General Chat

It's fairly common, perhaps more so down London/Kent way ?

LaGooner, I know of a bloke called Richard Coxhead, and another called Wayne Kerr :-S

Can't say I have ever come across one that rings.

There is a place in Bolton called Nob End.

Dear All

Hello

I've never heard that expression before!

There was a pub around here, but it had an extremely rude name.

You would not believe the trade it did. The police kept closing it down!

However, property developers purchased the site.

Now a sort of restaurant.

Take gentle care all and be good!
Best wishes
Elizabeth, EOS
xx

When I Iived in Southsea the nearest bus stop to my flat was the Fawcett Inn.
Those 'in the know' (ie like me after my third request for a ticket) pronounced it 'Fossett'.
A nice bus driver informed me of this :-D

so "Farrah Fossett, Majors"?

In the same aspect......don't forget Sandyballs to be found in the New Forest....

A bit like........

Asking for directions to Webs End ?



;-) :-D :-D :-D

We have Bell end farm near Whitby :-D :-D

The wonderful David Sedaris and his partner Hugh were looking for property in Southern England.
"Hugh got online and found a house called Faggot Stacks, and it was located between the villages of Balls Cross and Titty Hill."

Maggie, must have been in Fawcett Road. (Fosset Road).

Love those fella's names Maggie :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

There are several villages between Balls Cross and Titty Hill and you can't get to it from either place by going through Gay Street.

If you turn off at Cocking on the Midhurst road and then do a right at Didling you will eventually cross the main road and find the one that goes past Titty Hill.

Go the other way and you can find Diddy Bones Nap!

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We have a Beggars Hollow, shown on old maps as Bull Beggars Bottom. Apparently a bull beggar was some sort of goblin. I think boggart is a similar word.

Bob, you are correct about a boggart. There is a place in Manchester called Boggart Hole Clough.

A phrase common enough when I was a lad in London but now very archaic.

Cute Clumsy Girl: Nurse Dawson, as played by Joan Sims in her "screen siren" years, is well-meaning but mistake-prone, accidentally leaving a dish of catheters on the stove to sterilise for so long that they burn, and accidentally summoning the fire brigade when she tries to sound the bell for the end of visiting hours.
(Carry on Nurse)

the phrase was used at least once by Kenneth Williams & co on radio but he would wouldn't he?

My GF ( a publican) used to have a large model bell donated by Bell's whiskey on the bar at Christmas. The winners of the raffle won the bell full of whiskey. I had no idea at the time why GM so objected to GF calling it "the Bell End" .. "army talk" she used to call it.

These days Brick Lane needs a working knowledge of Bangla rather than cockney and polari.

Crikey!! Better tell my daughters (and probably grand daughter) they're using an 'archaic' expression!!
Quite common around here.

Edit: and I don't just mean my house - I'm talking a huge area! ;-)

Hmmm don't suppose Bolsover comes into this at all?


or Pratts Bottom? in Kent...