tbtc
Veteran Member
The interesting thread about bus destination screens (https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...amed-a-destination.200802/page-2#post-4476216) shows that sometimes a bus company has invented a name for a terminus that doesn't sit neatly in one suburb or another.
Looking at Google Maps for Sheffield recently, I noticed a number of "suburbs" that I don't think I've ever heard to anyone refer to - "Deep Pit" / "Hillfoot" / "Spring Lawe" / "Philadelphia" / "Steel Bank" etc. There's maybe a road that shares its name with part of the name, but that's not the same as there actually being an identifiable suburb called that.
When I used to live in Leeds (back in the days before Zoopla etc, when you had to stare in Estate Agent windows to find properties to rent/buy), everywhere north of the city seemed to be some variation of "Headingly", as far as Estate Agents were concerned. I'd see houses advertised as being in "Far Headingley", "East Headingley", "Outer Headingley", "Nether Headingley" etc because they presumably realised that people wanted the cache of a "Headingley" address (rather than admit that the place was actually one of the other suburbs like Meanwood).
So, in your town/city, what places will you only find on maps etc, but not hear normal people refer to?
Looking at Google Maps for Sheffield recently, I noticed a number of "suburbs" that I don't think I've ever heard to anyone refer to - "Deep Pit" / "Hillfoot" / "Spring Lawe" / "Philadelphia" / "Steel Bank" etc. There's maybe a road that shares its name with part of the name, but that's not the same as there actually being an identifiable suburb called that.
When I used to live in Leeds (back in the days before Zoopla etc, when you had to stare in Estate Agent windows to find properties to rent/buy), everywhere north of the city seemed to be some variation of "Headingly", as far as Estate Agents were concerned. I'd see houses advertised as being in "Far Headingley", "East Headingley", "Outer Headingley", "Nether Headingley" etc because they presumably realised that people wanted the cache of a "Headingley" address (rather than admit that the place was actually one of the other suburbs like Meanwood).
So, in your town/city, what places will you only find on maps etc, but not hear normal people refer to?