Hi guys n guyesses,
just joined and had to go straight to this thread.
Absolute class ...memories come a flooding back like a sackful of black puddings
Mard was always pertaining to soft or chicken ...As in "Don't be so Mard and stop Scrikin' ....correct spelling of Scriking ?
Agate ...my Mam! ...used it all the time eg..."She's agate ..."sod off" ...and he's agate ..."I will then!" ...as in She was saying or doing..... But ...so I am led to believe ....here we go..
Lots of towns have streets or areas named Petersgate ...or hillgate or billingsgate ...although they had no gates!! ... apparently gate refers to ... "The WAy to or walk to ....so hillgate is the 'walk up' or walk to' the hill, and is a direct transposition from Gait ...or way of walking/ stance. ...so imagine someone describing the way that charlie chaplin walks...with a bandy legged impersonation...and saying ..."Charlie was agate .." ...it all seems to make sense ish
My parents often said ether "soft as Mick" .. as in very wimpy.... AND used the phrases like "More money than soft Mick" ...are these 2 related?? dunno
Layores for meddlers .. I feel might refer to 'Lures for Meddlers' as in Traps for meddlers (cheats, interferers or burglars) ...things set in motion that people should not know about...'less said' etc.
'Skenn Eyed git' ...always remember that after missing an open goal!
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"Christ church up Heaton Norris" (instead of uttering just 'Christ') probably a Stockport reference there!
Also if you drank like a fish ...you were a 'slutch pump' I assume something like a dredger ...pumping slutch from a river ??
and why when we were suprised ...did we go to the 'foot of our stairs' ?