A DECADE-OLD stink has made an unwelcome return to a port town.<\/p>\n
Locals in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, have been forced to shut their windows and doors thanks to the \"eyewatering\" stench. <\/p>\n
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Scores of people living in the area have shared their disgust at the poor quality of air.<\/p>\n
One person said on Facebook that the smell was \"so strong\" they were \"waking up in the night to shut the windows\".<\/p>\n
Another posted on Twitter: \"I dont know if its dead fish, some sort of s*** or rotting toenails. <\/p>\n
\"The whole place, including Sealand Road, f***ing stinks.\"<\/p>\n
While a third compared it to \"chicken poo\" and a fourth said it \"makes your eyes water\". <\/p>\n
The notorious \"Sealand stink\" - named after the road where it smells strongest - has plagued the town for years.<\/p>\n
People have been likening it to the smell of a burning oven since at least 2004, but some say complaints go as far back as the 1950s. <\/p>\n
It seemed to die down for several years in the noughties, but it now appears to be back with a vengeance. <\/p>\n
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No-one has confirmed the source of the pong, but several have pointed the finger at a farm on Sealand Road, which borders England and Wales.<\/p>\n
One resident told CheshireLive the \"foul smell\" resembles \"dead bodies and human waste\".<\/p>\n
They said in July: \"We have now endured the smell for almost a month and it has become unbearable.<\/p>\n
\"People we have spoken to have referred to it as smelling like dead bodies rotting and human waste.<\/p>\n
\"After speaking with other fellow residents, many who are farmers who have been here for years and years, they agree too that it's unlike anything they have ever smelt before.\"<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, an environmental campaigner said: \"The so-called 'Sealand stink' was never connected with farmland. <\/p>\n
\"It first appeared back in the 70s and was connected with the sewage works. <\/p>\n
\"This is still not perfect but is many times better since Welsh Water upgraded the plant and removed processing from it.\"<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for Natural Resources Wales said it was working with the land owner and local authority to investigate the matter.<\/p>\n
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