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bonny_tuesday · 12-08-2008, 23:24

Something else we used to be covered in in summertime as well was stickybobs. Does anybody remember those?
We would play in the fields, and it was a seed that curled up into a little ball and would stick to anything, little spikey things they were and impossible to get off, we used to throw them at each other and if one landed in your hair you had to wait till you got home so your mum could comb it out! You dont see them anymore, unless its coz im a grown up now and dont play out lol

Eric · 13-08-2008, 01:54

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Originally Posted by bonny_tuesday

lol yes your right, and i am a foreigner, from Eccles, Manchester originally but in Helmshore now.
We used to come in as children covered in pitch when it was hot. It was impossible to get off our socks, cardies fingers, hair, it was disgusting stuff lol.

Eccles eh ..... home of the cakes?

Benipete · 13-08-2008, 02:16

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Originally Posted by bonny_tuesday

Something else we used to be covered in in summertime as well was stickybobs. Does anybody remember those?
We would play in the fields, and it was a seed that curled up into a little ball and would stick to anything, little spikey things they were and impossible to get off, we used to throw them at each other and if one landed in your hair you had to wait till you got home so your mum could comb it out! You dont see them anymore, unless its coz im a grown up now and dont play out lol

Stickybobs are still with us.They are alive and well - Growing by a stream in the Trough of Bowland.

bonny_tuesday · 13-08-2008, 05:51

Yahhhhh!!!! Three cheers for stickybobs!!! something thats not been killed off by developement!
Arethey the tiny ones or the ones that are about half an inch when they are curled up?

bonny_tuesday · 13-08-2008, 05:55

The Eccles Cake shop, the original one, is opposite the Norman Church on Church Street, its a lovely little church. There is a floral graden in remembrance of Diana just outside it now. The eccles cake shop is a deli. The name Eccles is derived from Eclesiastic, so when you have an eccles cake, you better say a prayer! lol

flashy · 16-08-2008, 21:17

surprise surprise we have rain YET AGAIN, was out on my bike again this afternoon, had a ride to Rishton and back, i thought it was going to pour down at one point but luckily we managed to avoid it, doesnt look like we will be riding anywhere for the next few days, its supposed to rain till Tuesday

panther · 18-08-2008, 11:30

This weather is really starting to pee me off!!, my house looks like a ruddy laundrette with all the washing

Eric · 20-08-2008, 19:08

After a week of stormy unsettled weather, we a settling in for a spell of warm (25c) clear, sunny days, with cool clear nights. Great late summer weather, and a bonus for local farmers who will soon have to get the harvest in. And great weather for the annual Limestone City Blues Festival with Watermelon Slim, and the C.O.R.K. regatta .... This part of Lake Ontario offers some of the finest sailing conditions in the world.

Damn; I love where I live

MargaretR · 21-08-2008, 11:21

Raining cats and dogs again (aka stair rods)

One good outcome - I haven't used a carwash in months

always look on the bright side of life

emamum · 21-08-2008, 11:41

i was supposed to going out today with a friend, dont think we'll bother now!

flashy · 21-08-2008, 21:09

is it me or is it cold tonight? ive just put the heating on

Eric · 21-08-2008, 21:13

You can all hate me for this; but the weather here is great ... beautiful, clear, sunny days, cooling off nicely at night. And it looks like this will hold for a few days ... the only nasty thing in the near future is that US tropical storm ... even this far north we feel some of the effects.