Old local sayings

[diamondpocket]

I've just used:

he's as daft as a brush (who Basil Brush?)
Stan was an absolute fruitcake.

[diamondpocket]

Not sure it’s been posted but when we were kids you could be oined to death

Yeah, I heard that growing up in the 80/90's. Probably from my older brother telling Mum I was oining him to death.

[9thMay1987]

If you are not born there you are an" ofcomdun"

[eastanglianclaret]

Another one I can only ever recall having heard up North specifically East Lancs is 'flit', as in 'moving house'....my Kentish wife (or is that my wife who is from Kent) was completely flummoxed when she heard my dad say : "We flit your brother last week"!

[durhamclaret]

Them at number 22 are livin overt brush (not married or as the oldies say living in sin)

[Targetman]

Aye. Between school & uni in 1968, I worked at Loughclough textile print works. There was a mix of Burnley and "o'er t'tops" folk there. Burnley folk (me included) used to refer to the Valley folk as "nobuts" because they tended to use nobut (nothing but) in stead of "only". There was generally quite a bit of (very friendly) banter about difference in accent/vocabulary; maybe still is.

Loveclough Printworks or CPA as it was also known as, closed down 40 years ago in 1980.
Bet that makes you feel old Lead Belly!

[welsbyswife]

Not sure it’s been posted but when we were kids you could be oined to death

If someone was oining you too much you could give em a good braying.

[Cirrus_Minor]

Has any onya any onya?

Does anybody have some....?

[HuncoatClaret]

All you need to know is here.
https://youtu.be/WgEc4Cz32eo

[kritichris]

Not sure it’s been posted but when we were kids you could be oined to death

You still can on here

[Fenwick]

Is the phrase " side things away" a Lancashire thing ? Once said it to a mate from down south and needed it explaining. That and the joy of cheese with Christmas cake.

[LeadBelly]

Loveclough Printworks or CPA as it was also known as, closed down 40 years ago in 1980.
Bet that makes you feel old Lead Belly!

Blimey, that long ago?
Ive been past "top of t'brew" there a couple of times on an X43 in the last few years and seen it was pulled down (looks like they've built a little estate there- maybe using some of the stone from the mill.
Yes it was CPA when I worked there, became Courtaulds later I think. I had a great few months working there labouring before going to uni. Built up my beer fund for the first couple of years of my course.

[Claret Toni]

Is the phrase " side things away" a Lancashire thing ? Once said it to a mate from down south and needed it explaining. That and the joy of cheese with Christmas cake.

Ah Cheese with Christmas cake. Sounds odd, tastes divine. Always thought that was a Yorkshire delicacy (oxymoron?).

[Targetman]

Blimey, that long ago?
Ive been past "top of t'brew" there a couple of times on an X43 in the last few years and seen it was pulled down (looks like they've built a little estate there- maybe using some of the stone from the mill.
Yes it was CPA when I worked there, became Courtaulds later I think. I had a great few months working there labouring before going to uni. Built up my beer fund for the first couple of years of my course.

Yes they did build houses there several years ago but I dont think any of the stone from the factory was used.

The social club still remains however, with snooker tables and a bowling green, and unusually for a club these days, is doing very well.

[huw.Y.WattfromWare]

The social club still remains however, with snooker tables and a bowling green, and unusually for a club these days, is doing very well.

Would you know if they still have the Guiness cocktails challenge poster on the wall? Some folk had been through them all twice.

[IanMcL]

If you are not born there you are an" ofcomdun"

Not just BT and Virgin then!

[Targetman]

Would you know if they still have the Guiness cocktails challenge poster on the wall? Some folk had been through them all twice.

Not sure as I've not been in there for a couple of months!

[kritichris]

Is the phrase " side things away" a Lancashire thing ? Once said it to a mate from down south and needed it explaining. That and the joy of cheese with Christmas cake.

We used to say' siden the table' meaning clear all the dirty plates from it etc.

[rob63]

Bosscat



I saw a piece with Athers and Bumble about that - can't remember the details - I think it originated in the home dressing room at Old Trafford relating to the direction most of the weather came from.

I heard Bumble on TMS saying it came about from an old Lancashire player (Bill) whose mother's house could be seen in the hills above Old Trafford( the real one). When the clouds came in, the players used to say it was looking bad over Bill's mother's.

Another saying is that if you can see the Derbyshire hills beyond Old Trafford then it's going to rain......if you can't see the Derbyshire hills then it IS raining.

[rob63]

Bosscat



I saw a piece with Athers and Bumble about that - can't remember the details - I think it originated in the home dressing room at Old Trafford relating to the direction most of the weather came from.

I heard Bumble on TMS saying it came about from an old Lancashire player (Bill) whose mother's house could be seen in the hills above Old Trafford( the real one). When the clouds came in, the players used to say it was looking bad over Bill's mother's.

Another saying is that if you can see the Derbyshire hills beyond Old Trafford then it's going to rain......if you can't see the Derbyshire hills then it IS raining.

[ClaretTony]

I heard Bumble on TMS saying it came about from an old Lancashire player (Bill) whose mother's house could be seen in the hills above Old Trafford( the real one). When the clouds came in, the players used to say it was looking bad over Bill's mother's.

Another saying is that if you can see the Derbyshire hills beyond Old Trafford then it's going to rain......if you can't see the Derbyshire hills then it IS raining.

Bumble tells the tale but Bill never actually existed.

[rob63]

Bumble tells the tale but Bill never actually existed.

It's Bumble....... nobody actually believes his stories Tony. I was merely relating the full story as I heard it to someone who asked for more detail.

[ClaretTony]

Was mard a local word? I don't hear that being used now as in - don't be so mard when you got upset about something.

[TVC15]

Was mard a local word? I don't hear that being used now as in - don't be so mard when you got upset about something.

I remember it being local - as in being called a “mard arse”

Might be wrong though - I know working in Manchester all my life and living in Burnley they used to often ask for subtitles from me !

[ColneMonkey]

My mother in law, Burnley born and bread, uses am-a-gate - pronounced like 'I'm a gate'.

I think it means 'I said to...' or something? Does anyone else use this?

When I first heard her use it I didnt have a clue what she was saying!

[Yorkshire Claret]

Not exactly a local saying but something the people I travel to games with laugh about anyway.

In Burnley if you have Pie and Peas it's usually had with pickled red cabbage yet over this side of the hill it's always had with Mint Sauce.

Just where is the change over point from one to t'other.

[Caballo]

My mother in law, Burnley born and bread, uses am-a-gate - pronounced like 'I'm a gate'.

I think it means 'I said to...' or something? Does anyone else use this?

When I first heard her use it I didnt have a clue what she was saying!

It was/is a commonly used term in Accy.

[ecc]

Is "it's starving" = freezing, local?

[HuncoatClaret]

My mother in law, Burnley born and bread, uses am-a-gate - pronounced like 'I'm a gate'.

Most people will have heard this saying, "I'm a gate" but if they haven't, they shouldn't take "a fence"

[FactualFrank]

There was a saying back in high school during the 90s, where people would call others a "Stump", as in, a plonker. "Be quiet, you stump".

[ClaretTony]

My mother in law, Burnley born and bread, uses am-a-gate - pronounced like 'I'm a gate'.

I think it means 'I said to...' or something? Does anyone else use this?

When I first heard her use it I didnt have a clue what she was saying!

Agate was a common one but another not heard now very often.

[conyoviejo]

Agate was a common one but another not heard now very often.

My dad allus used this term meaning "I'm about to do something "or go somewhere.