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Do you know where Will's mother lives?

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AnnaQuayInTheUk · 20/09/2025 16:54

For 20+ years I lived in an area where everyone knew about Will's mother. People would arrive late to meetings explaining that they were really sorry, but roadworks on X Road meant that they had to go round Will's mother's.

I'm aware that in the Midlands they know about Bill's mother's, not Will's. And that sometimes it's black over Bills mother's house. But I've now moved to a different part of the country where no one knows about Will's mother's, or Bill's.

So,
YABU - who on earth is Will/Bill's mother?
YANBU - everyone knows about Will/Bills mother.

OP posts:
NoisyLittleOtter · 20/09/2025 17:05

Where I am, if there are black clouds in the distance and it looks like it’s going to rain then ‘it’s a bit black over Bill’s mother’s’

Uricon2 · 20/09/2025 17:05

Apparently... in the W Mids/Brum it's something to do with storms/prevailing winds coming in from the Warwickshire direction, ie where William Shakespeare's mother was from. So "black over Bill's mother's" means a storm threatening from the direction of Warwickshire originally, now used more generally.

I'm far from convinced😂

AnnaQuayInTheUk · 20/09/2025 17:05

Needapadlockonmyfridge · 20/09/2025 17:03

No idea!
Is that the same as going round the Wrekin?

Oooh, I don't know. But very possibly

OP posts:
TutTutTutSigh · 20/09/2025 17:04

I've known it to be black over Bill's mothers but I've never had to drive by her house.

AnnaQuayInTheUk · 20/09/2025 17:04

Seawolves · 20/09/2025 17:01

I only heard the expression once I moved to the Fens until then I knew neither Will nor his mother.

I used to live in Cambridgeshire....

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Needapadlockonmyfridge · 20/09/2025 17:03

No idea!
Is that the same as going round the Wrekin?

TeenToTwenties · 20/09/2025 17:03

Down South. Never heard this.

Changingplace · 20/09/2025 17:02

MarxistMags · 20/09/2025 17:00

I have no idea whatsoever what you are talking about ....🤔....

Same, no idea what is happening here!

Seawolves · 20/09/2025 17:01

I only heard the expression once I moved to the Fens until then I knew neither Will nor his mother.

NeverCouldGetTheHangOfThursdays · 20/09/2025 17:00

It's Will's mother where I'm from. Pretty sure she lives in the back of beyond.

MarxistMags · 20/09/2025 17:00

I have no idea whatsoever what you are talking about ....🤔....

NoisyLittleOtter · 20/09/2025 16:57

I know all about Bill’s mother, but my husband (from down south!) had no idea. He now knows 😁

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