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Old 22nd Oct 2012, 14:42
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Nobby Clark

The best sensible (and most quoted on a popular search engine) explanation is:

"Nickname 'Nobby' for people called Clark/ Clarke originates from the fact that clerks used to wear top hats (known as Nobby hats) in The City Of London."

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Was Finningley in some sort of time warp to still have WAAFs in the 80s?
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