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There's a Sunbeam Crescent, and a Humber Drive on the Rootes Estate (built on the site of the old works) in North Kensington.
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How about 'CUT THROAT LANE'
Up In Consett, County Durham
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Catsick Hill just round the corner from me
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My dad and me caused absolute uproar in our village (shall remain nameless!) when we printed some planning notices on official council stationary, and stuck them on lamp posts, announcing that Pound Street would be renamed to Euro Street as part of an EU initiative.
Never mind this was on April 1st, and that the letter was signed Monsoir Avois Dupois. Anyway, I've reproduced it below. Apparently a whole load of people wrote to the council about it, and thankfully they don't know it was us!
Residents of Nameless:
I am writing to inform you that Teignbridge County Council has received a European grant to enable moves towards closer harmony within the European Community.
Pound Street, one of three very splendid and worthwhile streets within the Teignbridge area has been selected to commemorate the successful introduction of the new European currency.
An official opening of the street will take place at 2.00 PM on 19th June 2004 when Monsieur Avois Dupois (Commissioner for European Harmonisation) will visit Nameless to formally re-open Pound Street, Nameless as Euro Street, Nameless.
Wine and cheese from areas within the community will be served.
For your complimentary tickets please contact our Teignbridge office, or for more information regarding similar events throughout Europe please contact:
Monsieur .A. Dupois
Department de European Harmonisation,
129 Rue-de-Remarques,
Maison de European Affairs,
Brussels, 154875.
BELGIUM
Yours sincerely,
Miranda Hopkins
Office of European Harmonisation
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When they built the new police station in St Ives, Cambridgeshire (about 20 years ago?), they, rather unfortunately, chose the location: Pig Lane. Thereafter, that stretch of the road was renamed Broad Leas (Pig Lane became somewhat shorter).
Splodgeface
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>>>Residents of Nameless:<<<
David, I can understand why people took this seriously. I'm surprised this didn't occur to any local authority with a suitably-named street.
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>>that Pound Street would be renamed to Euro Street>>
Like it...:-)
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London is full of odd street names.
There is "Kit Kat Terrace" in Bow London E3 (a cul de sac)
"Haunch of Venison Yard" in the west end of London
Believe it or not, in Hendon there was a lane called "Grope **** Lane" where gentlemen took ladies of the night. The asterisks match the number of letters required!
"Bleeding Heart Yard" at the back of Holborn.
Don't leave Coventry out though. How about "Spon Street" What is a Spon?
Try this link for unusual place names too.
tinyurl.com/38pl2
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I remember from a visit to York when I was a kid, there's a street called 'Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma Gate'.
Also remember from Uni days in Newcastle, there's a street in the west end called 'Two Ball Lonnen'.
There's also a street in Wollaston, Northants, called (ahem) Bell End.
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We have a Cockle Dick's Lane - used by the shrimpers before it became a road to a local golf club - and a Knob Hall Lane close to it.
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Longslow Road in Market Drayton.
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places.jump-around.com/
& there's a few NEAR YOU!!
VB
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