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Brilliant

I bet a lot of people don't know what a Trundle is<g>

"Sumdy pinched t'stick off mi trundle, an' Ah hed fer t'walk here" used to be a regular saying of my mate, whenever he was late for something.

my mam always made me take my trundle when she sent me to penmans shop in platt lane as I would be a lot quicker

I think the sight of a child trundling today would be a bit too much for the day's happy snappers - they'd be stunned by what they see, and then rue the moment lost.

what a cracking poem. I love reading th'owd dialect. I remember having a trolley as a kid in Aspull one I made on my own from a plank and old pram wheels.. just a few years ago I made one for my young grandson he loved it. Other kids in the street were gobsmacked, never seen anything like it before, gave me much enjoyment as well seeing as I'm now in my 70s. I do remember having an old bike wheel and stick, goodness I did some miles with that wheel. Ron,you brought back many happy memories - Ta! for that.

It's a very clever verse in dialect, I recall seeing a lot of this type of verse at one time in the local papers..many years ago though..

wigginlad. All the lads in our street had trollies. Pram wheels were like GOLD DUST No drill, just burned a hole for the movable front wheels with a red hot poker Took numerous times to burn a hole right through All it cost was the cost of the bolt, which connected the front wheels to the trolley I wonder what kids of today would do if you asked them to make a trolley??? Making trolleys, Pea guns. Who needed toys that cost hundreds of pounds?

I remember the tale of a soldier being asked 'What did that man say?', by his superior, to which he replied 'He said he's geet nown'. The superior then asked the soldier to rephrase his answer, the soldier modifying his answer to become 'He said he's beht'.
The telling certainly goes on these lines.