Pumpkins

[mini-x2]

Just been talking about Halloween with the eldest. Anyway he’s just stared at me in disbelief and laughed his tits off when I told him that we used turnips instead of pumpkins when I was a kid. In fact I’m sure I never even saw a one in real life till at least 1990 or summit. You simply couldn’t buy them in supermarkets over here could you? Someone back me up

 

[mad cyril]

Was always turnips. I never had a pumpkin as a kid and neither did anybody else. Like you say, I didn’t even think you could buy pumpkins.

 

[Hansel]

Aye, Narkie night. Technically swedes rather than turnips. A lot harder to holler out anarl.

 

[Mantobar]

Bloody yanks fault this like

 

[Deleted member 18718]

Always turnips when I was a youngun.

 

[Dave Herbal]

Yes, shops didn’t sell them when I was a kid, so that was up to the 90s.

 

[HABA87]

Turnips if you were lucky. A bin bag for an outfit if you were flush.

 

[Hansel]

Nowt like that roast turnip smell from where your candle burnt the underside of the lid.

 

[Father Jack Hackett]

Narkies

 

[Junior Birdman]

Just been talking about Halloween with the eldest. Anyway he’s just stared at me in disbelief and laughed his tits off when I told him that we used turnips instead of pumpkins when I was a kid. In fact I’m sure I never even saw a one in real life till at least 1990 or summit. You simply couldn’t buy them in supermarkets over here could you? Someone back me up

Had the very same conversation with my daughter today! We used to call turnips snadgies. Used to go snadgie hunting and nick them from the farmers fields

Nowt like that roast turnip smell from where your candle burnt the underside of the lid.

Stank the hoose out!

 

[becs]

I still carve a narky. None of this pumpkin shite in our house.

 

[GlassSlippers]

Turnips with burnt matches for teeth.

 

[zwartekat]

Turnips. Used to feel sorry for me Dad as they were a bastard to scoop out and I wasn't going to do it.

 

[Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan]

Snaggers.

 

[Mackem00]

Just been talking about Halloween with the eldest. Anyway he’s just stared at me in disbelief and laughed his tits off when I told him that we used turnips instead of pumpkins when I was a kid. In fact I’m sure I never even saw a one in real life till at least 1990 or summit. You simply couldn’t buy them in supermarkets over here could you? Someone back me up

Tell a southerner the same thing and prepare to be laughed at and patronised to fuck also.

 

[WildTurkey]

Just been talking about Halloween with the eldest. Anyway he’s just stared at me in disbelief and laughed his tits off when I told him that we used turnips instead of pumpkins when I was a kid. In fact I’m sure I never even saw a one in real life till at least 1990 or summit. You simply couldn’t buy them in supermarkets over here could you? Someone back me up

My 10 and 12 year old asked me last night why some scratters were asking for penny for the guy outside a pub

 

[PhilSAFC]

Pumpkins is an American import. Was always turnips over here.

 

[Butcher's Coat]

Aye, Narkie night. Technically swedes rather than turnips. A lot harder to holler out anarl.

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[Chesterladmackem]

loved eating the bits that had been hollowed out.

 

[wigwams]

Aye and what a fuck on. They looked totally wank too. Pumpkins are a million times better.