Dialect/slang

The origins and history of placenames, nicknames, local slang, etc.
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tilly
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Post by tilly »

My house alarm was fitted by a guy called Tony Crook.
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I was sold life insurance(a long time ago) By Tony Fidler(A Fidler)
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dogduke wrote: I was sold life insurance(a long time ago) By Tony Fidler(A Fidler) There was a dentist on Rounhay Rd, in the 50's called I. Pulham!
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Post by Uno Hoo »

Our plumber in Bradford, sadly now deceased, was Frank Plummer.
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Post by Bramleygal »

There was an optomotrist in Headingley named Shakepeare. My Dad always called him Wagstaff :-)

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Post by Bramleygal »

I only remember "chucking it down."

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Post by Trojan »

stutterdog wrote: dogduke wrote: I was sold life insurance(a long time ago) By Tony Fidler(A Fidler) There was a dentist on Rounhay Rd, in the 50's called I. Pulham! There's an undertaker in Dewsbury called Box.
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Post by Uno Hoo »

Trojan wrote: stutterdog wrote: dogduke wrote: I was sold life insurance(a long time ago) By Tony Fidler(A Fidler) There was a dentist on Rounhay Rd, in the 50's called I. Pulham! There's an undertaker in Dewsbury called Box. The Lord Chief Justice is Judge Judge.
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Post by Arry Awk »

Bramleygal wrote: There was an optomotrist in Headingley named Shakepeare. My Dad always called him Wagstaff :-) Sure it wasn't Falstaff? or if it was Wagstaff,he probablyput it about a bit! lol not

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Post by stevief »

My apologies if this has been mentioned before.My dad used to refer to pork pies as 'Growlers',also there's a pork butcher in Guiseley which boasts of being 'Home of the Guiseley Growler'

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