Bring Back Butt Hole Road! - General Discussion

Acidomduso · 26-05-2009, 07:52

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...Hole-Road.html

I think it's an absolute outrage

that they have changed the name of the street. It is close to my home town of Doncaster and always amused me when i saw it. The residents knew where they were moving to, so why rename it?

BRING BACK BUTT HOLE ROAD!

Does anyone else live anywhere with silly names? Would you have it changed?

calamity · 26-05-2009, 07:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acidomduso

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...Hole-Road.html

I think it's an absolute outrage

that they have changed the name of the street. It is close to my home town of Doncaster and always amused me when i saw it. The residents knew where they were moving to, so why rename it?

BRING BACK BUTT HOLE ROAD!

Does anyone else live anywhere with silly names? Would you have it changed?

PETITION TO KEEP BUTT HOLE

Calamity....

Gordie1 · 26-05-2009, 08:03

I prefer to be upper back passage to be honest.

sadoldbird · 26-05-2009, 08:04

There's a Jeffrey's Passage in Guildford.

robinsbatman · 26-05-2009, 08:05

I agree with the residents. People who just see the sign or hear of the road can have their laughs & walk away. When you've got to live there & hear the comments about it on an almost daily basis, it must be really wearing. Add to that not getting your deliveries, having "comedians" turning up to photo their bare backsides & I'd want to change the name too.

A colleague used to live in Bell End (Birmingham). As someone from overseas, she'd never heard the expression before & once someone explained what the giggling was about she couldn't wait to move.

calamity · 26-05-2009, 08:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by robinsbatman

I agree with the residents. People who just see the sign or hear of the road can have their laughs & walk away. When you've got to live there & hear the comments about it on an almost daily basis, it must be really wearing. Add to that not getting your deliveries, having "comedians" turning up to photo their bare backsides & I'd want to change the name too.

A colleague used to live in Bell End (Birmingham). As someone from overseas, she'd never heard the expression before & once someone explained what the giggling was about she couldn't wait to move.

oh dear no wonder

MAW · 26-05-2009, 08:23

J4 M25, the delightfully named village of Pratt's Bottom.

calamity · 26-05-2009, 08:43

found these funny..

7 Dick Court, Lanarkshire
16 Beaver Close, Surrey
15 Fanny Avenue, Derbyshire
14 Cockshoot Close, Oxfordshire
13 Inchinnan Drive, Renfrewshire
12 Fanny Hands Lane, Lincolnshire
11 Hole of Horcum, North Yorkshire,
10 **** Lane, Merseyside
9 ****terton, Dorset
8 Back Passage, London
7 Fingringhoe, Essex
6 ****, Northern Ireland
5 Sandy Balls, Hampshire
4 ****t, Orkney
3 Bell End, Birmingham
2 Minge Lane, Worcestershire

Woody_Enfield · 26-05-2009, 08:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by calamity

6 ****, Northern Ireland

Four letters and the swear filter has blocked it out.

I can hazard a guess at a few things that it could be, but who on earth named it?

calamity · 26-05-2009, 08:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Woody_Enfield

Four letters and the swear filter has blocked it out.

I can hazard a guess at a few things that it could be, but who on earth named it?

exactly maybe estate agent from other area.

calamity · 26-05-2009, 08:49

check out this lot

36 Feltham Close, Hampshire
35 The Knob, Oxfordshire
34 Menlove Avenue, Liverpool
33 Titty Ho, Northamptonshire
32 Crotch Cresent, Oxfordshire
31 Blairmuckhole & Forestdyke road, Lanarkshire
30 Pant-y-Felin Road, Swansea
29 Beef Lane, Oxfordshire
28 Merkins Avenue, West Dumbartonshire
27 Pork Lane, Essex
26 Moisty Lane, Staffordshire
25 Wetwang, East Yorkshire
24 Scratchy Bottom, Dorset
23 Swallow Passage, London
22 Lickey End, Worcestershire

MAW · 26-05-2009, 08:51

Now I think about it, my local pub is the Cock Inn. Most other cocks have changed their names, but this one is still out and proud.

