Comments on: A Proper Pea-Souper – The Terrible London Smog of 1952 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952/ A blog about 20th Century London Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:01:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Theo http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952/comment-page-1/#comment-143058 Theo Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:57:59 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952.html#comment-143058 And all the brightly polished silver in our house went black. The reaction between silver and the hydrogen sulphide(?) in the smog. And all the brightly polished silver in our house went black. The reaction between silver and the hydrogen sulphide(?) in the smog.

]]> By: Theo http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952/comment-page-1/#comment-143013 Theo Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:52:50 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952.html#comment-143013 As an eight year old kid in the big smog, it was fun, fun, fun! As an eight year old kid in the big smog, it was fun, fun, fun!

]]> By: Shirley Shackleton http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952/comment-page-1/#comment-139973 Shirley Shackleton Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:34:09 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952.html#comment-139973 I need to know what happened to wild birds, caged birds and animals curing the Great Smog of 1952. How many pets died? They must have been legion. This is a wonderul site. I need to know what happened to wild birds, caged birds and animals curing the Great Smog of 1952. How many pets died? They must have been legion.

This is a wonderul site.

]]> By: The smog of 1952 | Cutlock and Co http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952/comment-page-1/#comment-139897 The smog of 1952 | Cutlock and Co Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:09:20 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952.html#comment-139897 [...] photos from London smog of 1952. Wrong weather + burning coal = big problem for London.” The photo page on Nickel in the Machine is dated 2008, so not sure why Ancestry has flashed it up now, but good to [...] [...] photos from London smog of 1952. Wrong weather + burning coal = big problem for London.” The photo page on Nickel in the Machine is dated 2008, so not sure why Ancestry has flashed it up now, but good to [...]

]]> By: Nethi http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952/comment-page-1/#comment-137780 Nethi Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:30:51 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952.html#comment-137780 My family came to London in 1957 and I remeber the London Smog very well. You could follow your own sister home thinking it was the girl next door. It was really bad, although nothing like the 1952 Smog. It's the first time I have heard of it. Thank God this will never happen again - the majority of factories have been moved out of London and no one burns coal in fireplaces anymore thus no chimneys to release fumes into the atmosphere. My family came to London in 1957 and I remeber the London Smog very well.
You could follow your own sister home thinking it was the girl next door. It was really bad, although nothing like the 1952 Smog. It’s the first time I have heard of it.
Thank God this will never happen again – the majority of factories have been moved out of London and no one burns coal in fireplaces anymore thus no chimneys to release fumes into the atmosphere.

]]> By: Did You Have A Foggy Day In London Town? from Jeremy Jacobs Host Presenter http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952/comment-page-1/#comment-137717 Did You Have A Foggy Day In London Town? from Jeremy Jacobs Host Presenter Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:22:52 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952.html#comment-137717 [...] More Share on Twitter [...] [...] More Share on Twitter [...]

]]> By: Belinda Harman http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952/comment-page-1/#comment-137533 Belinda Harman Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:45:44 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952.html#comment-137533 Just read some of the other comments I used to live on the Highway in Shadwell E.1 as well but later in 1980 in a tower block when I was young and first married we had a bad fog one night. My husband was out I awoke to a banging on the bedroom window which scared me as we were on the 13 th floor. Turned out to be birds probably sea gulls banging into the windows because they couldn't see the tower block in the fog. My father was hospitalised for months in 1955 aged 18 for TB which was a lot more common then, I'm wondering if this was connected to the smog problem in London? Just read some of the other comments I used to live on the Highway in Shadwell E.1 as well but later in 1980 in a tower block when I was young and first married we had a bad fog one night. My husband was out I awoke to a banging on the bedroom window which scared me as we were on the 13 th floor. Turned out to be birds probably sea gulls banging into the windows because they couldn’t see the tower block in the fog. My father was hospitalised for months in 1955 aged 18 for TB which was a lot more common then, I’m wondering if this was connected to the smog problem in London?

]]> By: Belinda Harman http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952/comment-page-1/#comment-137521 Belinda Harman Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:29:31 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952.html#comment-137521 Really great photo's but I was born in 1961 and remember being in my pushchair and my Mum apologising to people as she waked into them with the pram I was probably about 2 but I remember not being able to see anything, you could not see your hand in front of your face so those fogs didn't vanish over night. I think that comment that London has clearer air now than since the middle ages is incorrect. We may not have the cheap coal fires anymore but we have many more millions of people in London now and many more cars, air conditioners, various heating vents, aeroplanes going over London, constant building work going on etc how could it be cleaner than the middle ages? That is ridiculous. Whenever I manage to get out ofLondon you can immediately feel how much easier it is to breath and someone I know who has just moved to London says he wakes up with dirty fingernails in London. Really great photo’s but I was born in 1961 and remember being in my pushchair and my Mum apologising to people as she waked into them with the pram I was probably about 2 but I remember not being able to see anything, you could not see your hand in front of your face so those fogs didn’t vanish over night.
I think that comment that London has clearer air now than since the middle ages is incorrect. We may not have the cheap coal fires anymore but we have many more millions of people in London now and many more cars, air conditioners, various heating vents, aeroplanes going over London, constant building work going on etc how could it be cleaner than the middle ages?
That is ridiculous. Whenever I manage to get out ofLondon you can immediately feel how much easier it is to breath and someone I know who has just moved to London says he wakes up with dirty fingernails in London.

]]> By: Caroline http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952/comment-page-1/#comment-137519 Caroline Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:28:42 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952.html#comment-137519 My Dad's brother was killed in the smog of 1952. Until seeing these photos I couldn't imagine what it was like - thanks for telling the story. My Dad’s brother was killed in the smog of 1952. Until seeing these photos I couldn’t imagine what it was like – thanks for telling the story.

]]> By: Alan Reynolds http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952/comment-page-1/#comment-137514 Alan Reynolds Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:19:04 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952.html#comment-137514 My parents moved house from London NW2 to Crawley in Sussex on Monday 8 Dec 1952. We children went with them. I recall sitting in the cab of the removal van as it drove slowly through London. I was 10 yrs at the time so have no memory of the route we took. I do however recall arriving at our brand new house in Crawley, constructed by Crawley Development commission. It had no heating that night. My parents moved house from London NW2 to Crawley in Sussex on Monday 8 Dec 1952. We children went with them. I recall sitting in the cab of the removal van as it drove slowly through London. I was 10 yrs at the time so have no memory of the route we took. I do however recall arriving at our brand new house in Crawley, constructed by Crawley Development commission. It had no heating that night.

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