Once popular words that have now fallen out of common use

[Artist]

"Mind that white dog shite".

Do you want a piccy of the stuff Shoulders?

Our Mutt eats ought and sometimes I make of point of leaving his Output alone for a few day if it looks like going white. For you dear Sir the World!



Sorted?

OK, piccy of a Nun beating the crap out of a Viking required ASAP Oppo. OK?

Artist

[BritinAfrica]

Tanner
Ten Bob
Half a Crown
Titfer, or titfertat
Old Bill who calls you Sir or Madam.
Skallywag

[misdameaner]

marathon bar

thats the wonder of woollies

lbs + ounces

2nd battalion the [insert any county] regiment.

warsaw pact / soxmiss

operation banner

[London Boy]

SLR

NBC (or the really,really old ABC. A= atomic) now of course CBRN and CBRNE

58 webbing - I was still using the 58 in 82.

[Rogue Chef]

Battle bowler - Steel helmet.

Yaffling spanners - Knife, fork and spoon.

Not common terms, but my Section Corporal in training used them.

[sportbilly42]

Put you on a fizzer...

Blanco

[anglo-saxon]

"Gold top" (milk)

"NATO standard" - tea with 2 sugars

" Ten bob 4-piece" - fish and chips for me mum and us three kids.

"Thrupney cone" - little newspaper cone of sweets I used to get from the corner shop in the late 60's.

"Tuck shop" - where us litluns used to buy our "jammy dodgers" and curly red licorice.

"What's said in the Mess. stays in the Mess!"

[Hyperlithe]

NATO standard is still very much in use! Most people are going Julie Andrews these days though for health reasons.
(Well, where I work anyway...)

[chrischance]

'Pint of Mother-in-law please' = old and bitter, (bottle of old ale mixed with bitter).
Capstan Full Strength.
Hob-nail boots.
Crikey! I could go on but I'll feel my age if I do.
Chris.

[Tab]

Clog Dancing, and by heck could some of those chaps make the sparks fly