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A shilling was known as a dog’s knob!
A shilling was known as a dog’s knob!
You must’ve lived in the posh area of Everton,if there was one!…ha, ha not where I lived.
Jesus, it must have been winter and you got up early and took that coat right off the blankets on the top of bed!I had one of these though, mine was Navy with a pale blue silk hankerchief
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I know a lad who is an alcoholic and had one of those heaters but without the guard. He was crouched in front of it one very cold winter night, after a heavy session, and nodded off plunging face-first onto the bars. His face was in a bit of a mess, poor guy.Used to use this for toast, we had one in the bedroom. Used to sneak some bread and fork upstairs
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I'm merely a curious passer through in this thread, curious to see what our seniors get up to.A shilling was known as a dog’s knob!
Just rhyming slang Davey, a shilling was known as a bob which rhymes to a dogs knob!I'm merely a curious passer through in this thread, curious to see what our seniors get up to.
Not gonna lie, genuinely shocked to see the part was a bit rude.
As good as the other one postedOurs were different, no wooden surround and the controls were on the side. The Cannon gas miser
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We had one of them - really threw out the heat
Florin? If you were posh.Two bob to everyone else.
Here's a thing. I grew up knowing it as 'bommie night' or getting wood for 'the bommie' despite it being boNfire fightI remember collecting bommie wood from neighbours houses .
Stood on a plank of wood with a six inch mail sticking out...right throw my pumps into my foot.
No tetanus jabs than just carried on.