|
|
Post by OLLY on Oct 14, 2007 9:58:53 GMT -1
hiya casso, ID FORGOTTEN THAT WORD .........ARAB........ WE ALL USED TO USE IT ON SUTTONS EST, THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SOME OLD SLANG IF YOU DONT GET THE LINK UP, TYPE IN GALLIPOLI SLANG ....  user.online.be/~snelders/slang.html |
|
|
|
Post by bodzy3 on Oct 14, 2007 10:51:05 GMT -1
Back in February Bodzy mentioned the legendary Lord Street Arabs. There were plenty of tales about fighting and thieving, but I never met any of of 'em, and got the impression they might have been a pre-war gang - or even earlier. My particular mate in Lord St, from about 1945 onwards, was Geoff Gittings, and while we might have tried to live up to the legends we were tame by comparison. I've tried googling for them, but got nowt, anybody else got any information on 'em that might separate fact from fiction? Cass I knew Geoff Gittings and a few of his family he used to live about half way down Lord St (on the left coming up from Hyde Rd Also very nearby was the Hardcastles ,...Ronnie I knew , and the other week sombody said one of the Hardcastles was working as a steward at MUFC, they went to school with me ,but I haven't see them since, we used to sit outside Geoffs house on cushions , and I remember a street light being nearby which we used to swing on bodzy |
|
Casso
Full Member
Posts: 130
|
Post by Casso on Oct 14, 2007 18:01:55 GMT -1
What's that formula supposed to be, 6 Degrees of Contact???
If we keep this up we'll all turn out to be related ... I was in Geoff's house many a time Bodzy. There was him, his Mam and two brothers I think ... was Walter one of 'em?
We were the same age, and both started work at printing shops in 1950. I worked at Walkers Showcards behind Stevie Square, while Geoff was a machineman at the printers on Hyde Rd, opposite Cross St.
By the time we were 18 we both had different mates, I think we both went in the forces in 1953, and lost contact after that.
Small world though ...
Cass
|
|
Casso
Full Member
Posts: 130
|
Post by Casso on Oct 14, 2007 18:13:10 GMT -1
Thanks for the Gallipoli slang site Olly. As you'll know Gallipoli is an emotive word in NZ and Aussie. The landings were a total c*ck-up in a military sense, but were the makings of the Anzac legend.
Anzac Day, 25th April, is one of the most important days in the antipodean calendar, and Dawn Parades aren't just well attended - they're being attended by bigger crowds every year - and they really are "dawn" parades, well before the sun comes up.
Cass
|
|
|
|
Post by frankwalsh on Oct 14, 2007 20:43:12 GMT -1
Hi Cass, you are certainly right about Gallipoli, and the special place it has in the hearts of all Aussies and New Zealanders, it should also hold similar feelings for us Lancastrians, the Lancashire Fusiliers were awarded 6 Victoria Crosses at Gallipoli. Regards, Frank Walsh.
|
|
|
|
Post by OLLY on Oct 14, 2007 23:28:22 GMT -1
hiya casso  the wife was just saying, she knew geoff gittins, and he married a girl called barbara lowe, and he finished up working for the papers, which dosnt know, they went to a house in kings close gorton, and she thinks they moved to rosehill marple cheshire did you know a family in lord street called gribbon, think his name was abe gribbon used to do a bit in the sub What's that formula supposed to be, 6 Degrees of Contact??? If we keep this up we'll all turn out to be related ... I was in Geoff's house many a time Bodzy. There was him, his Mam and two brothers I think ... was Walter one of 'em? We were the same age, and both started work at printing shops in 1950. I worked at Walkers Showcards behind Stevie Square, while Geoff was a machineman at the printers on Hyde Rd, opposite Cross St. By the time we were 18 we both had different mates, I think we both went in the forces in 1953, and lost contact after that. Small world though ... Cass |
|
Casso
Full Member
Posts: 130
|
Post by Casso on Oct 16, 2007 1:44:23 GMT -1
Hi Frank, yeah I remember that saying, "6 VCs before breakfast!" Oddly enough, another mate who I worked with at Walkers Showcards, and who lived next to Lord St in Wood St,
was Jud Peake who did his NS in the LFs.
Cass
|
|
Casso
Full Member
Posts: 130
|
Post by Casso on Oct 16, 2007 1:47:01 GMT -1
Thanks for that Olly. I knew a girl called Ivy Lowe, but not sure about Barbara. One thing's for sure, Marple's a world away from Lord Street!
