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Sayings you don't hear anymore

Penge Eagle said:
There's a nip in the air!
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that's a hate crime these days. It's not a saying but what ever happened to saloon bars and public bars, now all classes must mingle in the same vicinity. And incoherent newspaper sellers have disappeared, gone the same way as rag and bone men who called out in their own special language.
 
ex hibitionist said:
that's a hate crime these days. It's not a saying but what ever happened to saloon bars and public bars, now all classes must mingle in the same vicinity. And incoherent newspaper sellers have disappeared, gone the same way as rag and bone men who called out in their own special language.
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Classifiiiiiiiiiiiiied! Late news & Standard.

The pink one, came out 7pm Saturday nights with all the scores and reports - sold on street corners all over - and us young 'uns were sent out to get it come rain or shine
 
Teddy Eagle said:
Oy! Four eyes!
Kicked in the goolies.
Leg it.
Flash the ash.
Cherry! (When someone goes red from embarrassment).
Bundle (when a fight starts. Sometimes resulting in claret everywhere).
Wotcher (as a greeting).
Radio Rental (emotional condition).
I couldn't half... (I wouldn't mind).
That's up the pictures (broken/not going to happen).
Put the mockers on.
Dummy all (fooled you).
Gawd, blimey.
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Yeah I remember Wotcher but I always thought it was Wotcha
 
Teddy Eagle said:
I'm think it derives from the original "What cheer" so either probably qualify!
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it's definitely anglo saxon, it's from wassail, whereas 'seeya' is celtic, it's what druids used to say when they lowered their hoods, and 'oi you' is norman french, the oi is from the french for eye (oeil) and the you is actually ewe because it's shepherd slang, but the plural of oeil is yeux so I might be getting confused.
 
ex hibitionist said:
that's a hate crime these days. It's not a saying but what ever happened to saloon bars and public bars, now all classes must mingle in the same vicinity. And incoherent newspaper sellers have disappeared, gone the same way as rag and bone men who called out in their own special language.
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remember the pub nearby my parents (the cricketers on shirley rd, croydon) around the 80s, had 3 bars.
Got all knocked into 1 big bar some years later.
A public bar, just lino on floor, stools, dartboard.
saloon in the middle, and the lounge.
the lounge bar most definatly required a decent attire, chaps would take the wife out drink here, have their own pewter mugs behind the bar and all felt very civilised.
A pint was usually cheaper in the public bar .
 
There used to be several ways of referring to men which are disappearing - Squire, Tosh, Moosh, etc, and
Alright, Cock? Would get a raised eyebrow now.
 
Teddy Eagle said:
There used to be several ways of referring to men which are disappearing - Squire, Tosh, Moosh, etc, and
Alright, Cock? Would get a raised eyebrow now.
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I believe I have been addressed as 'Squire' but have no recollection of 'Tosh' or 'Moosh'.
To me 'Tosh' means hogwash or the like.
I have heard black cab drivers utter 'Alright Governor?'
 
totoshkin said:
Can you still say black cab drivers?
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no you Racist , of course you cannot say that.

or
b.
its ok only if you qualify the skin tone of the person. so we will have....white black cab drivers and also have black black cab drivers and maybe put the vehicle before the driver creating......black white cab drivers and black black cab drivers.

and by the time you got to the link below, you will have given up and got the Train.

www.theguardian.com

Melbourne will be home to London-style cabs by year's end

Purpose-built taxis will be able to handle extreme Australian weather and will come in black, silver and white
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
 
I might be wrong on some of these as I only visit the UK once a year.

Up and down like houses.
Up and down like Tower Bridge
Oi, hoppit ! From the spacehopper era 🙂
Going down the labour.
Proper cushty.
Feeling a bit queer.

Obviously a lot of Cockney phrases have gone, but new ones still pop up I gather.
 
a mechanic referring to a problem in the engine of your car.......

"and your rocker-shaft is going up and down like a whore's drawers on a Saturday night"
 
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