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Stanley
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Opening text too long so I've moved it to the first response.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Posted - 05/01/2009 : 16:56
Never thought about that. Is it used in the Saaff?
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Stanley
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Posted - 05/01/2009 : 16:57
Just thought, does 'I'm right suited' come under the same category?
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Posted - 06/01/2009 : 12:36
I was talking to Jack last night and we agreed that it was cold enough to be described as 'parky'. Now where does that one originate....?
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truth finder
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Posted - 06/01/2009 : 16:31
Just come across a letter from The English Place-Name Society dated November 1991 which was a reply to a request I made for suggestions on the derivation of the name Jepp Hill:-
The name of a local family, a variant of Gepp, which is a pet form of Geoffrey.
posted by Ken in Local History> jepp Hill
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Posted - 06/01/2009 : 17:03
parky
• adjective Brit. informal chilly.
— of unknown origin.
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Posted - 07/01/2009 : 01:32
Maybe the Parker jacket has something to do with it.
"Put your parker on, it's cold out there" "Feeling parky"
All thru the fields and meadows gay .... Enjoy
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Posted - 07/01/2009 : 06:59
Parky is much older than that I think. I can understand 'nippy' but parky is a bit more obscure. Certainly widely used in the north.
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Posted - 07/01/2009 : 07:07
Just used a word in SC which I suspect is northern. Brew for a steep slope on a street. I suppose its a corruprtion of Brow. There was a Travis Brow in Stockport.
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Posted - 07/01/2009 : 11:06
If you come off the M6 at the A59 junction and turn to Preston you go up a hill. I remember we used to call it Ha'penny Brew - presumably there had been a toll on it in the past.
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Posted - 07/01/2009 : 17:02
Yup, I think it was spelt 'brow'.
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Posted - 07/01/2009 : 17:54
The bus to Oldham in my childhood went up "Werneth Brow". We always pronounced it as "broo", as it was an informal name and I don't recall ever seeing it written down. 'Up the broo' was a common way to say uphill. Still looks wrong to see it as brow.
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Posted - 07/01/2009 : 19:58
Yes, and it was always Ha'penny Brew to us, not brow. Your lot must have been a bit more highbrow Stanley! hehe
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Posted - 08/01/2009 : 06:32
How dare you accuse me of being highbrow....... I probably associate it as Brow because I didn't hear it in speech as much as I saw it on the road sign as I drove past on my way to liverpool. (before Mways.....)
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Posted - 08/01/2009 : 08:10
Back to Parky. Maybe it's a connection with a rich sticky ginger cake called Parkin, eaten mainly in the Yorkshire midlands, and a tradition on bonfire night. Something that would stick to your rib-cage and keep you warm in winter.
Edited by - Cathy on 08/01/2009 08:13:55 AM
All thru the fields and meadows gay .... Enjoy
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Posted - 08/01/2009 : 09:06
If you come off the M6 at the A59 junction and turn to Preston you go up a hill Ha'penny Brew. It was Brew if you came from Accrington .You would go past the Five Barred Gate Cafe and then up the Brew
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