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JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 22 Nov 2014 22:04

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/35/35012/Cockwell_Inn/Liverpool


well I wont be drinking in this pub with a funny name ;-) ;-) ;-)

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 22 Nov 2014 21:43

I know someone who used to live in London, in Friar's Crutch! That was the address on his stationery; I've looked at maps and can't find it.

Still reckon he made it up.



:-D

Ails from NI

Ails from NI Report 22 Nov 2014 18:28

What about Noel Edmonds' 'Crinkly Bottom'?? :-D

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 22 Nov 2014 16:47

Kent is a beautiful place to live <3 <3 <3

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

GeordiePride

GeordiePride Report 22 Nov 2014 15:59

I live near places called Longbenton and Two Ball Lonnen in Newcastle. :-0 :-0 :-0 :-D :-D :-D

GP

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 22 Nov 2014 15:35

Pratts Bottom is one I recall.......

alongside Little Snoring is ""Sleepy Hollow""

(I jest!) ;-)

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 22 Nov 2014 15:25

Hi Joy

We lived in the other direction - closer to Knight's.............

Have lived elsewhere for a long time -left before daughter was one - she has just turned 29!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 22 Nov 2014 15:22

David Sedaris, a wonderful American speaker/orator, now lives in England (Sussex to be precise) with his partner Hugh..
When they were house hunting he said this:

"The only other house we considered buying was called Faggot Stacks. It's located between the villages of Balls Cross and Titty Hill."

Good old Britain! :-D :-D

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 22 Nov 2014 15:16

Nameless
I used to live near Sandwich at Ramsgate :-D :-D :-D

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

Graham

Graham Report 22 Nov 2014 15:11

I can't believe they missed Great Coxwell in Gloucestershire. :-D :-D :-D

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 22 Nov 2014 14:47

Wish I'd taken more interest in the local names when I lived in East Kent - not too far from Ham Sandwich ;-)

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 22 Nov 2014 14:40

The BBC weather lady Kaddey Lee-Preston used a Kent map with 'rude' names on late one night about 10 years ago. She got reprimanded :-0 :-D

Researching:
Dormant member as from 20 Sep 2019 . Click on my board name to send a message

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 22 Nov 2014 14:01

If you do not have a sense of humour or a liking for the ridiculous or don't like a bit of ;-) ;-) then don't bother to look at this new map of place names in the UK:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2842938/From-Great-Butts-Shaggie-Burn-Marvellous-Map-Great-Britain-highlights-silliest-rudest-place-names.html