Nice legs.....

We used to call these insects 'Daddy long legs' for obvious reasons but what is the proper name does anyone know?

It is just one of the names used for this arachnid Bob.

The Pholcidae are a spider family in the suborder Araneomorphae.

Some species, especially Pholcus phalangioides, are commonly called granddaddy long-legs spider, daddy long-legs spider, daddy long-legger, cellar spider, vibrating spider, or house spider. Confusion often arises because the name "daddy long-legs" is also applied to two distantly related arthropod groups: the harvestmen (which are arachnids but not spiders), and crane flies (which are insects).

There you go, cut & paste is great, isn't it?!!

Wow, such knowledge, OB! Didn't know you knew all about cut and paste :)
Lovely photo, the shadows make it look like he's got more than 8 legs.