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posted on 3 Nov 2006 by Will Hand
I would like to add:


"Dave.C" wrote in message
. uk...
I remember walking into a lampost as a child as you literally couldn't
see in front of your face. The deadening of all sound is another vivid
memory. I also recall whenever we drove from Essex to relatives in
West London a smog always seemed to appear when we hit Barking. The
fog seems to be one thing us older ones can all agree on! Dave


Yep I can remember Manchester in the late 1950s when I was about 6 or
7, fogs were so thick that if you put your hand out in front of your
face you couldn't see it barely and I exagerrate not. They were very
sooty too. Always told to cover my mouth. Yet by the mid 60s those
fogs were a thing of the past.

Then I probably experienced one of the last ones when I was at college
in 1965 - everything came to a halt and I had to walk from Picadilly
to Whalley Range, going round the back of All Saints and through Moss
Side, which was a bit scary as it was mostly flattened prior to
rebuilding with scattered pubs which could not be demolished until
licences ran out (I think).

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