I'm quite a fan of this BBC program that our PBS (here in the US of A) re-broadcasts. Most people I know dislike it, but I and a few others love it and are hoping for a new season.
Now I didn't fall off the turnip truck yesterday, mind you, and have Brit friends and have visited London half a dozen times, but I have a question as to usage in the program: The Buckets refer to their family members as "our Onslow" or "our Violet." I was wondering if this is common in Britspeak (and if so, I've missed it), where this is most common, if it is a class/location dialect signifier, or wassup widdat, exactly.