tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post1179966606492614383..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: Osborne gives us the threepenny bitsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-83309808379068078852014-03-20T17:36:51.685+00:002014-03-20T17:36:51.685+00:00What I was told. Born in the borough of Lambeth, w...What I was told. Born in the borough of Lambeth, which stretches up to the Thames. In 1926 on a Sunday morning you'd have heard them.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-35276420951306918482014-03-20T12:30:48.289+00:002014-03-20T12:30:48.289+00:00Sutton and Cheam is within reach of Bow Bells?
I ...Sutton and Cheam is within reach of Bow Bells?<br /><br />I suppose that now they'll be an updated opera, 'The two-pound opera'Paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952088638231881617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-87990474297501219362014-03-20T06:47:41.855+00:002014-03-20T06:47:41.855+00:00Nah, those are Bristols. My Dad was born witin the...Nah, those are Bristols. My Dad was born witin the sound of Bow bells, so there.<br /><br />In the Midlands I've heard of them as lallies.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-85495160152169735532014-03-19T21:45:35.119+00:002014-03-19T21:45:35.119+00:00In Cockney rhyming slang, the "threepenny bit...<i> In Cockney rhyming slang, the "threepenny bits" stands for "the shits".</i> <br /><br />Not in this manor squire "threepenny bits" pronounced Thrup-knee bits has always meant Tits <br /><br />"As in Cor Blimey look at the thrup-knees on that"<br /><br />Pavlov's Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162563403722211352noreply@blogger.com