lost dialect - Page 3

jamesicus · 04-10-2005, 21:39

And of course nobody liked to empty the "jerries" in the morning -- I used to hate that job!

WillowTheWhisp · 04-10-2005, 21:41

My gran had "jerries". We had a "po" and a "guzunder" According to my Dad it was so named because "It guzunder the bed."

grannyclaret · 04-10-2005, 21:42

we had a guzzunder too my hubby had a peeanna

jamesicus · 04-10-2005, 21:47

Does anyone know why we called licorice "spanish"?

jamesicus · 04-10-2005, 21:54

Wax "tapers" to light the way in the dark parts of the house at night.

A liitle off topic (sorry) -- does anyone remember when electrification of houses was completed in Lancashire? I remember that my grandma Baldwin still had gas lighting in 1936 -- you had to adjust the mantle with little chains to get the right amount of lighting.

jamesicus · 04-10-2005, 21:58

Remember when holes in the heels of (mostly boy's) socks were called "spuds"?

"Tha's got a reet big spud in thi left sock, Jim"

Ernie · 04-10-2005, 22:33

As an Accringtonian myself I am surprised that none of you have mentioned the word to describe anything good or well done, "Gradely"...

Ernie · 04-10-2005, 22:42

BTW, we didn't buy any donkey stones at the shop that I can remember -- our Rag & Bone man used to give them out as payment for stuff given him.

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On a serious note, the rag and bone man traded the donkey stone was my Father, he was the only R&B man who did that in Accy.

WillowTheWhisp · 04-10-2005, 23:14

My Granny had gas mantles as late as 1960.

cashman · 04-10-2005, 23:15

remember Gating up the fire.?

grannyclaret · 04-10-2005, 23:18

we put a shovel in front and then a newspaper,,,if you wernt careful it would set on fire and stink the room out

jamesicus · 05-10-2005, 01:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by James

BTW, we didn't buy any donkey stones at the shop that I can remember -- our Rag & Bone man used to give them out as payment for stuff given him. James

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ernie

On a serious note, the rag and bone man traded the donkey stone was my Father, he was the only R&B man who did that in Accy.

I lived in Burnley.

pendy · 05-10-2005, 10:01

Granny Morris used to describe people with squints as "Skenning like a basket o' whelps". But we didn't have spills to light the gas, we had tapers (got them from Emily's in Henry Street).

The clout that you shouldn't cast had nothing to do with the month, by the way - it was the May blossom that had to be out before you could take the capsicum tissue from under your liberty bodice!

Margaret Pilkington · 05-10-2005, 13:45

And were you told to 'Stop thi mitherin'.......?

I remember buying Donkey stones at Bob Wilkinsons Hardware shop on Nuttall St in Accrington......we used to have wax tapers as well as spills......the spills were rainbow coloured and I used to play with them...... My Auntie lived in Walsden and she still had gaslight up until 1970 when she left her little cottage and moved into a HFE.

Margaret Pilkington · 05-10-2005, 13:48

GC.....we must've been a bit posh because we had a Zinc 'blower' instead of a shovel......we also had a gas poker, but that was only because we had an uncle who worked for the gas board and he got it cheap for us. I used to get severely told off for standing on the the red rubber tubing and making it go out.......My dad said I would get blown to kingdom come.......I wanted to go to find out where it was......silly girl!