Celebrity meltdown - Page 4

Tealeaf · 25-01-2006, 16:28

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Originally Posted by Gayle

Oy, who are you calling a gobby fish face?

Whoops.....and there is me believing that the inhabitants of Ossy were once known as Gobbins or Gobbinlanders.....

thomas_045 · 25-01-2006, 16:29

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Whoops.....and there is me believing that the inhabitants of Ossy were once known as Gobbins or Gobbinlanders.....

Only from the Library lamp upwards isnt it?

Tealeaf · 25-01-2006, 16:51

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Originally Posted by thomas_045

Only from the Library lamp upwards isnt it?

Quite correct Thomas....I was just testing to see the extent of local history knowledge amongst our younger members. By the way, neither the Carnegie building nor the lamp have always been there..so what do you think was the previous boundary line?

thomas_045 · 25-01-2006, 16:53

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Quite correct Thomas....I was just testing to see the extent of local history knowledge amongst our younger members. By the way, neither the Carnegie building nor the lamp have always been there..so what do you think was the previous boundary line?

The Village Pantry? Haha. I havent got a clue!

Although there is a phone box at the side of the
library... is that it? Maybe not... ah well!

baby boo · 25-01-2006, 17:55

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Originally Posted by grannyclaret

the only thing tht looks good in any animal skin is an animal... unless maybe a donkey jacket...

I say granny claret would you still be saying that if we lived in the cave man era and you were walking around naked freezing and the only thing that was lovely and warm was animal skin?

shakermaker · 25-01-2006, 17:56

well....we're not, are we? normal clothes was the easy (and sane) option i last heard...

baby boo · 25-01-2006, 18:01

well be very grateful that you live in a nice warm house have lots of nice clothes and give a moment to think about as to how humans once lived.

baby boo · 25-01-2006, 18:02

i honesly did not know they had levis and versace back in the days! do you think it would have been t-rex wear instead of jeans???

shakermaker · 25-01-2006, 18:14

well i was under the impression the human race had moved on form the neanderthal stage....but when you look at people like Pete Burns its evident its just neanderthal with a bit of plastic stuck on.
theres no need whatsoever to use animal skin for clothing anymore, so why is it still done?
its taccy, disgusting and completely unethical.

baby boo · 25-01-2006, 18:15

because we dont want to forget where we came from! its called roots!

shakermaker · 25-01-2006, 18:17

correct me if im wrong but i was born in the 80's so when 'forgetting where i came from' im merely repressing memories of yellow shell suits and curtain style hair cuts

garinda · 25-01-2006, 18:18

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Originally Posted by shakermaker

theres no need whatsoever to use animal skin for clothing anymore, so why is it still done?

Human choice.

We can stay warm without wearing fur.

We can survive without eating meat.

We could in theory all live together without argueing and starting wars.

baby boo · 25-01-2006, 18:20

i was too born in the 80's but im still grateful for my great (x2000) year old uncle fred!!!

baby boo · 25-01-2006, 18:23

i must say first before anyone jumps in. the only thing that has changed is the looks, of course now i am beautiful unlike my poor uncle!!

Gayle · 25-01-2006, 19:12

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Quite correct Thomas....I was just testing to see the extent of local history knowledge amongst our younger members. By the way, neither the Carnegie building nor the lamp have always been there..so what do you think was the previous boundary line?

The boundary line was the mine. Gobbin is a piece of coal, I think scrap coal, that had been discarded that poor people of the area (the area that is now above the lamp) used to collect up for their own fires. They became known as gobbiners. The library was built roughly on the land occupied by the mine. The lamp that is on the site is not actually the original lamp because when the library was built there were two lamps, some time later both were removed and replaced by a single one.