Phrases / Sayings only Teessiders Know

red_harrington said:
I was wondering the other day about huge gaps in the crowd that would suddenly appear in the Holgate, where everyone would back off and there would be a large 'hole' in the middle of the terrace where nobody stood. Anybody else remember them?

I always wondered how they came about, perhaps this is the answer.
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Pretty sure it happened when a fight started.
E.g. Boro lads Vs Stockton lads
 
Redwurzel said:
THEE'S GOT'N WHERE THEE CASSN'T BACK'N, HASSN'T

Not Teesside I know but always makes me laugh :LOL: - it was heard on an interview regional TV from Bristol on a local news show in the late 1960s/early 1970s and turned into a song by the Wurzels.

Anyone like to guess what it means (without looking it up) and how it was used by the Wurzels?
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that's just noise! i cant even venture a guess!
 
Filum is from further north surely?
There was only one lad I ever knew said filum and his family were originally from up the road.
 
I'll nut yer daft - too late ,some fecker got there before me .
Our lass
Shut up yer Doyle
Call the Doyle police
Now gadge
This gadgie
Chaw - Chor - person
Me mucker - my mate
Our kid
Nugget - thick person
Quality - anything good
Swear down - true
Scraps - on your chips in the chip shop
For f--k sake
Your having a giraffe
Take your head for a Shiite
Come on !
You f----Ing Coco ! - You clown
Answer On being asked why your leaving the pub to go home - beef curtains for supper !
 
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My Nan always said 'Sidey' the table rather than clear the table after a meal.
Where else says Satieder, Sunder, Munder ?? I loved Bob Mortimer's take on Craig David's song :) :)
 
3 things I hated my nana saying, I'll buy you 2 in case 1 makes u sick (knew I wasn't getting it) We'll see (knew it was no) and the other when seeing something she didn't like, "if we're not daft, we'll soon will be"
 
I hadn't heard myself but "pancrack" was used to describe dole money in Eston area according to the Century of Stone filumm.

I haven't heard "bongy" used much elsewhere for ball bearing and even "alleys" for marbles

THEE'S GOT'N WHERE THEE CASSN'T BACK'N, HASSN'T - Somerset/Bristol - You've ended up down a route you can't get back out of such as a very narrow street in a new car, but the Wurzels turned it into a song about a very young married couple mistakenly performing anal sex. I don't know if that will be censored out!
 
Long ago I heard a Boro minicab driver say 'their brains must be brand new...'. I can't recall hearing it anywhere else (anyone?).
I've used myself a couple of times since.
 
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