Cass
|
|
|
|
Post by OLLY on Oct 16, 2007 6:29:21 GMT -1
ha....ha...ha your not wrong there casso ;D meant to say to you,that map you put on, gorton, there was that lodge at the side of the plow pub, which was coal merchants house, foget the name of the lodge though, had a 6 ft wall round it Thanks for that Olly. I knew a girl called Ivy Lowe, but not sure about Barbara. One thing's for sure, Marple's a world away from Lord Street! Cass |
|
|
|
Post by OLLY on Oct 16, 2007 6:40:55 GMT -1
hiya all  dont know wether ive mentioned this before, but when i used to go in abbey hey club, there was a lad there that worked at robertsons jam works, anyway he used to bring me a tub o f dried egg regular, he said it was one of the ingredients of lemmon curd/cheese, wich one is it cheese or curd? ........and it wer luvly  |
|
|
|
Post by Lisa on Oct 16, 2007 14:38:48 GMT -1
Hi Olly, Lemon Curd contains, Lemons, eggs, butter and sugar.......so there's your answer. Its delicious and easy to make if anyone want the recipe. hiya all dont know wether ive mentioned this before, but when i used to go in abbey hey club, there was a lad there that worked at robertsons jam works, anyway he used to bring me a tub o f dried egg regular, he said it was one of the ingredients of lemmon curd/cheese, wich one is it cheese or curd? ........and it wer luvly |
|
|
|
Post by OLLY on Oct 16, 2007 15:27:56 GMT -1
ANOOOO, BUT... LISA ... WHAT DOES LEMON CHEESE CONTAIN NO....NO....DONT.. TELL ME ...........WHAT, A KNEW..... GOD BLIMEY, A WER ONLY JOKING Hi Olly, Lemon Curd contains, Lemons, eggs, butter and sugar.......so there's your answer. Its delicious and easy to make if anyone want the recipe. hiya all dont know wether ive mentioned this before, but when i used to go in abbey hey club, there was a lad there that worked at robertsons jam works, anyway he used to bring me a tub o f dried egg regular, he said it was one of the ingredients of lemmon curd/cheese, wich one is it cheese or curd? ........and it wer luvly |
|
|
|
Post by OLLY on Oct 16, 2007 15:37:42 GMT -1
D`YA KNOW ALL, DO YOU REMEMBER THE TABLE CLOTH ON`TH TABLE, WITH, BOTTLE STERA/PLAIN, SUGAR BOWL, LOAF, BREAD BOARD,....WELL I WAS THE ONE THAT ALWAYS GOT BLAMED...... FOR THE BROWN TEA STAIN ON IT |
|
|
|
Post by Lisa on Oct 16, 2007 16:46:05 GMT -1
Ok Olly, so dont ask next time if you're only joking. I'm only trying to help you........ ANOOOO, BUT... LISA ... WHAT DOES LEMON CHEESE CONTAIN NO....NO....DONT.. TELL ME ...........WHAT, A KNEW..... GOD BLIMEY, A WER ONLY JOKING Hi Olly, Lemon Curd contains, Lemons, eggs, butter and sugar.......so there's your answer. Its delicious and easy to make if anyone want the recipe. |
|
|
|
Post by OLLY on Oct 17, 2007 3:44:26 GMT -1
hiya all foggy and wet here this morning  ........just like the old days, i remember going to the coke yard, in this type of...weather with the cart or a trolly, it was miserable, then when you get to the yard, you had to queue up for hour and half it was about five am they opened, ........ i think it was good training though for when we started work from school, cos my first job at 15 yrs old I had to be up at 4-00am, suppose thats been the trouble, like Ive been up over an hour now and thats.. every morning, It was instilled in my brain..............AND I STILL LOVE, AND BELIEVE IN THE SAYING; UP IN THE MORNINGS THE GAME, |
|
|
|
Post by OLLY on Oct 18, 2007 6:57:54 GMT -1
