Sheffieldish - words & phrases

[newcomer01 10]

Being ,"Yitten " ( normally I think being called chicken)when being afraid to complete a challenge.

i.e "Why arnt tha doin it ,are tha yitten or summat"

[trastrick 866]

Yes that was the one a deep pinky red.

 

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

 

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Can anyone remember the brown soft soap?

 

How about that 'sandpaper" soap.

 

Still available over there?

[kidley 48]

Mocking = taking the P out of some one with mimicry

[grinder 10]

Mocking = taking the P out of some one with mimicry

 

Or, Extracting the Michael..

Never got that one, is it some sort of rhyming slang ?

 

Clogger.....some one who kicked anything/one up in the air on a football pitch..

 

Titches......Small children..

Bird...........female/ girl friend ...

[kidley 48]

Does this help grinder

 

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/344000.html

[grinder 10]

Does this help grinder

 

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/344000.html

 

Cheers Kidley, pretty obvious when you put it like that in it..

 

Still prefer "Having him on" or even pulling his leg, though I dread to think were that came from....

 

CHIN PIE .......A dreaded torture you used to get from your Dad when you were little.....

Edited March 17, 2015 by grinder

[kidley 48]

nicker = £1 half a nicker £0.50p

[PeterR 10]

Yes that was the one a deep pinky red.

 

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

 

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

 

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Can anyone remember the brown soft soap?

 

Was the deep pinky red smelly soap you're all thinking about ''Lifebuoy''?

[jaffa1 10]

Was the deep pinky red smelly soap you're all thinking about ''Lifebuoy''?

 

Definitely not, Lifebuoy was what the posh people had and maybe came on the scene much later than the pink/red carbolic soap.

[rainbow2411 11]

nicker = £1 half a nicker £0.50p

Nah, half a nicker is 10 bob

[PeterR 10]

Definitely not, Lifebuoy was what the posh people had and maybe came on the scene much later than the pink/red carbolic soap.

 

Hi jaffa1,

 

I remember taking Lifebuoy to camp at Staithes with the Life Boys (different spelling) in the early fifties. It didn't smell too great either and dried my skin up. Anyway, I thought it was a masculine smell at the time

Maybe that's enough Soap Opera on this thread eh?

 

Regards, Peter.

Edited April 1, 2015 by PeterR

[jaffa1 10]

Hi jaffa1,

 

I remember taking Lifebuoy to camp at Staithes with the Life Boys (different spelling) in the early fifties. It didn't smell too great either and dried my skin up. Anyway, I thought it was a masculine smell at the time

Maybe that's enough Soap Opera on this thread eh?

 

Regards, Peter.

Nice one, by the way, do they still make Lifebouy I haven't seen it for years.