RMweb Gold 97406 Posted April 15, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 15, 2023 Here’s a bowl of contention - Southwell. Only the locals pronounce it correctly as a guide. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted April 15, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 15, 2023 …and has the Vale of Belvoir been mentioned, yet? Fnarr, fnarr! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted April 15, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 15, 2023 With all the excitement over some great Class 37s being released an the moment, I found this…. https://www.vectis.co.uk/lot/scratchbuilt-o-gauge-class-37-diesel-locomotive-br-blue-no37027_614667 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 7 minutes ago, 97406 said: With all the excitement over some great Class 37s being released an the moment, I found this…. https://www.vectis.co.uk/lot/scratchbuilt-o-gauge-class-37-diesel-locomotive-br-blue-no37027_614667 Best hide that, before the Rivet Counters get back from Specsavers!!...... 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted April 15, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 15, 2023 15 hours ago, 97406 said: Cholmondeley in Cheshire. I’ll leave out the pronunciation for now to let you good people have a try. Chumly? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted April 15, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 15, 2023 Captain Mainwaring in 'Dads Army' was pronounced Mannering. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted April 15, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 15, 2023 47 minutes ago, jcredfer said: Best hide that, before the Rivet Counters get back from Specsavers!!...... Here's one of them... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted April 16, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Captain Mainwaring in 'Dads Army' was pronounced Mannering. Except for by the ARP. Edited April 16, 2023 by kevinlms Wrong abbreviation. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 5 hours ago, kevinlms said: Except for by the ARW. He was an ARP* warden. In civvy life he was a greengrocer, Mainwaring must have turned him down for a loan... You might say he kept 'arping on about it! * Air Raid Precautions were an important activity, trying to ensure that the blackout was as effective as possible, though it seems that it attracted more than its fair share of Little Hitlers with the personality of boiled slugs... 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 On 15/04/2023 at 06:48, 97406 said: Cholmondeley in Cheshire. I’ll leave out the pronunciation for now to let you good people have a try. I lived in a Cholmondeley Road. It was amazing how many times I had to spell it out... 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted April 16, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2023 24 minutes ago, Hroth said: I lived in a Cholmondeley Road. It was amazing how many times I had to spell it out... There’s a Cholmondeley Avenue in Timperley where I grew up and my Mum talked about its pronunciation. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted April 16, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2023 5 hours ago, Hroth said: I lived in a Cholmondeley Road. It was amazing how many times I had to spell it out... Obviously a local street-naming committee with a warped sense of humour. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Milngavie* where sex is something that holds potatoes and they take the rubbish to the midding in a suitcase. *Milgay or Mulguy depending on whether you stay there or down the road in Drumchapel. Jim 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 12 minutes ago, luckymucklebackit said: Milngavie* where sex is something that holds potatoes and they take the rubbish to the midding in a suitcase. And a creche isnae a place where you leave your wains, it's a cair eccident. 5 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted April 16, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2023 6 hours ago, Hroth said: He was an ARP* warden. In civvy life he was a greengrocer, Mainwaring must have turned him down for a loan... You might say he kept 'arping on about it! * Air Raid Precautions were an important activity, trying to ensure that the blackout was as effective as possible, though it seems that it attracted more than its fair share of Little Hitlers with the personality of boiled slugs... Quite right, sorry about that! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted April 16, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2023 Sex is what potatoes are delivered in in Penarth round here, and the seagulls are ordered by the local council to fly upside down or carp in Cardiff... Back in my railway day, I sold a ticket to a Penarth lady who got on at Cogan and wanted to go to 'C'doxtun', not a place I though she was going to enjoy much! 11 hours ago, Hroth said: He was an ARP* warden. In civvy life he was a greengrocer, Mainwaring must have turned him down for a loan... IIRC this was mentioned in one episode. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 15 hours ago, phil_sutters said: Obviously a local street-naming committee with a warped sense of humour. A small estate of large (by modern standards) Edwardian semis and detached houses with roads named after Cheshire gentry by an upwardly mobile developer. One can imagine a Hyacinth Bucket having a hand in the process... 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted April 17, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 17, 2023 Some Australian comedy. And the real story behind it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirki_(tanker) 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted April 17, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 17, 2023 (edited) On 16/04/2023 at 07:01, Hroth said: I lived in a Cholmondeley Road. It was amazing how many times I had to spell it out... Would that have been in Salford ? Edited April 17, 2023 by Stubby47 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 3 hours ago, Stubby47 said: Would that have been in Salford ? No, we had a sea prospect... 🤪 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 18, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 18, 2023 (edited) Health and safety anyone?🙂 Edited April 18, 2023 by melmerby 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steamport Southport Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Some one has put a smaller item of street furniture into a space designed for a bigger one. Not bad workmanship, but bad planning, probably by a jobsworth at the local council that ordered the wrong size. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted April 19, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19, 2023 34 minutes ago, Sidecar Racer said: Mudguard washers, who would be without them? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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