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From: "Mike Morris" <>
Subject: Re: NORTHWICH Cheshire (Northwich?) words
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:18:40 -0500
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What about the 'Midden' men who went down the Ginnels (Back enterys) to pick
up the 'Midden' (Garbage can)

Mike Morris
Toronto Canada


----- Original Message -----
From: "Denise McNeel" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: NORTHWICH Cheshire (Northwich?) words


>I was brought up in Northwich but did not learn ginnel until my sister
>lived
> in Bolton. I never heard snicket-however, I was used to the "backs".
>
> Denise
>
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:49 AM, Bob Owen <> wrote:
>
>> Hi Elaine
>>
>> As an ex Northwichian livivng in Nottinghamshire I ask - what is the
>> difference between a "ginnel" and a "snicket"?
>> I remember both words being used.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Elaine Hanson <
>> >wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > Subject: NORTHWICH Cheshire (Northwich?) words
>> >
>> > Not confined to Northwich I know, but I once asked a taxi driver in
>> > Northwich to drop me off at the bottom of the "ginnel" in Sheath Street
>> and
>> > he hadn't a clue what I was on about
>> >
>> > Elaine.
>> >
>> > (for those who haven't come across it - a "ginnel" is an alley between
>> > buildings)
>> >
>> >
>> > Bob's mention that Mayer was an alternate version of Mayer made me
>> > think
>> of
>> > the good Northwich verb "mither" and then I thought of the noundfor the
>> > dirty oil you got on your legs from a bicycle "bletch" and then "bonny
>> > "(meaning generously proportioned, not pretty). Wondered what others
>> > we
>> > could come up with? Denise
>> >
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