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    Default Stupid place names

    Following on from the ‘stupid pub names’ thread I thought I’d start a ‘stupid place names’ thread (not sure if it has been done before).

    Blandford Forum is one I have just spotted.
    There’s a place not a million miles from me called Effingham, I always chuckle when I see the sign.

    To get on the list I think that the location should have a pub in it to count.
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    Pratts Bottom in Kent


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    I came across a village in North Yorkshire called Booze (there is sadly no pub there) and just down the road was the village of Click image for larger version. 

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    My mate has just come back from Dorset where he had a beer in Beer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RogerB View Post
    I came across a village in North Yorkshire called Booze (there is sadly no pub there) and just down the road was the village of Click image for larger version. 

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    My mate has just come back from Dorset where he had a beer in Beer.
    Did he then have a leak in Piddlehinton? [does have pub]

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    Maybe a book to read whilst in stupid named town?

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    Stupid pub name in a stupid place name

    http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/8813/

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    Nempnett Thrubwell in Somerset has always struck me as quite amusing.

    No pub though unfortunately

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paris_Hilton View Post
    Stupid pub name in a stupid place name

    http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/8813/
    I don't know, sounds like a nice plaice although I've not haddockasion to use it.
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    In the Orkneys and the Shetlands apparently. No sign of any pub.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twatt,_Orkney
    Last edited by Paris_Hilton; 25-02-2011 at 15:19. Reason: Typo

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    I remember stopping for a pint here about 20 years ago on the way to a match at Notts Forest. We saw the town on a road sign and our driver wanted to pull in for a beer.

    http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/58220/

    The gaffer said that people kept on putting Batman stickers on the town signs and a couple had even been stolen - You'll know why when you click the link.


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