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Re: Strange funny place names
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 21 September 04 17:26 BST (UK) »
I love Little Snoring, and would like to send my husband there at nights....
Barnett Altrincham/Manchester
Bates Hindley Lancs
Bowyer Altrincham Cheshire
Cunliffe Hindley
Hollingworth Hale Barnes/Mobberley Ches
Jones Salford/Altrincham
Ramsdale Hindley Lancs
Timperley Warburton/Dunham Massey
Yarwood Great Budworth,Lymm,Dumham Massey

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Re: Strange funny place names
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 21 September 04 17:39 BST (UK) »
We went to a cemetery in Shirley, Southampton.....   i wonder who Shirley was?
---------------------------------------                    <br />                    (  @ @  )<br />-----------oOOo-(_)-oOOo---------<br /><br />       Any one seen any BAXENDALES?<br /><br />--------oooO---------------Oooo-------<br />           (    )                    (    )<br />            \\\\  (                      )  /<br />             \\\\_)                    (_/<br /><br />Brighouse:  Smith<br />Lambeth: Clisby<br />Leeds: Baxendale,Baxter, Beales,Bowe

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Re: Strange funny place names
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 21 September 04 18:07 BST (UK) »
my fav place , Dorset uk , you work it out !!!   ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Strange funny place names
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 21 September 04 18:13 BST (UK) »
Errrm........?
Nope,you've got me stumped ???
Any clues?
Confused,Mick ;)

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« Reply #13 on: Tuesday 21 September 04 19:11 BST (UK) »
 ;) ok i make it easy look at red lines and who i'm researching ???
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« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 21 September 04 19:47 BST (UK) »
Ker Ching..!! The penny's dropped ;D ::)

Now I get it,nice one.

I was thinking "is it one of those 3d pictures? :) The ones that you stare at for ages and then a picture emerges like magic :D

I was staring at it thinking 'any minute now,I bet it's Elvis' but nothing happened  ;D


Mick ;)

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« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 21 September 04 19:56 BST (UK) »
How long you been looking  :o ;D  ???
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Re: Strange funny place names
« Reply #16 on: Wednesday 22 September 04 00:44 BST (UK) »
 ;D Love this one  ;D
Before buying the house we're in now, put in an offer on a Dyke Cottage, Dyke Lane. Lovely house but loved the address. There is a town in Germany called W##K.  :P
Lawson in Durham and Croydon,
Corbett in Surrey,
Watts in Surrey and Croydon,
King in Herts,
Knight in South East London,
Papworth in East London,
Brewer in Essex,
Eley/Ely in Essex,
NewburyNewberry in Herts
Fillery in Surrey
Waugh in Durham

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« Reply #17 on: Wednesday 22 September 04 03:11 BST (UK) »
Long enough thankyou Graceland ;D

I thought,OK then,as the 3D picture idea didn't work "maybe the hedges surrounding the fields somehow formed an image of 'the King'", and I really did look ::)

Another thought was that maybe 'the King' was actually somewhere in the picture,hiding in a hedge having been caught out by a passing helicopter ;D that Barry Bear was probably flying ;D ;D

And yes Barry,there is a place called W**k in Germany.... :-\ ;D.Bob in Berlin might know about it ;) I spent some time stationed there (not actually in W**k,I couldn't have done it..Lived there I mean ;)) but we were aware of it as you tend to be when you live in rather close proximity to a town with a name like that ;D

Cheers,Mick ;)
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