Author Topic: Strange Village name  (Read 2921 times)

robG

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Re: Strange Village name
« Reply #15 on: November 08, 2009, 09:14:21 AM »
Not to mention Picked Stones in Somerset and Temple Cloud nr Bristol.

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Re: Strange Village name
« Reply #16 on: November 08, 2009, 11:54:48 AM »
Not to mention Picked Stones in Somerset and Temple Cloud nr Bristol.

Rob.
Or Chew Magna !

Jethro
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Re: Strange Village name
« Reply #17 on: November 08, 2009, 11:56:22 AM »
How about Philidelphia near Bath, New York to California to Philidelphia?

GC - can I have my hook and line back please...  ;D

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Dont forget you can pop into Boston !
And a detour to Bethlehem in Mid Wales.

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guest40

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Re: Strange Village name
« Reply #18 on: November 08, 2009, 01:34:39 PM »
We've got
Brigadoon, Innaloo,Dog Swamp,The Spectacles,Bullfinch,and some real wird ones like York, Beverly, Albany, Augusta, Belmont, Mount Hawthorn.

guest27

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Re: Strange Village name
« Reply #19 on: November 08, 2009, 01:47:59 PM »
Alice Springs, but now uses Tena Lady...

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Furry John

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Re: Strange Village name
« Reply #20 on: November 08, 2009, 07:57:01 PM »

OR there is the very doomy gloomy sign on the way to the Islay Ferry,
« Last Edit: November 08, 2009, 07:59:13 PM by Furry John »
Here I go again!!

KirriePete

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Re: Strange Village name
« Reply #21 on: November 08, 2009, 11:33:11 PM »
This one always gives me a chuckle when I go west:



guest7

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Re: Strange Village name
« Reply #22 on: November 12, 2009, 01:21:46 AM »
That Strome Ferry sign is magnificent!

If only they had a similar sign for Maidenhead warning of a lack of virgins  ;)

Saw this on the BBC news site earlier, apparently the council has since removed the joke part of the sign on safety grounds  ::)



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