New Branch in St Ives Cambs

Discussion in 'Screwfix Trade Counters' started by Hillbilly Kid, Apr 24, 2009.

  1. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    I still don't know about dochey bags or sliptoes.
     
  2. As I was going to St. Ives,
    I met a man with seven wives.
    Every wife had seven sacks,
    And every sack had seven cats,
    Every cat had seven kittens.
    Kittens, cats, sacks, and wives,
    How many were going to St. Ives?
     
  3. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    Here you go.

    FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF

    YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY

    COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF

    YEARS

    How many ofs
     
  4. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

  5. Hillbilly Kid

    Hillbilly Kid New Member

    Not sure about the spelling tbh but in the bog (or fen) based site at dochey time we would pick up our dochey bag and go to the dochey hut where we would eat our dochey. Hope that makes dochey a little clearer.

    As for sliptoe not sure myself tbh but when I was an old boy (actually means young man) I remember the older chaps talking about sliptoes.
     
  6. Hillbilly Kid

    Hillbilly Kid New Member

    As I was going to St. Ives,
    I met a man with seven wives.
    Every wife had seven sacks,
    And every sack had seven cats,
    Every cat had seven kittens.
    Kittens, cats, sacks, and wives,
    How many were going to St. Ives?

    One - me.

    You can't catch an old bog man with that!
     
  7. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    Ah now I see, dochey hut = snap cabin :)
     
  8. Hillbilly Kid

    Hillbilly Kid New Member

    Ay my Gramps called it snap - but he came from Sheffield.
     
  9. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    That sounds about right, I was brought up over the moors from the steel city only we used to call it's inhabitants Deedars. It was all dee do dat or dar do dat :^O It sounds like morse code now :)
     
  10. Scott Grant

    Scott Grant New Member

    In answer to the original post........... Today!!
     
  11. DIY womble

    DIY womble Well-Known Member

    With the traffic in and out they most probably have only just got their since first post 2009
     
  12. aswiseman

    aswiseman New Member

    Official opening was this morning, Dec 18th, I believe :)
     

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