http://blog.firstsolo.net/index.php/2006/10/sport-diver/ Random jottings down from the lives of Julie & Tom Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:06:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.firstsolo.net/index.php/2006/10/sport-diver/comment-page-1/#comment-36 admin Wed, 27 Dec 2006 20:33:18 +0000 http://blog.firstsolo.net/?p=99#comment-36 Your uncle sounds fantastic Kate!  Thanks for clearing that up. :) Your uncle sounds fantastic Kate!  Thanks for clearing that up.

]]> http://blog.firstsolo.net/index.php/2006/10/sport-diver/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Kate Carlton-Paterson Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:36:53 +0000 http://blog.firstsolo.net/?p=99#comment-34 A cob is indeed a Leicester expression! And i should know, i am descended from a whole clan of them. The Burford family hails from there and we actually have a family saying, regularly quoted, which is 'Who's eaten all the cobs?'. This originated from my late and much loved Great Uncle Ken, whose second most famous family saying was 'Magic, this!' on tucking into his dinner. Made me all nostalgic hearing it again! A cob is indeed a Leicester expression! And i should know, i am descended from a whole clan of them. The Burford family hails from there and we actually have a family saying, regularly quoted, which is ‘Who’s eaten all the cobs?’. This originated from my late and much loved Great Uncle Ken, whose second most famous family saying was ‘Magic, this!’ on tucking into his dinner. Made me all nostalgic hearing it again!

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