HIYA ALL, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH A BELLE VUE GUIDE THAT I HAVE, FROM 1975 THOUGHT SOME PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS BELOW.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE KINGS HALL ************** THOUSANDS OF FANS FILLED EVERY SEAT TO SEE THE OSMOND BROTHERS AND DAVID CASSIDY; BOXING FANS TURNED UP IN FORCE TO WATCH BUNNY JOHNSON BEAT RICHARD DUNN IN A MEMORABLE FIGHT TOWARDS THE BRITISH HEAVYWEIGHT CROWN AND BRASS BAND ENTHUSIASTS ALMOST RAISED THE ROOF CHEERING AS BLACK d**e MILLS WON THE 1974 BRITISH OPEN BRASS BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS.. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE UNFORGETABLE SCENES THAT HAVE GONE TO PROVE THE POPULARITY AND VERSATILITY OF THE 6,000 SEATER KINGS HALL, THE NORTHS LEADING BIG SHOW VENUE.. FANS FLOCKED TO SEE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINERS INCLUDING THE BEACH BOYS,JOE c*ckER,THE ROLLING STONES, THE JACKSON FIVE, JOSE FELISIANO, T- REX, AND BENNY GOODMAN HOUSE FULL NOTICES WERE POSTED TWICE IN ONE EVENING WHEN COUNTRY AND WESTERN STAR JOHNNY CASH BROUGHT HIS WORLD FAMOUS ROAD SHOW TO BELLE VUE, SHIRLEY BASSEY AND ANDY WILLIAMS REPEATED THE DOUBLE ARENA- FILLING FEAT.. BRASS BAND PEOPLE CAME FROM FAR AND WIDE TO ENJOY THE CONCERTS AND CONTESTS, WHICH ARE A REGULAR FEATURE OF THE BELLE VUE SCENE,.. ************************ |
|
|
|
Post by OLLY on Oct 18, 2007 7:18:59 GMT -1
|
|
|
|
Post by OLLY on Oct 21, 2007 5:35:01 GMT -1
|
|
|
|
Post by lin on Oct 21, 2007 5:43:05 GMT -1
|
|
|
|
Post by OLLY on Oct 24, 2007 4:16:19 GMT -1
LIN :)YES IVE SEEN THAT SITE, ITS A GOOD SITE,THE HORTICULTURAL MANAGER EARLY SIXTIES TILL I SUPPOSED IT CLOSED WAS MR. JAMES BROOK, HE WAS A GOOD GUY, WE HAD THE PALM HOUSE, AND THE FERN HOUSE, AT THE BACK OF THE ROCKERY, AND AT THE SIDE OF THE ITALIAN GARDENS, I USED TO FLY ABOUT BELLE VUE IN A MORNING, BEFORE IT OPENED, FROM SUITE TO SUITE, ON A MILK FLOAT, FULL OF PALMS ,FERNS, ECT. TO ERECT FLORAL DISPLAYS IN THE FOYERS, AND UP AGAINST PILLARS...... |
|
|
|
Post by OLLY on Oct 31, 2007 5:40:11 GMT -1
THE THREE STOOGES ******************** HIYA ALL... ....ANOTHER THING CAME UP ON THE NEWS THE OTHER DAY, .......TWO YOUNG MEN WHO WERE CAUGHT AFTER CAUSING £25,000 POUNDS WORTH OF DAMAGE, IN THE WAY OF GRAFFITY ON RAILWAY CARRIAGES, THEY WERE JAILED, BUT ON APPEAL, WERE RELEASED, BY THREE APPEAL COURT JUDGES..... WHO SAID, THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN PUT IN JAIL, THEY SAID THEY WERE JUST SHOWING THERE SKILLS, ............AM I SURPRISED WITH THIS COUNTRY.......NO....... |
|
|
|
Post by OLLY on Nov 1, 2007 6:08:44 GMT -1
hiya babs shingles remedy Apply apple cider vinegar, just as it comes from the bottle, to the skin area where the shingles are located, four times during the day and three times during the night if you are awake. The itching and burning sensation in the skin will leave usually within a few minutes after the vinegar is applied. Many old-timers swear by this treatment declaring that the shingles heal much more readily from the regular use of apple cider vinegar. |
|
|
|
Post by tony38337 on Nov 19, 2007 15:25:04 GMT -1
Hi Lin,
What a fabulous website, I used to love Belle Vue and I remeber the Elephant ride in the 1950's aged about 5 or 6 and feeding him half loaves of bread.
Tony T
|
|
|
|
Post by feistylady on Feb 1, 2008 9:49:35 GMT -1
I lived in Finchley Rd,Fallowfield does anyone know it?
|
|
|
|
Post by OLLY on Feb 1, 2008 9:55:33 GMT -1
HI ......IS IT THIRSTYLADY....... ;D ;D...IM FROM GORTON MYSELF DONT KNOW FALLOFIELD END..... I lived in Finchley Rd,Fallowfield does anyone know it? |
|
|
|
Post by feistylady on Feb 2, 2008 0:26:27 GMT -1
HI ......IS IT THIRSTYLADY....... ;D ;D...IM FROM GORTON MYSELF DONT KNOW FALLOFIELD END..... I lived in Finchley Rd,Fallowfield does anyone know it? feisty by name and feisty by nature Hahahahahahaha I left England at nine years old and havent thought much about it until now.Reading through different parts of the forum brings back many familiar thoughts and memories a lot I guess spoken by my parents |
|
dont know wether ive mentioned this before, but when
........just like the old days, i remember going to the coke yard, in this type of...weather with the cart or a trolly, it was miserable, then when
