Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove Covert,
Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the environment in which
the development is in.

Any gems near you?

Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove Covert,
Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the environment in which
the development is in.

The only correlation i've noticed to the environment is the dodgier
the area, the nicer the name...

On Sun, 10 May 2009 23:59:05 +0100, Colin Wilson wrote:

The only correlation i've noticed to the environment is the dodgier
the area, the nicer the name...

Like "The Meadows" for an estate built near a water course. "Meadows" as
in old, abandoned, water meadows...

--
Cheers
Dave.

On Sun, 10 May 2009 23:38:52 +0100, John wrote:

Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove Covert,
Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the environment in which
the development is in.

Any gems near you?

Oak Close - no oaks near it but there used to be some before the houses
were built.
--
Peter.
You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?
It's not rocket science, you know.

On Sun, 10 May 2009 23:59:05 +0100, Colin Wilson wrote:

Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove Covert,
Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the environment in which
the development is in.

The only correlation i've noticed to the environment is the dodgier
the area, the nicer the name...

Bit like political parties - the more Popular - Liberal - Democratic - etc.
the more dictatorial they become (and Republican means having a 'king
President).
--
Peter.
You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?
It's not rocket science, you know.

"John" wrote in message
...
Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove Covert,
Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the environment in
which the development is in.

Any gems near you?

There is a lane near the Thames in London that used to be called Nagasaki
Walk, Who dreamed that one up I wonder?
Don

On Sun, 10 May 2009 23:38:52 +0100, "John"
wrote:

Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove Covert,
Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the environment in which
the development is in.

Any gems near you?



Zest.
In Newton Heath on site of former L'oreal factory
With houses called Jive, Jazz, Twist and Flamenco




--
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http://www.holidayunder100.co.uk

On 10 May, 23:38, "John" wrote:
Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove Covert,
Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the environment in which
the development is in.

Any gems near you?

Electric Wharf - the advert has a picture of a fridge open with a
light eminating. Nice to know electricity will be provided ! Wharf
since its near a canal basin.

Axis @ dominion plaza in New Stoke Village - all parts of this made up
by marketing people.
No idea where any of this came from, except its near the area of town
called "Stoke".
There's the obligatory artists impression of a spanish town square
with people sitting round tables in the sunshine. Axis is the first
part of the development apparently.
Any guesses for the others ?
Apex @ dominion plaza
Vertex @ dominion plaza
Fulcrum @ dominion plaza
etc.

Simon.

On 11 May, 00:38, "John" wrote:
Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove Covert,
Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the environment in which
the development is in.

Any gems near you?

We have a Chimes House _very_ slowly approaching completion. It's
built on a site where a V1 landed. Maybe there's still ringing in the
ears!

Chris

On Mon, 11 May 2009 13:42:30 +0100, wrote:

On 11 May,
"Dave Liquorice" wrote:

On Sun, 10 May 2009 23:59:05 +0100, Colin Wilson wrote:

The only correlation i've noticed to the environment is the dodgier
the area, the nicer the name...

Like "The Meadows" for an estate built near a water course. "Meadows" as
in old, abandoned, water meadows...

Like the 'Watermeadows' development near here. Built on a flood plain, mostly
abandoned in the 30s when the houses were flooded. It was again flooded in
2000 when tha last remaining property was abandoned. This has now been
developed as one of the 'Executive Properties' (not) selling at 3 times the
average house price in the area.


They on rightmove? You should get property bee installed and have a
look at what prices are doing ...
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mogga coughed up some electrons that declared:

They on rightmove? You should get property bee installed and have a
look at what prices are doing ...

Seconded - seeing all the historical activity on a property at a glace is
most interesting...

"John" wrote in message
...
Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove Covert,
Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the environment in
which the development is in.

Any gems near you?

In Nottingham there's 1990 or 80s looking development, with the main through
road named "Torvill Drive", with adjoining streets named "Bolero Close",
"Dean Close", "Torvill Heights", "Jayne Close" etc. There are even streets
named after the people who trained them, skating judges etc.

I have no idea how they sold anyone something so insufferably twee.

On Mon, 11 May 2009 16:28:23 +0100, Doki wrote:

"John" wrote in message
...
Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove Covert,
Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the environment in
which the development is in.

Any gems near you?

In Nottingham there's 1990 or 80s looking development, with the main through
road named "Torvill Drive", with adjoining streets named "Bolero Close",
"Dean Close", "Torvill Heights", "Jayne Close" etc. There are even streets
named after the people who trained them, skating judges etc.

