12 nostalgic sayings you'll only understand if you've lived in Leeds

By Andrew Hutchinson

Published 24th Dec 2023, 04:45 BST

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They are the sayings which you’ll only understand if you’ve lived in the world’s greatest city.

Your YEP has been asking readers if you weren't born-and-bred Leeds, what's one expression that really threw you the first time you heard it. And you have responded in your droves. Here’s a selection of the best answers posted on the Yorkshire Evening Post facebook page. READ MORE: 10 Leeds people who changed the world for the better LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

"Do you want a bread cake?" - Michèle Louise.

1. Leeds sayings

"Do you want a bread cake?" - Michèle Louise. Photo: jpress

"Don't slip off the corser edge" - Valerie Clapham.

2. Leeds sayings

"Don't slip off the corser edge" - Valerie Clapham. Photo: James Hardisty

"Mash tea and chop chips to light the fire" - Joan Olbison Crossland.

3. Leeds sayings

"Mash tea and chop chips to light the fire" - Joan Olbison Crossland. Photo: Justin Tallis

"Bun for fairy cakes. Pot for a cast. Fuddle for a buffet. Buffet for a pouffe." - Martin Bostock

4. Leeds sayings

"Bun for fairy cakes. Pot for a cast. Fuddle for a buffet. Buffet for a pouffe." - Martin Bostock Photo: YPN

"Ginnel for alleyway and beck for a stream" - Yvonne McPhail.

5. Leeds sayings

"Ginnel for alleyway and beck for a stream" - Yvonne McPhail. Photo: Bruce Rollinson

"Just as busy as Briggate on a Saturday afternoon..." - Pat Lister.

6. Leeds sayings

"Just as busy as Briggate on a Saturday afternoon..." - Pat Lister. Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe

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