While the game has been around for a long time, the 1960’s brought the birth of Members’ Clubs providing Bingo Sessions with plenty of pounds as prize money.


The players must get five numbers in a row, column or diagonal for Bingo!
You are then required to yell ‘House’ or ‘Here’ to stop the game.
OK, mates, now for that lingo discussed. Here is Numbers 1-45 British style.

1 Kelly’s Eye or at the beginning
2 Me and You or Little Boy Blue
3 Cup of Tea, Dearie Me or I’m Free
4 Knock at the Door or On the Floor
5 Man Alive or Jack’s Alive
6 Tom’s Tricks or Chopsticks
7 Lucky or God’s in Heaven
8 Garden Gate or One Fat Lady
9 Doctor’s Orders
10 Tony’s Den or Uncle Ben
11 Legs Eleven
12 One Dozen or Monkey’s Cousin
13 Unlucky for Some or Devil’s Cousin
14 Valentine’s Day
15 Young and Keen or Rugby Team
16 Sweet 16 or Never Been Kissed
17 Dancing Queen or Old Ireland
18 Coming of Age or Key of the Door
19 Goodbye Teens
20 One Score or Getting Plenty
21 Key of the Door or Royal Salute
22 Two Little Ducks or Dinky Doo
23 Thee and Me or A Duck & A Flea
24 Two Dozen
25 Duck and Dive
26 Pick and Mix or Half a Crown
27 Gateway to Heaven
28 Overweight or In a State
29 Rise and Shine or You’re Doing Fine
30 Dirty Gerty or Blind 30
31 Get Up and Run
32 Buckle my Shoe
33 Dirty Knee or All the Threes
34 Ask for More
35 Jump and Jive
36 Three Dozen
37 More than 11 or A Flea in Heaven
38 Christmas Cake
39 Steps or All the Steps
40 Naughty 40 or Two Score
41 Time for Fun or Life’s Begun
42 Whinny the Poo or Famous Street in NY
43 Down on your Knees
44 Droopy Drawers or All the Fours
45 Halfway There or Halfway House

Part 2 of British Bingo Lingo describes #46=90.

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