Grockles......

[andyd]

grockle
ˈɡrɒk(ə)l/
nounBritishinformalderogatory
plural noun: grockles

a holidaymaker, especially one visiting a resort in Devon or Cornwall.

Got this from a local online daily, with some old Motors 1973 http://www.devonlive.com/hilarious-film ... story.html

At 1.05; White Van Man still couldn't indicate back then either......

[pbar]

Good video Andy Makes you realise what character cars had back then when you see the shapes and sizes going by. Nice Avenger at 1.39, I have a soft spot for those.

[andyd]

Good video Andy Makes you realise what character cars had back then when you see the shapes and sizes going by. Nice Avenger at 1.39, I have a soft spot for those.

They all looked different didn't they? I like the Ford parts and sales delivery van just before the Avenger

[rshyndy]

Haha grockles. I swear only people from Devon and some parts of Cornwall use that word. My workplace is on the A39 (a main route to Cornwall) and we get any amount of 'grockles' coming in asking for directions to the campsite that they passed 2 minutes back down the road ha

[andyd]

Haha grockles. I swear only people from Devon and some parts of Cornwall use that word.

I think you are right, fellow Carrot Cruncher

[Caprifan Rob]

Great bit of film. Bet the drivers of those Mk1 Escorts had no idea that the daily they were driving would now be worth more than most of them paid for their houses

[Andrew 2.8i]

I think you are right, fellow Carrot Cruncher

I have a mental image of the pair of you chewing some straw, sat atop a stone wall.....

Andrew.

[Paul G]

Haha grockles. I swear only people from Devon and some parts of Cornwall use that word. My workplace is on the A39 (a main route to Cornwall) and we get any amount of 'grockles' coming in asking for directions to the campsite that they passed 2 minutes back down the road ha

I think tourists are called emmets (ants) in Cornwall.

[andyd]

I think you are right, fellow Carrot Cruncher

I have a mental image of the pair of you chewing some straw, sat atop a stone wall.....

Andrew.

Have you been spying

[andyd]

Haha grockles. I swear only people from Devon and some parts of Cornwall use that word. My workplace is on the A39 (a main route to Cornwall) and we get any amount of 'grockles' coming in asking for directions to the campsite that they passed 2 minutes back down the road ha

I think tourists are called emmets (ants) in Cornwall.

That's correct You never hear ants called emmets nowadays

[Paul G]

Haha grockles. I swear only people from Devon and some parts of Cornwall use that word. My workplace is on the A39 (a main route to Cornwall) and we get any amount of 'grockles' coming in asking for directions to the campsite that they passed 2 minutes back down the road ha

I think tourists are called emmets (ants) in Cornwall.

That's correct You never hear ants called emmets nowadays

I was just talking to my 92 year old mum and she says her father, who was Buckinghamshire born and bred, also used to call ants emmets. Apparantly the term was widespread around here back in the pre second world war days.

[andyd]

I was just talking to my 92 year old mum and she says her father, who was Buckinghamshire born and bred, also used to call ants emmets. Apparantly the term was widespread around here back in the pre second world war days.

I recall I used to hear emmets alot in the 70's, from Parents and Grandparents. Obviously an older generation saying......Innit

[Fordoholic Nick]

I think tourists are called emmets (ants) in Cornwall.

That's correct You never hear ants called emmets nowadays

Suppose you south western folk really liked that great band Adam and the Emmets then

[andyd]

I think tourists are called emmets (ants) in Cornwall.

That's correct You never hear ants called emmets nowadays

Suppose you south western folk really liked that great band Adam and the Emmets then

Now, Now Grockle.....

[Fordoholic Nick]

Now, Now Grockle.....

[Andrew 2.8i]

Suppose you south western folk really liked that great band Adam and the Emmets then

So unplug the jukebox,
And do us all a favour,
That music's lost it's taste,
So try another flavour,
Emmet music....

Nah, hasn't got the same ring to it!

Andrew.

[Fordoholic Nick]

Suppose you south western folk really liked that great band Adam and the Emmets then

So unplug the jukebox,
And do us all a favour,
That music's lost it's taste,
So try another flavour,
Emmet music....

Nah, hasn't got the same ring to it!

Andrew.

A bit like 'Emmet and Decs Saturday Night Takeaway' dont have the same ring to it Andrew

[Paul G]

Like "emmets in your pants" doesn't sound right either but I bet their have been a few accommodating young Cornish lasses!

Found out where they all live too!

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.43112 ... 6656?hl=en