backontrack
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Ah, I see. My apologies.
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Ah, I see. My apologies.
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DaleCooper
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Ring's End in Cambridgeshire and not far away - Tipp's End and Three Holes.
I think all the villages in the UK must have been named by the Round the Horne team.
I think all the villages in the UK must have been named by the Round the Horne team.
Pronounced in the area (where I spent my early childhood), "Cubbit". On a grice in those parts, my "English-pronunciation/spelling-are-phonetic" pedant friend, insisted that it was correctly pronounced "Cow-bit" -- "to hell with what the local morons might say".
DaleCooper
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I suppose he would have said Wisebeck for Wisbech (Wizbitch or Wizbeach).
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306024
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The parishes of Rickinghall Superior and Rickinghall Inferior near Diss (a silly name in itself) strike me as amusing. Must be awful living in Inferior.
Probably. As a kid, I had fantasies about that town as a place on the beach, where holidaymakers were excitingly whizzed around...
If Giggleswick amuses you then you'll find the couple of miles walk down the road to Wigglesworth worth it.
Peter Mugridge
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That reminds me of the existence of the village of Pratt's Bottom near Orpington in the suburban part of Kent.
not forgetting Folkingham either!
My favourite, The Barringtons The Rissingtons sign seen on the A40.
To Little and Great Barrington, and Great, Upper and Little Rissington.
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DaleCooper
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Then you'd probably like Thong in Kent
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Or Netherthong and Upperthong near Holmfirth. The latter including a road with the charming name of "Little Cake".
Springs Branch
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In Yorkshire .....
- Booze, in Arkengarthdale.
- Friendly, near Sowerby Bridge.
- Idle, near Bradford (home of the Idle Working Men's Club).
deltic1989
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How could I forget that one, it's practically on my doorstep. Although I understand it is supposed to be pronounce Go-tam, that didn't stop a couple of local jokers dressing up as Batman and Robin and wondering around the other day, waiting for the Google car.
Quadring Eubank has always sounded rather pleasing to me. Puts me in mind of a boxer having 4 fights in a day.
And not forgetting Spital-in-the-Street, and Donna Nook.
RichmondCommu
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Cockfosters. Always raises a snigger.
IanD
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I like:
Blubberhouses in North Yorks.
Broadwoodwidger and Wolfardisworthy in Devon
Timberhonger in Worcestershire.
Menheniot and St Germans in Cornwall.
Beccles and Bungay in Suffolk.
Although there's nothing particulalry amusing about most of them.
Blubberhouses in North Yorks.
Broadwoodwidger and Wolfardisworthy in Devon
Timberhonger in Worcestershire.
Menheniot and St Germans in Cornwall.
Beccles and Bungay in Suffolk.
Although there's nothing particulalry amusing about most of them.
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DaleCooper
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I thought that had been renamed Viagra.
ian1944
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Obvious graffiti targets, Lunt near Maghull and Clint, an estate in E Lothian.
I can't believe nobody's mentioned Westward Ho!, Devon. AFAIK it's the only place with an exclamation mark in its name in the UK.
I've always been amused by North and East Cowton in North Yorkshire, near Darlington, the names seem fitting given the agricultural nature of the area.
I've always been amused by North and East Cowton in North Yorkshire, near Darlington, the names seem fitting given the agricultural nature of the area.
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To answer some people's queries, the swear filter can have exceptions added so that when a rude word is part of a longer word it can be excluded from being starred out.
I guess you mean Heckmondwike?
DarloRich
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I know them well
The Bees Wing at East Cowton always did a good pint.
( There is also a South Cowton and a Cowton Station on the ECML))
steamybrian
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I am surprised no-one has mentioned.. Idle near Bradford.
I presume there is a..
Idle Working Mens Club.
Idle Womens Institute
etc.
I presume there is a..
Idle Working Mens Club.
Idle Womens Institute
etc.
gordonthemoron
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Pity Me & High Wham in Co Durham. The Land of Nod near Selby
There allegedly were other places in Co Durham but I can't find them on Google Maps:
Linger & die
Quaking Houses
Cooperative Villas
No Place (I think the last two were the same place)
There allegedly were other places in Co Durham but I can't find them on Google Maps:
Linger & die
Quaking Houses
Cooperative Villas
No Place (I think the last two were the same place)
IanD
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I presume you're suprised because you're too Idle to read the previous posts (see post 80 and 104).
Definitely an Idle Working Mens Club and there used to be an Idle Youth Centre. Not sure about the WI though.
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Not to mention my favourite pub (now closed) renamed from The Junction to The Idle C**k.
DaleCooper
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Do you mean The Idle Cock?
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