I have no idea how they sold anyone something so insufferably twee.

E. side of Northampton there's an uphill estate road, Larkrise, leading
to...
--
Peter.
You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?
It's not rocket science, you know.

John wrote:
Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove Covert,
Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the environment in which
the development is in.

Any gems near you?



Why are they never truly descriptive?

Much better would be:

Lego land estate,
Sardine close,
Burglar street,
Drug dealer crescent,
No garden rise,
Neighbours from hell boulevard,
Tumble down lane,
Park it and lose it lane.

--
David in Normandy.

wrote:
On 11 May,
"Dave Liquorice" wrote:

On Sun, 10 May 2009 23:59:05 +0100, Colin Wilson wrote:

The only correlation i've noticed to the environment is the dodgier
the area, the nicer the name...
Like "The Meadows" for an estate built near a water course. "Meadows" as
in old, abandoned, water meadows...

Like the 'Watermeadows' development near here. Built on a flood plain, mostly
abandoned in the 30s when the houses were flooded. It was again flooded in
2000 when tha last remaining property was abandoned. This has now been
developed as one of the 'Executive Properties' (not) selling at 3 times the
average house price in the area.

Or the Medowhall shopping centre in Sheffield that flooded a year to
two back.

Guy
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wrote:

Any guesses for the others ?
Apex @ dominion plaza
Vertex @ dominion plaza
Fulcrum @ dominion plaza

I'd like to see Carousel

Guy
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"David in Normandy" wrote in message
...
John wrote:
Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove Covert,
Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the environment in
which the development is in.

Any gems near you?

Why are they never truly descriptive?

Much better would be:

Lego land estate,
Sardine close,
Burglar street,
Drug dealer crescent,
No garden rise,
Neighbours from hell boulevard,
Tumble down lane,
Park it and lose it lane.

--
David in Normandy.

"White Van Man Close"

David in Normandy coughed up some electrons that declared:

John wrote:
Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove Covert,
Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the environment in
which the development is in.

Any gems near you?



Why are they never truly descriptive?

Much better would be:

Lego land estate,
Sardine close,
Burglar street,
Drug dealer crescent,
No garden rise,
Neighbours from hell boulevard,
Tumble down lane,
Park it and lose it lane.


ChavvedUp Fiesta Park
Bonnet Run
Lager Can Alley
Ratboi Retreat


At this juncture, this seems topical:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN43j0P_a1Q

John wrote:

"White Van Man Close"



Oi! I've got a white van. (I call it my vin blanch) :-)

--
David in Normandy.

In article ,
writes:
On 11 May,
"Dave Liquorice" wrote:

On Sun, 10 May 2009 23:59:05 +0100, Colin Wilson wrote:

The only correlation i've noticed to the environment is the dodgier
the area, the nicer the name...

Like "The Meadows" for an estate built near a water course. "Meadows" as
in old, abandoned, water meadows...

Like the 'Watermeadows' development near here. Built on a flood plain, mostly
abandoned in the 30s when the houses were flooded. It was again flooded in
2000 when tha last remaining property was abandoned. This has now been
developed as one of the 'Executive Properties' (not) selling at 3 times the
average house price in the area.

If the houses are on stilts with boathouse garages,
could be quite interesting.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

Donwill wrote:
"John" wrote in message
...
Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove
Covert, Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the
environment in which the development is in.

Any gems near you?

There is a lane near the Thames in London that used to be called
Nagasaki Walk, Who dreamed that one up I wonder?

Gillingham is now part of the Medway Towns. Nothing much ever happened in
Gillingham, it had no claim to fame unlike Rochester & Chatham.

The council at the time found that Will Adams, the original Shogun, was born
there. Will Adams Way appeared on the business park, followed by Yokosuka
Way and Ito Way on the link road.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

John wrote:

Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove Covert,
Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the environment in which
the development is in.

Any gems near you?

I've noticed that "The Poets" estate seems to feature in about every new
build chav estate in the country. "Coleridge Close", "Tennyson Way" etc.
There are Coleridge Closes in Hitchin, Sandbach, Horsham, Willenhall,
Swindon, Worcester, Milton Keynes, Reading, Warminster and Bridgend.
Which rather backs up the "every chav estate has one" theory.

