Gobbin ????

[RichardMBKenyon]

My mother said that Gobbinlanders were the folk that lived in that part of Oswaldtwistle above Union St.

 

[Tealeaf]

This is not the first thread on this subject and I doubt if it will be the last, but just a reminder what or who a Gobbiner was. He/She was someone who was thick, stupid, challenged or simply the village idiot. This was a northern english term and was applied locally to those living in the upper part of Ossy, i.e. beyond the current lamp.

 

[Margaret Pilkington]

I started something didn't I....? it was me who mentioned Gobbinland in reply to Gayles thread about her Oswald-opoly. I think T has got the right handle on it.

 

[talentedbutslow]

YEAh........all your fault Margaret.....say 3 hail marys and 5 hows your fathers and go to bed at once..........

 

[Neil]

living in the upper part of Ossy, i.e. beyond the current lamp.

Which end is upper, towards Stanhill or towards Church?

 

[Tealeaf]

Towards Stanhill..i.e. south-west Ossy, or that part of Ossy on the higher ground.

People in Church are far too intelligent to be associated in any way with Gobbins.

 

[Margaret Pilkington]

Tal....the Hail Mary's are done...but I have forgotten how to do the How's your Father....will you come and show me ?

 

[Gayle]

Would anybody like me to post the boring answer, you know, the real one!

 

[Neil]

Yes please Aunty Gayle.

 

[talentedbutslow]

Tal....the Hail Mary's are done...but I have forgotten how to do the How's your Father....will you come and show me ?

Nooooooooo.........YOU NORTY GIRL.....

 

[Gayle]

Yes please Aunty Gayle.

I'll wait for someone other than you to ask if you don't mind. You can beg all you like Neil!

 

[steeljack]

come on Gayle , you know you tell us ........please

 

[Neil]

You can beg all you like Neil!

Yes Mistress Gayle, thank you Mistress Gayle.
Do you want your boots licking again Mistress Gayle?

 

[steeljack]

Yes Mistress Gayle, thank you Mistress Gayle.
Do you want your boots licking again Mistress Gayle?

now I am having visions of leather harnesses, stiletto heels and feather boas,..........but I thought the plea to the answer about the origin of Gobbin was to Gayle and not Garinda

 

[Neil]

now I am having visions of leather harnesses, stiletto heels and feather boas,..........but I thought the plea to the answer about the origin of Gobbin was to Gayle and not Garinda

Forget the feathers and Garinda bit and your about right

 

[garinda]

now I am having visions of leather harnesses, stiletto heels and feather boas,..........but I thought the plea to the answer about the origin of Gobbin was to Gayle and not Garinda

No it's definetly to whip crackin' Gayle, as I've always been too individual ever to conform to stereotypes, and have never bought into the whole sexual imagery thing, that I believe originally came from San Francisco, the place of your residence.

Come on Gayle, tell us what you eventually settled on.