Janber   10 #625 Posted July 18, 2012 Ah bur he dint he ony thought he did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
grinder   10 #626 Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) Am not aife as green as am cabbage lookin.. Edited July 19, 2012 by grinder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
willybite   10 #627 Posted August 21, 2012 Am not aife as green as am cabbage lookin..  hiya i remember 60 odd years ago watching sheff united c c and a missed catch by frank melling when a wag shouted for him to bend his blxxding back, another saying was his cockled oar reight, and that old joke when the lad went to have his haircut like tony curtis the barber gave him the short back and sides, to which he said " thats not how tony curtis has his cut" he would if he come in here farr his air dun said the barber. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
andrejuan   10 #628 Posted November 15, 2014 My Grandmother used to say (when any of us stumbled or nearly fell) "Steady Barker!"  Is this known to anyone else ? I always assumed it was just her saying it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
SteveDenton   10 #629 Posted November 15, 2014 My uncle used to say that all the time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
christram   10 #630 Posted November 16, 2014 My Grandmother used to say (when any of us stumbled or nearly fell) "Steady Barker!"  Is this known to anyone else ? I always assumed it was just her saying it.  "Steady Barker" was one of the catch-phrases of Eric Barker, a popular comedian on the radio during and after the war. He was probably best known for a series called "Just Fancy" with Deryck Guyler, Pearl Hackney and Kenneth Connor, which was broadcast on the BBC Home Service between 1951 and 1957. I remember it well! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
playman   10 #631 Posted November 16, 2014 That a bigger liar than tom pepper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
raymondo1952 Â Â 11 #632 Posted November 17, 2014 Penney for your thoughts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
andrejuan   10 #633 Posted November 17, 2014 "Steady Barker" was one of the catch-phrases of Eric Barker, a popular comedian on the radio during and after the war. He was probably best known for a series called "Just Fancy" with Deryck Guyler, Pearl Hackney and Kenneth Connor, which was broadcast on the BBC Home Service between 1951 and 1957. I remember it well!  Excellent thank you. I also found this little snippet.   This well known phrase from the popular Radio series Merry-Go-Round performed by comedian Eric Barker as a forces show during the second world war.  The phrase was the catch line of one of Barker's characters he played as a series of sketches, It became so popular at the time that Naval personnel began to use it in general conversation as a reference when there was a need to steady oneself, or to 'get a grip!' or be warned of an approaching problem or disaster ! In this manner, British Sailors adopted the phrase to ready themselves for possible German U boat attack and other such situations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Minimo   59 #634 Posted November 17, 2014 Does anyone else say, when shocked about something, 'oh my godfathers'  I say it but have no idea where it came from. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Basalt   10 #635 Posted November 17, 2014 Three from our family  Yer gobbin Well a'l go fo mi tea blood and snot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Texas   10 #636 Posted November 18, 2014 Ah wouldn't pay him out in weshers! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...