rossyrooney   12 #1321 Posted April 7, 2014 doss house was a kind of o workhouse  It was a place where you could get a cheap bed for the night ... dossing down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
3211 Â Â 10 #1322 Posted April 7, 2014 It was a place where you could get a cheap bed for the night ... dossing down. sorry i got that one wrong looking at your name rooney my grand mother was called rooney but i never knew her she died when i was 1yr she married my grandad walt aspland of coleridge road sheffield my name then was irene aspland Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ArhLass   10 #1323 Posted April 7, 2014 Gerra wesh, yer as black as fire back = get a wash you are as dirty as the back of the fireplace Yer cud dig tatties in them ears = your ears are that dirty you could grow potatoes in them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
trastrick   866 #1324 Posted April 18, 2014 Clout was a useful word.  Dish clout = dishcloth  Clouts = bedding, as in washing t' clouts  Clouts = underwear, as in "ne'r cast a clout 'till may be out"  And of course  Clout = punch or slap Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
old tup   30 #1325 Posted April 22, 2014 Our old lad used to say"It,s all my eye and Peggy Martin!"when something didn,t sound true or feasible!.I never did find out who Peggy Martin was!. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
grinder   10 #1326 Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) Poe..... a large pot with a handle, usually kept under the bed in the days of the outside toilet... Edited April 22, 2014 by grinder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
kidley   48 #1327 Posted April 22, 2014 Poe..... a large pot with a handle, usually kept under the bed in the days of the outside toilet...  and you all ways know when its full when your thumb gets wet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Banker   10 #1328 Posted April 22, 2014 My favourite is supwidee? I think it is purely a Sheffield speciality. My dad would reply "I'll supwidee any time". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
trastrick   866 #1329 Posted April 23, 2014 My favourite is supwidee? I think it is purely a Sheffield speciality. My dad would reply "I'll supwidee any time".  What'supwidee? = What's the matter? was used mostly down our way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
3211 Â Â 10 #1330 Posted April 23, 2014 :thumbsup: What'supwidee? = What's the matter? was used mostly down our way. Â we said wotsup withee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
trastrick   866 #1331 Posted April 23, 2014 :thumbsup: we said wotsup withee  Ours was more like watsUPwiddy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Plain Talker   11 #1332 Posted April 23, 2014 Our old lad used to say"It,s all my eye and Peggy Martin!"when something didn,t sound true or feasible!.I never did find out who Peggy Martin was!.  all my eye and Betty Martin:-  http://www.wordwizard.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18296&sid=cdac53cc255372cac4d8e8b9d98e1b03 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...