Old local sayings
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Re: Old local sayings
I've just used:
he's as daft as a brush (who Basil Brush?)
Stan was an absolute fruitcake.
he's as daft as a brush (who Basil Brush?)
Stan was an absolute fruitcake.
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Yeah, I heard that growing up in the 80/90's. Probably from my older brother telling Mum I was oining him to death.ClaretTony wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 1:15 pmNot sure it’s been posted but when we were kids you could be oined to death
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If you are not born there you are an" ofcomdun"
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Another one I can only ever recall having heard up North specifically East Lancs is 'flit', as in 'moving house'....my Kentish wife (or is that my wife who is from Kent) was completely flummoxed when she heard my dad say : "We flit your brother last week"!
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Them at number 22 are livin overt brush (not married or as the oldies say living in sin)
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Loveclough Printworks or CPA as it was also known as, closed down 40 years ago in 1980.LeadBelly wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 1:01 pmAye. Between school & uni in 1968, I worked at Loughclough textile print works. There was a mix of Burnley and "o'er t'tops" folk there. Burnley folk (me included) used to refer to the Valley folk as "nobuts" because they tended to use nobut (nothing but) in stead of "only". There was generally quite a bit of (very friendly) banter about difference in accent/vocabulary; maybe still is.
Bet that makes you feel old Lead Belly!
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If someone was oining you too much you could give em a good braying.ClaretTony wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 1:15 pmNot sure it’s been posted but when we were kids you could be oined to death
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Has any onya any onya?
Does anybody have some....?
Does anybody have some....?
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All you need to know is here.
https://youtu.be/WgEc4Cz32eo
https://youtu.be/WgEc4Cz32eo
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You still can on hereClaretTony wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 1:15 pmNot sure it’s been posted but when we were kids you could be oined to death
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Is the phrase " side things away" a Lancashire thing ? Once said it to a mate from down south and needed it explaining. That and the joy of cheese with Christmas cake.
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Blimey, that long ago?
Ive been past "top of t'brew" there a couple of times on an X43 in the last few years and seen it was pulled down (looks like they've built a little estate there- maybe using some of the stone from the mill.
Yes it was CPA when I worked there, became Courtaulds later I think. I had a great few months working there labouring before going to uni. Built up my beer fund for the first couple of years of my course.
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Ah Cheese with Christmas cake. Sounds odd, tastes divine. Always thought that was a Yorkshire delicacy (oxymoron?).
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Yes they did build houses there several years ago but I dont think any of the stone from the factory was used.LeadBelly wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 8:42 pmBlimey, that long ago?
Ive been past "top of t'brew" there a couple of times on an X43 in the last few years and seen it was pulled down (looks like they've built a little estate there- maybe using some of the stone from the mill.
Yes it was CPA when I worked there, became Courtaulds later I think. I had a great few months working there labouring before going to uni. Built up my beer fund for the first couple of years of my course.
The social club still remains however, with snooker tables and a bowling green, and unusually for a club these days, is doing very well.
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Would you know if they still have the Guiness cocktails challenge poster on the wall? Some folk had been through them all twice.
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Not just BT and Virgin then!
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Not sure as I've not been in there for a couple of months!huw.Y.WattfromWare wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 9:42 pmWould you know if they still have the Guiness cocktails challenge poster on the wall? Some folk had been through them all twice.
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I heard Bumble on TMS saying it came about from an old Lancashire player (Bill) whose mother's house could be seen in the hills above Old Trafford( the real one). When the clouds came in, the players used to say it was looking bad over Bill's mother's.
Another saying is that if you can see the Derbyshire hills beyond Old Trafford then it's going to rain......if you can't see the Derbyshire hills then it IS raining.
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I heard Bumble on TMS saying it came about from an old Lancashire player (Bill) whose mother's house could be seen in the hills above Old Trafford( the real one). When the clouds came in, the players used to say it was looking bad over Bill's mother's.
Another saying is that if you can see the Derbyshire hills beyond Old Trafford then it's going to rain......if you can't see the Derbyshire hills then it IS raining.
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Bumble tells the tale but Bill never actually existed.rob63 wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 10:13 pmI heard Bumble on TMS saying it came about from an old Lancashire player (Bill) whose mother's house could be seen in the hills above Old Trafford( the real one). When the clouds came in, the players used to say it was looking bad over Bill's mother's.
Another saying is that if you can see the Derbyshire hills beyond Old Trafford then it's going to rain......if you can't see the Derbyshire hills then it IS raining.
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It's Bumble....... nobody actually believes his stories Tony. I was merely relating the full story as I heard it to someone who asked for more detail.
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Was mard a local word? I don't hear that being used now as in - don't be so mard when you got upset about something.
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I remember it being local - as in being called a “mard arse”ClaretTony wrote: ↑Fri May 15, 2020 10:12 amWas mard a local word? I don't hear that being used now as in - don't be so mard when you got upset about something.
Might be wrong though - I know working in Manchester all my life and living in Burnley they used to often ask for subtitles from me !
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My mother in law, Burnley born and bread, uses am-a-gate - pronounced like 'I'm a gate'.
I think it means 'I said to...' or something? Does anyone else use this?
When I first heard her use it I didnt have a clue what she was saying!
I think it means 'I said to...' or something? Does anyone else use this?
When I first heard her use it I didnt have a clue what she was saying!
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Not exactly a local saying but something the people I travel to games with laugh about anyway.
In Burnley if you have Pie and Peas it's usually had with pickled red cabbage yet over this side of the hill it's always had with Mint Sauce.
Just where is the change over point from one to t'other.
In Burnley if you have Pie and Peas it's usually had with pickled red cabbage yet over this side of the hill it's always had with Mint Sauce.
Just where is the change over point from one to t'other.
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It was/is a commonly used term in Accy.ColneMonkey wrote: ↑Fri May 15, 2020 10:34 amMy mother in law, Burnley born and bread, uses am-a-gate - pronounced like 'I'm a gate'.
I think it means 'I said to...' or something? Does anyone else use this?
When I first heard her use it I didnt have a clue what she was saying!
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Is "it's starving" = freezing, local?
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Most people will have heard this saying, "I'm a gate" but if they haven't, they shouldn't take "a fence"ColneMonkey wrote: ↑Fri May 15, 2020 10:34 amMy mother in law, Burnley born and bread, uses am-a-gate - pronounced like 'I'm a gate'.
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There was a saying back in high school during the 90s, where people would call others a "Stump", as in, a plonker. "Be quiet, you stump".
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Agate was a common one but another not heard now very often.ColneMonkey wrote: ↑Fri May 15, 2020 10:34 amMy mother in law, Burnley born and bread, uses am-a-gate - pronounced like 'I'm a gate'.
I think it means 'I said to...' or something? Does anyone else use this?
When I first heard her use it I didnt have a clue what she was saying!
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My dad allus used this term meaning "I'm about to do something "or go somewhere.ClaretTony wrote: ↑Fri May 15, 2020 9:29 pmAgate was a common one but another not heard now very often.