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Topic Started: Nov 5 2009, 04:27 PM (925 Views)
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One of my nan's regular saying was ...

Put th'wood int'ole

meaning shut the door .. 'put the wood in the hole'.
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wyrearchaeology
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Quite a different meaning if you're an American film maker, I suspect.
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Nov 5 2009, 06:06 PM
Quite a different meaning if you're an American film maker, I suspect.
:DD :DD
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my old dad used to say that all the time.
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hi all my family`s from nottinghamshire (hucknall) and `put wood in`th ole` was a regular saying by both sets of grandparents . although one set moved over here in 1933 to blackpool . so wether it was a local saying from here or from notts ive no idea . other favorites from the nan and grandad that moved over here was `mash t` , make a cuppa , and also if you asked her anything and said `y nana` she`d say `cause y`s a crooked letter and you cant straighten it ` god knows where that comes from !!!! theres probably loads more when i get round to thinking about it . o yeah i started doing my family tree a few years ago and obviously i new all my family were from notts which was`nt a problem i was quite comfortable with the fact that im a proud lancashire lad born in blackpool , sandgrown`en and all that . and the family were all from the midlands , i can live with that . i went back two generations before my grandparents and found out to my absolute disgust that were `southerners !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! devastated !!! all our lot were from the home counties , ive never got over it to this day . after all the things ive said about southern pansies/softies !! its brought it all back im gonna have nightmares tonite !!!!! :( :( by for now regards andy
Edited by andyb, Nov 6 2009, 02:50 AM.
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Hi Andy

I've done my family tree and even though my family moved around a lot all roads lead back to Wales !!!! I was gutted too .. I hate the welsh :cry:

Got to be better than Russ who comes from a long line of male lace makers ;) :O
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:DD hi melanie , well coming from nottingham all the blokes were miners ( i hope !!) but most of the women folk were `lace makers to !!! ` jeeesse i hope the blokes were miners !!!! mind you shouldnt complain ive made a good few quid in the past selling nottingham lace on the markets (well me mam did whilst i was selling more blokey stuff !!!!) regards andy :DD
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Russ's lot are from Nottingham .. I'd be checking mate :DD
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hi all .melanie dont you worry i will be , ive been telling everybody all my male relations were hard as nails miners !! ive got this vision of em all sat round a table making doilies !!!!!! nightmare !!!!!!! sorry i know its off topic but ive just borrowed a copy of history of blackpool and its neighbourhood , by thornber . and inside the bag theres a borough guide to fleetwood from 1900 ish with some great pics of fleetwood , shops and stuff . cheers bye for now andy
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Hi, Heres a few local words you might not have heard,
Barn't ,without
Baint, Must not or will not.
Fettle, make or repair
Ow'ert Brush ,unmarried couple,
wrong side o, blanket, children born out of wedlock.(Many children born to inmarried mothers were brought up as there own by their parents or other married relatives ) so caution must be used when looking at old documentsI know of a few local cases that would suprise you!
Child'a,Children
Besum, bad tempered woman
Chunner, mutter, complain.
Shune ,shoes,
Flit ,leave move,
Gawp, stare
Moonlight Flit, leave in a hurry without telling anyone,
Keller, Parafin
Donkey Stone a white or sand coluored soft stone used to clean front door steps.(got from Rag and Bone men in exchange for a few rags.)
Gat'e as in I mu'n be ga,in,(I must be going)
Powfact, tired
Flumeked, puzzeld dont understand also worried
Mu'n must
Mon Man
Yo'n that
ga'n go, went
Bar'm Pot,nutter
Irnin, farmers who start making their own cheese (I think its from the word Irnin tub),
Gobby, someone who talks a lot mostly rubbish,(i think some think its applies to me)
So i'll stop M'e Blatherin and sling m' e hook, (shut up and leave)


Pity my Uncle Bill Wood is no longer with us, you would have been hard pressed to understand a word he said.

Edited by james, Nov 12 2009, 01:06 PM.
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