jack smith
Veteran
- Location
- Durham
Ahh I currently live in greencroft but grew up in lanchester/satley
Odd place names.
- Thread starter Banjo
- Start date
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Banjo
Fuelled with Jelly Babies
- Location
- South Wales
Theres a Bethlehem in Carmarthenshire.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Not a place, but a farmstead, however, with an equally serene name
And, not too far away, we have the other end of the spectrum.............
There was a competition a few years ago to name a new stand at Manchester City. Some norty boys thought it would a great laugh to name it after Colin Bell (which in the end it was), in the hope that it would become The Bell End. Frothing reactionary Anne Atkins made a reference to it on Thought For The Day, the first time I've heard a knob gag in that slot.
Gasman
Old enough to know better, too old to care!
- Location
- Third Rock From The Sun
Broadside
Guru
- Location
- Fleet, Hants
Mount Browne just outside Guildford, it's the HQ of Surrey police.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Nook & Cow Brow near J36 M6.
Eribiste
Careful with that axle Eugene
- Location
- Eckington, Worcestershire
There really is a village called Llandewi Brefi, in Ceredigion, Wales. I also once mounted Lord Hereford's Knob, not very far from errr, Hereford.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
A path goes under the railway here. It was always known by this name but eventually the council changed it to Tittle Cott. Due to public protest however, it was renamed:
In York, Grape Lane has an interesting history. If you are offended by crude sexual language, do not follow the link.
In York, Grape Lane has an interesting history. If you are offended by crude sexual language, do not follow the link.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
A path goes under the railway here. It was always known by this name but eventually the council changed it to Tittle Cott. Due to public protest however, it was renamed:
In York, Grape Lane has an interesting history. If you are offended by crude sexual language, do not follow the link.
Tickle Cock Bridge is in Castleford
There's also a Grape Lane in Whitby, which allegedly has similar origins
On a similar, yet divergent line, we have a young lady whose surname is abbreviated by some staff to 'Mab' (or 'Mabs')
She was pleased when I told her that Mab was the Queen of the Fairies (Midsummer Nights Dream?), & jokingly liked the princess/royalty connotations
She was, however, very much less pleased, when I also told her that 'Mab' was a derogatory name for a prostitute, in Victorian times
(There's a MabGate, in Leeds)
