MadMac
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If it hasn’t already been mentioned, Sheffield and Shenfield.
There is also Lake station on the Isle of WightNot *quite* sure if this one counts but
The Lakes mostly shows in journey planners nowadays as The Lakes (Warks). There's stories from older conductors of American tourists asking for a ticket to "The Lakes", expecting the lake district and ending up in the midlands!
Not *quite* sure if this one counts but
The Lakes mostly shows in journey planners nowadays as The Lakes (Warks). There's stories from older conductors of American tourists asking for a ticket to "The Lakes", expecting the lake district and ending up in the midlands!
Norwich & Dorridge with a cold“A decond class return to Dottingham, please”.
I was speaking to a colleague who works at Conway Park, and she said that it’s genuinely happened before people have turned up looking for the Castle. Had to tell them it’s about 60 miles to the west and in another country.Conwy and Conway Park spring to mind. As do Nottingham, Mottingham and Cottingham!
I did only include that one tongue-in-cheek, hence the smiley... if I was booking a long distance journey to Slaithwaite I'd probably pronounce it "Slathwaite" (first syllable rhyming with "path") which is also accepted local to the area... if the ticket-office staff were still struggling, I'd use the code "SWT".You're dead right with Slaithwaite and Slough. If you go to a booking office in London and ask for a ticket to Slaithwaite, saying it properly i.e. like the station of Slough with IT on the end, you'll almost certainly be sold one to Slough. Unless online booking, you'd have to mispronounce it as it looks!
Burnham in Somerset, Burnham near Slough, and Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex, all used to get parcels for each other.
and ShelfordSalford Central/Crescent and Salfords; and Shalford.
There was a reported instance of a letter from Dumbarton to nearby Alexandria getting there some nine months after posting, having been to Egypt. Also, a distribution warehouse I worked in near Glasgow regularly got packages for Prestwich: the Manchester area branch regularly got ones for Prestwick.I have heard of people who live in Settle getting delayed letters that have been to Seattle!