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Roman Numerals - Should we replace L?

Post 21

Recumbentman

77 on the other hand must be auspicious and popular. On my street (Marlborough Road) there are four houses numbered 77.


Roman Numerals - Should we replace L?

Post 22

Gnomon - time to move on

That is strange.


Roman Numerals - Should we replace L?

Post 23

Gnomon - time to move on

Was a big house split up into smaller units?


Roman Numerals - Should we replace L?

Post 24

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

If 7 is a lucky number, maybe 77 is twice as lucky. smiley - cool

In the 1950s there was a television show called "77 Sunset Strip." It had a character named Kooky, who had a song "Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb."


Roman Numerals - Should we replace L?

Post 25

Recumbentman

No, three are as old as the street and built on the same (terrraced) pattern. There was a gap between two of them and the fourth Number 77 was built in it, and numbered 77A. When we moved here first in 1972 they were "77 Ashmere", "77A", "77 Rossa House", and "77". The last is now labelled 77B.

http://www.google.com/maps/@53.3229085,-6.2451097,3a,37.5y,332.19h,89.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPkbmMxP7Z1gP27vxALNbfQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
http://www.google.com/maps/@53.3228659,-6.2452428,3a,37.5y,333h,90.77t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sI7ngkmqkkLlt5fzJK7bHGg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656


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