Chap I used to work with was a local Fen man. Had the accent and he knows simply everyone. One of those can't walk down the street without someone stopping him for a chat people. Lived here all his life. Wouldn't surprise me if you knew him Pat!
Anyway, he used the phrase too but he said Will, not Bill. And I wouldn't have said he was posh! More salt of the earth, if that means anything.
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