Scriv 168 Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 Carmarthen mate; been here nine years. Lived in Narberth, Pembs for a few months in the early 1990's whilst working for Nightfreight; that gave me the taste for the area and I came down here for good after I sold me Dad's place in 2003. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted November 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 When our place gets too much for us we intend to move south; possibly Pembroke or Builth. Not for some time yet though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Perhaps Compo's new car? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 I lived in Buxton in Derbyshire in the mid to late 60s, everyone was a serry. Colin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Anybody remember the phrase used by many corpo bus conductors in the 50s and 60s to the standing bus passengers as the bus pulled away fron the stop/terminus OJA TITES Roughly translated to hold on tight Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susyshoes 69 Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 'serry' was definately used in Hucknall , although not so much now so im thinking its from the pits Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big Mac 12 Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 "Serry" was a common form of greeting among my football mates of the '60s, '70s. I remember one lad turned up for one match with a newly styled Beatles cut. He got the usual "Ay-Up Serry" So I told him he was the Serry with the fringe on top. Always assumed Serry was slang for mate or similar. A regards the word sorry (as in aplogising) a replacement for that when playing football was "Sos." You'd foul someone and say "Sos, mate." Course you could have also said, "Sos, Serry." But not if you had a lisp. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 825 Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 I think Scriv is probably right it is from sirrah used in Elizabethen times. It isn't a million miles away from the American English sirree, heard more in the southern states. Probably from the old French seigneur - a noble/gentleman which also can be linked to senior (older). Which goes back to latin ,senere to be old. Probably back to the mists of time. What is sad is that the regional variations that you could hear frequently 50 yrs ago are much rarer nowadays. Will there be any variations in another 50yrs? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bing 78 Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Perhaps somebody in Nottingham could approach the Nottingham Evening Post and get a reporter with a tape machine of some sorts to interview older people to get the dialects down for posterity. They are dying. My dad died in January last year aged 92 and he used words that I didn't and I use words my son doesn't, especially as he now lives in Edinburgh! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Where are you based now Scriv? Have family in Llanidloes. Small world. I once did a horse carriage driving course in Llanidloes. Stayed at a hotel called Lloyds just up from the old town hall. Possibly the friendliest hotel I have ever stayed at. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 I often hear Sirree, but thought it was more an Eastwood/Kimberley/Underwood phrase rather than Nottingham. I heard it yesterday in a pub in Bagthorpe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattsdigs 104 Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Serry, being a derivative of "sirrah" as told by my father, comes to notts vie the yorkshire pits especially those close to Barnsley. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Serry was a term used in the Soddam area of Radford in the 1960s. (Soddam being that bit around Canterbury Road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Phoenix Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Hope it's OK to throw in my two pennerth! I'm new here and I'm finding some of the threads absolutely fascinating and so many reawakened memories. What an incredible site. I'm not not Nottingham born and bred. I moved there in 1961 as an 11 yr old and the first thing that struck me was the way people spoke. I was born near Liverpool so was unfamiliar with other regional accents and words. The first strange word I remember was 'sucker'. Used for ' lolly ice'. I'd only heard them called ice lolly, so another difference. But I remember hearing 'serray' and eventually realising it meant friend or mate. It must be over 40 years since I've thought about it...but serendipity is a strange thing. I'm reading a book called Rustication by Charles Palliser. 'Sirrah' is used by one male to another and it wasn't a term I'd heard. I looked it up and it goes back to 16th century. Used as a greeting by males often where one is 'lower class' than the other. Class issues aside, that seems neat. I had student friends from the North East in the early 70s who used it as a term of fond greeting. Seems to be specifically male usage. I'm loving this forum! Loads of random with context. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Welcome Phoenix. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 In Belper you hear ,im looking for sheep thou knows, they have an interest in Rams arounnd here, dunna know why. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Think some people go to Australia, possibly for the same reasons,im sure i heard a couple of them bleating on another topic Apparently our taxes paid for their flight,just shows the government dont always waste our money Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tramlord 0 Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Definitly the Derbyshire, Erewash, Mansfield, Worksop areas. As most here know I live in W Australia and earlier this year met a couple next to us in a caravan park and he heard me and the wife talking, asked where we were from originally and what a small world, he was from Mansfiled way but had married a Woodthorpe girl and came to oz about 30 odd years ago ! he slipped into Yowth and serrie and a whole lot more ! we had quite a a few happy hours reminising the old Nottm days. He was going on about missing silly things like potted meat, and Shippams crab paste and heaps more. Said he had bought a case of crab paste and still had a couple of jars left he was saving for a special day ! When I was back there in the uk last year I found some potted meat in Tesco's or maybe Morrisons, but we used to buy it loose from a big bowl from Pork Farms I think, their Salmon paste was also a favourite pack up lunch for me too. He was also on about Haslet and Black pudding ! Nothing like that here in W Australia. Grew up in Mansfield Woodhouse where pronunciation was more towards "sorry." So the common greeting was "Ayup, sorry." English teacher at school claimed it was corruption of the archaic "sirrah." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 48 847 Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 I heard it used in the 60's along with faitin and Scraitin ( fighting and crying I believe ) correct me if I'm wrong and that was Ilkeston / Eastwood area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Welcome to Nottstalgia, Tramlord. I look forward to reading your posts and sharing your memories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 I got called something I haven't heard for years the other day. 'Marrer'. I was told it is a Bulwell/Hucknall word meaning the same sort of thing as Serry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Haven't heard "marrer" for years either - but I always thought it was a Staffordshire expression, notably around Stoke-on-Trent where I went to college. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 I've just looked the word 'marrer' up and found that it means a friend or mate. The only time that I've heard it before is if you say "Wots a marrer" meaning 'What's a matter'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,451 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 if you say "Wots a marrer" This is a marrer. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 'Oh, what a beauty, I've never seen one as big as that before---------------'. Join in all who remember it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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