njp · 26-05-2009, 09:34

It was, apparently, common practice for medieval street names to reflect their primary purpose, which is why the country was once full of examples like this.

flagpole · 26-05-2009, 12:56

i actually saw this on my way to rotherham. couldn't believe my eyes. had to drive for a mile or so to go baack and check i wasn't losing my grip.

and to get a picture of it. obviously.

alan29 · 26-05-2009, 15:05

Apparently many Love Lanes and Grope Lanes started off as Grope C u n t Lane - the street where the prostitutes used to work.
Alan

Acidomduso · 26-05-2009, 15:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by flagpole

i actually saw this on my way to rotherham. couldn't believe my eyes. had to drive for a mile or so to go baack and check i wasn't losing my grip.

and to get a picture of it. obviously.

That, indeed, is the very Butt Hole Road we are talking about!

kelly82 · 26-05-2009, 16:06

Fanny Hands Lane in Lincolnshire was the one that sprung to mind for me, we always have a giggle when we drive past this!

lucybobbins · 26-05-2009, 16:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by calamity

check out this lot

36 Feltham Close, Hampshire
35 The Knob, Oxfordshire
34 Menlove Avenue, Liverpool
33 Titty Ho, Northamptonshire
32 Crotch Cresent, Oxfordshire
31 Blairmuckhole & Forestdyke road, Lanarkshire
30 Pant-y-Felin Road, Swansea
29 Beef Lane, Oxfordshire
28 Merkins Avenue, West Dumbartonshire
27 Pork Lane, Essex
26 Moisty Lane, Staffordshire
25 Wetwang, East Yorkshire
24 Scratchy Bottom, Dorset
23 Swallow Passage, London
22 Lickey End, Worcestershire

I found myself driving down Menlove the other day. Had a good laugh to myself.

FriendlyGoat · 26-05-2009, 16:34

We have a pub called the Pyle Cock, and another called the Spread Eagle.

That's about as good as I can do.

AbsoluteHush · 26-05-2009, 16:57

There's a Fanny Street in Cardiff, and and the surrounding streets are called Flora, Minny, Letty, Gladys etc supposedly after the prostitutes that worked the area. Which is why Richard Street gives me a giggle every time...

Midiboy · 26-05-2009, 17:29

There's a Paradise Passage in Islington.

nitpick · 26-05-2009, 17:33

Grope Lane... named 'cos of the "back Street action" of a bygone era?

Cme2007 · 26-05-2009, 19:27

Unibond League side Shepshed Dynamo [near Loughborough] play at

The Dovecote Stadium
Butthole Lane
Shepshed
Leicestershire
LE12 9BN

phylo_roadking · 27-05-2009, 15:47

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6 ****, Northern Ireland

At a guess that's the scenic village of m.u.f.f. - except it's not in Northern Ireland, its in the Republic by about a mile

angelfizz · 27-05-2009, 16:17

my friend lives on Siemen Street!!

26-05-2009, 07:52	#1
Acidomduso Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Andover Posts: 791	Bring Back Butt Hole Road! http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...Hole-Road.html I think it's an absolute outrage that they have changed the name of the street. It is close to my home town of Doncaster and always amused me when i saw it. The residents knew where they were moving to, so why rename it? BRING BACK BUTT HOLE ROAD! Does anyone else live anywhere with silly names? Would you have it changed?

26-05-2009, 08:03	#3
Gordie1 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,548	I prefer to be upper back passage to be honest.

26-05-2009, 08:04	#4
sadoldbird Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 6,214	There's a Jeffrey's Passage in Guildford.

26-05-2009, 08:05	#5
robinsbatman Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Reserved in Heaven Posts: 10,341 Blog Entries: 7	I agree with the residents. People who just see the sign or hear of the road can have their laughs & walk away. When you've got to live there & hear the comments about it on an almost daily basis, it must be really wearing. Add to that not getting your deliveries, having "comedians" turning up to photo their bare backsides & I'd want to change the name too. A colleague used to live in Bell End (Birmingham). As someone from overseas, she'd never heard the expression before & once someone explained what the giggling was about she couldn't wait to move.

