Do you know where Will's mother lives?

[AnnaQuayInTheUk]

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.

I’m in the confused group

My Brummie boyfriend who told me about Bill's mother also taught me about the Wrekin.

May I bring to the table "the back of Rackhams?"

I grew up in Staffordshire but now I live in the Home Counties and will regularly say “it looks a bit black over Bill‘s mother’s“ meaning that it looks like it’s going to rain.

The OP mentioned going round Will’s mothers as being the long way round, so yeah, Will and Bill’s mother live a complicated distance away in bad weather.

I had a really disappointing Christmas when I was 10. I heard my dad tell me my brother that he “was going to see a man about a dog” All day I wanted for the dog to appear and then cried myself to sleep.

the back of Rackhams 😂haven't heard that in many years.

I was of the understanding it meant prostitutes used to hang around there looking for customers.

So am I, I'm totally baffled, never heard of this. Is it a thing people used to say? (I'm late-40s, not sure if I've just missed this)

My mum lived in Birmingham, she said that meant prostitutes. Heard it in a panto there as a child, and I was pressing for an explanation 😂

I’m early 40s, so don’t think it’s an age thing. Guess it’s just a ‘different people’ thing!

Manchester and no clue either!

I'll ask my dad later. He would always say "I'm going to buy eggs", which meant the pub. My kids think "going to buy milk" means the dad is deserting the family somehow!

I think people forget the inquisitive nature of children😂it's not really what I would expect in a script!

I'm not sure where the back was. For a brief time I temped above the Bank of England and Rackhams and the Bank of Ireland were sort of next door. I wasn't there long but some poor unfortunate jumped from Rackhams top floor and we were evacuated at least twice. Thirteen flights of stairs if I remember correctly. I liked working in Brum