Has anyone else heard this?

I've certainly heard the expression and I was brought up in the NW of England, though I've lived in the South since going to University. I'm not sure when I last heard it though, not recently.

We used “old biddies” in Lancashire. It doesn’t bother be because of course I’ll never be one 🤣

My dh uses it and he comes from the Midlands and has family in Yorkshire.

A commonly used term everywhere i think. My mum aged 80 odd used to be the village driver for the luncheon club. She always referred to them as the old biddies even though many of them were younger than her. She certainly meant no harm by the term and I never thought of it as rude.

I meet up with a group of friends once a month and we always jokingly refer to it as "the old biddies lunch" I interpret it as meaning interfering old busybodies, which we are not!

I’ve often heard it, and still do now and then.

I was once very amused to hear a young Scottish boy, 16 or so, a friend’s son, say it. There had been some scandal involving a UK politician, caught with his pants down, so as they do, he was shown on TV in front of their house with his poor, long suffering, bravely ‘supportive’ spouse.
As the Scottish boy said, ‘And there he was, with his wee biddy wife…’. 😂😂

Oreo

misb

Old buffers - for old men !

Old duffers surely?

Or old codgers

welbeck

It's a derogatory term for an older woman.

In pretty much the same way as the ladies of the world called Karen get upset, my Great Aunt Biddy (Bridget) got very upset at this nasty use of her name, so her family started calling her Birdie, another shortening of her name

I live in the great Northern Powerhouse city.
l had forgotten this word and glad you nentioned it. It was used all the time to describe od ladies especially by men when l was a youngster.

It was quite sympathic really. More derogatory terms were Old Bat,Old Dear, the Old Woman, and Old Cow!
Tut tut!!!

l think this term should now be resurrected and rebranded with purpose and humour.

Let us go for it Ladies.

😻
Xxx

My mother was from Kent and she used the term.

I still use that word although I am in the eighties myself. I always call others my age old biddies.

Definitely used in the East End in the 60’s/70’s when I was not an Old Biddy!
Talking of names my friend’s daughter is called Biddy and is not old!

I still say old biddies haha I'm from Yorkshire.

I’m familiar with referring to old women as old biddies.

We use it in Scotland too

I’m Welsh and I’ve heard old biddies and old fogies I suppose at 67 I am one now 😂

Hadn’t heard the expression for many years. At a recent extended family get together people less than a third my age helped me negotiate a steep staircase. I was amused and not offended that they thought everyone should offer help to ‘old biddies’ when needed!