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Old 23-08-2011, 09:00   #196
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Re: Old local expressions

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Originally Posted by cashman View Post
Always remember family n many people using the word "Laking" meaning the lazy beggers off work again, those who regularly had Mondays off me grandad always said hes having a "Miners Monday" worked wi a guy in 80s who always was laking on monday, he used to roll in tuesday morning n all the lads would sing a well known record of the time the Bangles - Manic Monday, though Miners was sung in place of Manic.
My mum used to work with a woman whose husband was a miner, she often said her hubby regularly miss going in on Monday because he paid to much tax if he did work 5 days
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