alisoncc 379 Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 How about this for pure Nottingham - Meadows. I've had more bloody ........ than you've had 'ot dinners. Hugs Alison Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,564 Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Ayup all, If you got a cut or a scratch me dad used to say "I've ad bigger cut's shaving". Toughened you up though Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted March 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 They stood out like chapel 'at pegs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 They stood out like chapel 'at pegs. Nah - Scammel wheel nuts! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,564 Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Ayup all, Me dad used to call me Buggerlugs, did you get called that or was it just me dad? Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted March 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 We had buggerlugs in our family too, Rog. Also, seeing the poster called coughdrop, my mam described folks as a coughdrop if they were funny [as in ha ha] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alisoncc 379 Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 My daughter and her boyfriend came around for dinner a few nights back. I had made an apple pie for afters, which I served with a slab of nice crumbly Cheshire cheese. My daughter gave me a very funny look, like she's lost her marbles. I responded by quoting: "Apple pie without cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze". I have quoted that since the year dot, but not sure whether it's from Nottingham or not. Thoughts? Alison Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted March 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 If something was supposed to happen, and it hadn't, I'd ask when it would, and mam would say 'when Nelson gets his eye back' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,564 Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 Ayup all, Me granny used to tell me to eat all me bread crusts because they'll make my hair curl, Well if you can hear me granny I did eat them and most of me hair has FELL OUT Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 !laughing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 I was back in the UK over last weekend (a quick visit) and my sister reminded me of "flittin". Or, even better, doing a "moonlight flit", often shortened to just "doin a moonlight"! Good stuff - and a great pint of Hansons mild in "The Bell"! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 I remember doing a moonlight as a lad. I carried a wooden dining chair from Forest Road to Norton Street. I also remembered me mam having a 'slate' at the Offy, which we paid before we left. (of course). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted April 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 When my mother was worn out, she was jiggered. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Certainly this thread is the one that I am enjoying perhaps more than any other. Many brief postings feature a word/phrase that I had long forgotten. Kath's last offering being typical. An instant memory is triggered.....often with a hint of sadness too! Cheers Robt P. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted April 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 Glad you're enjoying it Rob, so am I. Brings back many memories from childhood. Thought of one yesterday. If someone was being comical, you'd say 'you should be on the stage - scrubbing it' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Oh go on then my turn . How about if summat were easy it were puddy winks and ya used t play kirby in t road and yo ask em and they'll allus say it were them wor invented it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Just remembered this saying from my mum,it came to mind the other day when I was exasperated! Christ almighty chops all greasy..............any idea what the hell that means?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 An allyway between 2 houses was a snicket and a path through the local waste ground was a jitty although I also seem to remember a local dyke ( not the female but the stream ) being referred to as the jitty!! http://www.websmileys.com/s.gif' /> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 If my Mum mishandled, or dropped, an item she would always exclaim "Bloody thing's alive!" Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted April 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Rob, mine would say, 'it's not dead yet' Same difference. Looking at what you write and I write about our mothers, I think Amesbury Circus had it's own language! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Kath, Quite sure, as you suggest, there were many very local variations. Ian's summary of snickets & jitties is familiar, but slightly at variance with Amesburyese. A cut through between houses down Broxtowe Lane was always a jinnel. Jitty being the dominate name on our side of Bells Lane! Bulwell & Hucknall folk invariably used jinnel..... Both 'jinnel' and 'jitty' appear in several Lawrence short stories... In Bingham, where there are very many alleyways and tracks, its always jitty! Another local term for a path would be a 'pad', especially in colliery areas. Cheers Robt P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,564 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Ayup all, Me Granny always called peas in their shells Swod peas, anyone heard of them? she came from Bulwell Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 !tony! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 Not me either but we did have a Matron Aunt who came to visit from Australia(rather religious type) who, when asked to help shell some peas that my father grew ,took great amusement in announcing, if she dropped one, (a pea I mean )( God I can see where this is going ) That she had peed on the floor LOL bless her Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 Small things hey BF?? LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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