Longcol   577 #85 Posted October 20, 2020 My gran (Dad's side) buttering bread -" Ah scrawps it on and ah scrawps it off agin."  She could have made butties for the five thousand with a pound of lurpak. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Pettytom   1 #86 Posted October 20, 2020 You weren’t made at Pilkington's you know.  Every time I stood in front of the telly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Rollypolly   51 #87 Posted October 21, 2020 My dad used to say 'put wood in't ole lass' whenever I left the door open. Of a particular neighbour he'd say ' she looks like someone's set her face on fire and put it out with a shovel' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
YoungWilf   0 #88 Posted October 28, 2020 From my mother, I only heard her say it once but it stays with me:  "Its like a turd in a pot - the more your stir it, the more it stinks"  She was referring to the Jeremy Thorpe scandal as more information kept coming out.  I think sometime in the 1970s.  Still relevant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
catmiss   12 #89 Posted October 28, 2020 If you asked what was for tea both my mum and my gran used to say ‘a run round ‘t table and a kick at cellar door ‘. On 21/10/2020 at 00:05, Longcol said: My gran (Dad's side) buttering bread -" Ah scrawps it on and ah scrawps it off agin."  She could have made butties for the five thousand with a pound of lurpak. If she asked you to butter bread my gran used to say ‘and don be leaving owt so as we don grease us fingers’-in other words butter to the edges. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
catmiss   12 #90 Posted October 28, 2020 If you were scowling or frowning (commonly as my teenage self) my dad would say ‘what’s up with thee, if wind changes tha’ll stay like that and we’ll be stuck ‘wi thee forever ‘ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
davyboy   17 #91 Posted October 29, 2020  Description of a yorkshireman: deep pockets and short arms Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hello1964   23 #92 Posted November 27, 2020 On 28/10/2020 at 15:05, YoungWilf said: From my mother, I only heard her say it once but it stays with me:  "Its like a turd in a pot - the more your stir it, the more it stinks"  She was referring to the Jeremy Thorpe scandal as more information kept coming out.  I think sometime in the 1970s.  Still relevant. She'd like the film, A very English scandal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
kidley   48 #93 Posted November 27, 2020 my mother used to say ,if brains where gunpowder tha wunt have inuf to blow thi cap off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
davyboy   17 #94 Posted November 28, 2020 (edited) she's a  face like a smacked arse.  said by my great gran , my mother and now me, when I was a child 70 years ago : "It's as black as noogits knocker" referring to a very dark cloudy sky. Noogit's was the way she pronounced Newgate's Edited November 28, 2020 by davyboy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Kidorry   188 #95 Posted November 28, 2020 A man I worked with in the 60s rolling mills, every Monday morning he would go to the toilet in the firms yard. On his return he would walk down the mill adjusting his trousers and when he got to us he always said "pity poor bugger that gets that on his shovel". It still makes me laugh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
foxydebs   35 #96 Posted November 28, 2020 On 27/11/2020 at 20:51, kidley said: my mother used to say ,if brains where gunpowder tha wunt have inuf to blow thi cap off. My grandad used to say if brains were made of dynamite they wouldnt have enough to blow their cap off. My dad used to say it says bisto on back of buses doesnt mean we sell it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...