Good post 409, happy days and many great memories. I was a ball boy in 1962, the new smaller balls without laces were being used by then. We still had some of the old balls with laces left in a room next to where the ref and the ball boys got changed though, we used them during the warm up. When we had the occasional brief shower in late November (like you do in Oldham)🙂 at about 8 years old I could hardly lift the things when they were soaked.
The smell of Winter Green rub was everywhere, although I didn’t really think about it the time there was another unfamiliar smell about the place too, I later discovered it was Scotch Whiskey, guess why?
When I eventually found my true home in the Chaddy the smell of Old Virginia pipe tobacco was another favourite along with Bovril.
Whenever I get a whiff of any of those things it takes me back to happy days, almost heaven.
Potatoe Puffs, blue and white painted rickers, and half time scores all long gone but still fondly remembered.