Crown and Anchor...?

[mountaingal]

Mi madda childhood friend visiting Canada from rural Sint Elizabet.

Friend seh har relative tek har go Crown and Anchor last week and dem did want har fi go up inna sittn but she seh no.

So me seh, "u went to a pub?" caw a so pub name dem gwaan ova ya. Elephant an Castle, Fox and Hound, etc.

Mi madda laff. "no, Crown and Anchor a fair." turn out Friend went to the Canadian National Exhibition annual fair. And the sittn dem did want har go up eena was ferris wheel.

I would never have guessed dat "Crown and Anchor" mean fair ...

[Peasie]

Re: Crown and Anchor...?

I just talk to Mommy and she tells me that Crown and Anchor was a betting game they played at fairs in Manchester.

Mommy had a good laugh at your story

[blugiant]

Re: Crown and Anchor...?

peeps wen dem juss cum upp fram yaawd mekk mii laff fe troo

mii luv fe tekk to de empire state buildinn ann de wurld trade center bakk inna de days wen itt wass cloudee. sum aff dem wey juss cum wood refused fe go inna de buildinns wen dem saw clouds surroundinn de buildinn. still mii luv fe xxposed yaawdee wen dem juss cum too de mazinn tings inn merikka ann see dem response. now mii wander iff itt mii reallee doo itt cah mii wanted fe laff att mii newbees relative ann friend wey juss cum upp

[mountaingal]

Re: Crown and Anchor...?

pz, yes, mi madda seh Crown and Anchor is a betting game, but apparently u can use it fe mean the whole event. my mommy also had a good laff at my confusion. bout pub.

[mountaingal]

Re: Crown and Anchor...?

bg, i can imagine my mother friend also refusing to go into a very tall building. heck, she didn't want to go into the boat fi a lickle boat ride. no amount of cajoling would mek har step foot inna it. no thank you.

[Wahalla]

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Its been a while since I heard it used in that context as a event

[mountaingal]

Re: Crown and Anchor...?

a di first mi hear it wallie.

den mi madda start reminisce bout fairs dem used to have in ashwood - u mite know where that is. dem did have manually operated ferris wheel.

madda seh one time when fair done, and dem tek di seat offa di ferris wheel, she and other lickle pickney would hang on to wan empty bar, and smaddy would turn di wheel. trick was to see how high u could go before u ketch u fraid.

mi madda seh she go really high ,den lose har grip and drop a grung, boof. wind knocked out of her. her twin sister immediate set up a piece a cow bawling. though not sure if a true she thought mi madda did ded, or if she know dem was gwine get in trouble. or both.

anyhoo, clearly mother survived and now laffs it off. dem a di kinna risk country pickney used to tek, nowadays something like that dem woulda sue the ferris wheel operator fi negligence

[Peasie]

Re: Crown and Anchor...?

MGee, ask your mother if she used to dance around a maypole with pretty color ribbons at the fair.

My mother remembers that from Christiana bottom.

[mountaingal]

Re: Crown and Anchor...?

ok mi call ar later and ask. have a feeling the answer will be no. my mom and her twin were rather wild, and maypole dancing sounds a lickle too refined for them. she may surprise me though.

[mountaingal]

Re: Crown and Anchor...?

mi call ar. she said yes, they did have maypole dancing (it did call something else but she couldnt memba), and that it was very graceful, but no, she nain do it. she said it was the older generation that did maypole (i have a young mother).

what she remembers about fairs were buying ice cream that some guy made in a bucket and the cream a run dung har elbow, snowcone and fried flitters; merry go rounds, and cokenat stall.

[j-kid]

Re: Crown and Anchor...?

Di ongle Crown an Anchor mi know was fi gambling.


<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Peasie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I just talk to Mommy and she tells me that Crown and Anchor was a betting game they played at fairs in Manchester.

Mommy had a good laugh at your story </div></div>

[Peasie]

Re: Crown and Anchor...?

gambling, betting,

[Stormmey]

Re: Crown and Anchor...?

Yes MGee, those names conjure up images of a Pub especially the typical British ones

I remember being in Toronto once and going to a Pub at Yonge&amp;Davidville and thinking like the decor, but no British food for me too bland. I was plesantly suprised by their chicken wings and the spicy sauce.

I am pretty sure it was called the Bull&amp;Firkin. There is a Pub in Vancouver BC also called Crown&amp;Anchor.......dang memories from Univeristy days