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I wonder if Dick Blakey knows this? March 3 2009 at 5:18 AM		Alan Jackson (no login)

From the Oxford Dictionary Blakey noun (pl. Blakeys) Brit. a protective metal plate fitted to the sole of a shoe or boot. origin late 19th cent.: named after the manufacturers, E. Blakey and Sons, of Leeds.

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Steve C.
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Crikey

March 3 2009, 9:50 AM

Quiet day at work?
We used to call them "segs" in my day.

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Re: I wonder if Dick Blakey knows this?

March 3 2009, 12:48 PM

I always thought Blakey was famous for the phrase
'I hate you Butler'

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March 3 2009, 6:20 PM

Thanks dp - been trying to forget that phrase!

dpressed
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March 4 2009, 12:02 AM

Being naughty I have to say

Remember your a Womble

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