Corrie saying?

[cupid04]

Neither use nor ornament. They say it quite regularly in Coronation Street.
Where does the term derive from?

[MarkRae]

http://www.google.co....rceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[cupid04]

Thankyou.

[Ric.ror]

Oh I use that all the time

[cupid04]

Are you in corrie. Blinking heck I'm starstruck. You're not Roy are you? He's my favourite, lol.xx

[atalanta]

It may refer to a saying of William Morris ( artist, designer, poet, printer). He said that you should have nothing in your house unless you know it to be useful, or believe it to be beautiful.

[mike11111]

Not restricted to Corrie. A very old phrase meaning neither useful nor decorative, often applied to people rather than objects.

[dotty.]

I've grown up hearing and saying that, usually to someone trying to do a job but failing miserably. e.g.
'get out the way you're neither use ner ornament let me do it'