26-05-2009, 08:23	#7
MAW Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Services: 'Ome theatre, innit. Posts: 11,835	J4 M25, the delightfully named village of Pratt's Bottom.

26-05-2009, 08:43	#8
calamity Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6,433	found these funny.. 7 Dick Court, Lanarkshire 16 Beaver Close, Surrey 15 Fanny Avenue, Derbyshire 14 Cockshoot Close, Oxfordshire 13 Inchinnan Drive, Renfrewshire 12 Fanny Hands Lane, Lincolnshire 11 Hole of Horcum, North Yorkshire, 10 ** Lane, Merseyside 9 terton, Dorset 8 Back Passage, London 7 Fingringhoe, Essex 6 , Northern Ireland 5 Sandy Balls, Hampshire 4 **t, Orkney 3 Bell End, Birmingham 2 Minge Lane, Worcestershire

26-05-2009, 08:49	#11
calamity Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6,433	check out this lot 36 Feltham Close, Hampshire 35 The Knob, Oxfordshire 34 Menlove Avenue, Liverpool 33 Titty Ho, Northamptonshire 32 Crotch Cresent, Oxfordshire 31 Blairmuckhole & Forestdyke road, Lanarkshire 30 Pant-y-Felin Road, Swansea 29 Beef Lane, Oxfordshire 28 Merkins Avenue, West Dumbartonshire 27 Pork Lane, Essex 26 Moisty Lane, Staffordshire 25 Wetwang, East Yorkshire 24 Scratchy Bottom, Dorset 23 Swallow Passage, London 22 Lickey End, Worcestershire

26-05-2009, 08:51	#12
MAW Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Services: 'Ome theatre, innit. Posts: 11,835	Now I think about it, my local pub is the Cock Inn. Most other cocks have changed their names, but this one is still out and proud.

26-05-2009, 09:34	#13
njp Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4,968	It was, apparently, common practice for medieval street names to reflect their primary purpose, which is why the country was once full of examples like this.

26-05-2009, 12:56	#14
flagpole Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: london Services: N97-1 vod, O2 BB 8meg, digihome PVR, W7-64 - addicted to World of Goo Posts: 15,125	i actually saw this on my way to rotherham. couldn't believe my eyes. had to drive for a mile or so to go baack and check i wasn't losing my grip. and to get a picture of it. obviously.

26-05-2009, 15:05	#15
alan29 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 4,281	Apparently many Love Lanes and Grope Lanes started off as Grope C u n t Lane - the street where the prostitutes used to work. Alan

26-05-2009, 16:06	#17
kelly82 Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hemswell Cliff Posts: 798	Fanny Hands Lane in Lincolnshire was the one that sprung to mind for me, we always have a giggle when we drive past this!

26-05-2009, 16:34	#19
FriendlyGoat Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Very much here. Posts: 4,038	We have a pub called the Pyle Cock, and another called the Spread Eagle. That's about as good as I can do.

26-05-2009, 16:57	#20
AbsoluteHush Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wales... Posts: 952	There's a Fanny Street in Cardiff, and and the surrounding streets are called Flora, Minny, Letty, Gladys etc supposedly after the prostitutes that worked the area. Which is why Richard Street gives me a giggle every time...

26-05-2009, 17:29	#21
Midiboy Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London Services: Training demented cats to dance Posts: 7,260 Blog Entries: 2	There's a Paradise Passage in Islington.

26-05-2009, 17:33	#22
nitpick Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,558	Grope Lane... named 'cos of the "back Street action" of a bygone era?

26-05-2009, 19:27	#23
Cme2007 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 322	Unibond League side Shepshed Dynamo [near Loughborough] play at The Dovecote Stadium Butthole Lane Shepshed Leicestershire LE12 9BN

27-05-2009, 16:17	#25
angelfizz Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: sunny bolton Posts: 416	my friend lives on Siemen Street!!