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    Sayings, legends and customs.

    What about "Shut yer face an give yer @rse a chance". Tojo
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    Sayings, legends and customs.

    Similar to the above If brains was dynamite,ee wouldn't ave enough to blow is bleedin at off !!
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    Sayings, legends and customs.

    Sounds like a good bloke Julie. Tojo x
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    Sayings, legends and customs.

    Did any body see Tim Vine.He said " JOUSTING. that's what Birmingham people say to bees !!
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    Sayings, legends and customs.

    Brummies' conversations and accents led to some sparkling repartee:- Ay yow,yow from Brum? Ar thats rite, ar, Berningum. Ar yow sound loik it an all doan cha? Well yow doan tork proper do ya? And other stimulating items. Aint we good ay? Tojo.
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    Sayings, legends and customs.

    If a bloke was grumpy,people would say "Eez gorriz @rse inniz and " Tojo.
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    'Terms' children use

    One Winter evening we told our young son that Jack Frost would be here tonight. Next morning he looked out of the window said "look, jock frast. We still say things like "There's going to be a jock tonight"
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    Sayings, legends and customs.

    Wife was one of four sisters and their dad referred to them as "You wenches". He'd say "Yer mom always wears a hat to go out but you wenches aint dressed properly. Tojo.
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    Sayings, legends and customs.

    I lived on a farm and used to drive the tractor. When we were ready to go somewhere me dad would say"Right youth,give it some emp ! Tojo.
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    Sayings, legends and customs.

    My dad used to say,if an insect got into his cup, "There's a wirly in me tea ". Also for a snack, he had bread and a "nog" of cheese. I remember,one day(gory story coming),my dad was in fits of laughter telling my mom that he and a butcher friend,George,were talking outside,when,calm as you...
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    National Service

    Blimey Eric,you must be even older than me! We had a REME bloke attached to our unit."Ginger " Faley,a Geordie.Good lad. Tojo.
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    Sayings, legends and customs.

    Seeing Ta rar mentioned,I seem to remember most people saying it.And it wasn't only people that said it. I went into a pet shop in Oldbury where a customer was just about to leave. The man behind the counter said to him "Ta rar now" As the customer opened the door a mynah bird said "Ta rar now"...
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    National Service

    Didn't want to go but always glad I did.Called up to RAOC in 53 to Portsmouth where I was part of the first intake at Hilsea barracks,then to Deepcut,trade training,where Henry Cooper,with brother Jim,was beginning his boxing career.Then to Egypt for the rest of my service at the static ordnance...
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    We've got bird feeders in the back garden and 1 naughty black cat keeps sneaking in to try and catch the birds.After seeing an advert,I bought a set of 3 metal black cats in various poses to stick into the ground as CAT SCARERS.Did it frighten him away? Check the photo. Tojo.
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    Things kids say.

    This same lad was about 7 and this one day he met his friend Simon to play on the estate.When he returned home we asked him what they been up to .He gave us a long rigmarole they'd been there, they'd done that,they'd done this,they'd met so and so.Just as we were losing interest he said " oh...
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    Woolworths Memories

    Lived in Kidderminster for 10 years.Their Woollies had a wooden floor.Good old days. Tojo.
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    Archbishop Williams Tile cross 1960 - 64

    I lived at Bennetts Well farm opposite the White Hart until '63. Tojo.
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    Woolworths Memories

    The Woollies I remember most is the one in the Bull Ring as it was part of a most iconic scene. Of course,the Bull Ring is a whole epic in itself.I have several large prints from paintings by a Bham artist of various parts of Brum and attach one of yhe old Bull Ring. Tojo.
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    Things kids say.

    Our son was about 5 and visiting his nansWe were just ready to go home so I said to him, Do uou want a tinkle before we go? He smiled shyly at me and replied "You say ' have a quick slash!". Thank goodness for kids. Tojo.
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