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Silly (official) street names..Glad you don't live
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Lady | Report | 4 Jul 2007 22:10 |
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AAHH Joanna, Could be worse though. At least you DON'T live there lol LLx |
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Joanne in Burgess Hill™ | Report | 4 Jul 2007 21:47 |
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How could I forget the lane next to my house. Freeks Lane! Joanne |
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Lady | Report | 4 Jul 2007 21:47 |
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O.C, Leeds City Centre has a Swinegate. I assume this was when our Leeds city centre was nothing more than a village? LLx |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 4 Jul 2007 21:40 |
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LL Some of the countryside ones are REALLY old, going back to pre william the Conqueror. Not far from me is a tiny hamlet called London Apprentice - where did THAT come from! OC |
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Lady | Report | 4 Jul 2007 21:36 |
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OMG, OMG I can't print em all. but found a place called F***ing in Canada Theres lots more sorry can't print. Try googling tho and they are there. LLx |
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Lady | Report | 4 Jul 2007 21:28 |
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PMSL Joanne, As for the noahs ark. very fitting what with all the floods. lol LLxx |
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Joanne in Burgess Hill™ | Report | 4 Jul 2007 21:27 |
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Lindfield, West Sussex has a Noah's Ark Lane. Wonder whether everything there is in pairs! My boss lives in Fulking, Sussex. The village sign is up high as the council got fed up with the name being altered. Joanne |
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Lady | Report | 4 Jul 2007 21:26 |
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O.C Place names intrigue me. The funnier or more unusual the better. I have noticed that most city streets are named after people. Trees etc and probably a bit boreing. The best and most unusual I have found are mainly in the countryside. LLx |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 4 Jul 2007 21:18 |
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When we were kids and going on holiday in the car, we used to pass through a place called Little Piddle. Threw us into hysterics no matter how many times we saw it. OC |
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Lady | Report | 4 Jul 2007 21:07 |
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OMG Just found place called 'end of earth' in America ( Michigan I think) I sincerly hope it isn't, lol |
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Lady | Report | 7 Jun 2007 22:58 |
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Found a nice place called 'Friendly' near Halifax. Drove through it a few times lately. They have their own 'friendly' brass band as well. LL |
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Lady | Report | 16 May 2007 23:16 |
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Dee the Bibliomaniac | Report | 16 May 2007 08:50 |
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Tina, it got its name because it was where the whipping post was, for punishing people way back when ;-)) |
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Kay???? | Report | 16 May 2007 08:47 |
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I often pass a ---C-L-I-N-T Lane and not many tims does it say this,,,,,,,,,,,when the kids have been near it,,,,,,,,,,,!! |
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Jennifer | Report | 16 May 2007 08:46 |
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Hi, I live just round the corner from 'Warning Tongue Lane' in your list. My daughter's inlaws live on the road. Jenny in Doncaster |
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Julie | Report | 16 May 2007 08:41 |
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Theres also a place called Bell End near a Lickey End in Wales x |
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Julie | Report | 16 May 2007 08:39 |
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I live near a place called Wormwood Scrubs Jx |
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madammorg | Report | 16 May 2007 08:01 |
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also know land of green ginger in hull tina x |
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madammorg | Report | 16 May 2007 08:00 |
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there is a goths lane in beverley, you can see it as you go past on the train. i know whip ma whop ma gate in york very well, not sure of the reason of it called that though tina x! |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 16 May 2007 07:50 |
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There is Dumb Woman Lane in Sussex. I have no idea why it was named. Gwyn |
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