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#1 OFFLINE   brunty

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Posted 30 April 2007 - 05:45 PM

maybe the older posters will remember, anyone remember syd cooper chimney sweep in westfield st. he was a little chap and did his rounds on an old bike, he lived lower down than the feathers pub.


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Posted 30 April 2007 - 07:22 PM

He used to do ours, we got fed up of stuffing lighted papers up the chimny! :rolleyes:

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Posted 30 April 2007 - 07:50 PM

Did you ever say chimley?

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Posted 30 April 2007 - 07:52 PM

he came to our house once and set fire to the bloody settee, smoke and shite everywhere. :o :o

excuse him alan he dont know any different.

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Posted 30 April 2007 - 08:01 PM

View PostAlan, on Apr 30 2007, 08:50 PM, said:

Did you ever say chimley?
No ,i was brought up in parr we always spoked proper!!

Edited by kendy, 30 April 2007 - 08:02 PM.


#6 OFFLINE   brunty

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Posted 30 April 2007 - 08:08 PM

alan do you remember any characters in st.helens.

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Posted 30 April 2007 - 09:06 PM

Does anybody remember Black Bob, the rag and bone man who called everybody "guv'nor"? Apparently it was an affectation - he came from somewhere local.

Edited by griffin, 30 April 2007 - 09:06 PM.


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Posted 30 April 2007 - 09:11 PM

that was bob dudley he was a cockney, he pushed a truck round town, at school we called him fodder ragman.

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Posted 05 May 2007 - 10:30 PM

Sorry Bruntyed, I think you are mistaken. It was Billy Dudley. Bob was his brother.

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Posted 05 May 2007 - 10:38 PM

sorry upsydaisy, you must realise it was a long time ago, my brain cells are not up to scratch these days.
how do you know that. :huh: :huh:





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