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"Never trust a man with a beard but no moustache"

 

My mother, who'd have been 100 yesterday.

Reason for the saying?

No idea.

 

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Hello, thanks for that Enntee, looked a bit more in to it,

RARE GEORGE FORMBY SENIOR 78 " JOHN WILLIE'S RAGTIME BAND

Old time musical like  City Varieties Music Hall Leeds,

 

There was nobody musical in my family.

 

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One thing my Grandmother used to say when I was a child still puzzles me.

 

I was always asking questions, and she used to say " he wants to know the bottom end of Maggs trumpet " 

 

Any ideas?

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My wife; "Never trust anyone, especially a bloke, with two mobiles." 

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54 minutes ago, Baron99 said:

My wife; "Never trust anyone, especially a bloke, with two mobiles." 

What with your wife and my mother, any bloke with a beard, no 'tache, and more than one mobile is on to a loser!

 

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They used to say never trust a Woman who wears a hat,  Oh yes that would work, years ago all nurses, Matrons ect wore hats,  that wouldn,t be good not trusting them, :hihi: anyhow 99% of women wore hats back in the day and plenty wear hats today, so where did that saying come from.:huh:

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my mother would send me out to the milkman for a pint of  "grey day"  milk it was several years before I realised what it was.

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54 minutes ago, davyboy said:

my mother would send me out to the milkman for a pint of  "grey day"  milk it was several years before I realised what it was.

What is it??🤔

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Oh I get it now. 

Must admit though I've never heard of Grade A milk.

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My mother used to refer to meat as Toff, not Tough. I once heard someone else say Toff. Has anyone else heard of this expression?

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30 minutes ago, sedith said:

My mother used to refer to meat as Toff, not Tough. I once heard someone else say Toff. Has anyone else heard of this expression?

Yes, my mum and dad. They were vintage 1924.

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“Monkeys smell their own muck first”, meant rubbish yourself before talking of others. 

“If you’ve nowt good to say, then don’t say it”.

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