Who Was Paul Thompson?

[SputnikBoy 10]

Hi. Haven't been on the forum for years.

 

Something has been bugging me for decades ...not constantly, obviously, but I really, REALLY need to know something once and for all!

 

I was a former resident of Fulwood Cottage Homes ...Cottage #9. We had a rather cruel (understatement!) 'relief' house mother whose hobby was beating up kids. She would often use the expression, "I'm gonna give you some Paul Thompson" just before she went in for the attack.

 

Question: Who WAS Paul Thompson ...a boxer? I can't find out anything at all on the Internet.

[Bodie 11]

recall similar wording years ago but it was 'Timpson' as in the shoe/boot shop, get some Timpson - get some boot.

[retep 68]

Hi. Haven't been on the forum for years.

 

Something has been bugging me for decades ...not constantly, obviously, but I really, REALLY need to know something once and for all!

 

I was a former resident of Fulwood Cottage Homes ...Cottage #9. We had a rather cruel (understatement!) 'relief' house mother whose hobby was beating up kids. She would often use the expression, "I'm gonna give you some Paul Thompson" just before she went in for the attack.

 

Question: Who WAS Paul Thompson ...a boxer? I can't find out anything at all on the Internet.

 

Sarcastic twist on the socialist Paul Thompson?

[TORONTONY 10]

Holy sheet, not heard that saying for a while,

[SputnikBoy 10]

recall similar wording years ago but it was 'Timpson' as in the shoe/boot shop, get some Timpson - get some boot.

 

No. I'm pretty sure it was 'Thompson'. Besides, I couldn't find any reference to a Paul Timpson.

 

---------- Post added 28-04-2016 at 03:19 ----------

 

Sarcastic twist on the socialist Paul Thompson?

 

Did he beat up kids? The name has to be synonymous with one about to get a beating.

[TORONTONY 10]

No. I'm pretty sure it was 'Thompson'. Besides, I couldn't find any reference to a Paul Timpson.

 

---------- Post added 28-04-2016 at 03:19 ----------

 

 

Did he beat up kids? The name has to be synonymous with one about to get a beating.

 

All in all, he was probably a grammar school headmaster,

[zakes 68]

Who was Paul Thomson?

 

A Light-hearted view.

 

Nah then Sputnik,

 

I remember a bloke at work in the early 70’s who often used the expression, “Give it some Paul Thompson”. He originally came from Matlock, the bloke at work, not Paul Thompson, although he may have done too.

 

Anyroad, I asked the bloke at work to please enlighten me as to who Paul Thompson was (is). He telled me he didn’t know, but loads of people say it in Matlock. He said the expression was used when a person is urging another, to give ‘power to action(s)’:

 

Give it some welly.

Give it some hammer.

Give it a crack etc.

 

I liked this new (to me) expression and sought every opportunity to use it. I used it:

 

At work.

At home.

At the pub.

On the bus (silently). Urging the driver to put his foot down on the accelerator.

 

At football matches too.

 

One particular natch I went to during my ‘Paul Thompson’ phase, was:

 

Sheffield United reserves versus Leeds United Reserves in the Central Leaugue. It had been raining heavily, and the pitch was soggy and mudded-up big style.

 

The Blades centre-half that day was Steve Faulkner, a lad the same Jahrgang as me. Steve was from Basegreen and I knew him from the Old Harrow pub (‘Arra’, to those in the know). Steve was an ex-pupil at Frecheville School, the same school Bypassblade attended. Whilst in the ‘Arra’, Steve will have most certainly heard me using the expression, ‘Gi’it some Paul Thompson!’

He will have heard me say it in situations when:

 

1. I was urging somebody to sup up, because we’d be going to the Phoenix, over the Derbyshire border for extra suppin’. – Saturday neets.

2. I was urging the occasional DJ to turn up the sound.

3. I was urging somebody to give the Pinball machine a ‘good shekkin’. Some Pinball machines didn’t seem to tilt, especially if the machine’s legs (feet) had worn a groove into the floor.

