Birmingham Council Have Released New Street Names

[Bobbisox1]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9031341/Birmingham-council-accused-woke-virtue-signalling-naming-street-Diversity-Grove.html

Are they? I'm not sure, we have a Thatcher Close here and the estate was built in the 70s so I doubt it would have been named after those men who thatched roofs??

[Bobbisox1]

Newcastle NI Spicey? ;)

[emmie]

There is a Pratt Street in the borough, possibly more than one

[Spicerack]

Not near Dublin, pet. Wouldn't surprise me if there was another one up there though. I think there's 6 Newports.

[Bobbisox1]

I know you took the bullet train from Dublin to Newcastle then the ferry from Belfast to Stranraer ,hired a car and drove to Newcastle under Lyme then turned northward to Newcastle upon Tyne :0)))) Spicey x

[emmie]

no one has suggested changing Cromwell Road even though he was quite a divisive figure. Unless it was named after another Cromwell?

[Bobbisox1]

I can remember when Mike Ashley wanted to change St James Street to Something about Sports Direct, even with all his money, he didn't get his way and now it's a rather posh St James Boulevard

[Spicerack]

Jeez, it's only tiny. How was I lost in it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle,_South_Dublin

[emmie]

many of ours are likely to be connected to the nobility, famous people Like Nelson etc

[Bobbisox1]

Spicey, never heard of a Newcastle there

Being the capital Emmie that's understandable

[emmie]

this what i found

Church Rd tops street name list The most popular street names in London are revealed in a survey today. The joint top names are Church Road and High Street - followed by Park Road, The Avenue and The Drive. Royal themed names also score highly, with 34 instances of Victoria Road and 31 of Queens Road in the capital.

[Bobbisox1]

Very Royal, love them

[emmie]

I have found an Elizabeth Avenue, there are probably more.

[Jackdaw33]

I have an interest in street names as they can give an insight into local history. Most new estates have streets named around a theme. You can often date buildings from the names. In Wallsend where I grew up there is an old estate with street names such as Victoria, Albert, Diamond, Jubilee. This tells me that the houses were built c. 1897. There is also a pre-war estate with seemingly random names, one of which is Chicken Road. Nothing to do with poultry; it and the surrounding streets are all named after former mayors of the borough. I could go on, but I suppose I'd better try and get a life!

[emmie]

mine is named after a famous Earl.

[naomi24]

Have they re-named the Bull Ring the Camel Market - or is that something else we can look forward to?

[emmie]

i always wondered what prompted the Elephant and Castle...

ha ha Noami...

[Mamyalynne]

An interesting one that Emmie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_and_Castle#Name

[emmie]

i just looked at that mamy....

[Jackdaw33]

Elephant and Castle is said to be a corruption of Infanta de Castille, Queen Eleanor, wife of Edward I.

[BAKERS DOZEN]

Slightly off topic but remember hearing on the radio of someone who drove all the way from Kent to Leeds to go to a concert at Leeds Castle. Naturally they missed the concert so that was an waste of money for tickets and fuel.
How did they not know where Leeds Castle is?