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Bingo Calls

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These are the bingo callsfrom 1-90 traditionally associated with each bingo numbers called out when playing 90 ball bingo. Although bingo calls are not used by as many professional bingo callers these days, some bingo calls however are still used and are quite amusing to hear. See our Expert knowledge section further below for an interesting news story on bringing bingo numbers and their bingo calls up-to-date into the 21st century.

 

  1. Kelly's Eye
  2. One Little Duck
  3. Cup of Tea
  4. Knock at the Door
  5. Man Alive
  6. Tom Mix
  7. Lucky 7
  8. Garden Gate
  9. Doctors Orders
  10. Tony's Den
  11. Legs Eleven
  12. One Dozen
  13. Unlucky for Some
  14. Valentines Day
  15. Young and Keen
  16. Sweet Sixteen
  17. Dancing Queen
  18. Coming of Age
  19. Goodbye-Teens
  20. One Score
  21. Key of the Door
  22. Two Little Ducks
  23. Thee and Me
  24. Two Dozen
  25. Duck and Dive
  26. Pick and Mix
  27. Gateway to Heaven
  28. Over Weight
  29. Rise and Shine
  30. Dirty Gertie
  31. Get up and Run
  32. Buckle my Shoe
  33. Dirty Knee
  34. Ask for More
  35. Jump and Jive
  36. Three Dozen
  37. More than Eleven
  38. Christmas Cake
  39. Steps
  40. Naughty Forty
  41. Time for Fun
  42. Winnie the Pooh
  43. Down on your Knees
  44. Droopy Drawers
  45. Halfway There
  1. Up to Tricks
  2. Four and Seven
  3. Four Dozen
  4. PC
  5. Half a Century
  6. Tweak of the Thumb
  7. Danny La Rue
  8. Stuck in the Tree
  9. Clean the Floor
  10. Snakes Alive
  11. Was she worth it
  12. Heinz Varieties
  13. Make them Wait
  14. Brighton Line
  15. Five Dozen
  16. Bakers Bun
  17. Turn on the Screw
  18. Tickle Me 63
  19. Red Raw
  20. Old Age Pension
  21. Clickety Click
  22. Made in Heaven
  23. Saving Grace
  24. Either Way Up
  25. Three Score & Ten
  26. Bang on the Drum
  27. Six Dozen
  28. Queen B
  29. Candy Store
  30. Strive & Strive
  31. Trombones
  32. Sunset Strip
  33. Heavens Gate
  34. One More Time
  35. Eight & Blank
  36. Stop & Run
  37. Straight On Through
  38. Time for Tea
  39. Seven Dozen
  40. Staying Alive
  41. Between the Sticks
  42. Torquay in Devon
  43. Two Fat Ladies
  44. Nearly There
  45. Top of the Shop

 

Expert Knowledge: Back in 2003, BBC News reported that Pop icons such as Jennifer Lopez and Gareth Gates could soon prove popular among bingo hall regulars (not online). For a new system of bingo call names was to be introduced at bingo halls in an attempt to bring the game up-to-date. While some old favourites such as "legs eleven" (11) and "two fat ladies" (88) will stay, there were to be new catchphrases including "Gareth Gates" (8) and J-Lo's bum (71).

The new bingo call names were introduced by holiday camp operator Butlins at its resorts in Skegness, Lincolnshire, Bognor Regis in West Sussex and Minehead in Somerset. Butlins at the time said it wanted to respond to fresh interest in bingo by replacing some of the bingo call names first used more than 50 years ago. Many of the call names were devised in the 1950s and give an insight into popular language at the time.

Charlie Blake, a professor of popular culture at University College, Northampton, was asked to devise the new bingo calls list. He said: "Traditional bingo call names are a barometer of 1950s Britain. "My task was to find reference points from 2003 society and culture which would have a much greater meaning to the British public today."

Updated call names included:

"Buckle my shoe" (32) will be replaced by "Jimmy Choo" - in honour of the famous shoe designer - while the reign of "Queen B" has ended in favour of "camomile tea" for the number 73. "Dirty Gertie" (30) will become "Ali G" after the comic character, "strive and strive" (75) becomes "on the skive", and "Danny La Rue" (52) becomes "chicken vindaloo". Other additions include "stroppy teen" (15) and "feng shui" (53).

Source: BBC News, Monday 5 May, 2003