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hygienicdispenser Posted Jul 14, 2011
Grope**etc Lanes were quite common in lots of places, though they got renamed. If your town has a Grope Lane, or a Grape Lane, it was almost certainly once the red light district.
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Jul 14, 2011
So when pubs are called The Grapes. maybe its not after the 
but...something we dont have a smiley for?
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hygienicdispenser Posted Jul 14, 2011
Hadn't thought of that. I suppose it's possible.
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Icy North Posted Jul 14, 2011
I know a "Bunch of Grapes", affectionately nicknamed "The Bog".
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Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) Posted Jul 15, 2011
We're on a trip, and just passed Butcherknife Creek Road.
Well, a few miles back, since I'm on my husban
d's phone and this is taking *forever*...
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Mrs Zen Posted Jul 15, 2011
I really really really wanted to live in Slack Bottom but couldn't afford to: http://www.zoopla.co.uk/home-values/heptonstall/slack-bottom/
On the other hand, I did end up living next to Goose Eye Brow.
B
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TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Posted Jul 15, 2011
There's a Snodhurst Bottom near my granny's house in Chatham. I have a photo of the sign somewhere.
There's also a Chancery Lane in Tullamore. It was a rural area on the edge of town, now built up. I don't know where the name came from.
TRiG.
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Mrs Zen Posted Jul 15, 2011
And Dyke Road in Brighton - famed for it's 
LGBTQ community.
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Just Bob aka Robert Thompson, plugging my film blog cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk Posted Jul 16, 2011
Let's be honest: there are a lot of places with 'bottom' in their names, and they are all funny.
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Reddy Freddy Posted Jul 16, 2011
>> So does St Mary's Passage in Shrewsbury. I can only just walk through it without having to turn my shoulders. <<
So, you're saying St Mary's Passage is quite a tight fit, then?
RF
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Mrs Zen Posted Jul 16, 2011
Just been to St Andrews, held our breath when we walked past Grannie Clarkes Wynd.
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Effers;England. Posted Jul 16, 2011
I heard a traffic report on 5live this morning that there was some kind of hold up centred on Coral Reef roundabout. It's somewhere in the vicinity of Bracknell.
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Icy North Posted Jul 17, 2011
It's the name of a kids' swimming pool nearby. It has lots of squirty hoses and a pirate ship for them to clamber on, I think (I went there once, many years ago)
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Vip Posted Jul 17, 2011
Yeah, I went there as a kid too. It has water slides and such. It was good fun, but I'm not so sure I'd want to go as a grown up!
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Effers;England. Posted Jul 17, 2011
I want to go there. 
Maybe we could do a h2g2 meet there?
Or at least drive via Coral Reef roundabout on the way to noohootoo.
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Icy North Posted Jul 17, 2011
Believe me - you *don't* want to go to Bracknell 
Centerparcs have similar pools - maybe we can meet at one of those
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Rod Posted Jul 17, 2011
>>Believe me - you *don't* want to go to Bracknell<<
You could be right. When I lived there it was littered with dead elephants and odd socks.
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Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... Posted Jul 17, 2011
I've just remembered that there's a Rotten Row in Lichfield.
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You can call me TC Posted Jul 18, 2011
Sorry - no contributions to make, but there is a whole thread with funny place names somewhere. Maybe Coelecanth can dig it up.
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- 41: hygienicdispenser (Jul 14, 2011)
- 42: Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee (Jul 14, 2011)
- 43: hygienicdispenser (Jul 14, 2011)
- 44: Icy North (Jul 14, 2011)
- 45: Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) (Jul 15, 2011)
- 46: Mrs Zen (Jul 15, 2011)
- 47: TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office (Jul 15, 2011)
- 48: Mrs Zen (Jul 15, 2011)
- 49: Just Bob aka Robert Thompson, plugging my film blog cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk (Jul 16, 2011)
- 50: Reddy Freddy (Jul 16, 2011)
- 51: Mrs Zen (Jul 16, 2011)
- 52: Effers;England. (Jul 16, 2011)
- 53: Icy North (Jul 17, 2011)
- 54: Vip (Jul 17, 2011)
- 55: Effers;England. (Jul 17, 2011)
- 56: Icy North (Jul 17, 2011)
- 57: Rod (Jul 17, 2011)
- 58: Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... (Jul 17, 2011)
- 59: You can call me TC (Jul 18, 2011)
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