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   riesler
   

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   Just been for a bike ride and came across 'Funton' - all it seems to be is a brick factory on a marsh, where's the fun in that?

   Posted 7 years ago #

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   The All New Jeni B
   

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   There's Cellardyke in Fife. Make as much fun of that as you like...

   Posted 7 years ago #

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   riesler
   

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   I live just down the road from Thong...maybe they should be twinned?

   Posted 7 years ago #

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   brownpaperreporter
   

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   Here Great Coxwell is close to Gaggingwell

   Posted 7 years ago #

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   QorbeQ
   

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   The local sign for Ruckhall (where, to be fair, there isn't a great deal to be seen) has oft been 'modifed' with judicious use of Tippex or white paint...

   Posted 7 years ago #

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   PluckyMunky
   

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   The Welsh name for Usk is Brynbuga.

   Posted 7 years ago #

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   MrChigleysAunt
   

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   Wait a mo, you came across Funton? Something must have been giving you a good time.

   Posted 7 years ago #

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   sauce
   

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   Aren't there books of these?

   Upton has Minge Lane.

   Posted 7 years ago #

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   MrChigleysAunt
   

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   Near us is Four Marks. "out of 10" is often added to the sign.

   Posted 7 years ago #

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    ゴルゴ１３
    

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    There's a Twatt in Orkney, and a Twatt in Shetland. I went looking for the Twatt in Orkney last summer. No village sign though, so missed opportunity for "You are now entering Twatt" sign.

    Posted 7 years ago #

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    arrghgarry
    

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    There was a twat in Number 10 as well ,if fact he was so much of a twat it took two to replace him.
    There is a Peniston near Sheffield and some people go around breaking the ton off the cast iron signs

    Posted 7 years ago #

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    antharrison
    

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    Here's a photo (thanks to Google)

    Posted 7 years ago #

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    Oxbridge
    

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    There's a Wetwang somewhere in this country.

    Posted 7 years ago #

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    saltire
    

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    Slightly off topic here , but from yesterday's Times ;

    A student has changed his name to Bagheera Anthony Dairy Lea Dunkable after watching the Jungle Book. Bagheera,real name Philip Mackintosh, was encouraged by a friend to name himself after the panther in the film.
    'We thought we might as well do it properly so we added the Dairy Lea Dunkable bit' said Bagheera,18.

    Posted 7 years ago #

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    The All New Jeni B
    

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    Indeed. For what is a Bagheera without it's Dairy Lea Dunkable?

    Posted 7 years ago #

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    MrChigleysAunt
    

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    This conversation reminds me that I really enjoyed Boothby Graffoe's radio shows. What's happened to him? I guess he's still the only comedian to be named after a Lincolnshire village.

    Posted 7 years ago #

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    Svendo
    

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    Driving up near Edinburgh at the weekend I passed Cockburnspath.

    Also in Northumberland we have Shilbottle which often has a modified sign.
    Just down the road from there is Helm which always gives me a chuckle when I drive passed.

    Posted 7 years ago #

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    simonjmr
    

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    Idle, Bradford makes me laugh as does the Idle Workingmen's Club

    Posted 7 years ago #

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