Hi June and Listers, I certainly remember liquorice sticks. When we went up from London to see my grandparents who had migrated to Nottingham, there was always a bottle of Dandelion & Burdock (which granddad called "dead lions and murders") and some liquorice sticks for us kids. Liquorice sticks were "shut up" stuff because we were so busy sucking out the flavour that the grown ups had a bit of peace and quiet. I only heard "causey" in Leicester. Lesley

Played "snobs" ("jacks" elsewhere I think? I've still got my snobs, bought from the toy shop in Thurmaston) and hop scotch in Queniborough in the 1970s, and we used to think nothing of cycling to East Goscote, Barkby or South Croxton. My sister would even cycle out to Thurmaston but I was too little to be trusted to cycle that far. I don't think I'd trust a child to be on a bike anywhere outside or even inside the village now, despite the bypass and the speed bump people still drive fast right up to the crossroads (at which point they slow down, go over the bump, then put their foot down again). I remember croggies - not many people had carriers so croggies used to tend to be either on the handlebars or the crossbar, or even sitting on the seat while the cyclist stood up and pedalled - probably wouldn't be allowed nowadays! On 14 February 2012 09:05, Lesley Chaney <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi June and Listers, > > I certainly remember liquorice sticks. When we went up from London to see > my grandparents who had migrated to Nottingham, there was always a bottle > of > Dandelion & Burdock (which granddad called "dead lions and murders") and > some liquorice sticks for us kids. Liquorice sticks were "shut up" stuff > because we were so busy sucking out the flavour that the grown ups had a > bit > of peace and quiet. > > I only heard "causey" in Leicester. > > Lesley > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >