Christmas Day In The Workhouse.

[Jim Brady]

There wasn't any food banks in those days.
Regards.
jim.B.
In The Workhouse, Christmas Day - George R. Sims

[cappy]

There wasn't any food banks in those days.
Regards.
jim.B.
In The Workhouse, Christmas Day - George R. Sims

#####jeez i shall run to the pantry now take out all the food i can find run out to the nearest bloke in harrogate who sits day after day with his dog shiveringon a piece of string ......i shall give him all the food plus a hundred quid ......and.my brand new winter coat .....i shall give him more money to get a taxi to the sally anne and gothere with him and pay for a months accom.up front.........when i pas that spot tommorrrow i KNOW HE WONT BE THERE ......will he ..........bet your bleedin ar.e he will not in my new winter coat.....still not shaved the dog starving sold the sally anne accom to somebody for a can of strong cider.......and lost the hundred quid on the ist race at doncaster.......i feel such sorrow for him there he is no food hungary ....no winter coat cold.....no accom ....the dog starving .......i shall run back to my pantry etc.........in a pigs ear regards cappy

[Jim Brady]

Cappy as it happens I was looking on You Tube for Tommy Cooper doing his version of Christmas Day In The workhouse (nothing todo with starving people)it was a classic,or is a classic something to make people happy this time of the year.I came across what I posted and thought twice about posting it for fear of it upsetting somebody.
Lets have some Tommy Cooper anyway for a laugh,lifes to short to be miserable (not refering to you cappy before you fly off the handle) Merry Christmas.
Regards.
Jim.B.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTY6TxXsK-o

[cappy]

tommy no 1 ......couldnt fall out with anyone jim ......its xmas......love everybody .......EXCEPT THAT TW.T WHOS GOT MY NEW WINTER COAT .......LOVE CAPPY

[Jim Brady]

On that page on the right you will see Music Hall Home,click that it will take you to another page on there you will see Seafaring Yarns go onto that about 30 yarns.Cappy there is one on there The Million Tonne Tanker I think you will recognise the area thats mentioned.Lots of other good stuff for a laugh on that site as well.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[cappy]

#####that was good for me jim......all the names are bread and butter to me....it must have been written by someone who really knew that area .....it reminds me of being in one of the yellow perils.....we came ito th tyne and dropped anchor inreally thick fog the deck boy was forrard ringing the bell and i was aft with an old tin tray banging i suppose gently .....then i heard a ships siren blowing very loud and quite near .....i shouted to the deck boy thats bloody near jimmy for effs sake ring louder .......then again the sound of a big ship blowing ....jeez it sounded about 20 ft away......iwas banging that bloody tray so hard it buckled.....ithen heard the sound of a bow wave very gently......iwas ready to chuck the now terribly bent tray ....when a voice from above saidwhy yer bugger that fogs thick doon there geordie looking up was a really big british tanker bow and the forrard stand by men peering over.it ....of course the fog was just laying about 10 ft higher than the rock dodger iwas on and they could see everything .......iwas scared after wards i pulledup me pants and took a manly walk.....back to the accom .......so proud i hadnt thrown the bloody tray over and bugger me ship mates..... dived in after it ........ah the ghosts of xmases past regards cappy

[Charlie Hannah]

Thanks for that link Jim some good yarns there.Cheers.

[j.sabourn]

One of the better companies I worked for offshore in the uk, probably the best, however they were a bit too honest and conformed to the rules so were unable to compete with some of the charlatans already there. Anyhow they paid 3 days extra for Xmas and 3 days extra pay for new years day at sea. They didn't have to do this but did. Probably why they were forced out and undercut on the charter rate by others who didn't want their so called supremacy in the industry questioned by setting such examples. Cheers JS

[moktay]

I learned this version at a young age from a couple of Old Contemptibles,
a different perspective on Christmas.

Christmas in the Workhouse
It was Christmas in the workhouse
The best day of the year
And the paupers all was 'appy
For their guts was full of beer
The master of the workhouse
Strolled through them dismal 'alls
And he wished them all merry Christmas
And the paupers answered (balls)!

Now the master, he grew angry
And he swore by all the gods
"They'll have no Christmas puddin'
The lousy lot of (cods)!" (the son substituted 'sods')
Up sprang a war-scarred veteran
Who stormed the Kyber Pass, (probably should be 'who had stormed' or 'who'd stormed')
"We don't want your Christmas puddin',
and (you can shove it up your ass)!"

[Dennis McGuckin]

Remember another one that started.
Twas Christmas Day in the Workhouse.
the snow was falling fast.

Bet John knows the rest.
Think there was a young girl called Nell involved?