There was the "Space" estate in Leicester, with Buzz Aldrin Way, Apollo
Walk, Moon Close etc. I think that has been demolished now.

Most places around here seem to have "aspirational" names like "Badger
Farm" (aka urban dump) or "The Copse", The Spinney" etc. what the name
usually signifies is what was removed in order to throw up some
timber-framed houses.

On Mon, 11 May 2009 19:12:14 UTC, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

The council at the time found that Will Adams, the original Shogun, was born
there. Will Adams Way appeared on the business park, followed by Yokosuka
Way and Ito Way on the link road.

I drive along there quite a bit, and never connected the two Will
Adamses!

In Herne Bay, we have an Eddie Willett Road, named after a local
roadsweeper and 'character'. Some people moved on to the estate and
objected to this, but they gave up after they were apparently
intimidated a bit by locals.

There's another estate nearby, built a long time ago. Mostly single
brick bungalows (seaside retreats). Very unimaginative, although one
road is named after someone (probably the local councillor). The names
include:

Morris Ave, Austin Ave, Humber Ave, Crossley Ave, Ford Close, Daimler
Ave, Riley Ave, Alvis Ave, Daytona Way, Wolseley Ave, Hillman Ave,
Chrysler Ave, Bentley Ave, Singer Ave, Bentley Ave, Vauxhall Ave,
Armstrong Square, Talbot Ave...

Some good old names there!



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Steve Firth wrote:
John wrote:

Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove
Covert, Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the
environment in which the development is in.

Any gems near you?

I've noticed that "The Poets" estate seems to feature in about every
new build chav estate in the country. "Coleridge Close", "Tennyson
Way" etc. There are Coleridge Closes in Hitchin, Sandbach, Horsham,
Willenhall, Swindon, Worcester, Milton Keynes, Reading, Warminster
and Bridgend. Which rather backs up the "every chav estate has one"
theory.

There was the "Space" estate in Leicester, with Buzz Aldrin Way,
Apollo Walk, Moon Close etc. I think that has been demolished now.

Liverpool has some of those, and also Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney etc, and
the aptly named 'Menlove Gardens'


Most places around here seem to have "aspirational" names like "Badger
Farm" (aka urban dump) or "The Copse", The Spinney" etc. what the name
usually signifies is what was removed in order to throw up some
timber-framed houses.

Yep, that's about the size of it.
We have a 'foxes chase' built around ten years ago...of course we all asked
what, as one hasn't been seen even walking, in the town for about 30 years.


Some humourous placenames he
http://www.thecareerbreaksite.com/fu...lace-names.php

--
Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008

"Phil L" wrote in message
om...
Steve Firth wrote:
John wrote:

Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove
Covert, Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the
environment in which the development is in.

Any gems near you?

I've noticed that "The Poets" estate seems to feature in about every
new build chav estate in the country. "Coleridge Close", "Tennyson
Way" etc. There are Coleridge Closes in Hitchin, Sandbach, Horsham,
Willenhall, Swindon, Worcester, Milton Keynes, Reading, Warminster
and Bridgend. Which rather backs up the "every chav estate has one"
theory.

There was the "Space" estate in Leicester, with Buzz Aldrin Way,
Apollo Walk, Moon Close etc. I think that has been demolished now.

Liverpool has some of those, and also Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney etc, and
the aptly named 'Menlove Gardens'


Most places around here seem to have "aspirational" names like "Badger
Farm" (aka urban dump) or "The Copse", The Spinney" etc. what the name
usually signifies is what was removed in order to throw up some
timber-framed houses.

Yep, that's about the size of it.
We have a 'foxes chase' built around ten years ago...of course we all
asked what, as one hasn't been seen even walking, in the town for about 30
years.


Some humourous placenames he
http://www.thecareerbreaksite.com/fu...lace-names.php

--
Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008


Fortunately the names given to developments usually vanish with the sales
office.

Why do some people persist in using "Plot Numbers" when the house number is
available?

In message , Steve Firth
writes
John wrote:

Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove Covert,
Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the environment in which
the development is in.

Any gems near you?

I've noticed that "The Poets" estate seems to feature in about every new
build chav estate in the country. "Coleridge Close", "Tennyson Way" etc.
There are Coleridge Closes in Hitchin, Sandbach, Horsham, Willenhall,
Swindon, Worcester, Milton Keynes, Reading, Warminster and Bridgend.
Which rather backs up the "every chav estate has one" theory.

