Gobbin ????

talentedbutslow · 16-10-2006, 01:04

Somebody mentioned ......"gobbin" in another thread......now.. I used to have a teacher named gobbin at Accy Grammar.......think his real name was Owen.....however.....I decided to look up gobbin in google....and this was one of the answers........

Gobbin

A gobbin is something you would call someone if you have a personal problem with them.
'Listen man, your a complete f.....' Gobbin aren't you?'

mani · 16-10-2006, 01:07

i thought gobbin was spittin phelgm?

grannyclaret · 16-10-2006, 01:12

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Originally Posted by mani

i thought gobbin was spittin phelgm?

i think thats called flobbin....

steeljack · 16-10-2006, 01:50

this is a subject best left to the users of this group who reside in Oswaldtwistle.....they can explain all .......above the lamp , below the lamp etc. it's a tribal thing, similar to the Hottentots
Being raised an Arroder , I was taught a Gobbin or Gobbiner was someone from the top end of Ossie, but not a West-ender.

Mancie · 16-10-2006, 05:52

typical gobbin ..asti fecklin mi son.. far ti middlin.. gon ti get mi puddin n peas owta shop..and goin up tu park

WillowTheWhisp · 16-10-2006, 06:50

Tal Mani and Steeljack are all correct.

It's a verb describing something which footballers frequently do. It's a similar more friendly insult than the one Tal googled used to describe someone who is a bit of a dope - or locally it's a tribal thing amongst Ossy dwellers.

SPUGGIE J · 16-10-2006, 09:09

So when does the war paint go on if Ossie is tribal????

Mancie nice bit on the speach could have translated it for those that dont understand it (I do)

garinda · 16-10-2006, 23:24

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Originally Posted by talentedbutslow

Somebody mentioned ......"gobbin" in another thread......now.. I used to have a teacher named gobbin at Accy Grammar.......think his real name was Owen.....however.....I decided to look up gobbin in google....and this was one of the answers........

Gobbin

A gobbin is something you would call someone if you have a personal problem with them.
'Listen man, your a complete f.....' Gobbin aren't you?'

Was your teacher 'Winky' Owen, who though Welsh, lived in Ossy?

junetta · 16-10-2006, 23:31

I have a book somewhere called 'Gobbin's Tales' which is all about Ossy. I've just searched through all my books but happen I left it in England. As far as I can remember you had to be born near Tinker Brook or the Library.......sorry, memory is failing, lol,..........to be a proper Gobbin.

Failing to find the book I did a search on google and came up with this........strange!!!

Accrington was famous for it's Nori's Great Harwood, for it's mills and fabled snuff, And the Papermill at Rishton was a landmark, As was the stream that wound through Priestly Clough. To scale the mighty Coppice was a conquest, Of late fragmented by a noisy motorway, Like yer 'Lectric and yer Bulloughs, most is gone now, Never more to see the light of Hyndburn's day. Dear old Oswaldtwistle, too, is much devalued, Gobbins' rarely lift their heads o'er Tinker Brook, An' Pit at Huncoat lies a dusty memory, Like it's power station - gone, long since forsook. Branch line stations served the Urban population, With sidings, yards and endless loops and tracks, Whence industry and commerce thrived in tandem, Till Beeching smashed the railways with his axe. An amalgam of these proud old towns and hamlets, Threw up Hyndburn - what an awful choice of name! Still, just look around the townships and consider, Is this cocked up shambles worthy of acclaim? For a home without a heart amounts to nothing, But a soulless place where smiles are seldom seen, Where once proud streets are filled with drunks and litter, 'Tis as though our civic pride has never been. Signs are we're soon to see our Picture Palace, Our furtive Council have at last awarded trumps, But to give us back our pride and reverse the ebbing tide, We need to press all hands back to the pumps. End

garinda · 16-10-2006, 23:32

Gobbiners are those born higher up Ossy than the lamp, which is in front of the library.

There were nearly riots earlier last year, when a certain Peter Britcliffe wanted it relocated across the road, to our pretend town square.

http://archive.thisislancashire.co.u...21/431920.html

steeljack · 17-10-2006, 00:49

Junetta , good post , I think Derek Gregson is from Arrod , he writes a lot of nostalgic stuff , kind of touching in a Gracie Fields type of way .

Neil · 17-10-2006, 05:43

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Originally Posted by garinda

There were nearly riots earlier last year, when a certain Peter Britcliffe wanted it relocated across the road, to our pretend town square.

It was never going to happen.
I told you at the time it was only a clever political game played at the Area Council to get the people of Ossy on side to apply pressure on LCC to repair the lamp. It worked well, the people were very unhappy at the thought of the lamp moving.

WillowTheWhisp · 17-10-2006, 07:28

If Ossy is tribal then 't'lamp' must surely be it's sacred totem pole. Shift t'lamp? O'er theer deed boddies!

mthead · 17-10-2006, 09:44

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Originally Posted by garinda

There were nearly riots earlier last year, when a certain Peter Britcliffe wanted it relocated across the road, to our pretend town square.

PMSL 'pretend town square' you mean where the chavs hangout with thier bottles of 'WKD' or white lightening?

garinda · 17-10-2006, 09:47

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Originally Posted by mthead

PMSL 'pretend town square' you mean where the chavs hangout with thier bottles of 'WKD' or white lightening?

That's the one. The area where the bronzed cups and saucers have been replaced by other characters from the Mad Hatter's teaparty.