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Posted : 11/08/2015 6:11 pm
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The main comms centre for Sheffield (maybe South Yorkshire) police is on Letsby Avenue. 😆


 
Posted : 11/08/2015 6:24 pm
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do hope its true

<edit> [url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wan_King_Path ]Ha it appears so[/url]


 
Posted : 11/08/2015 6:29 pm
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I think Grope**** Lane in Glastonbury has now been renamed, but I remember seeing the sign a few years ago (well, quite a few - around 2002, I think).

Research suggested that there used to be a few paths around the country so named but that they were being renamed - I'm not really surprised.


 
Posted : 11/08/2015 6:30 pm
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do hope its true

If they are trying to do a direct translation the name should sound something like this "Want Chinng Chea" Or simply "Quay path/street".

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Posted : 11/08/2015 6:54 pm
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I've had a ban for posting a 'dodgy name' street sign before so be careful people...


 
Posted : 11/08/2015 6:56 pm
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Titter.


 
Posted : 11/08/2015 7:00 pm
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On an audax a few weeks ago we went past the end of a lane called "Benny Hill". We decided we were too knackered to stop and take a photo though.


 
Posted : 11/08/2015 7:00 pm
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:twisted:Say that again JulianA I didn't quite catch that. 😈


 
Posted : 11/08/2015 7:01 pm
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Posted : 11/08/2015 7:03 pm
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Posted : 11/08/2015 7:06 pm
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It's not even a real passage, ffs.


 
Posted : 11/08/2015 7:08 pm
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After taking the original pic when wondering around a French city, I found this bubblegum for sale in one of the shops:
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Posted : 11/08/2015 7:29 pm
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There's a slag lane near here


 
Posted : 11/08/2015 8:11 pm
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Extra points if you take a pic of your mrs bent over the sign. 😯 😛


 
Posted : 11/08/2015 8:14 pm
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Well, if we're doing product names as well, few things come close to these. Saw them with my own eyes in Turkey once. I guess some things don't translate exactly.....

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Posted : 11/08/2015 8:17 pm
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There's a 'No Name Lane' near me.


 
Posted : 11/08/2015 8:18 pm
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Research suggested that there used to be a few paths around the country .

Threadneedle Street, home of the Bank of England being one of them.


 
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I think Grope**** Lane in Glastonbury has now been renamed, but I remember seeing the sign a few years ago (well, quite a few - around 2002, I think).

Research suggested that there used to be a few paths around the country so named but that they were being renamed - I'm not really surprised.

I'll say it again then!


 
Posted : 11/08/2015 8:30 pm
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Extra points if you take a pic of your mrs bent over the sign. ? ?

Well hello Mr Darcy.


 
Posted : 11/08/2015 8:42 pm
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Posted : 11/08/2015 8:44 pm
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World's End road isn't far away nor is Dirty Lane


 
Posted : 11/08/2015 8:54 pm
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Parsons Lane in Banbury being another. As told to me by my father when I was 14.


 
Posted : 11/08/2015 9:21 pm
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There's a St. Peter's Crescent near me. Named after St. Peter's church, a few yards away. It's full of flats populated by old people.

Except it's not a Crescent. Never has been. It's a short cul de sac. The sort of road you'd normally expect to be named a Close.


 
Posted : 11/08/2015 9:28 pm
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Posted : 12/08/2015 11:45 am
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The finest street in Dunblane.
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Posted : 12/08/2015 11:59 am
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The finest street in Dunblane.

That's not a real one, is it?


 
Posted : 12/08/2015 12:03 pm
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I used to live on Fanny Street

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Posted : 12/08/2015 12:10 pm
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That's not a real one, is it?

http://www.zoopla.co.uk/home-values/dunblane/bellenden-grove/


 
Posted : 12/08/2015 12:18 pm
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Posted : 12/08/2015 12:19 pm
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just up the road from me...

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Posted : 12/08/2015 12:21 pm
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And if you're interested, look up why 'Grape Lane' is fairly common (NSFW)


 
Posted : 12/08/2015 12:25 pm
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I always liked Thrasher Close in Hackney


 
Posted : 12/08/2015 12:28 pm
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Nork Park, Nork Way and Nork Rise near Banstead.


 
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http://www.zoopla.co.uk/home-values/dunblane/bellenden-grove/

As I said, not a real one. 😉


 
Posted : 12/08/2015 1:21 pm
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We have a Cul de Sac at the end of our road called 'Helens Close'.

Now, I don't know who Helen is or how bad ass her reputation is but I do find myself checking over my shoulder when I walk past the sign.

Oh and my 'Street name' is J-Dogg obviously.


 
Posted : 12/08/2015 1:53 pm
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As I said, not a real one.

No, but I now cannot pronounce it the way the planners intended. 😆


 
Posted : 12/08/2015 1:57 pm
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Not a street name but I found these tissues in my hotel room in Jo'burg:

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Posted : 12/08/2015 1:58 pm
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Kessingland, Suffolk last summer after nearly 50 miles.

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Posted : 18/08/2015 1:44 pm
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There's a 'Melancholy Walk' in Stamford, cheered me up!


 
Posted : 18/08/2015 3:00 pm
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In Wigan there is an Ince St. Mary School. Incest? - Holy Family, Batman!

And we always stop and laugh at Breasty Haw near Grizedale.


 
Posted : 18/08/2015 3:13 pm
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Only in Scotland would you get a hill named [url= http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=175985&y=612485&z=120&sv=175985,612485&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=663&ax=175985&ay=612485&lm=0 ]this[/url]


 
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Posted : 18/08/2015 3:28 pm
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When McDonalds put planning permission in to open a drive-thru in Crewe they petitioned the local council to change the name of the road it was on from Macon Drive to Big Macon Drive.

Thankfully the council refused.


 
Posted : 18/08/2015 3:28 pm
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I used to live in a cul-de-sac called 'Lady Gardens'


 
Posted : 18/08/2015 6:37 pm
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There's an office sign in Luxembourg where two companies share the same office. They are:

Spunken SA
Stainfree SA

Oh, and due to the national poet, there's a load of streets with this sign:

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Posted : 18/08/2015 6:43 pm
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Also...

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Posted : 18/08/2015 6:43 pm
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I used to regularly drive past the land of nod, would have been cool to have that in your address
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Posted : 18/08/2015 8:37 pm
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Posted : 18/08/2015 8:47 pm
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got a Hotley Bottom Lane near us & a packet of "Dick wipes" tissues within arms reach 😯


 
Posted : 18/08/2015 10:46 pm
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Not naughty or s****y but I always liked...

Cavalier Approach

In Leeds, LS9 0AQ


 
Posted : 18/08/2015 10:54 pm
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And there's more...

http://lesserspotted.myshopify.com/collections/cards


 
Posted : 18/08/2015 11:17 pm