Half-witted interfering neighbour called round while I was in the bath and spoke to Jimmy.
She's come up with this idea to change the name of "Gert Cottage Boulevard" (not its real name), our little private drive to four cottages, to Laundry Road.
Over my dead, or at least inert, body.
Laundry Road - where the scrubbers live. Laundry Road - why not go further and call it Gas Works Street. Or go the whole hog and call it "Red Light Brothel Lane where you can buy your slap'n'tickle."
Yes, I am going to say, it will affect property prices to be saddled with such a crap address.
But I've come up immediately with a list of fifty organisations - excluding friends and family - who will need notifying of a change of address. Am I going to have pay for that? In cash and time? Not on your nelly.
And that doesn't include Fire, Ambulance, and Police. Sorry, if there is the slightest risk of any of those being delayed looking for somewhere that isn't on the map, due to some ridiculous notion of changing a perfectly good road name, well, that makes it an idiot idea.
Frankly, if people have nothing better to do with their time than fart around on ridiculous half-witted notions, well there's a Youth Club across the road that would probably welcome a bit of extra help. Although they would probably prefer people with some semblance of reality; not just interfering busybodies living on another planet.
Defiance Street is always my favourite. You could have Blogg Alley, Opera Court, Flamingo Drive, Domingo Avenue......
Posted by: YOUR SISTER | Sunday, 18 February 2007 at 21:54
It's not changing until after my funeral. To which you are invited.
Posted by: Gert | Sunday, 18 February 2007 at 23:53
You won't be moving to a street in Preston called Abattoir Rd then?
Posted by: looby | Tuesday, 20 February 2007 at 18:28
Good one, looby! There must be a lot of great/bad street names scattered around, which is fine if historical, but IMO the hassles involved in changing a name for no good reason are not worth the tenuous historical justification. Gropecunt Lane in the City (long ago 'cleaned-up') was the best; indeed some in the city are still good - Crutched Friars. There's one near where I work, Perkin's Rents, which I am sure has a story behind it.
Someone from Residents Association has emailed me that she is sure the RA wouldn't support such a thing.
Posted by: Gert | Friday, 23 February 2007 at 15:24