Treacle Tom
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Jump to navigationJump to search- Treacle Tommy: George Formby, Sr.: song, “My Grandfather's Clock”: 'My grandfather's clock was me mother's p'ramberlator, Round the park in it we used to ride. There was me and Treacle Tommy, Liza Ann and Justice Hawkins, Screaming Jimmy and the twins all stuck inside' (Edwardian music hall song)
- Treacle Town: (slang) Bristol (in 1172, Henry II granted the city of Dublin as a colony to the citizens of Bristol)
