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North west thread

409 replies

YouHaveMail · 17/01/2022 23:22

Noting there is a thread for the east side, I thought a north west thread was needed.

--Also I am very bored at the moment waiting for dc to fall asleep, and this felt like the perfect way to spend the time.

Any other NW mumsnetters here? Let's talk schools, food, leisure....and so on Grin

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PumpkinCrumble · 24/01/2022 23:00

Oh I love Chorley cakes with butter on!

PumpkinCrumble · 24/01/2022 23:04

I just googled the Southport tower and the mock-ups honestly make it look like Gotham - i will be expecting to see Batman shining his light up there as well! Grin

thismeansnothing · 24/01/2022 23:33

[quote Figmentofimagination]@thismeansnothing - is that light ash farm in myerscough? I've wanted to go there as my friend raved about it. They do a Yorkshire pudding wrap that looks lovely. [/quote]
@figmentofimagination yes! That's the one. It just a bit further on than the college. It's a hidden gem. They do the cakes to take away so me and my mum go for dinner/breakfast and take cake for at home. Soooooooo good. Always busy on a Sunday, seems a popular stop for cyclists

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purple28 · 24/01/2022 23:51

@HoppyHop @Imissmoominmama
Been watching this thread over the last few days wondering when someone would get close to me and here we are!! Name changed bc my usual username plus this might as well just be my full name!
Some happy years morris dancing, then trying to explain to uni friends and DH/his family.. it's just what we do here Grin

purple28 · 24/01/2022 23:57

Waves to the other neighbours too, and the rest of you scattered across the glorious North West. Smile

StopStartStop · 24/01/2022 23:58

@gluenotsoup

Slattery’s bakery and tea rooms anyone?
Yay! Pre-pandemic, though. Dd's wedding cake from there, too.
Mumski45 · 25/01/2022 00:09

Hi fellow north westerners. 👋 @thismeansnothing I stopped at Light Ash farm with DS and DH yesterday when we were out on our bikes. It's one of our favourites as the portions are ginormous.

StopStartStop · 25/01/2022 00:16

Oldham.

A tea-cake is a soft, light, circular and bread roll. A muffin is also bread, but slightly larger and a different texture. An oven-bottom muffin looks as if it's spent too long in the oven. Oven-bottoms are good with melted cheese, with sausages or bacon. You'll need brown sauce - or red sauce if you're a lightweight - with that.

Thick slices of white bread, toasted, should be served hot with obscene amounts of butter and 'treacle', which is golden syrup. You've achieved perfection if the butter/syrup runs up your sleeves.

A bun is a small cake. 'Knock-up buns' are the ones you 'knock up' in a few minutes (equal-measure cakes) and can have dried fruit or cherries in them, or icing on top. If you start them as unexpected guests arrive, they'll be ready by the time the china is out and the kettle is boiled.

My grandad would have told you about the 'ha'penny duck' from a stall near the market, but I never saw that myself.

The vicar, arriving unannounced, should be served tea unless the weather is cold, when you press him to take a little whisky for his good health. He visits more frequently in winter.

elp30 · 25/01/2022 00:28

My husband has been reading this thread and he's been rather amused.

He's from Leigh (between Bolton and Wigan) and he's never heard of a "ginnel" because he calls the area between houses as an "alley" and eats "barms" and "baps" and has never encountered a "bin lid" but is sad that he hasn't.

He may need to have his North West credentials revoked.

MindTheGapMoveAlong · 25/01/2022 00:47

Within walking distance of Booths

StopStartStop · 25/01/2022 01:34

I know ginnels! Saw a great one in Uppermill the other day, and my house is at the end of a less charming but much wider 1960s one.

@elp30. How is your husband with pies?

Booths isn't anything. The Boden of supermarkets.

dipdye · 25/01/2022 02:43

East Lancs here. Feel like I'm back at school with all this talk!

Here's mine :

Tea cake
Up them dancers
Nowt
Guts for garters
Ey up cock
Let's be having ya

thismeansnothing · 25/01/2022 04:44

Where I am ginnels and alleys are 2 different things.

Alley - the path between two rows of terrace houses.

Ginnel - short path that has the metal chicane barrier/fence thing so bikes/mopeds can't go whizzing down there

Redcrayons · 25/01/2022 07:44

I’d say alley but know what you mean by ginnel. I thought it was a Manc thing as I’ve only heard it on Corrie.

I’m surprised at the deviation of teacake. It’s a fruity bun you eat for mid morning snack, toasted with an obscene amount of butter.

Imissmoominmama · 25/01/2022 07:52

@purple28- hello there! Are you both current residents? I moved here 12 years ago, and love it. If you have dogs, I’ll probably know your faces!

PaperMonster · 25/01/2022 08:05

@dipdye I’ve not heard anyone round here say “guts for garters” but definitely something I say!!

NoWordForFluffy · 25/01/2022 11:23

Guts for garters isn't a NW thing. I know that one and I'm from the East Mids.

StopStartStop · 25/01/2022 14:42

@Redcrayons That's a fruit teacake. Different because of the fruit in it, and might have a sticky glaze.

Asda do a (delicious, better than Warburtons) Fruit Loaf. Different from a loaf because of the fruit.

Butter always welcome but not essential :)

iklboo · 25/01/2022 16:54

Eee, tha's nobbut a nibbet, lass! Grin

pussycatunpickingcrossesagain · 25/01/2022 16:57

@iklboo

Eee, tha's nobbut a nibbet, lass! Grin
Can anyone translate that into Cheshire? 🤔
northender · 25/01/2022 17:24

Grew up in the sticks on the edge of the Forest of Bowland, went to high school where there are Weinds. Lived in Devon for a while & now back in the land of butter pies, ginnels and parched peas.

BobbinThreadbare123 · 25/01/2022 17:27

Is anyone from further north in the NW? I'm not native to where I live but I do love it. It's barm round here, but sometimes bun.

dontputitinyourmouth · 25/01/2022 18:37

I’m east lancs. This thread has made me smile. Some phrases in here that I’ve not heard since my grandma was still around

iklboo · 25/01/2022 19:16

@pussycatunpickingcrossesagain - it's old Lancashire for, basically, you're too young to give your opinion or you're too young to partake in an activity.

Tha's - you are
Nobbut - nothing but
A Nibbet - a youngster / inexperienced person

Grin

My grandad used to say it to me when I was little and wanted to do things my older cousins did.

pussycatunpickingcrossesagain · 25/01/2022 19:23

@iklboo I got most of it but "Nibbet" got me. Sad