TORONTONY 10 #1717 Posted March 27, 2017 This inscription appeared in an overhead crane driver's cab at Hadfields Ltd. which I was working on. I scratched my head when I saw it. However , I got it once I read it out loud:D It said "Whale Oil Beef Hooked" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Padders 2,867 #1718 Posted March 27, 2017 This inscription appeared in an overhead crane driver's cab at Hadfields Ltd. which I was working on. I scratched my head when I saw it. However , I got it once I read it out loud:D It said "Whale Oil Beef Hooked" :hihi: had to work it out. but I got there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hackey lad 3,979 #1719 Posted March 27, 2017 Anyone hear this, I never had before being told the tale...... 1st. old lady " She didn't keep a clean house, you know." 2nd. old lady " Mucky was it ?" 1st. " Mucky Missis, it were mella !" Mella , Mellow ???? I remember when as a lad I had a bucket full of frog spawn in outhouse , me mam said I had to get rid of it because , it stinks mella Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Texas 10 #1720 Posted March 27, 2017 Where does "Clock cold" and "I'll go t foot o our stairs" come from ?? It's 'Clock cowd' innit. ---------- Post added 27-03-2017 at 19:50 ---------- It's 'Clock cowd' innit. Got that wrong. It's 'clap cowd'. ---------- Post added 27-03-2017 at 19:50 ---------- It's 'Clock cowd' innit. Got that wrong. It's 'clap cowd'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
trastrick 866 #1721 Posted March 28, 2017 Knock, knock! Who's there? Fred! Fred who? Fred me dis needle! Knock, knock! Who's there? Alfred! Alfred who? Al fred it mi sen! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Yorkshire 53 10 #1722 Posted March 28, 2017 Another works one. At the ESC Bar Mills on Hawke Street in the early 60's was written on the side of a furnace " Oh Lord above, send down a dove, with wings as sharp as razors, to cut the throats of all the blokes who cut the Bar Mill wages !" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
kidley 48 #1723 Posted March 28, 2017 going back to the 50s when there was toilets in the wicker where you had to pay a penny to use them. noted on toilet wall. among others hear i sit broken hearted paid a penny and only farted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
focemal 10 #1724 Posted March 28, 2017 Arrs babby? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
thecliffe 10 #1725 Posted March 28, 2017 I remember a chap from the south on a building site. Somebody said to him 'watch that oil' looking for oil... he fell down the hole....true story Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
natonstan 10 #1726 Posted March 28, 2017 I remember a chap from the south on a building site. Somebody said to him 'watch that oil' looking for oil... he fell down the hole....true story I remember once I was watching some game show with my granddad on TV, and there was a question "Name a type of Oil" to which my granddad responded "Arse oil" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Bart11 0 #1727 Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) Ey up! I am looking for informants from South Yorkshire and Chesterfield to fill in a survey on social perceptions towards British accents in Sheffield and surrounding areas. It's for my Master's thesis. If you can give me a hand I would really appreciate! This is the link: https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/fwAtmK47#/0 Thanks in advance!👍 Edited July 22, 2021 by Bart11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
SFBeca 194 #1728 Posted July 22, 2021 hi @Bart11 have just completed it - interestingly did something similar on my Social Psychology module for my MSc! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...