 

I decided I’d shout, ‘Gi’ it some Paul Thompson’ everytime the ball came to Steve during the match.

 

It was interesting to note that Leeds recerves had a few first teamers in their side. Perhaps they were returning from injury, or summat.

 

Due to the match being well attended, I had to wait for lulls in the noise before I could loudly use my ‘favourite‘ expression. I remember Steve Faulkner (after he had ‘cleared’ the ball) looking in my general direction in the crowd, after hearing, ‘Gi’it some Paul Thompson’. Players from both sides must have heard me, but gave no response. Lol. Perhaps they might of responded if I’d have shouted, ‘Gi’it some peter Thompson’.

 

Anyroad down, there were a couple of happenings during the match that I think need to be told about:

 

1. One of the Leeds first teamers in the Reserves that day, was Peter Lorimer. There was an incident durin gthe match that got the Blades supporters really angry. A Leeds long ball went skiding along the turf towards the Blades goal. The Blades keeper slid along the deck, to hold the ball safely in his hands. At that point, Lorimer decided to run at about 76.3mph in an attempt to reach the ball (safely in the prone goalie’s hands). Mardy Lorimer then inexplicably and blatently stamped (really stamped) on the goalkeeper’s left-hand. The fans were furious, and Lorimer didn’t get booked either. Amazing! (In those days, goalies were proper men and didn’t wear puffy padded gloves) Lol.

2. Some minutes later the jeering turned to cheering. A long diagonal pass from the home left-back went scudding across the muddy turf towards the right wing. The ball bounced/zipped once, and before the second bounce, the linesman had already raised his flag for a Leeds thrown-in. But… on the second bounce the ball had stopped (with a slight splash), and had stuck in the mud, with the ball still in play. This was really embarrassing for the linesman, especially with 16,000 Blades supporters loud-throatedly laughig at him. Poor sod. It was no secret, nor surprise, that the Blades as Sheffield’s flagship football club always had large attendances at their Reserve matches.

 

Various:

1. Sheffield Wednesday’s lentiginous Rodger Wylde also came from Basegreen, and often frequented the ‘Arra’. Ex Frecheville pupil too.

2. In recent times, I met a bloke from Derbyshire who used the ‘Paul Thompson’ expression. That set me off again. Lol.

3. I suspect ‘Paul Thompson’ was a Derbyshire expression.

4. I still don’t know who Paul Thompson was (is). Try asking somebody else. Lol.

5. The woman at Fulwood Cottage Homes seemed to have been very cruel. People like her need to be lapified, or perhaps lapidated. Your choice mate. Lol.

[TORONTONY 10]

Who was Paul Thomson?

 

A Light-hearted view.

 

Nah then Sputnik,

 

I remember a bloke at work in the early 70’s who often used the expression, “Give it some Paul Thompson”. He originally came from Matlock, the bloke at work, not Paul Thompson, although he may have done too.

 

Anyroad, I asked the bloke at work to please enlighten me as to who Paul Thompson was (is). He telled me he didn’t know, but loads of people say it in Matlock. He said the expression was used when a person is urging another, to give ‘power to action(s)’:

 

Give it some welly.

Give it some hammer.

Give it a crack etc.

 

I liked this new (to me) expression and sought every opportunity to use it. I used it:

 

At work.

At home.

At the pub.

On the bus (silently). Urging the driver to put his foot down on the accelerator.

 

At football matches too.

 

One particular natch I went to during my ‘Paul Thompson’ phase, was:

 

Sheffield United reserves versus Leeds United Reserves in the Central Leaugue. It had been raining heavily, and the pitch was soggy and mudded-up big style.

