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mrsmopp Fri 20-Sept-13 10:09:24

Are my seams straight?
Are you courting?
We're going steady.
He's so square.
It's a shotgun wedding.
Ooh, he sends me! (About a pop star)
See you later Alligator!

grannyactivist Sat 21-Sept-13 17:04:04

penny for the guy
are you coming out to play?
wage packet
scullery
get my film developed
whitestone the steps
can you lend me a cup of sugar/milk?

mrsmopp Sat 21-Sept-13 06:32:06

Grotty!

harrigran Fri 20-Sept-13 22:37:52

Brothel creepers.

Hebs Fri 20-Sept-13 22:21:42

Beetle squashers, Drapes and drainpipes.

Galen Fri 20-Sept-13 22:16:39

Horace Bactchelor at K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M

Oh la sir, you quite put a maiden to the blush!

ninathenana Fri 20-Sept-13 21:47:11

Going to the hop
Stepping out
Going steady
She's going with a Ted (teddy boy)

ninathenana Fri 20-Sept-13 21:43:06

Can remember my mum telling me that wisewoman
I tell DGS the same.

wisewoman Fri 20-Sept-13 19:22:12

Child "I want ......"

Mother "I want never gets Please May I Have!"

mrsmopp Fri 20-Sept-13 18:27:10

Mum, can I have so and so?
You'll have to wait till I come up on the coupon!

That meant no.

Grannyeggs Fri 20-Sept-13 18:24:00

I think it was something to do with the football pools Flickety, which I used to do every week , there was no lottery then, it was a pools win we wanted.

FlicketyB Fri 20-Sept-13 18:21:22

Keynsham, wasn't it Horace Batchelor(?) and his football tips, or was it racing? He had adverts on Radio Luxembourg.

wisewoman Fri 20-Sept-13 18:00:58

My father: "Why do you need to talk to friends on the phone - you only saw them an hour ago" What on earth would he think nowadays as teenagers are surgically attached to theirs?

mrsmopp Fri 20-Sept-13 17:58:21

It's snowing down south = your slip is showing.

I've laddered my nylons!

mrsmopp Fri 20-Sept-13 17:56:42

Can't talk any more - the pips have gone.
Putt more pennies in!
No, there's a queue outside the kiosk and its raining!
Pip pip pip pip

Press button A when the caller answers
press button B to get your money back.

wisewoman Fri 20-Sept-13 17:55:18

Postman, postman, do not tarry
Take this to the one I'll marry

KatyK Fri 20-Sept-13 17:30:42

Oh yes - what was that Keynsham thing now? Was it something to do with winning a prize?

LizG Fri 20-Sept-13 17:11:45

Keynsham spelled K..E..Y..N..S..H..A..M. Never thought that one day I would live near it.

AlieOxon Fri 20-Sept-13 17:09:16

'In a while, crocodile'

AlieOxon Fri 20-Sept-13 17:08:29

Your show's slippin'.....

'Air ye dancin?' - 'Naw, it's just the way I'm stannin' '

annodomini Fri 20-Sept-13 16:18:19

We would say that too Katy or else 'it's raining in Paris'.

Lona Fri 20-Sept-13 15:55:16

Sorry, I'm washing my hair on ......

KatyK Fri 20-Sept-13 15:19:39

Round these parts if your underskirt was showing someone would shout 'Charlie's dead'

annodomini Fri 20-Sept-13 13:43:38

Picture House.

Zengran Fri 20-Sept-13 13:26:36

Far out man!

yogagran Fri 20-Sept-13 13:07:59

"I've got the curse"