grinder   10 #1609 Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) remember one programe i saw on my first tv around 1950 it was called men of champagne. hiya griinder j,praps thy remembers arv jus thort on warrabart oops a daisie, an daffie down dillie,.an remember wasselin fort new year like hole in the pocket,hole in the shoe please can you spare a copper or two,if tha ant gorra penny aipny will do, if tha ant gorra aipny god bless you.  An if yer made too much noise playin, sumbody ad come art an gi yer a reight gob full an tell yer to play further darn rooed....  Sum on em were dead common round our way.... Edited January 3, 2015 by grinder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
willybite   10 #1610 Posted January 4, 2015 An if yer made too much noise playin, sumbody ad come art an gi yer a reight gob full an tell yer to play further darn rooed.... Sum on em were dead common round our way....hi hi:  hiya j, an if tha sung carols at new year thid shout an tellthe we had them last week so don't cum ageern. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
grinder   10 #1611 Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) Mind thi, if tha sang em at reight time arf on em ud tell thi " wiv ad sum body" !!  Or "goo an play on thi own part"... Edited January 4, 2015 by grinder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
willybite   10 #1612 Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) An if yer made too much noise playin, sumbody ad come art an gi yer a reight gob full an tell yer to play further darn rooed.... Sum on em were dead common round our way....hi hi:  hiya j kids don't no the born turday how would the go on wi oils int shoes, oils in socks,tide mark rount neck oils inthe jumper,jersey,shoes two or three sizes too big,cut down wellies, waring wellies from september to march, them wellington tops dint harf mek the legs soor,an remember around 1950 when millets was going strong with war surplus, leather pilot helmets, i had a leather one but think mine was a russian one it didn't have the perspex ear pieces on, Edited January 5, 2015 by willybite Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
grinder   10 #1613 Posted January 4, 2015 Knowing the kids today Willy they'd probably pay extra for them...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Sidery   10 #1614 Posted January 4, 2015 Aye.. Gossegogs.  ---------- Post added 05-01-2015 at 13:51 ----------  Ah meant: goosegogs... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
willybite   10 #1615 Posted January 5, 2015 Knowing the kids today Willy they'd probably pay extra for them......  hiya j,ano ony at christmas me grandson was wearing a new cardigan and i said to him tha want tu tek that back sharpish stitchins coming undone, then his mother my daughter piped up dad it was bought like that its the fashion, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
grinder   10 #1616 Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) Socks were worse, I owny had to wear em once to stick me big toower through em.... But at least thi were gray, lasses wore white ankle socks !!!!!! Barmy, after a game o togger on field thi must a been loppy .... Edited January 5, 2015 by grinder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
rhodesian11   10 #1617 Posted January 8, 2015 rosy lee apples and pears  this is london slang  ---------- Post added 08-01-2015 at 12:30 ----------  sorry mate we are yorkshiremen, not southern softies  i live in the south, not a good idea to refer to them as softies. Softies they are not  ---------- Post added 08-01-2015 at 12:31 ----------  the mantel piece on a fireplace was called a cornish,  raymondo spot on mate Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
kidley   48 #1618 Posted January 8, 2015 Quote: Originally Posted by raymondo1952 View Post the mantel piece on a fireplace was called a cornish,  surely, its a cornish thats called a mantel piece. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
grinder   10 #1619 Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) Quote: Originally Posted by raymondo1952 View Post the mantel piece on a fireplace was called a cornish,  surely, its a cornish thats called a mantel piece.   Yer pays yer money yer takes your choice...... The support across the top of a doorway or a fireplace is also called a Mantel...  Apparently they were called a Cornish because the early ones were made from Cornish slate, although some say it is just a miss pronunciation of Cornice.... I prefer the slate one myself... Edited January 8, 2015 by grinder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
willybite   10 #1620 Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) Aye.. Gossegogs. ---------- Post added 05-01-2015 at 13:51 ----------  Ah meant: goosegogs...  hiya, we rarnd arway ud callum goosegobs.  ---------- Post added 09-01-2015 at 21:01 ----------  Yer pays yer money yer takes your choice...... The support across the top of a doorway or a fireplace is also called a Mantel...  Apparently they were called a Cornish because the early ones were made from Cornish slate, although some say it is just a miss pronunciation of Cornice.... I prefer the slate one myself...  hiya grinder j, i remember my grams mantel piece, it was a shelf across the width of the fire place, she had all sorts on it like a pair of vases, a pair of spaniel pot dogs a clock, all victorian, around the edge was a fringe with tassels, but underneath the fringe was another shelf out of sight,she had a brass fireguard and beside the fire a very large kettle that she kept topping up with water, and i remember it had a large ball bearing,or a marble inside. Edited January 9, 2015 by willybite Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
