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25th February 2014, 03:53 PM
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Detrimental Street Names.
This is a list of streets around the UK where the house prices are far lower that the houses in the surrounding area.
Top 10 price falls.
Road. price/next street
Cock-A-Dobby £456k/615/
Fanny Hands Lane. £157k/237k
Minge Lane. £235k/325k
Cumming Street. £292k/358k
Bell End. £126k/187k
Crotch Crescent. £238k/280k
Slag Lane. £112k/141k
Cock Lane. £143k/162k
Cockshoot Close £286k/305k
The Knob £245k/249k
Regards.
Jim.B.
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25th February 2014, 04:19 PM
#2
Re: Detrimental Street Names.
We have a village here on the Island called Apse heath, i think every kid in the village for generations and altered the sign, no presents for guessing which letter they alter. The council are out frequently to paint out the added bit, KT
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25th February 2014, 04:58 PM
#3
Re: Detrimental Street Names.
Good job her address isn't
Miss Mary Likes,
'The Cockwell Inn'
Tillet,
Herts.
John
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25th February 2014, 05:07 PM
#4
Re: Detrimental Street Names.
or the may I remember that one was miss Nancy keeps Cockwell in tilt wilts.
This got past the proof readers in the Dundee papers until the ed noticed it. It was in the job adverts.
All hell broke loose as the paper had to be reprinted
Ron the batcave
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25th February 2014, 11:48 PM
#5
Re: Detrimental Street Names.
We have a place called Shag Valley
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26th February 2014, 12:05 AM
#6
Re: Detrimental Street Names.
Street that comes to mind when working at Traffic Police in Cape Town was called "Gallows Hill Road" Just off Somerset Road Green Point.
Cheers
Gallows Hill Road.JPG
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26th February 2014, 03:44 AM
#7
Re: Detrimental Street Names.

Originally Posted by
Doc Vernon
Street that comes to mind when working at Traffic Police in Cape Town was called "Gallows Hill Road" Just off Somerset Road Green Point.
Cheers
Gallows Hill Road.JPG
No doubt where the locals used to hang out!!


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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26th February 2014, 03:45 AM
#8
Re: Detrimental Street Names.
Many streets are named after people, wonder who Fanny Hands was? We have a street here named after a German, Ernste Wanke Road


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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26th February 2014, 03:55 AM
#9
Re: Detrimental Street Names.
Poor old Point Road no more where the UCL and many other Liners used to Dock@
Now called see Pic.
A-replacement-road-sign-i-008.jpg
Last edited by Doc Vernon; 26th February 2014 at 03:56 AM.
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26th February 2014, 04:06 AM
#10
Re: Detrimental Street Names.
Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein A farm name 200km West of Pretoria
Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynare urdraethceredigion Now Golf Halt Station in Wales
Taumata*whakatangihanga*koauau*o*tamatea*turi*puka kapiki*maunga*horo*nuku*pokai*whenua*kitanatahu A hill in Hawkes Bay NZ
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg also known as Webster Lake
Massachusetts,
I know these are not street names but found then rather interesting!
Cheers
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