SW88
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Post by SW88 on Nov 21, 2023 14:48:32 GMT
Electric Lane served by route P5
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Post by Green Kitten on Nov 21, 2023 15:37:12 GMT
One bus stop name that always bemused me was 'Osidge Jimi School' on the 298 (since changed to Southgate ASDA).
I assume it was JMI school but I always found that typo funny for some reason.
Cat Hill Campus on the 298 was also quirky but that was changed to the far less interesting 'Green Road. Yawn. Other funny names
Tiepigs Lane (Hayes) Farwig Lane (Bromley) Nutter Lane (Wanstead) Great Benty (West Drayton)
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Post by vjaska on Nov 21, 2023 17:09:00 GMT
Passed a stop and road on the 309 called Hay Currie Street
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Post by stuckonthe486 on Nov 21, 2023 17:15:21 GMT
The Squirrels (Belmont Hill, Lewisham)
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Post by wirewiper on Nov 21, 2023 17:36:09 GMT
Liberty Cottages - just inside the Greater London Boundary at Havering-atte-Bower and the reason the 375 bus route exists.
The 347 has a beauty: Cockabourne Bridge
The 298 has a few:
- Betstyle Circus (already mentioned) - Ye Olde Cherry Tree - Wagon Road - Slopers Pond Farm - Stagg Hill
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Post by twobellstogo on Nov 21, 2023 17:46:18 GMT
Electric Lane severed by route P5 And Electric Parade on the K3 in Surbiton.
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Post by cardinal on Nov 22, 2023 7:14:29 GMT
Nonsuch Park (293) Kings Highway (96,422)
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Post by ronnie on Nov 22, 2023 7:36:36 GMT
The cottage loaf (20) Cricket ground (20)
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Post by mb171 on Nov 22, 2023 11:16:10 GMT
Glenesk Road in Avery Hill - many roads around that area start with "Glen" - eg "Glenlyon Rd", "Glenluce Rd"
William Barefoot Drive in New Eltham - 160, 162
The View in Upper Belvedere - 99, 469
Europa Trading Estate in Erith - 99, 180
Cemetery Lane in Charlton
Commercial Way in Peckham
Neptune Street / St Olaves Estate in Rotherhithe
The Oval in Blackfen - route 51
Casino Avenue in Dulwich - route 42/P4
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Post by wirewiper on Nov 22, 2023 12:21:39 GMT
Glenesk Road in Avery Hill - many roads around that area start with "Glen" - eg "Glenlyon Rd", "Glenluce Rd" William Barefoot Drive in New Eltham - 160, 162 <snip> The roads with names commencing in "Glen..." are part of the Eltham Park Estate, a development by Archibald Cameron Corbett (1856-1933). Corbett was a Scottish developer who built estates in Forest Gate, Ilford, Catford/Hither Green and Eltham around the turn of the Century. He had an emphasis on good, solid houses with generous proportions. Most if not all the roads on his estates are named after Scottish towns, villages or geographical features. Corbett was also a very morally upright person, a philanthopist - and teetotal, which is why his estates were "dry" - i.e. no pubs, or off-licences selling alcohol. After dropping the Archibald from his name, Cameron Corbett stood for the Liberal Party in Tradeston (Glasgow) in 1885 and was elected as an MP, serving variously as a Liberal, Liberal Unionist and Independent Liberal for 25 years. In 1911 he was given a peerage and moved to the House of Lords. In the case of Eltham Park, Corbett also paid the South Eastern Railway to build a new station. When it opened in 1908, Shooters Hill & Eltham Park had what was described as "superior passenger accommodation". The intention had been to close Eltham Well Hall at the same time but the railway found itself contracturally obliged to keep it open, which is why Eltham had two stations so close together. Interestingly, Eltham Park Station itself was not part of the Corbett Estate, so an off-licence was able to open in the parade of shops. Eltham Well Hall and Eltham Park were closed in March 1985 due to the construction of the Rochester Way Relief Road through the area; they were replaced by a new station between the two named simply "Eltham". William Barefoot (1872-1941) was a prominent local politician in the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich, which included Eltham. He was a Labour Councillor for Eltham for 33 years, served as Mayor of Woolwich for three years (1927-1929) and also served on the Labour Party's National Executive Committee (NEC). He was instrumental in the creation of the Well Hall Pleasaunce (just north of the railway on Well Hall Road) as a pleasure park and gardens.
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Post by wirewiper on Nov 22, 2023 18:38:48 GMT
Route 331 has Broadwater Lock/Grand Union Canal on Moorhall Road between Harefield and Denham.
The 465 has Givons Roundabout, Byttom Hill and Zig Zag Road around Mickleham.
The 166 has Merrymeet and The Readens in Woodmansterne.
The R5 and R10 have a few: Deerleap Lane, War Memorial (anonymous - it's in Knockholt), Tally Ho, Cudham Cackets Lane, Hazelwood Snag Lane, Old Hill Playground.
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Post by LondonExplorer316 on Nov 22, 2023 19:10:55 GMT
Not really quirky, but Buck Lane (routes 204 and 324) had it's flag vandalised to show a very rude word... On both sides too!
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Post by ronnie on Nov 22, 2023 19:40:30 GMT
The 132 and 269 have “The Anchor” The 180, 472 and 486 have “Anchor and Hope”
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Post by ThinLizzy on Nov 22, 2023 23:01:43 GMT
Chargeable Lane in Plaistow - apparently it led to a field called Chargeables, whose owner made a contribution towards the maintenance of Chargeable Wall at Lea Mouth. Star Lane and New Barn Street are also named after local farms, whilst Balaam Street is named after the Balun family who lived in the area in the Middle Ages. The iBus announcement for Balaam Street annoyed me for years with the incorrect pronunciation of "Bah-lahm Street" instead of the correct "Bay-lam Street"
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Post by southlondon413 on Nov 22, 2023 23:28:46 GMT
Chargeable Lane in Plaistow - apparently it led to a field called Chargeables, whose owner made a contribution towards the maintenance of Chargeable Wall at Lea Mouth. Star Lane and New Barn Street are also named after local farms, whilst Balaam Street is named after the Balun family who lived in the area in the Middle Ages. The iBus announcement for Balaam Street annoyed me for years with the incorrect pronunciation of "Bah-lahm Street" instead of the correct "Bay-lam Street" If I saw that I would definitely think it was Bah-lahm Street. Strictly speaking it would be Bah like band or bat or bag. Or like Balham. But if you say Bay then okay.
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