Old expressions not in general use.

My mum would describe something as being 'as black as Newgates knocker', an old reference to the old Newgate prison (I believe)

" watch that bairn doesn't cowp his creels " meaning, be careful the little lad doesn't trip over something. This is a Northumbrian expression I haven't heard in a long time

We set the table too in the West of Scotland.

Something really smart or even just new, or new fangled was described as being "fantouche"

Ooohhh, my nan used to side the table. I'd forgotten that.

Come to think of it - the word I have just used, 'flummoxed' is not heard so frequently nowadays and yet I think it expresses very well the way one feels when puzzled.

One of my Nan's sayings was "You'll meet yourself coming back" when anyone was racing about doing a task.

I sometimes say "I'll go to the foot of our stairs"

We always 'set' the table in my Scottish childhood and I'm sure it's still used.
When I first met my in-laws who haled originally from Yorkshire, though long resident in Kent, I was flummoxed when asked to 'side the pots'. My OH had to translate it as 'put away the dishes' when we'd finished drying them. As a Scot born and bred, this was completely foreign to me.

I say "set the table" but although I was born and bred in the south my family were of northern origin.

We also set a table in the east coast of Scotland.

Is it only people from the north of England who 'set' the table instead of laying it.
I used to tell my children to 'frame' when I wanted them to do something properly. My daughter also said this.

'Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs!' was a favourite of Grandma when she was surprised.

Sorry...your Grandfather, not father Eloethan

"Stuff and nonsense " is an old one not heard now. Also 'once every Preston guild' was said by previous generation of family, which may be a regional thing.Eloethan could your father's saying have been a sanitized "Holy Shit!" ?

'There's nowt as queer as folk' is another expression that you rarely hear nowadays

'You look like you've tossed up for your dinner an' lost', said to someone who looked a bit miserable.

Not heard the skinned rabbit saying.
kitty.....yes, you got the tv series name right, it was Sorry!
‘Ah’ll tell tha that for nowt’ was a favourite expression where I grew up.Usually said when somebody had just forcefully said what was on their mind.

I'm not sure if this is someone's personal saying.. 'I feel like an 'haporth of soap after a hard days wash!"

I’m not as green as I’m cabbage looking!

My granddad always used to say "Good gardenstuff!" to express his surprise. I don't know if it was just his personal saying or whether it was something other people said too.

'More than one way to skin a rabbit'

Also ‘Let the dog see the rabbit’, maybe faded away with fox-hunting.
Remember Skin a rabbit, but not the nine pence.

I sometimes still say it, nellie. And I remember a comedy with Ronnie Corbett in where his mum said it to him. What was that called? He was called Timothy. Sorry, I digress!

I think it was a sales pitch
When selling their wares the young lads would shout, Rabbits, rabbits, I'll skin you one for ninepence.

I remember 'skin a rabbit', nellie and remember (but try to forget!!!) seeing my dad skinning a rabbit and it seemed to come off in 1 piece - like pulling off a child's jumper or vest.

Maybe rabbits cost 9d or people were paid 9d per rabbit to skin them.