Sheffieldish - words & phrases

It's Laggin it down......Heavy rain...

Got wind up...... frightened

Spanking new ......Brand new

I remember potted meat being called potted dog

My best mate's dad, (RIP) used to say

"They want an umbrella shoving up their backside, opening, and pulling back down!

Granma used the expression, 'e ought to be stiff, we a gun up his jeer".

Never could fathom it, but understood the sentiment.

Oh my god! you've re-awoken a long-dormant neuron in my brain. Yes, I remember saying "togger"! That's an essent word!

And didn't we call a football a casey?

And didn't we call a football a casey?

Called em worse that that after a header in the wet

We said "ar$e upp'ards" or "a$$- bakkards" chez Talker

T?ts up

Ar£e over t?t

Mam always put a plaster on knees... Scrape my knees complete with gravel embedded under my skin by roller skating down hills on scowerden farm estate.. Happy days... Then the plaster would fall off and you could compare who had the worst injury... My jacko roller skates my most treasured possession...

I thought they named them after me and the jackie magazine

So innocent and naive.. Bless me... Learnt a lot since then .. Lol

What did they call that big block of green soap they used for washing clothes before soap powder ?

It used to finish up stuck to bottom of the bucket when they emptied it after scrubbing the floor as well....

Gravy train..........Where the money is.

What did they call that big block of green soap they used for washing clothes before soap powder ?

It used to finish up stuck to bottom of the bucket when they emptied it after scrubbing the floor as well....

 

I remember it as Fairy and there were also the block of " carbolic ? soap that stunk awful.

yes Fairy, i think it had toddler/baby embossed on it.

I remember it as Fairy and there were also the block of " carbolic ? soap that stunk awful.

I remember some smelly red soap... Was that carbolic..

Mam used to scrub dads collars with it

I remember some smelly red soap... Was that carbolic..

Mam used to scrub dads collars with it

I thought that the green laundry soap was "Sunlight Soap".

It used to come in blocks you cut off to measure.

"Fairy Soap" was for kids.

I remember some smelly red soap... Was that carbolic..

Mam used to scrub dads collars with it

Yes that was the one a deep pinky red.

---------- Post added 11-03-2015 at 18:59 ----------

I thought that the green laundry soap was "Sunlight Soap".

 

It used to come in blocks you cut off to measure.

 

"Fairy Soap" was for kids.

The sunlight soap was yellow in colour each had it's own use I suppose.

---------- Post added 11-03-2015 at 19:01 ----------

Can anyone remember the brown soft soap?