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Re: Dirty minds?
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:29 pm
by Jo
I had some friends who lived in Muswell Hill, round the corner from Elms Lane. This was regularly annotated with a couple of additional strokes of the pen into Bums Lane (it works better in caps).
Re: Dirty minds?
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:30 pm
by J.R.
Then there is the regulary defaced sign, with one letter added.
TO LET.
Re: Dirty minds?
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:41 pm
by NEILL THE NOTORIOUS
A couple more, on this Topic --- When I was at CH, chaps were amused by the sign in Lewes of "Lewes Women's Institute "
A better one, was, in my last posting in the Army, we were close to a Welsh village called "Knockin" which had a sign ---- I kid you not -------- Knockin Shop
To quote the "League of Gentlemen" -------- Very LOCAL !
Re: Dirty minds?
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:39 pm
by Angela Woodford
It's risen to the surface of my memory -
It was an odd News item some time ago. Maybe in the Manchester area? An industrialist had constructed a row of model dwellings for his employees which had plumbing - maybe even inside loos? Possibly c1890s? My knowledge of the history of plumbing is a bit hazy.
The row of houses was called "Sanitary Street". This must have sounded a bit cringeworthy as the years rolled on, and the locals amended the name to "Anita Street".
Understandable, really!