 

The Blades centre-half that day was Steve Faulkner, a lad the same Jahrgang as me. Steve was from Basegreen and I knew him from the Old Harrow pub (‘Arra’, to those in the know). Steve was an ex-pupil at Frecheville School, the same school Bypassblade attended. Whilst in the ‘Arra’, Steve will have most certainly heard me using the expression, ‘Gi’it some Paul Thompson!’

He will have heard me say it in situations when:

 

1. I was urging somebody to sup up, because we’d be going to the Phoenix, over the Derbyshire border for extra suppin’. – Saturday neets.

2. I was urging the occasional DJ to turn up the sound.

3. I was urging somebody to give the Pinball machine a ‘good shekkin’. Some Pinball machines didn’t seem to tilt, especially if the machine’s legs (feet) had worn a groove into the floor.

 

I decided I’d shout, ‘Gi’ it some Paul Thompson’ everytime the ball came to Steve during the match.

 

It was interesting to note that Leeds recerves had a few first teamers in their side. Perhaps they were returning from injury, or summat.

 

Due to the match being well attended, I had to wait for lulls in the noise before I could loudly use my ‘favourite‘ expression. I remember Steve Faulkner (after he had ‘cleared’ the ball) looking in my general direction in the crowd, after hearing, ‘Gi’it some Paul Thompson’. Players from both sides must have heard me, but gave no response. Lol. Perhaps they might of responded if I’d have shouted, ‘Gi’it some peter Thompson’.

 

Anyroad down, there were a couple of happenings during the match that I think need to be told about:

 

1. One of the Leeds first teamers in the Reserves that day, was Peter Lorimer. There was an incident durin gthe match that got the Blades supporters really angry. A Leeds long ball went skiding along the turf towards the Blades goal. The Blades keeper slid along the deck, to hold the ball safely in his hands. At that point, Lorimer decided to run at about 76.3mph in an attempt to reach the ball (safely in the prone goalie’s hands). Mardy Lorimer then inexplicably and blatently stamped (really stamped) on the goalkeeper’s left-hand. The fans were furious, and Lorimer didn’t get booked either. Amazing! (In those days, goalies were proper men and didn’t wear puffy padded gloves) Lol.

2. Some minutes later the jeering turned to cheering. A long diagonal pass from the home left-back went scudding across the muddy turf towards the right wing. The ball bounced/zipped once, and before the second bounce, the linesman had already raised his flag for a Leeds thrown-in. But… on the second bounce the ball had stopped (with a slight splash), and had stuck in the mud, with the ball still in play. This was really embarrassing for the linesman, especially with 16,000 Blades supporters loud-throatedly laughig at him. Poor sod. It was no secret, nor surprise, that the Blades as Sheffield’s flagship football club always had large attendances at their Reserve matches.

 

Various:

1. Sheffield Wednesday’s lentiginous Rodger Wylde also came from Basegreen, and often frequented the ‘Arra’. Ex Frecheville pupil too.

2. In recent times, I met a bloke from Derbyshire who used the ‘Paul Thompson’ expression. That set me off again. Lol.

3. I suspect ‘Paul Thompson’ was a Derbyshire expression.

4. I still don’t know who Paul Thompson was (is). Try asking somebody else. Lol.

5. The woman at Fulwood Cottage Homes seemed to have been very cruel. People like her need to be lapified, or perhaps lapidated. Your choice mate. Lol.

 

Ha ha ha, man you're hilarious, you should be making a living at writing this kind of stuff. As for all the poor guys actually named Paul Thompson, have a word with your parents lol:D

Edited March 10, 2017 by TORONTONY
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[John Harwood 0]

I remember the phrase "Give it some Paul Thomson" being used by both my father and mother, way back when I was an infant, about 1960. I'd always assumed that Paul Thomson was a local tough guy who you wouldn't mess with because he would pound your head in. In later years, my grandmother used to say "You're as daft as Billy Mann". He was indeed a local thug whom I met in the pub years later. He was still drinking ten pints of beer a night and driving home, and getting into bar fights right up until the end of his life, I guess he would be 70-ish.