poohbear 1,360 Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 Just to be awkward...She doesn't singeth...he doth.And only when he's sateth on a brancheth... I think the female warbles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted November 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 Then my cuckoo clock must be male! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 and ours, tho sometimes he gets slapped in the face by his door....and he sounds like he's tripped over the door step. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 Hiya Kath I was truely hoping I wouldn't meet you yet (not really!) being as I haven't replied to your email. This is a wonderful forum; when I read what you'd put on about boys sticking cards in their bike spokes the memory of it all came back - I could even hear the sound. Are the words you've written to do with the cuckoo song I mentioned? And if so where did you get them? I loved that song, perhaps that's what made me love the call of the cuckoo over in Broxtowe Woods. I came on to Nottstalgia looking for anything on 'The Temptations' and then I thought why not learn more about 'Nottstalgia' - I can see that it could get addictive and I've still not finished my secretarial work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 Cheers Kath. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted November 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 You can google any thing in the world nowadays, just put a few words in the search box and up they all come. Christine, do come to the meet up, it will be Dec 29th, somewhere in town, venue not decided yet. We haven't seen each other in about 50 years, I bet we haven't changed one bit, LOL. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,594 Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 Just to be awkward...She doesn't singeth...he doth.And only when he's sateth on a brancheth.. They also Cuckoo when they are flying Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 \snip\ When Katyjay writes of boys with cigarette cards stuck in their bicycle tires it brings back memories. I used a folded fag packet :o) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Hi Kath I'd love to come to the 'meet up' - don't forget me! I certainly haven't changed in 50 years, I'll be wearing my navy blue knickers, my blue shirt, my navy pleated skirt and my navy blazer with 'Latitia Servire' emblazoned on my badge - do you think you'll recognise me? Oh and I forgot my brown lace-ups with my long, grey socks as well. Don't want to appear thick but are those the 'real words' to the Cuckoo Song. If so where did you get them? You have such a wonderful clear memory Kath. LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted November 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 I've sent you the link, Christine. Looking forward to seeing you in your school uniform. One question, does the navy knickers have a pocket for your hanky? I know mine did, LOL. Don't know about knickers, they were more like grandma's bloomers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Compo, I was going to put the sound of the air raid siren, then thought maybe my mind was playing tricks on me. Apparently not so, I didn't imagine it. I wonder where it was, that I could hear it on Bells Lane Estate? Didn't folks call it Big Bertha? The siren(s) after WW2 would have been for Civil Defence and intended to provide a 4 minute warning of an impending nuclear bomb. They were tested annually. Perhaps for another thread, what would you have done in the 4 minutes? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Compo, I was going to put the sound of the air raid siren, then thought maybe my mind was playing tricks on me. Apparently not so, I didn't imagine it. I wonder where it was, that I could hear it on Bells Lane Estate? Didn't folks call it Big Bertha? Apologies for the delay in responding to your post - I completely missed it, idiot that I am <g> I don't know its location but I'll ask my brother who may have more gen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 The Play Ground, William Crane Junior Girls' School - 1950's The sound of the huge skipping rope hitting the hard ground and a girl skipping. At the side girls queuing - anticipating their turn - and singing loudly to a well-known song: 'On a mountain stands a lady Who she is I do not know All she wants is gold and silver All she wants is a handsome beau So call on the one you love The one you love, the one you love So call on the one you love And tell me who she'll be . . . The girl skipping would then announce the name of the girl who was to follow her; the named girl would then jump in and the original girl skipping would jump out. When I read the words to this skipping song the music that accompanied it came back instantly. Lovely times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Another great memory jog there ! I may start a new thread actually! " THE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Wonderful Beefsteak. Here's another skipping song from the playground that brings back the haunting but beautiful sound of children singing in unison: 'Sweetheart, sweetheart Will you marry me? Yes love, yes love at half past three Iced cakes, spice cakes All for tea And we'll have a wedding at half past three Pom, pom here comes the taxi cab Pom, pom here comes the taxi cab Pom, pom here comes the taxi cab Ready for the wedding at half past three Enchanting, n'est pas? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 and dont forget french skipping ....the one with the long elastic around two peoples legs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Ta very much, I definately won't forget french skipping Fynger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Does anyone recall this round: Goodbye [name] eg Julie, while you're away, Write me a letter, to tell me that you're better, goodbye Julie, while you're away, Don't forget your old friend [next name in circle] eg Carol. Goodbye Carol, while you're away, etc.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 The bin men bashing Metal bins about Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Coal being tipped into the coal-house or down into the cellar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Another sound that will always stick in my mind is that of my father's 1950s Trojan diesel van being started on a cold winter morning at 07:30am at about the same time as the milkman clinking bottles as he put them onto the doorstep. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Just gorrofa train! Dint sound the same? The wheels used to go, Diddlee Dee Diddlee Dah,Diddlee Dee Diddlee Dah,Diddlee Dee Diddlee Dah,....etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 cos no one comes along and taps em with a hammer now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Just gorrofa train! Dint sound the same? The wheels used to go, Diddlee Dee Diddlee Dah,Diddlee Dee Diddlee Dah,Diddlee Dee Diddlee Dah,....etc. They still do outside my house. I live alongside the Highland Railway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 They still do outside my house. I live alongside the Highland Railway. Funny enough I'm just planning a route up your way for next summer (As I'm typing this, I've just took a break from my 'research' !) Flight to Aberdeen , pick up hire car, then all the way up the West coast , across the top to Cape Wrath (hopefully), then down the East as far Mull, then back across to Aberdeen and flight back to Manchester, all told in a week to 10 days 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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