I wonder where they all went


There were loads in our street when i was a lad and plenty in my class at school.
But I've not come across any for ages
Started: 21st Apr 2017 at 22:01
Dog poop?
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Sadly I'm still sidestepping that most days
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Slates?
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They had disappeared when i started school Jo Anne - we even had pens and paper
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Kids with a club foot?
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Conkers ?
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Children who skip? (They might not be allowed - Wigan Council)
Dostaf's old joke - Skip hire
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Apparently they still lead the way. Maybe they've just disappeared from my world.
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Propelling pencils?
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There are some famous ones
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Theresas?
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Ken Dodd's Dad's Dog's wearing clogs!
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jo anne
Some are of the opinion that the piece of music we know as Für Elise, is really Für Theresa. Apparently, Beethoven's handwriting is very difficult to decipher.
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" I wonder where they all went "
Have you been brushing them with Pepsodent?
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I always thought that was one of the most disgusting adverts ever .
I was haunted by visions of yellow teeth
But back on track and so's Jo Anne
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Priscus: Beethoven's handwriting is very difficult to decipher. (Wiki)
That sounds like I-Spy's cryptic threads.
May Queens, I-Spy?
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Wigan had a famous one but tonker would dispute it
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Georges? Which would be quite topical as it's St George's Day
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A genealogy nightmare
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Marbles.
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I think I've lost mine momac
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Was it George, I-Spy, or could this thread drag-on?
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Not George Jo Anne
Our famous one was hero worshipped
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A real bulldog
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Some got together in a band
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Was the one famous Wigan one a sporting hero, I-Spy?
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A world wide one Jo Anne.
He was lucky to have met me once
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Have you mentioned the meeting before, I-Spy?
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Don't think so . He's not with us any more.
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Even the shop disappeared
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Davey Boy was the famous one.
Sid's son Trevor ran the shop
Miserable Morrissey was in the band..
They were all.......
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Surely not Smiths I-spy
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Yippee
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I wonder if there are any in Wigan world
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If there are more Smith's than anybody else why do we have to keep up with the Joneses
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Why do we have 'word-smith' rather than 'word-wright'?
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And why did Kilroy always get there first when he was so outnumbered by the Smiths
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There were lots of them, but some were left-handed ones and some were right-handed ones.
So I suppose if you combined the left-handed ones with the right-handed ones, there were lots of them.
But rumour has it that someone has a universal one, can be either left or right handed.
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And there was me thinking I was all on my own
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