Calling 'shopping' the 'messages'

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CommentsWendy Dense Yep....grew up on Coast doing messages

David Jones I say shopping now but in central Otago when I was young it was messages

Jo E Nicol Everyone in my family doing messages

Jonny Seifert It's a scots thing lol

Carol Phillipps I am from westcoast Auckland we use to go down the road to get the messages

Colin Henry Richards The English wouldn't have a clue what you meant!

Dianne Kemp Omg yes - we always went down the “ Street” to get the messages. That was in Hokitika back in the day

Wendy Intemann Smith Messages for me as well.

Deborah Lysaght People used to say in Ireland too

Fred Gear Yep. in Hornby.Shirley Arabin did plenty of messages in King Country during 1940s and 50s

Carol Jones I still say it. "Going up the street for some messages" lol

Nova Hichens That sure is a West Coast saying, like I have to lux the house.

Gordon McIntosh Yes, down the street to get the messages...Kaye Mckay Getting the messages might mean you had to visit several shops

Marilyn Paterson Always did the neighbours messages during the holidays.
Catherine Cameron Yep, used to get the "messages" for an elderly neighbour in Kumara as a child.

Frances Carey Catherine Cameron Me too!
Phyllis Aberhart I've only read getting the messages in books written roughly in the 30's 40's in working class England
Margaret Kaa My mum used it all the time when we were growing up in the 50's and 60. West Coast South Island - Reefton

Naomi Riley Always called them messages in our house too

Alison Paulsen Was messages in our house and sometimes I find myself saying it. I also grew up on the West Coast in Greymouth.
Barbara Wilson Of course we did. Still do

Noeline Pinn Always were referred to as messages . Didn’t know it had gone out of fashion.

Sheryl Iraia I still use those words.

Judith Hay Grew up in Westport. Yes "just going out to de the messages" and "luxing the floor". Not long after moving to Christchurch I flatted with someone from England, the "hoovered" the floor and could not work out why I wanted to wash the floor/carpet all the time. Lux to them was Lux Flakes.

Patricia Atkinson Was messages in our house in Greymouth.

Ross Cochrane I grew up with that phrase, Greymouth.

Loretta Donnelly We said it too.

Noeline McCaughan I did the messages for Mum from the age of Four, walking with the little purse containing a coin or two and the slip of note paper saying what was wanted up to Hunt's shop on Buller road (Reefton) for small items such as a tin of baking powder.

Jill Smith I also did the "messages" getting meat from Allen's Butchery and groceries from Peter Sweetmans and buttons from Mrs Mannings haberdashery on the Nelson Street corner in Greymouth for my Mum back in the "60s".I still do the "luxing" but don't have an Electrolux anymore.

Wayne Steele I wasn't allowed to do the messages anymore after I went to the shops for half a loaf of bread and ate the middle on the way home LOL

John Nancekivell A lot of older folk say got to get the messages

Nita Miles I still say it Lyttelton.

Karen Lawson Mum used to go to the Kaniere Store everyday to get her messages. I say it myself still. And yes Wayne Steele we have been guilty of eat the bread before we got home from Phalerts Bakery, especially the barracoota loaf. When you pulled it apart it had a raised end and a hollow end. We used to level the raised end. Yum.

Nikky Lohmann My granny did.
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Nikky Lohmann My gran said “chutty “ for chewing gum.

Mary Moffitt Yes, we did on the Coast.

Janet Sutton Still use it occasionally. Weird how it sneaks out

Gypsy Rover I think CHuddy gum wasWendy Roberts Yep that's me lol my mum would always she going to get the stores lol

Karen McTaggart Yes we did call them messages

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