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   thisisall1word
   

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   Down South the Wildean flair runs deep and true. Many a chuckle was to be had walking from Bournemouth train station to the seafront past the road sign to Poole where local wags would write "your pants down" afterwards.
   It never failed to make me guffaw.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Scroat
   

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   This is absolutely true.

   In Henley Town Hall there are pictures of all the former Mayors. One was called W. Anker Simmons.

   In fact you can Google him.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Mrblacker
   

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   There's Minge Lane in Upton upon Severn in Worcestershire.

   And then there's the Bell end of Belbroughton, also in Worcestershire.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   kingrobbo
   

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   There's Fanny Hands Lane in Market Rasen. I've been there more than a few times myself.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Vertically Challenged Giant
   

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   A village near me is called Willey, it is the proud owner of what is allegedly the most often stolen road sign in the country. There's even a framed newspaper article in the local pub, about thefts of the sign, with the headline 'Hands off our Willey'

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   tedweasel
   

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   There's a Goldenbutts Road in Ilkley

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   godly1966
   

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   there's a mountain in southeast wales called Lord Herefords Knob

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   The All New Jeni B
   

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   In, I think, Orkney, there is a village called Twatt.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Golgo13
   

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   There is and I drove my Vauxhall Astra through it in 2009.

   There is also a Twatt in Shetland.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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    The All New Jeni B
    

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    The sign or the village Golgo?

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    godly1966
    

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    There is snatchup in redbourn and Tickle Cock bridge in Castleford.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    JohnA
    

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    My uncle lives near Willey, just north of Bridgnorth. Must be in Waylandshire.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Ironduke
    

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    Double twatted in 2009 then?

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Clucksy
    

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    The shop in Knockin is indeed called the Knockin Shop - a friend of mine was there recently.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Knockin_Shop.jpg

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    borednow
    

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    drove past a DIY shop called fork 'andles in Essex named in honour of the famous 2 ronnies sketch
    for some reason scunthorpe always gets the auto censor software worked up on forums yet arsenal doesn't

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Hoops McCann
    

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    The Ch.Exec. of my local council is Mr Richard Stiff (Dick to his mates natch)

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    The All New Jeni B
    

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    I know which council you refer to Hoops, Dick is my Mum's boss.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    John Ffitch-Rucker
    

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    Jesus, Jeni, is there anyone famous you don’t know? :)

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    The All New Jeni B
    

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    Errr, some, but I'm tracking them as we speak.

    Although I'm not sure that my Mum's boss qualifies as famous.

    Actually, I missed a trick this weekend as the Dunhill Cup was on, and I can normally spot a star or two out and about locally, but we stayed in.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Al OPecia
    

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    In Essex there is a village called Ugley, and yes there is an Ugley Women's Institute.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    John Ffitch-Rucker
    

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    He’s on newsbiscuit - you don’t get more famous than that.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Screenie
    

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    If we are extending this to names, there was a gentleman in the village in which I grew up called Richard Small.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    The All New Jeni B
    

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    Mr B has a friend who's name is Willie Stoops, and I used to know a guy named Willie Cumming.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    John Ffitch-Rucker
    

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    I knew a lass named Debbie Toomey; perhaps inevitably, her nickname was ‘do it’.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Scroat
    

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    http://www.knobsnknockers.com/

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Hoops McCann
    

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    Jeni it's Angus....... and yup The Dunhill was Sleb Central

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    The All New Jeni B
    

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    Yep, Mum works in Moniteuch.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    bonjonelson
    

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    I genuinely went to school with a kid called Michael Hunt.

    And I worked with a guy called Richard Bone, who worked in an institution where the email addresses were made up of last name followed by first initial.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Hoops McCann
    

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    I worked for a company called Bonar Long (good to see the spirit of Benny Hill alive and well eh?)

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    Al OPecia
    

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    We had a student called Adetune Onabanjo, and another called Quentin Cumberpatch. Oh yes, and a lovely Russian girl called Lena Titover.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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