"Tha knows that from Barnsley if... " Has anyone got this? Need it for my Class DVD about Barnsley

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  1. tinatyke

    tinatyke Well-Known Member

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    My class of 7/8 year olds are making a DVD about Barnsley and I thought it would be fun for them to act out some of the 'sayings'. They would love that.
    Does anyone still have this or could point me in the right direction or a link?

    It would be much appreciated.
     
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    RE: "Tha knows that from Barnsley if... " Has anyone got this? Need it for my Class DVD about Barn

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    Do you mean this Tina? (There's audio if you click them.)</p>

    http://www.snaphappy.com/life/?q=node/5</p>

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    And mrx posted this -</p>

    You Know you're <span class="highlight">Barnsley</span> if...

    * You define Summer as three months of bad coal picking.

    * Your definition of a small town is one that only has five pubs.

    * Bull bars, 'Tarn Army' and 'traffic light' air fresheners come standard on all your cars.

    * You refer to the Tykes as &quot;we.&quot;

    * At least 50% of your relatives used to work downt pit.

    * You can make sense out of the word Asthagorowttegivus.

    * You have ever gotten frostbitten and suntanned in the same week.

    * You identify a Sheffield accent as &quot;Southern&quot;.

    * You know what &quot;twocking&quot; is. (Taking Without Owners Consent)

    * You learned to drive a Reliant Robin before the training wheels were off your bike.

    * &quot;Down South&quot; to you means Chapletown.

    * Traveling coast to coast means going from Wath-on Dearne to the Ladybower Res.

    * The &quot;Big Five&quot; means LYONS CAKES, S.R. GENT, SLAZENGER, SHAW CARPETS &amp; WOMBWELL FOUNDRY.

    * Snap is something you eat.

    * You know that a bag of spice is something kids eat.

    * You were brassed off by the movie &quot;Brassed Off.&quot;

    *You have no problem saying Peniston.

    * You consider Holmfirth &quot;exotic.&quot;

    * You got a passport to go to Leeds.

    * Your idea of foreign culture is listening to Oasis.

    * You don't have a coughing fit from one sip of <span class="highlight">Barnsley</span> Bitter.

    * Summat to Eight is a meal, not the time of day.

    * You used to think Mischievous Night was included as an official school holiday.

    * You know that Jump is a real place.

    * You have one word that means Hello, How are you,Whats this, Hang on a minute and bloody hell! (Ayup..)

    * A Chip oil and a Bug oil is a grand night owt.

    * Eastern Promise is a blind date in Doncaster.

    * Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a miner next to your Leylandii.

    * You think there should be a &quot;Southern puff, go home&quot; bumper sticker on every car north of Ecclesfield.

    * Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new flymo.

    * A Friday night out is taking your girlfriend yomping up the tips with the rotweiller.

    * McDonalds is a posh night up town.

    * You go to work in a shellsuit in the morning and return home wearing someone else's shorts.

    * Kids roar..

    * You know how to line dance.

    * pop is a drink, not your grandad

    * Formal wear is a kappa shirt, union jack boxers and a baseball cap.

    * You think a warm winter coat is Thompsons Waterseal

    * You are unaware there is a legal drinking age.

    * You have to go to Tererife to get a tan in August.

    * You have caught a fish in the Dearne and it glowed in the dark.

    * You know where the towns of Pogmoor and Pilley are

    * You have more fishing poles than teeth...

    * You decided to have a picnic this summer because it fell on a weekend .

    * You know that &quot;Oo war shi wi&quot;, &quot;She wa wi ersen&quot;, O wa Shee Naa&quot; &quot;aaah shi wa&quot; isn't Chinese

    *You proudly claim that the Town Hall is the highest point in Yorkshire.

    *You have subsidence insurance.

    *Your idea of a cruise ship is a tin bath in the Dearne, and your idea of a foreign cruise ship is rowing boat on Elsecar Reservoir.

    *You can pronounce &quot;Alhambra&quot; but can't spell it.

    *If someone says &quot;Castlereagh,&quot; &quot;Pitt&quot; or &quot;Peel&quot; you think Street instead of Prime Minister

    *You get on a bus marked &quot;Jump Circular&quot; without a second thought.

    *You can cross two lanes of heavy traffic and U-turn through a central reservation while avoiding two joggers and a traccy bus then fit into the oncoming traffic flow while never touching the brake.

    *You can consistently be the second or third person to run a red stop light.

    *You got rear-ended 10 times by people with no insurance.

    * The major question when the <span class="highlight">Barnsley</span> Chronicle runs a restaurant review is &quot;Whats a restaurant?&quot;

    *The rest of the review is about how <span class="highlight">Barnsley</span> got all cosmopolitan when Burtons sold out to Ronald McDonald

    *You judge a cafe by its black pudding and gravy.

    *You consider having warm chips and a pickled onion as your birthright.

    *You call drinking water &quot;Dearne Valley Pop&quot;.

    You visit another town and they &quot;claim&quot; to have <span class="highlight">Barnsley</span> Chop -- but you know better.

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    That's it Windy. Thanks so, so much.
     
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    I think you replied before I edited - don't forget you can click the phrases for audio.</p>
     
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    I'll be listening to him saying stuff like this all tonight nt
     
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    Yes love. Thanks Windy. they will love acting out some of these 'more suitable' phrases lol. Thanks for taking the time to sort it for me.
     
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    Tell us more. Who's this bloke you're spending the night with? nt
     
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    Kev Fisher was the one that recorded them years ago, i'll be out boozing with him tonight nt
     
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    Is that Kev Fisher? I didn't know that.

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    Haven't seen him for years. Say hello from Don (Uncle Branty.)</p>
     
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    No problem nt
     
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    Is your class in Barnsley?

    or are you just encouraging them to take the piss? good bit of fun I suppose.
     

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