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mitch96

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7. My Uncle lived in Nanty Glo and Belsano

Reply to marble falls (Reply #6)

Sat Dec 14, 2019, 04:05 PM

Dec 2019

Or was it Strongstown...... I forget.. Long time ago in a far away place. He worked in the wheel plant for Bethlehem Steel.. Management and republican. My father was Brooklyn/liberal/Union.
They would have some knock down arguments especially when the Iron City and Canadian club was flowing. And in the end they were best of friends. God I miss those days. You could disagree but still be friends...
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My fellow Pittsburghers will get this joke [View all] FakeNoose Dec 2019 OP

I thought the spelling packman Dec 2019 #1

That's how my gramma pronounced it too. Can I get in on this bet? marble falls Dec 2019 #2

I've seen it spelled both ways FakeNoose Dec 2019 #5

Yinz is recent, "younz" is what I heard growing up DeminPennswoods Dec 2019 #10

As a fellow Pittsburgher... Freedomofspeech Dec 2019 #3

I think Yinz is the singular of Yunz..... at least out Johnstown way it is..... ;).........nt mitch96 Dec 2019 #4

My grand parents lived in Nanty-Glo and my grandfather worked the Bethlehem mines ... marble falls Dec 2019 #6

My Uncle lived in Nanty Glo and Belsano mitch96 Dec 2019 #7

Yep. It might have gotten a bit loud (my granpa drank Rock and Rye or brandy) but it never got ... marble falls Dec 2019 #8

"Thank yuse for the nudge down memory lane" mitch96 Dec 2019 #9