gnipper 5,972 Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 Just now, jukel123 said: Yes, they could sense strangers and nervousness. If you showed weakness you were doomed. I used to visit my grandad in Moss Side and I had to run the gauntlet of packs of dogs which sensed I didn't belong and the local kids were even more scary. It was the same for me Feeling posh from west lancs 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iworkwhippets 12,247 Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 6 minutes ago, gnipper said: Did you ever meant a rum old bugger called Pat Connoly? They lived at Walkden too I remember. Don't recall him.mate, I used to run around we a reet bunch of lads, I also have memories of sergeant earl of walked cid, I had loads of run ins we him , I knocked about with the Derbyshire brothers , and a lad called George Purdy, f**k me those were the days Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iworkwhippets 12,247 Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 Just now, iworkwhippets said: Don't recall him.mate, I used to run around we a reet bunch of lads, I also have memories of sergeant earl of walked cid, I had loads of run ins we him , I knocked about with the Derbyshire brothers , and a lad called George Purdy, f**k me those were the days Walkden cid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shaaark 10,146 Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 (edited) 51 minutes ago, chartpolski said: Who the f**k do you think you are.....Astanley ????? Cheers. I know EXACTLY who I am, charts. And if @Astanley feels the need, to pull people on their grammar, like I do sometimes, good on him. Edited June 24, 2023 by shaaark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 20,496 Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 My missus just said the other day that you don't see dogs on the street these days. We are in our 70's so we did back on the day, I remember Billy the bull dog, he was an English bull terrier, used to be outside our school with a brick or a tin can in his mouth, he looked like a real bull terrier and was harmless to people, but we all gave him a wide berth ! Whippets and lurchers were let out in the morning and a few of them were decent enough to leave a hare on the doorstep when you got home ! Rose tinted glasses ? ...... no, it's the way it was back then. Cheers. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deker 3,453 Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 (edited) With media, communication and world travel the way it is today, it surprises me accents still persist. We will all be speaking in the same way soon.....what does a Punjabi accent sound like?? Edited June 24, 2023 by Deker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 20,496 Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 3 minutes ago, shaaark said: I know EXACTLY who I am, charts. And if @Astanley feels the need, to pull people on their grammar, like I do sometimes, good on him. I assume you know I'm joking mate, if you don't then I can only apologise profusely. Cheers. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 9,484 Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 1 hour ago, jukel123 said: The Liverpool accent has changed within a few decades. I could understand the old Liverpudlian comics no problem, Cilla Black, the Beatles etc, but f**k me its sounds so much faster and high pitched now. Skip to 6 minute mark 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 6,570 Posted June 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 22 minutes ago, chartpolski said: My missus just said the other day that you don't see dogs on the street these days. We are in our 70's so we did back on the day, I remember Billy the bull dog, he was an English bull terrier, used to be outside our school with a brick or a tin can in his mouth, he looked like a real bull terrier and was harmless to people, but we all gave him a wide berth ! Whippets and lurchers were let out in the morning and a few of them were decent enough to leave a hare on the doorstep when you got home ! Rose tinted glasses ? ...... no, it's the way it was back then. Cheers. Enticing a bitch in heat into school was always worth a laugh. The bitch was always accompanied by a dozen or so pumping dogs chased by stressed out teachers. Ten minutes of priceless entertainment. We had a dog which always hung around the playground. His nickname was bumming Ben because he would mount kids in short trousers. Another dog Sheba, a cross alsation always appeared at games and chased the football. Our PE teacher didn't fit the stereotype and was quite a gentle man, so it up to us to throw mud and the occasional boot at it. It was all part of the fun for it though. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
saluki bouy 635 Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 The young ones all talk the same around here but they mix more town to town than we did and then younger than that younger than that my god daughter speaks bloody American watching YouTube every town in the Scottish Borders has there own twang to are accents I can still get shivers from the thought of going to the dentist as a bairn and the receptionist along my name in the broadest gala twang (accent) Hawick is a different level down there from the older generation the posh university Scottish accent Kevin bridges protrays so well kills me the most awful thing my ears have heard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 6,570 Posted June 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 2 minutes ago, saluki bouy said: The young ones all talk the same around here but they mix more town to town than we did and then younger than that younger than that my god daughter speaks bloody American watching YouTube every town in the Scottish Borders has there own twang to are accents I can still get shivers from the thought of going to the dentist as a bairn and the receptionist along my name in the broadest gala twang (accent) Hawick is a different level down there from the older generation the posh university Scottish accent Kevin bridges protrays so well kills me the most awful thing my ears have heard Youngsters are very prone to starting a sentence with 'so', employing a lot of sassy head movements and ending a statement as though they are answering a question. All copied from America I guess. ( I am aware I guess is an Americanism) lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shaaark 10,146 Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 51 minutes ago, chartpolski said: I assume you know I'm joking mate, if you don't then I can only apologise profusely. Cheers. Yes, I knew you were joking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shaaark 10,146 Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 55 minutes ago, Deker said: what does a Punjabi accent sound like?? Ask 'VILF SAHIB' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shaaark 10,146 Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 8 minutes ago, jukel123 said: Youngsters are very prone to starting a sentence with 'so', employing a lot of sassy head movements and ending a statement as though they are answering a question. All copied from America I guess. ( I am aware I guess is an Americanism) lol Can't stand that Americanism SHITE!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 5,972 Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 So go on then what do we all call a walkway through from one road to another? Also the bread thing you get a chip butty on from the chippy? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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