You are going to be extremely unpopular with our List Administrator if you don't learn to Edit.... but I think "It were 'taters" means very cold! "Clock yer one" is a smack in the clock or face - how about "Knock yer clock round", anybody? As a mate used to tell me, "He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day - but he who fights an' stands his ground, gets his flippin' clock knocked round!" How about the expression "Bobbins" for terrible or rubbish, or "A bumpin' Weight" for a loom weight that is dragging on the deck, hence not doing its job? Ian > when i was a kid and it was time to go to bed she use to say 'right you up > the dancers' and if i didnt she's say 'move it or ill clock you one' One > strange one was 'ee i didnt sleep too well las night it were tatters'? any > ideas graham