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Pogle replied

15 June 2010, 18:32
Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

The sign for Rattery in Devon on the A30 (?) always makes me smile when I drive past it.

I suppose it's the idea of people taking their pet rats somewhere to be cared for while they're away on holiday. But then some people really _do_ have pet rats, so they must take them somewhere before going away. So maybe there really are ratteries.

I have just booked the piggies into a luxury rodent hotel
Only the best for them

Oh and back on topic - There's a Nob End near Bolton

No I'm not referring to one certain CUKer
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shaunbhoy replied

15 June 2010, 18:09
Originally posted by k2p2 View Post

I've been up Herbert's Hole.

You're not making much sense now!!
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OwlHoot replied

15 June 2010, 16:29
The sign for Rattery in Devon on the A30 (?) always makes me smile when I drive past it.

I suppose it's the idea of people taking their pet rats somewhere to be cared for while they're away on holiday. But then some people really _do_ have pet rats, so they must take them somewhere before going away. So maybe there really are ratteries.
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Scrag Meister replied

15 June 2010, 14:26
Middle Wallop
Over wallop
and
Nether Wallop
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gricerboy replied

15 June 2010, 14:18
Originally posted by Qdos Consulting View Post

Not a place name per se, but one of my local football teams, Shepshed Dynamo, plays at:

The Dovecote Stadium
Butthole Lane
Shepshed
Leicestershire

LOL!
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Qdos Contractor replied

15 June 2010, 13:53
Not a place name per se, but one of my local football teams, Shepshed Dynamo, plays at:

The Dovecote Stadium
Butthole Lane
Shepshed
Leicestershire
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mudskipper replied

15 June 2010, 13:47
I've been up Herbert's Hole.
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doodab replied

15 June 2010, 13:10
Six Mile Bottom
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gingerjedi replied

15 June 2010, 13:08
Originally posted by gricerboy View Post

Compton Pauncefoot

Missed that one
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gricerboy replied

15 June 2010, 13:06
Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post

For some odd reason Somerset has villages that sound like 70's TV detectives:

Kingston Seymour
Norton Hawfield
Hinton Blewitt
Rodney Stoke
Preston Bowyer
Huish Barton
Farrington Gurney

Queen Camel
Huish Episcopi
Compton Pauncefoot
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gingerjedi replied

15 June 2010, 13:02
For some odd reason Somerset has villages that sound like 70's TV detectives:

Kingston Seymour
Norton Hawfield
Hinton Blewitt
Rodney Stoke
Preston Bowyer
Huish Barton
Farrington Gurney
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shaunbhoy replied

15 June 2010, 12:52
Wankum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ahhh...........remember it well!!
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doodab replied

15 June 2010, 12:48
wankstrasse

The hamlet of *******, Austria

Last edited by doodab; 15 June 2010, 12:50.
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shaunbhoy replied

15 June 2010, 12:44
Nempnett Thrubwell

HTH
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Moscow Mule replied

15 June 2010, 12:43
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