Who names new roads?

I notice that part of Gillett St N16 has been renamed to Bailey Place N16...
unfortunately, there is already a Batley Place N16, so there will be
numerous letters sent to the wrong address over the next 50 years.

On Aug 19, 9:31 pm, "Richard J." <rjnews0...@blueukder.co.yon> wrote:
> Mark Brader wrote:
> > John Rowland:
> >> I notice that part of Gillett St N16 has been renamed to Bailey
> >> Place N16... unfortunately, there is already a Batley Place N16, so
> >> there will be numerous letters sent to the wrong address over the
> >> next 50 years.
>
> > Not if the rest of the postcode is present and is used.
>
> > Now let's talk about an Underground system that has two stations
> > called Edgware Road and one called Edgware, but where trains to
> > Ealing Broadway station are marked Ealing
>
> Abbreviated destination blinds on the District such as 'Ealing', 'Putney'
> and 'High Street' have not been seen since the retirement of R/CO/CP stock
> in about 1983.  Actually there's the exception of 'Olympia' which is still
> seen on D stock (both before and after refurbishment).  Also I did once see
> a train of original D stock on the High Street-Olympia shuttle with the
> ambiguous 'Kensington' on the blind.

As I remember, 1962 stock on the Central had "EALING BDY" and R stock
on the District had "EALING BDWY".

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Richard J. wrote:

> Mark Brader wrote:
>
>> Now let's talk about an Underground system that has two stations called
>> Edgware Road and one called Edgware, but where trains to Ealing
>> Broadway station are marked Ealing
>
> Abbreviated destination blinds on the District such as 'Ealing',
> 'Putney' and 'High Street' have not been seen since the retirement of
> R/CO/CP stock in about 1983. Actually there's the exception of
> 'Olympia' which is still seen on D stock (both before and after
> refurbishment). Also I did once see a train of original D stock on the
> High Street-Olympia shuttle with the ambiguous 'Kensington' on the
> blind.

Oh i don't know, i think that's rather efficient. I mean, whichever way
it's going, it's correct!

tom

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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Mark Brader wrote:

> Now let's talk about an Underground system that has two stations called
> Edgware Road and one called Edgware, but where trains to Ealing Broadway
> station are marked Ealing, and Canada Water and Canary Wharf are
> consecutive stations on the same line...

But which will get you from City Airport to Cyprus for a quid!

tom

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Bill Hayles wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:14 +0100 (BST), rosenstiel@cix.co.uk (Colin
> Rosenstiel) wrote:
>
>> "BDY" was a standard LT abbreviation for "Broadway" up to at least the
>> late 1960s. I remember buses to HAMMERSMITH BDY, for example.
>
> Which, for years, I misread as "Hammersmith Boy"
>
>
>
In my childhood I wondered who St Strand was in the 72 tram destination
SAVOY ST STRAND.

Peter Beale

In article <qgnna4dt71iiavo8joha6k5fpiffoj6pk7@>,
groups@billnot.com (Bill Hayles) wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:14 +0100 (BST), rosenstiel@cix.co.uk (Colin
> Rosenstiel) wrote:
>
> >"BDY" was a standard LT abbreviation for "Broadway" up to at least the
> >late 1960s. I remember buses to HAMMERSMITH BDY, for example.
>
> Which, for years, I misread as "Hammersmith Boy"

I always read it as "Hammersmith Body".

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Colin Rosenstiel

In message <iiona490ac7sml0dtbvdkqjbm2ejusbrco@>, at 11:25:44 on
Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Colum Mylod <cmylod@bigfoot.comREMOVE> remarked:

>Now check your satnavs for Butt Hole Road...

Doncaster.
--
Roland Perry

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:06 +0100 (BST), rosenstiel@cix.co.uk (Colin
Rosenstiel) wrote:

>In article <qgnna4dt71iiavo8joha6k5fpiffoj6pk7@>,
>groups@billnot.com (Bill Hayles) wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:14 +0100 (BST), rosenstiel@cix.co.uk (Colin
>> Rosenstiel) wrote:
>>
>> >"BDY" was a standard LT abbreviation for "Broadway" up to at least the
>> >late 1960s. I remember buses to HAMMERSMITH BDY, for example.
>>
>> Which, for years, I misread as "Hammersmith Boy"
>
>I always read it as "Hammersmith Body".

I pronounced it "biddy".

Richard J. wrote:
> Nick Leverton wrote:
>> In article
>> <15f20572-c4fc-4343-b23b-db1812df9843@8g2000hse..com>,
>> Jon <jonathan.gurney@wlc.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> the silly tendency [towards] road names with no suffix at all,
>>> making ordinary suburban streets sound as if they are rural hamlets
>>> too small to have street names as such.
>>
>> Or alternatively as if they are in the dodgier estates of Bracknell !
>
> Or alternatively as if they are in central London, such as Piccadilly,
> Strand, Poultry, Kingsway, Queensway, Holborn, Cheapside, Cornhill,
> Houndsditch, Millbank.

I blame Boris! Only a city in which he's Mayor could have silly names like
that.

In message <sed6b4dkad443jd7tdde74r0hufa05vksj@>, at 23:48:17 on
Mon, 25 Aug 2008, Alasdair <mail@bobaxter.coo.uk> remarked:
>I have come across several cases where roads have been named by
>developers. There is a street in Grimsby called Thorgam Court named
>after the builders Thornber and Gammon.

There's a Docwra's Close next to Shepreth Station. Pronounce that!

>There are two streets in Ballachulish called Elizabeth Terrace and
>Angus Terrace called after the developer's parents.

If you are allowing that kind of "naming after", then many of the
Victorian roads in West Bridgford are apparently named after the
developer's relatives... Albert, Florence, Mabel, Violet, Edward,
George, Henry, Millicent etc.
--
Roland Perry