The Great Stink at The Museum of London

[Capt. Dirigible]

If anyone would like to know what London smelled like during 'The Great Stink' of 1858, (when the combination of a scorching hot summer along with tons and tons of raw, untreated sewage being dumped daily in the Thames and the streets of London being awash with human waste before Joseph Bazalgette developed the modern sewage system) now's your chance!!

The Museum of London has a new 'attraction' (for want of a better description) in which the miasma caused by the above described conditions is reproduced for your delectation..mmm, nice.

[Rockula]

Sounds like a load of.....

[Prof Thadeus Q. Wychlock]

......... shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipped in material to general a distasteful odour    

[Rockula]

And it appears that, unless The Metro has confused it's venues, there's something similar happening at the London Dungeon.

[Augustus Longeye]

And a few of the underground stations as well....
~Longeye~

[Mr Peter Harrow, Esq]

"He who smelt it, dealt it."

A quote from the Parliamentary debate on the Great Stink.

[Kittybriton]

Perhaps those members who have opportunity to visit any of the above will be kind enough to report any diagnoses of cholera? I know Doctor Snow will be interested.

[Crescat Scientia]

I have seen docents at living history museums acknowledge that many of the less savory aromas of the past are lacking in their recreations.

Given how deeply our senses of smell affect our memories, perhaps this is a service.