Charlie 11 Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 'Little sod' springs to mind, probably becasue they were still saying it when I was 30! !jumping! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 When they yelled you and they used your middle name too...then you knew it was trouble. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 13 Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 When they yelled you and they used your middle name too...then you knew it was trouble. Haven't got a MIDDLE name....so I never knew when 'it' was coming. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 You went by the TONE then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Craig Strongman 13 Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Why does "clobber" have more than one meaning? When I was younger, people would ask " What clobber ya wearin"? meaning what clothes are you putting on, but it also means being beaten, as in "We were clobbered" as in sport, or "I was clobbered" as in personally beaten or hit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 But if you got a "good hiding"....why was it 'good'......and if you were hiding good....how'd they find you ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Viper Matt 0 Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 You'd better goo ta sleep afore ten o clock osses come rahnd.What the bloody hell was all that about? Roger I dont know if this has been covered already but this saying comes from my neck of the woods... namely Bestwood country park. I dont have a reference to hand but i remember the story (i think all the kids that grew up here heard that saying.) As the story goes there is (still there to this day and possibly dating back to the times of Nell Gwynn) some horse stables within Bestwood country park. One night they loaded the horses (or 'osses as we say round ere) up to be transported somewhere. On the journey they were involved in an accident whereas all the horses died... at around 10pm. It has since been said that at 10pm the sound of horses galloping through Bestwood country park can be heard (we all heard this from our parents, but since then i have actually seen other sources that confirm this ghost story.) It used to scare the shite out of me when i was a kid living so close to the park... and truth be told i dont think id ever wander in there at that time because its now imprinted in me: The Ten o'clock 'osses will get yer! Classic. Also nothing to do with sayings but it is also said that on the first day of summer you can smell fresh oranges in the park even though none grow there anymore. Apparently this comes from the legend that old Nell herself used to go out into the park and pick them. Theres many more ghost stories like that linked to this place although i guess this isnt the place to put em... still scared the living daylights out of us when we were kids! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joy James 10 Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 I wroe a book and it begins with our g=family doing a moonlight flit across Nottingham to Moffat street. \You would not have wanted us moving in next door to you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 I wroe a book... Trust you had a good proof reader... Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted April 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Welcome back Rob, long time, no hear. Kath Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 The Smell checkers working BTW! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joy James 10 Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 "YO'D MEK A PARSON SWEAR!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 JUS PARSON TUT NEX TOPIK JOY> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted April 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 While we're on the subject of parsons, mam would say [for example] she's got more shoes than a parson ever preached about. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted April 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 If someone was always 'on the front row' when things were happening, mam would say 'he's not backward at coming forward' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Whatton 0 Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Yer daft me duck ya foller balloons. My Dad still says this but he adds a second line Yer daft me duck ya foller ballons Yer wear ya Granmas pantaloons Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SamPanther 7 Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 my nana always used to say to me, when I wouldn't take my coat off as a kid. "If you don't take your coat off now, you won't feel the benefit!" "It's a bit black over Bill's mothers" and they used to know someone called Bill, lol "Just Gowen daan the Beer-off" (Beer-off means corner shop) anyone else use that one still? Bobbo's - horses. my family always used that one too,lol Mardy, too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Often got sent to the "Beer off" with an empty bottle or two for 'em to fill. This was back in the 50s. Probably illegal to do that now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 When I worked at the Co-Op, we had a Beer Off as part of the store - we didn't fill beer bottles, but we did sell "loose" Sherry and Port - either by the pint, half-pint or bottle! I believe the term "Beer Off" came from the term "Off License" - which was the license to sell beer, wine and spirits for consumption "off" the premises. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 The term I remember, is "wine from the wood" (barrel) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 That sounds a bit too snooty for the Grasmere Road CoOp shopper! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 He's gorra mouth like a parish oven! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Sorry to be pedantic Thomlinson me owd mucka, burrits pronounced "Yuv gorra maaahf like parish uvun" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Sorry to be pedantic Thomlinson me owd mucka, burrits pronounced "Yuv gorra maaahf like parish uvun" Sorry about that. Being in Norfolk, I should have said, 'He go'a mowth loike a perish even'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 New oi loikes at Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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