Soft Mick.

Everyone I knew in Atherton used "Soft Mick", and most of us were Irish. Usually it was something like, "He's got more money than "Soft Mick" There was also a pub in Tyldesley (forget the name now) but all the adults called it Skenning Bob's, or, Skenny-eyed Bob's, and Bob was cross-eyed.
 
Theres a row of terraced houses in Arrod (Gt. Harwood ) locally known as Skenning Row , think its Railway Terrace, from the front all looks normal , but you open the front door and all the lobbies and rooms are about 10/15° off center to the left , all the rooms are like parallelograms, a strange situation to be in after a few drinks .

(and before Cashy or South Aussie chip in , yep I know us Arroders have a reputation for being a bit strange) :D :D
 
Callert said:
Everyone I knew in Atherton used "Soft Mick", and most of us were Irish. Usually it was something like, "He's got more money than "Soft Mick" There was also a pub in Tyldesley (forget the name now) but all the adults called it Skenning Bob's, or, Skenny-eyed Bob's, and Bob was cross-eyed.
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Used to go in Skenning Bob's, my other half lives in Tyldesley
 
steeljack said:
Theres a row of terraced houses in Arrod (Gt. Harwood ) locally known as Skenning Row , think its Railway Terrace, from the front all looks normal , but you open the front door and all the lobbies and rooms are about 10/15° off center to the left , all the rooms are like parallelograms, a strange situation to be in after a few drinks .

(and before Cashy or South Aussie chip in , yep I know us Arroders have a reputation for being a bit strange) :D :D
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A bit strange:D:D
 
grannyclaret said:
agate was also said in burnley ,and does anybody know who skenning emma was ,?? they said that like dellboy would say gordon bennett,i have visions of some poor girl with jam jar bottomed glasses
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Ged away wy thi its skenning Martha.
Retlaw.
 
garinda said:
After searching slang dictionaries on the web, l've finally accepted that Mick is a derogatory term for an Irish man, and soft just means simple. But why is it so localised, and why does it means extravagance? l'm still hoping he was an Accy dandy.

Other good localish words found in the slang dictionary were-
crammed [grumpy,]
mard [feeling miserable.]
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Being mard is acting like a crybaby.
as in Mard Appeth.

Retlaw.
 
Mancie said:
Yep gallant.. I recall "skeen eyed" i took it as "bog eyed".. anyone heard of "kack handed" I think the slang is meaning the person is useless with both hands ?..
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Kack handed is one mon who carned mek out wi is ands, or arse abeaut faced.

If I axed me dad wads thad fur, "ids a winwong tu wind moon up wi.

Retlaw.
 
I always understood "Kack handed" to be a left handed person - raps over the knuckles from teacher. However, sometimes the grey cells desert me or play tricks on me.
 
The expression "Soft Mick" "Soft Lad" often figured in conversations over Liverpool way, the "soft" generally equated to stupid, therefore making Mick a generic figure of derision.
 
Yep, you could say that Cashy ! (but it certainly wasn't in my direction :D ) & Jay, I was far too well behaved (most of the time :D) or had a pretty good Alibi !
 
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