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Discussion in 'Liverpool' started by Radio Klopp, Nov 22, 2013.

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  1. johnsonsbaby

    johnsonsbaby Well-Known Member

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    Just googled it and you can still get Dunlop green flash and white flash - they look more like tennis shoes now though.
     
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    johnsonsbaby, Nov 22, 2013
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    johnsonsbaby Well-Known Member

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    I was thinking more of the developing taste for toffee as you get older. Old people love toffee!
     
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    johnsonsbaby, Nov 22, 2013
  3. jenners04

    jenners04 I must not post porn!

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    is odd considering most of them have no fecking teeth lol, dentures must be a bitch.
     
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  4. Red Hadron Collider

    Red Hadron Collider The Hammerhead

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    It was used by my dad and mates before we moved to Wire <ok>
     
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    Red Hadron Collider, Nov 22, 2013
  5. johnsonsbaby

    johnsonsbaby Well-Known Member

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    gollies - It's slang for galoshes - now when I was little, galoshes were what your mum wore over her good shoes in the rain, they weren't pumps.

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    johnsonsbaby, Nov 22, 2013
  6. Red Hadron Collider

    Red Hadron Collider The Hammerhead

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    It's generic
     
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  7. Foredeckdave

    Foredeckdave Music Thread Manager

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    Yeh but those from Widnes couldn't afford 2 pair of shoes!
     
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  8. johnsonsbaby

    johnsonsbaby Well-Known Member

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    in woolyback land - I've honestly never heard it in Liverpool.

    Dave have you heard it before?
     
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    johnsonsbaby, Nov 22, 2013
  9. Red Hadron Collider

    Red Hadron Collider The Hammerhead

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    Are you doubting my veracity? You, who defended my Scouseness not very long ago <grr>
     
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  10. Foredeckdave

    Foredeckdave Music Thread Manager

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    I've heard galoshes used by me nan but nowhere-else.
     
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  11. johnsonsbaby

    johnsonsbaby Well-Known Member

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    Oh you are a true scouser and I have no doubt your Dad used the word but ...... it's a woolyback word <ok>

    Dave did your Nan wear them in the rain or for PE?
     
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  12. Foredeckdave

    Foredeckdave Music Thread Manager

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    From the dark recesses of my failing memory she used the term to descibe wellies which she wore in the wash house - now how many of you have been to one of those?
     
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    Foredeckdave, Nov 22, 2013
  13. Red Hadron Collider

    Red Hadron Collider The Hammerhead

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    <whistle> How many of them know what a mangle is?
     
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  14. Tobes

    Tobes Warden Forum Moderator

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    ....you have to get up at 4.30 every morning for a piss <grr>
     
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  15. johnsonsbaby

    johnsonsbaby Well-Known Member

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    There was a wash house in Steble Street but I've never been in one. We had a washing machine with a mangle - bit posher than the stand alone mangles.
     
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  16. johnsonsbaby

    johnsonsbaby Well-Known Member

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    if you think getting up once is bad .. wait another few decades, more fun to come <laugh>
     
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    Tobes Warden Forum Moderator

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    Don't tell me it gets worse ffs! <yikes>
     
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  18. Red Hadron Collider

    Red Hadron Collider The Hammerhead

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    Depends how much ale I've had. Usually 2 - 3 times.

    We had a washing machine with a mangle on it as well.

    #poshscousers
     
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  19. Tobes

    Tobes Warden Forum Moderator

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    mangles? I saw one in me Nan's back yard, but I've never seen one actually being used, you 3 must be as old as Gods dog <laugh>
     
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  20. LuisDiazgamechanger

    LuisDiazgamechanger Dribbles

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    Could be memory loss.<laugh>
     
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