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essexeagle wrote:Gropecunt Lane
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Magpie Lane in Oxford, once known as Gropecunt Lane
Gropecunt Lane /ˈɡroʊpkʌnt ˈleɪn/ was a street name found in English towns and cities during the Middle Ages, believed to be a reference to the prostitution centred on those areas; it was normal practice for a medieval street name to reflect the street's function or the economic activity taking place within it. Gropecunt, the earliest known use of which is in about 1230, appears to have been derived as a compound of the words grope and ****. Streets with that name were often in the busiest parts of medieval towns and cities, and at least one appears to have been an important thoroughfare.
Shrewsbury has the still fairly saucy Grope Lane, whilst in York the street name ended up as the completely sanitised Grape Lane (nowt to do with wine, despite the numerous opportunities York city centre offers for boozing).
David"It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal0 -
In Birmingham (Selly Park to be exact) there's a Dogpool Lane, which sounds a bit dodgy if you say it quickly enough. Not surprisingly, if you put the term into Google Images it shows a few examples of defaced road signs....
David"It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal0 -
crispybug2 wrote:As a kid I walked down here every morning!!
Sounds like something The Fast Show's 13th Duke of Wymbourne might exclaim (With his reputation? Are they quite mad?).
David"It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal0 -
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Stevo 666 wrote:
There an alternative entrance for when it is closed, but it is down a dirt track.arran77 wrote:Ballysmate wrote:pease wrote:Fanny hands lane does exist (google maps it) strangely it's a dead end road ....
Is there a neatly trimmed bush at the entrance?
And is it closed to traffic once a month?
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Now you know where to go if you're caught short...
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"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Bully Hole Bottom near Chepstow always makes me giggle as does Knockin in Shropshire. I always fancied buying the local grocery store and renaming it the Knockin Shop.0
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Probably. Just be careful as you might get stuck in a real shitty area trying to find it.Pross wrote:Stevo 666 wrote:
Is that near G Spot? If so, where is it as I've been trying to find it without success for years!"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
This is a village in County Donegal, they also have their own diving club.
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I used to live in Worcestershire in a small place just outside Bromsgrove called Lickey End.
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Part of north Mansfield the post is :-
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southdownswolf wrote:I used to live in Worcestershire in a small place just outside Bromsgrove called Lickey End.
Not a million miles away from Bell End, either, IIRC.
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DavidBelcher wrote:southdownswolf wrote:I used to live in Worcestershire in a small place just outside Bromsgrove called Lickey End.
Not a million miles away from Bell End, either, IIRC.
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There's a bell-end on here but that's another story "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
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Don't know if it's been mentioned already but there's a Crotch Crescent in Oxford.
My all time favourite is Blubberhouses, which is near Harrogate IIRC. Fancy being a chunky monkey and having to tell someone you're from there...
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just outside swindon
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SecretSam wrote:Don't know if it's been mentioned already but there's a Crotch Crescent in Oxford.
My all time favourite is Blubberhouses, which is near Harrogate IIRC. Fancy being a chunky monkey and having to tell someone you're from there...
Côte de Blubberhouses now goes down in history - it gets a special mention within the profile of stage 2 of TdF 2014. Champion.0 -
Stevo 666 wrote:
You look suprised to find it. All this EU migration relaxation all clitoris' will be over here...0 -
RideOnTime wrote:Stevo 666 wrote:
You look suprised to find it. All this EU migration relaxation all clitoris' will be over here...
Will that help to stimulate the economy? (cue Sid James laugh....)
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OT but I am minded of the time in the '80s when the Escort XR3i was popular. They were known as 'clit cars' coz 'every c**t had one'.0
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In the same way that fixies in London are now 'clit bikes'?Ballysmate wrote:OT but I am minded of the time in the '80s when the Escort XR3i was popular. They were known as 'clit cars' coz 'every c**t had one'. "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
On my club's LEJOG planned for May next year, we're going via the village of Tongue in the far North of Scotland.
Ok so maybe it's not the funniest place name in the world........ but it's already been arranged that we're having a stop there to buy some "I love Tongue" stickers!! :oops: :oops:0
