Sharp Bonks

[Owd Bert]

I have just added a few more photos to the "Hyndburn Then & Now" Album on my Picasa WebSite. One of the captions refers to "Sharp Bonks" which was a term widely used in the "old days". Just wondered if any other Accywebber was familiar with the expression.

 

[accymel]

LOL, erm not in the sence its supposed to mean, i was thinking it meant painful sex LOL

 

[entwisi]

Bonk to me is a generic term for a hill,

Sharp bonks I guess is a specific one, where is that in teh picture?

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

Is it going down towards Perth Street?

Sharp Bonks means nothing to me.

 

[grannyclaret]

i thought this thread was going to be something rude.....

 

[Wynonie Harris]

Cheers, Bert, first time I've seen that for years! When I was a toddler, I used to walk up there with my mum on our way back to Broadfield Road. She never called it "Sharp Bonks", though. She always called it "The Donkey Steps".

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

We called it Donkey Steps too.

 

[accymel]

i thought this thread was going to be something rude.....

Thank gawd i wasn't the only one

 

[Margaret Pilkington]

We always called them the Sharp Bonks too...though I haven't heard the phrase for absolutely ages.

 

[mthead]

Thank gawd i wasn't the only one

PMSL That makes 3 of us.I thought somebody had posted something that should have been put in over 18's

 

[K.S.H]

Heard the saying "up bonk" and "down bonk" meaning going up or down a hill but can't remember hearing sharp bonks

 

[grego]

Never heard the phrase "Sharp Bonks but it certainly made me view the thread.lol

 

[fc:stanley]

i thought this thread was going to be something rude.....

Thats why you came to have a look then granny Lmao