There was the "Space" estate in Leicester, with Buzz Aldrin Way, Apollo
Walk, Moon Close etc. I think that has been demolished now.

Most places around here seem to have "aspirational" names like "Badger
Farm" (aka urban dump) or "The Copse", The Spinney" etc. what the name
usually signifies is what was removed in order to throw up some
timber-framed houses.

Right, you asked for it

I raise you ... Sauyunan Mas Road


--
geoff

Donwill wrote:

There is a lane near the Thames in London that used to be called Nagasaki
Walk, Who dreamed that one up I wonder?
Don


That could have been done as an anti-war protest.

On the other hand, Sellafield Way in Wokingham, Berks....

Andy

Bob Eager wrote:
On Mon, 11 May 2009 19:12:14 UTC, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

The council at the time found that Will Adams, the original Shogun, was born
there. Will Adams Way appeared on the business park, followed by Yokosuka
Way and Ito Way on the link road.

I drive along there quite a bit, and never connected the two Will
Adamses!

In Herne Bay, we have an Eddie Willett Road, named after a local
roadsweeper and 'character'. Some people moved on to the estate and
objected to this, but they gave up after they were apparently
intimidated a bit by locals.

There's another estate nearby, built a long time ago. Mostly single
brick bungalows (seaside retreats). Very unimaginative, although one
road is named after someone (probably the local councillor). The names
include:

Morris Ave, Austin Ave, Humber Ave, Crossley Ave, Ford Close, Daimler
Ave, Riley Ave, Alvis Ave, Daytona Way, Wolseley Ave, Hillman Ave,
Chrysler Ave, Bentley Ave, Singer Ave, Bentley Ave, Vauxhall Ave,
Armstrong Square, Talbot Ave...

Some good old names there!

All named after cars from the 1950's era.

Dave

On Mon, 11 May 2009 22:49:19 UTC, Dave wrote:

Bob Eager wrote:
On Mon, 11 May 2009 19:12:14 UTC, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

The council at the time found that Will Adams, the original Shogun, was born
there. Will Adams Way appeared on the business park, followed by Yokosuka
Way and Ito Way on the link road.

I drive along there quite a bit, and never connected the two Will
Adamses!

In Herne Bay, we have an Eddie Willett Road, named after a local
roadsweeper and 'character'. Some people moved on to the estate and
objected to this, but they gave up after they were apparently
intimidated a bit by locals.

There's another estate nearby, built a long time ago. Mostly single
brick bungalows (seaside retreats). Very unimaginative, although one
road is named after someone (probably the local councillor). The names
include:

Morris Ave, Austin Ave, Humber Ave, Crossley Ave, Ford Close, Daimler
Ave, Riley Ave, Alvis Ave, Daytona Way, Wolseley Ave, Hillman Ave,
Chrysler Ave, Bentley Ave, Singer Ave, Bentley Ave, Vauxhall Ave,
Armstrong Square, Talbot Ave...

Some good old names there!

All named after cars from the 1950's era.

Oh, I know they were around in the 1950s...I remember them! Except that
the estate is quite a bit older - 1937 or so. They were all good names
back then...that far back. Think there's a Lanchester Close too.

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Steve Firth wrote:
John wrote:

Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove Covert,
Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the environment in which
the development is in.

Any gems near you?

I've noticed that "The Poets" estate seems to feature in about every new
build chav estate in the country. "Coleridge Close", "Tennyson Way" etc.
There are Coleridge Closes in Hitchin, Sandbach, Horsham, Willenhall,
Swindon, Worcester, Milton Keynes, Reading, Warminster and Bridgend.
Which rather backs up the "every chav estate has one" theory.

There was the "Space" estate in Leicester, with Buzz Aldrin Way, Apollo
Walk, Moon Close etc. I think that has been demolished now.

Most places around here seem to have "aspirational" names like "Badger
Farm"

We have a road close to us called badgers walk.

FFS we know they do :-(

Dave

Dave wrote:

We have a road close to us called badgers walk.

I always thought Leicester missed a trick by tip-toeing around the
possibility of having a "Moon Walk" on their estate.

On 11 May 2009 19:51:40 GMT Bob Eager wrote :
There's another estate nearby, built a long time ago. Mostly single
brick bungalows (seaside retreats). Very unimaginative, although one
road is named after someone (probably the local councillor). The names
include:

Morris Ave, Austin Ave, Humber Ave, Crossley Ave ....

