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20 minutes ago, BallochSonsFan said:

Batman Close always used to make me chuckle.

Part of the White City Estate in west London.

There is  city in Turkey called Batman.  It's in the dodgy Southeastern part of Turkey so I don't know if I want to go there but still, Batman!

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5 hours ago, Hillonearth said:

Disappointingly though hardly surprisingly now renamed, this was actually a street in London.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane

Common name for prostitution streets, fascinating stuff. c**t comes from old Norse kunta. The more you know, etc.

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I was born near the parish of Sheepy, and the roadsigns to Sheepy Magna and Sheepy Parva would always raise a smile. Literally 'the big place where we keep the sheep' and 'the little, etc'.

I can highly recommend nearby Twycross Zoo for the Dons fans planning their weekend break.

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