Bombing Slough...

[Aperitif]

Here's the story.

Lower Windsor?

St Skidmarks?

Upper Ashford-upon-Derance?

Davywalnuts, a regular of this parish may be able to enlighten us as to the romantic merits of Alley A,B,C,D,E,F & G in the shopping centre, but what to do if Olympic visitors need to feel at one?

 

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Staines should remain as it is, IMO. Anything else is rather like re-naming a street "Grape Lane".


















( Google at your peril )

 

[Maz]

I asked a colleague once where he was from.
"Staines", he replied.
"Oh"I says. "Staines is a great place to come from."

I don't think he liked it!

 

[Turkish]

Used to live in Staines.

Now I live in Slough.

Can it get any better?

 

[rich p]

St. Aines sur Thames

 

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St. Aines sur Thames

I can smell the pastis and Marlboro even here in Shepherds Bush.

C'est magnifique!

 

[GM]

St. Aines sur Thames

Just up the A1 we have St. Evenage

 

[dellzeqq]

I think you've got this wrong. Forget the frenchified, countryfied stuff. Staines should go 21st century.

Midtown 308. Or even Hypertown 308. Or just 308. Dispense with the letters thing completely.

 

[Aperitif]

Staines should remain as it is, IMO. Anything else is rather like re-naming a street "Grape Lane".

I googled!
Funny how 'Shepherds Bush triangle' hasn't been disinfected - yet. It's enough to make anyone feel a little 'crook'...


I like St Aines Riviera, although Lower Runnymede could squeeze some historical mileage into the renaming.

and 'Turkish' writes

Used to live in Staines. Now I live in Slough. Can it get any better?

A Delight -surely?

 

[Aperitif]

I think you've got this wrong. Forget the frenchified, countryfied stuff. Staines should go 21st century.

Midtown 308. Or even Hypertown 308. Or just 308. Dispense with the letters thing completely.

No: town

This is a good idea dellz - I like this.

 

[dellzeqq]

[QUOTE 1234084"]
Dave.

With a shield of arms consisting of a Kebab, lager and an unused condom.


[/quote]unused condoms are soooo Windsor!

 

[661-Pete]

Just up the A1 we have St. Evenage

You know, I was once driving up the M6, I passed an exit sign marked "St fford". For a moment, I was really taken in, I thought this might be some obscure destination somewhere in Wales....

 

[meenaghman]

Imagine if a certain German manufacturer was based in this Surrey town.. Would the address be Siemens, Staines ?

 

[Norm]

Imagine if a certain German manufacturer was based in this Surrey town.. Would the address be Siemens, Staines ?

True story, that one, which I think I've written on these pages before.

I was working for Siemens in the late '90s and, because there are so many Siemens offices, the practice was for the receptionist to answer the phone "Siemens xxx" where xxx was the name of the town. As few towns had multiple Siemens offices, you could be fairly certain you were through to the right place if the phone was answered "Siemens Munich" or "Siemens Maidenhead".

The office in Staines miraculously relocated to Ashford without a brick being moved.