piggy and babs 544 Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 that was often said about people who came from bread and lard island west bridge ford meaning all show till you take off thetop layer kath. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 If we were untidy mam would say You look like a bag of rubbish tied up in the middle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 that was often said about people who came from bread and lard island west bridge ford meaning all show till you take off thetop layer kath. And of course the bread and lard bit was in the same style - fancy curtains at the window, but nothing to eat but bread and lard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 If we were untidy mam would say You look like a bag of rubbish tied up in the middle. A light variation in our family : "You look like a sack o' taters tied up ugly." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 I like bread and lard.LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 My Mum reckoned I always looked like I'd been dragged through an hedge backards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Are you poorly? You look like death warmed up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Don't know about "guzundas", but my uncle regularly asked if I had learned my "guzintas" yet - you know, "two guzinta six how many times?" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Turn that gogglebox off or you'll end up wi square eyes (and my dad mended telly's at Redifusion for a living, so he probbly watched more than I did) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 you got so much muck on you you could grow spuds in my case it was proberble right couse i always managed to fall in all the puddles and the dykes my legs were only little and i could never jump them but dint stop me trying and i always managed to tear my dres when i was outside playing.. carnie i too still love a bit of bread and lard wi plentyof salt on it sometimes but it was cheaper than butter marge or drpping unless you had some left in your meat tin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 hi Piggy and Babs i loved bread and dripping with salt on my mum used to buy it from a shop at the end of Sandfield Road opposite the top entrance to Arnold Park. It was best beef dripping in Arnold. ive never managed to find any since that was as good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 that was often said about people who came from bread and lard island west bridge ford meaning all show till you take off thetop layer kath. My dad always said of West Bridgeford was fur coat and no knickers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OLDACE 196 Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 I always understood that the bread and lard was all they had in their fancy briefcases that they took to work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 Piggy and Babs, It is always a race when i cook a roast to see who can get the last slice dipped in the meat dripping,i would rather have a big fat crust dipped in the pan than the dinner any time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 "Wait there & we'll come back for you"...............................................still waiting.......................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 "Wait there & we'll come back for you"...............................................still waiting.......................... You poor little soul Paulus. :-( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 Piggy and Babs, It is always a race when i cook a roast to see who can get the last slice dipped in the meat dripping,i would rather have a big fat crust dipped in the pan than the dinner any time. Girl after my own heart, Carni! I posted some time ago that liked a slice or two of bread dipped in the red hot roast juices at the bottom of the pan. Sprinkled with pepper and salt - Heaven. Also liked a piece of boiled potato fresh out of the pan with a spot of salt on. As for West Bridgeford folks, I was raised at 8 Holme Road, WB when my parents lived at my Grans. Later moved to Carnarvon Road before RoT. Nothing wrong with WB. I enjoyed bread and lard with pepper, but more so, the dripping in the bowl kept in the larder was more tastier. Father told me later in life that when we were living at Holme Road and he was working, Grandma used to pack him a lunch everyday and it was either bread and dripping, bread and lard or bread and meat paste. My mother used to say that before I was born and she was working at Players, she got the same lunch packed up....day in and day out. Never saw any briefcases or fur coats though!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 "Wait there & we'll come back for you"...............................................still waiting.......................... I never realised they wanted me to leave home , till I noticed my pack out was in an old map every time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 I had a hard childhood, I had no toys so my folks told me to go and play with shells on the beach................................................. It was world was 2 at the time (Thanks Les !) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 was in arnold yesterday for a hour as we wanted to go to a couple of shops parked in front of the pork buchers opposit boots had to go in and buy some dripping you have set me off i think ill have some today. my dad always took bread and lard for his snap down the pit said it helped get rid if the dust in his throght better than ought else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beachbum 68 Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 How many times were you told 'pick your feet up' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 If any one was comical they were called a cough drop Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 "When I was your age......................................................" And that simple phrase could cover everything from food on the table, clothes on our backs, toys, pocket money and so on and so on in an attempt to make us realise how lucky we were. Almost as good as the phrase....."You don't even know your born yet". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 You are Two Sheets to The Wind if you was a bit dopey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted June 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 'You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth' mam would often say. As a tiny kid, I took her literally and thought that I had! I was born in a council house of working class parents, so I think what she meant was, my life was so much easier than hers had been as a kid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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