbury Station at a cost of £10-12m next year to cope with all the new houses at Cribbs I wonder if a new treaty with the European trading bloc will be 're negotiated in 50 years?? Don't worry about henbury station and houses at cribbs. By the time that all comes around the (european) economy will be fooked and EU Johnny foreigner will have cleared off somewhere else. These homes will be empty and ruined but full of african refugees. And prince chavvy and meggan mughal will be worshipped even more than now. Yippee. |
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Post by lympstonegas on Mar 9, 2018 13:40:31 GMT
Love the new City scarfs - they love us so much they've put a gas icon on their scarf (gasmask) to help with the stink of their sh** no doubt and of course finally accepted they are 82ers - not sure why they are arguing over the other dates as seen irrelevent to me www.otib.co.uk/index.php?/topic/193560-section-82-scarves/ |
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Post by paulpirate on Mar 9, 2018 15:33:58 GMT
Love the new City scarfs - they love us so much they've put a gas icon on their scarf (gasmask) to help with the stink of their sh** no doubt and of course finally accepted they are 82ers - not sure why they are arguing over the other dates as seen irredentist to me www.otib.co.uk/index.php?/topic/193560-section-82-scarves/ultras 👊😂 Dam cocks |
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