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Bob is your uncle
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en 1986 Jack Scott 17 A Knife Between the Ribs Alf Rosher 10 London The Crime Club 149 https://archive.org/details/knifebetweenribs0000scot_k2f6/page/149/mode/1up 0 00 232080 0 Every year, towards the end of the festival week, he stages a barbecue. One pound fifty a go. Most of the dancing and folk-singing people attend, by now it is almost traditional. His two or three instructors stand by, and those who fancy a flip pay on the spot and Bob is your uncle. Quite profitable.
en 1986 Jean Gregory 12 Love Beyond All Telling London Corgi Books 228 https://archive.org/details/lovebeyondalltel0000greg/page/228/mode/1up 0 552 12506 7 You tell those kids, you say to them, I don’t see so good no more, I need you to do things for me, and Bob is your uncle! They are only too happy. They are not bad children; only they have to know what is wrong.
en 1991 Tom Elder Leave without Absence The Elder Tree: Memorabilia of a Traditional Tyneside Family Edinburgh The Pentland Press Ltd 99 https://archive.org/details/eldertreememorab0000elde/page/99/mode/1up 1 872795 14 5 Of course the real enthusiast makes his own orderly room date stamp. One needs to be reasonably efficient at lino cuttings. (I was taught it by our handicraft instructor.) A variable date stamp cost 5/6 at any Smiths and when fitted into your lino cut, Bob is your uncle.