"3 times and a bag of chips" - Pam Hutchinson.placeholder image
"3 times and a bag of chips" - Pam Hutchinson.

13 of the best sayings you'll only understand if you've lived in Leeds

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

Your YEP has been asking readers if you weren't born-and-bred in the city, 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: 21 famous faces who went to school in Leeds LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

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