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Thread #120578   Message #3401675
Posted By: GUEST,Joolz
08-Sep-12 - 12:42 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Dark over Bill's mothers
Subject: RE: Folklore: Dark over Bill's mothers
Dunno if this one is still going.... but

My mother and father used the expression "black over Will's mother's" a heck of a lot in the 1950s/60s. They were born and bred (!) in Peterborough (originally Northamptonshire, then Cambridgeshire, now it's own county - the "Soke of Peterborough". Unrelated - maybe - I don't think my father actually knew my mother's name - she was always known as "duck"....