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MamaCaz Sun 31-Mar-19 12:27:27

DH's children used to call one grandma 'Grandma Grey', because of her hair.

Ours have a 'Grandma and Grandad with the campervan' and a 'Grandma and Grandad with the beard'.

I don't think that Grandma with the beard likes her tag very much when Grandad isn't included!

MegrannyW1 Sun 31-Mar-19 12:27:26

At last something to bring a welcome smile to our face. I just love their sayings, I'm "never sit still granny" as always finding different things to do. They raise their eyebrows and wonder what I am going to come up with next. Keeps me young and them guessing though

Craftycat Sun 31-Mar-19 12:14:47

I had Nanny & Nanny Puff-Puff.
Nanny Puff Puff lived opposite a field with a train track at the end of it & my Dad had to pick me up & run like the wind when a train could be heard approaching so I could wave to the driver- who always waved back!
Steam trains then hence puff puff.

yggdrasil Sun 31-Mar-19 12:08:25

I am Big Granny. I am only 5ft tall, but Little Granny is shorter and a lot skinnier than me :-)

sarahanew Sun 31-Mar-19 12:08:19

I'm just 'Nanny Sarah', I can change pets or whether I'm with a partner or not and my name remains the same!

olive2709 Sun 31-Mar-19 12:02:46

I love how they work things out for them selfs. We are a blended family so 3 sets plus my mum
So, little nan(my mum)
Nanny with sweetie granddad
Nanny with silly granddad
Nan round the corner with Gramps (me)
Now aged 12and16 still in use

annifrance Sun 31-Mar-19 11:56:00

to my eldest DGD I am Granny Frog because I live in France, and other Granny is Granny Pasty because she lives in Cornwall!

I have to say these names were decided by Granny Pasty and myself over a bottle of champagne the day after she arrived. somehow they have stuck!

Juliet27 Sun 31-Mar-19 11:46:13

I had Big Grandma and Little Grandma when I was a child. I think there was at least 10 stone difference between them!

KatyK Sun 31-Mar-19 11:31:42

My friend's daughter had one nan who had died so she was nanny in heaven, and one nan living in Devon. The little girl asked her mum one day 'Is Devon next to heaven?'

inishowen Sun 31-Mar-19 11:30:30

My friend's son says Grannyknit, for obvious reasons.

travelsafar Sun 31-Mar-19 11:25:47

we had big nanny and little nanny!! lol they do make you smile. smile

NannyC1 Sun 31-Mar-19 11:21:20

?? Nanny in the ground. Omg I love the things they come out with. My GD is only 2 so I'll have to wait a bit to make sense of what she's saying, but if her looks are anything to go by when she babbles we're in for a treat.xx

kircubbin2000 Sun 31-Mar-19 11:18:43

I had old gran(in her 80s) and wee red gran,young with ginger hair!?my
Grand kids have granno and nana.

midgey Sun 31-Mar-19 11:06:46

My family had two Aunty Pegs......Big Aunty and Little Aunty!

littleflo Sun 31-Mar-19 11:00:18

When my children were small, they referred to their two Grandmas as ‘Nanny with the Cat’ and ‘Nanny with the dog’.
My the time the dog died, one Gran had remarried. Immediately after his demise the names changed from ‘Nanny with the Cat’ and ‘Nanny with the Ron’.

I was reminded of this today when my son phoned me. Sadly his MiL died last year and my 3 year old granddaughter refers to her as Nanny in the Ground.