Am I being had?

[DarloRich]

Is there really a railway bridge/access point somewhere near Westbury called "Chocolate Poodle"? Is this the trick to get the new bloke like asking for a bucket of steam or asking for tartan paint?

If not where is it?

 

[asylumxl]

I swear I've seen it on a sign but I may have imagined it.

 

[Clip]

Chocolate Poodle
Bridge (ST995549). Line from Patney & Westbury Junction to Westbury opened 1900, Great Western Railway, with Lavington station, signal box and adjacent bridge. Station closed 1966. Signal box replaced by ground frame (released from Reading) 1977. Line, ground frame and bridge remain open. Bridge unofficially renamed Chocolate Poodle bridge circa 1970. Next to The Chocolate Poodle, High Street, Littleton Pannell, Devizes SN10 4EL. The pub is now closed. According to some reports it was a guest house rather than a pub, but it is included here for completeness.

http://sinfin.net/railways/stations/pubs.html

 

[tirphil]

It is the name of a bridge that took its name from a pub/guest house of the same name that has since closed.
The exact palce is Littleton Pannel near Devizes.

 

[DarloRich]

they are NOT having me on then ( dog s*it alley MUST be made up!)

 

[ralphchadkirk]

No idea, but I could do with some new bubbles for my spirit level if you've got any?

 

[DarloRich]

there we go!

although the one i always fall for is what comes between S & U? T? thanks milk and two sugars and a coffee for the boss! Always! Even use it myself now on people!

 

[185]

Ashburys box, Manchester did have a 10 foot high pig next to it for several years.

(Okay, one signaller painted eyes, ears and a tail onto the calor gas cylinder outside)

 

[EM2]

they are NOT having me on then ( dog s*it alley MUST be made up!)

Certainly there was an access near St Mary Cray, that was colloquially known as Dog S*** Alley when I was on S&T.

 

[Hydro]

There was an access on the Fawley branch known as Dog Sh*t Alley.

 

[Oswyntail]

"Chocolate" is one of the official colours for dogs, so a Chocolate poodle is just a brown dog.

 

[The Planner]

Be thankful you havent been asked to go to Sluts Hole level crossing.

 

[theblackwatch]

There was an access on the Fawley branch known as Dog Sh*t Alley.

Dog 5hit Alley as I knew it was at the back of Doncaster Works, many cranks will have walked up it at some point trying to get a look at what locos were there. Its name was even painted on one of the fences! I wonder if, with the demolition of the works, DSA still exists there?