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Sharkie Dec 2014 3:55pm, 5 Dec 2014 6,243 posts	0 Sharkie Anyone from the North West would look at you as if you were mad with your 'sandshoe'. I thought it was a posh name! 'Pumps' was most common in the 50s and 60s.
Alice the Camel Dec 2014 3:56pm, 5 Dec 2014 1,419 posts	0 Alice the Camel Pumps or plimmies in north Lincolnshire, at least back in the 60's/70's.
Velociraptor Dec 2014 4:46pm, 5 Dec 2014 31,606 posts	0 Velociraptor Whereas if we'd called our sandshoes "pumps" the other kids would have sniggered because pumping was what children did before they were old enough to be allowed to fart.
Dvorak Dec 2014 5:07pm, 5 Dec 2014 9,362 posts	0 Dvorak or, though I only recall hearing this in teenage years or later "ten-bob sliders".
Sharkie Dec 2014 5:09pm, 5 Dec 2014 6,244 posts	0 Sharkie Strangely enough 'pumps' and 'trumps' were used in that context too, but mainly trumps - how we chortled at God doing it!
Velociraptor Dec 2014 5:58pm, 5 Dec 2014 31,608 posts	0 Velociraptor We only trumped when playing card games. I can't even remember which card games.
Drell Dec 2014 8:57pm, 5 Dec 2014 1,833 posts	0 Drell Plimsolls or gym shoes. I can't remember what the difference was. Possibly gym shoes were lace ups, plimsolls were the slip ins with the elastic panel on the top.
Drell Dec 2014 8:59pm, 5 Dec 2014 1,834 posts	0 Drell And as for why plimsoll, see en.m.wikipedia.org
MarkyMarkMark Dec 2014 9:16pm, 5 Dec 2014 1,173 posts	0 MarkyMarkMark Skoda have recently started producing a 3 cylinder petrol engine for their "entry level" cars.
GlennR Dec 2014 11:11pm, 5 Dec 2014 11,819 posts	0 GlennR [There are more three cylinder engined cars about than you might think MMM]