I once went out with an art student who challenged me to name five
artists. I merely went round the roads of a New Malden estate that was on
my BCO patch ... Gainsborough, Turner, Van Dyck, Landseer .... She was
impressed (but only temporarily)

--
Tony Bryer, 'Software to build on' from Greentram
www.superbeam.co.uk www.superbeam.com www.greentram.com

"John" wrote in message
...
Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove Covert,
Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the environment in
which the development is in.

Any gems near you?

The estate I'm on all the roads are named after the wards and buildings that
used to be in the Mental Asylum that used to be on the site.

Cheers

Mark

In message , Steve Firth
writes
Dave wrote:

We have a road close to us called badgers walk.

I always thought Leicester missed a trick by tip-toeing around the
possibility of having a "Moon Walk" on their estate.

Just thought - we have "Grope Lane" in Shrewsbury



guess who plied their trade there ...


--
geoff

geoff wrote:

In message , Steve Firth
writes
Dave wrote:

We have a road close to us called badgers walk.

I always thought Leicester missed a trick by tip-toeing around the
possibility of having a "Moon Walk" on their estate.

Just thought - we have "Grope Lane" in Shrewsbury

Isn't that an abbreviation?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grope****_Lane

guess who plied their trade there ...

It doesn't take a lot of guesswork.

John wrote:
Have you noticed what naff names new developments have? (Foxglove Covert,
Marigold Valley, etc) Usually inversely related to the environment in which
the development is in.

Any gems near you?



There is a road of small houses, tightly packed called near me called
"Packham Close"

Quite descriptive I thought!

On Tue, 12 May 2009 01:21:25 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:

geoff wrote:

In message , Steve Firth
writes
Dave wrote:

We have a road close to us called badgers walk.

I always thought Leicester missed a trick by tip-toeing around the
possibility of having a "Moon Walk" on their estate.

Just thought - we have "Grope Lane" in Shrewsbury

Isn't that an abbreviation?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grope****_Lane

guess who plied their trade there ...

It doesn't take a lot of guesswork.

Politicians?
--
Peter.
You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?
It's not rocket science, you know.

On Tue, 12 May 2009 00:33:49 +0100, wrote:

They have raised the ground level slightly, but the main defence is a
little dry pond slightly downstream, which at full flow would fill up in
minutes.

Sure that's not protecting something downstream of it? That is the normal
practice, have designated areas to flood to hold back the water which you
then release in a controlled manner to stop flooding down stream.

Raising the level and digging a hole strikes me as just maintaining that
defence of something downstream whilst making some attempt to reduce the
risk to the property already on the flood plain.

--
Cheers
Dave.

The message
from "Bob Eager" contains these words:

There's another estate nearby, built a long time ago. Mostly single
brick bungalows (seaside retreats). Very unimaginative, although one
road is named after someone (probably the local councillor). The names
include:

Morris Ave, Austin Ave, Humber Ave, Crossley Ave, Ford Close, Daimler
Ave, Riley Ave, Alvis Ave, Daytona Way, Wolseley Ave, Hillman Ave,
Chrysler Ave, Bentley Ave, Singer Ave, Bentley Ave, Vauxhall Ave,
Armstrong Square, Talbot Ave...

Some good old names there!

All named after cars from the 1950's era.

Oh, I know they were around in the 1950s...I remember them! Except that
the estate is quite a bit older - 1937 or so. They were all good names
back then...that far back. Think there's a Lanchester Close too.

I don't remember Crossley cars in the 50s - they stopped making cars in
1938 and commercial vehicles 20 years later but, Daytona excepted, they
were all car makers in the 30s.

Daytona is the odd one out. A beach that became a model name post WW2
after Land Speed Records there including Campbell's in 1935 which record
may have been the trigger for that particular road name.

--
Roger Chapman

In message , Steve Firth
writes
geoff wrote:

In message , Steve Firth
writes
Dave wrote:

We have a road close to us called badgers walk.

I always thought Leicester missed a trick by tip-toeing around the
possibility of having a "Moon Walk" on their estate.

Just thought - we have "Grope Lane" in Shrewsbury

Isn't that an abbreviation?

Yes - conservatives with both a big and a small "c" they are


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grope****_Lane

guess who plied their trade there ...

It doesn't take a lot of guesswork.

And, of course. The police station in Watford is in Shady lane


--
geoff