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Old 19-05-2012, 15:54   #540
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Re: Old local expressions

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington View Post
as for going to bed...at our house there were a variety of expressions used.
'Up the wooden hill (to bedlam)'
'going to the blanket fair'
'going up the dilly dancers to bedfordshire'

I have no idea where any of these came from.
Me neither ... but I do remember "dancers" as stairs ... not the "dilly" bit, nor "Bedfordshire" ... but certainly "get up them bloody dancers, or I'll tan your arse."
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