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Homeless Kodo Aug 2023 2:47pm, 21 Aug 2023 2,064 posts	Quote Pin Homeless Kodo Really short road in York. According to Wikipedia it either means “neither one thing nor the other” or “what a street!”
swittle Aug 2023 3:14pm, 21 Aug 2023 99,493 posts	Quote Pin swittle Gibbet Street, Halifax, c/w non-functioning gibbet - and the proposed site for flats [Mar. 2023] Photo of replica gibbet in article. halifaxcourier.co.uk
Gooner Aug 2023 3:16pm, 21 Aug 2023 19,359 posts	Quote Pin Gooner I grew up in a street called Fullelove Road for a while. Always thought it was an odd word.
swittle Aug 2023 3:25pm, 21 Aug 2023 99,495 posts	Quote Pin swittle Brownhills, Gooner ? A quick search revealed this piece about choirmaster, George Fullelove. Paragraph 5 tells of his surname being adopted for a road on the Catshill estate. brownhillsbob.com
Sweetie Aug 2023 3:36pm, 21 Aug 2023 17,587 posts	Quote Pin Sweetie There's a Waddle's Court in Llanelli that I used to pass sometimes when I lived there, seemed rather fitting for my running style
swittle Aug 2023 3:39pm, 21 Aug 2023 99,498 posts	Quote Pin swittle ^ A name that raises a smile can only be good, Sweetie
sallykate Aug 2023 3:40pm, 21 Aug 2023 12,023 posts	Quote Pin sallykate I grew up in Somerset and always loved seeing this in Bruton: (near Sexey's School)
swittle Aug 2023 3:41pm, 21 Aug 2023 99,499 posts	Quote Pin swittle ^ Excellent!
Gooner Aug 2023 3:49pm, 21 Aug 2023 19,362 posts	Quote Pin Gooner Brownhills, Gooner ? A quick search revealed this piece about choirmaster, George Fullelove. Paragraph 5 tells of his surname being adopted for a road on the Catshill estate. brownhillsbob.com That's the one. Oddly, I'd never thought to Google it since (wasn't a thing back then). Thanks for the info
Muttley Aug 2023 3:56pm, 21 Aug 2023 2,608 posts	Quote Pin Muttley Not forgetting the old classic: