[Vivienne]

Last Saturday, Annie Mac was discussing sounds of Summer, and was asking which sound would signify the beginning of Summer for listeners.

So, what would it be for you? The sound of ice-cream van chimes? The sound of grass being cut, etc.?

[Vivienne]

As pointed out to me by Zoots in the Chatroom, this topic can also cover "summer smells".

[MK Chris]

Smells - pollen. I'm lucky enough not to suffer from hay fever, but the pungent and very noticeable smell of pollen makes me feel very summery.

[Zoot]

I love the 'dirty air' smell you get after a rain storm after a very sunny period. It smells very fresh and natural, and the air is cooler too

[Vivienne]

Dirty air is cool. Another smell = newly cut grass. And the salt off the sea. mmm

[Bonanzoid]

Not particularly summery, but I love the smell of petrol. Yum!

[Vivienne]

I like petrol... and the smell of underground stations: I'm gonna love being dead.

[Zoot]

I like petrol... and the smell of underground stations: I'm gonna love being dead.

Why? is it in your will how you want to be buried? Slung onto the underground train track covered in ~Petrol?

[TIAL]

Probably the sizzle of meat on a BBQ! Mmmm

[rustybike]

I like the smell of petrol too... don't know why though.

I also like the smell of freshly baked bread... now THAT'S a good smell!

[Vivienne]

I like petrol... and the smell of underground stations: I'm gonna love being dead.

Why? is it in your will how you want to be buried? Slung onto the underground train track covered in ~Petrol?

No!!!! It kind of came out the wrong way!! It was a joke: the being underground "thing". I wish to be buried at sea, I think.

[Ezza]

I don't like the underground. Its all hot and sweaty and horrible, and they have rules where you can look apparently?

[Vivienne]

Where you can LOOK? Never heard of that one? They have security in Glasgow, but I think that's so no-one gets pushed under a train!!

[TIAL]

Where you can LOOK? Never heard of that one?

It's an unwritten rule that you don't make eye contact with someone more than once. Most people seem to just stare at the free papers.

[Ezza]

You're not allowed to looks at the maps either. That makes you look like a tourist apparently.

[Vivienne]

O that's what Ezza meant. Yeah, I always read all the ads. above the seats!! Or read the "metro".

[TIAL]

You're not allowed to looks at the maps either. That makes you look like a tourist apparently.

That's where I draw the line - why are Londoners so grumpy about the fact that their city attracts lots of 'outsiders'? Who cares if you look like a tourist, I say.

[Vivienne]

What does a tourist look like? Is there a London "look"?

[MK Chris]

I love the 'dirty air' smell you get after a rain storm after a very sunny period. It smells very fresh and natural, and the air is cooler too

I agree with that, I love the bit where the storm is going on as well.

Probably the sizzle of meat on a BBQ! Mmmm

That's a cracking smell whether it's on the barbecue or on the grill in the kitchen. You're right, though, barbecue is great.

I don't like the underground. Its all hot and sweaty and horrible, and they have rules where you can look apparently?

The underground is efficient, but incredibly dirty. I have to have a shower once I've got home after being on the tube.

They have security in Glasgow, but I think that's so no-one gets pushed under a train!!

Until I spoke to our office in Cumbernauld yesterday I wasn't even aware there is an underground in Glasgow.

[Vivienne]

Yeh, there's an underground in Glasgow. I shall be on it by this evening. It's nickname = "The Clockwork Orange": because the trains are orange and go round in a clockwork fashion. Great, Eh?

[MK Chris]

Is that a real nickname used by lots of people, or one you made up that only you use?

[Zoot]

I was about to ask that

Overrated film too...

[Vivienne]

Look, it's the actual name for the thing. It was even on the TV at the time. See you another day. .

[Zoot]

The origin of the Subway's nickname, "The Clockwork Orange" (coined from the title of the book and film A Clockwork Orange) is subject to dispute. Some believe that it was originally coined by the media of the period, whilst others credit it to the then chairman of British Rail, Sir Peter Parker, who was quoted in a late 1970s publicity video of the new trains as saying "so these are the original Clockwork Orange"[17]. Most of its carriages were painted orange, the corporate colour of Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive at the time. Most of the units have since been replaced with a new colour scheme of carmine and cream with a thin orange band, which will be implemented progressively throughout the fleet as cars are refurbished.
In Aileen Paterson's 1984 children's story "Maisie Goes To Glasgow", the Subway is referred to as 'The Clockwork Orange', and includes an illustration of a train.
South London Indie band Carter USM used the title "2007 A Clockwork Orange" with a picture of the Glasgow underground train for their Glasgow farewell gig at Barrowlands on 20 October 2007.
While the "Clockwork Orange" nickname is often used in tourist guidebooks and local literature, it is virtually unused by locals themselves, who will refer to the system simply as "the Subway" or, less commonly, "the Underground", and less commonly still - although becoming increasingly common due to influence from London "The Tube".

[MK Chris]

I was about to ask that

It would appear Viv is right:

The origin of the Subway's nickname, "The Clockwork Orange" (coined from the title of the book and film A Clockwork Orange) is subject to dispute. Some believe that it was originally coined by the media of the period, whilst others credit it to the then chairman of British Rail, Sir Peter Parker, who was quoted in a late 1970s publicity video of the new trains as saying "so these are the original Clockwork Orange". Most of its carriages were painted orange, the corporate colour of Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive at the time. Most of the units have since been replaced with a new colour scheme of carmine and cream with a thin orange band, which will be implemented progressively throughout the fleet as cars are refurbished.

In Aileen Paterson's 1984 children's story "Maisie Goes To Glasgow", the Subway is referred to as 'The Clockwork Orange', and includes an illustration of a train.

South London Indie band Carter USM used the title "2007 A Clockwork Orange" with a picture of the Glasgow underground train for their Glasgow farewell gig at Barrowlands on 20 October 2007.

While the "Clockwork Orange" nickname is often used in tourist guidebooks and local literature, it is virtually unused by locals themselves, who will refer to the system simply as "the Subway" or, less commonly, "the Underground", and less commonly still - although becoming increasingly common due to influence from London "The Tube".

I think it's a silly nickname.

Overrated film too...

It was ahead of its time, but has aged.