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Thread #23003 Message #2760057
Posted By: Gedi
05-Nov-09 - 08:35 AM
Thread Name: What are 'segs'?-Testimony of Patience Kershaw
Subject: RE: What are 'segs'?
When I was at school in the '70's near Wigan, my metalwork teacher was a chap who came from Preston. A great bloke, he used to say things like "Don't sit on the bench (ie workbench) or you'll get segs on your arse!". Which we of course as schoolboys thought was hilarious.
He also put the head of one troublemaker in a vice and applied pressure - a practice which I guess would be frowned upon today.