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On 18/12/2016 13:37, DerbyBorn wrote:


I am the only one in our Avenue without LED lights! (for Xmas decoration
that is)


Avenue - does that make it posher than a Road or a Street?:-)

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I am the only one in our Avenue without LED lights! (for Xmas decoration
that is)


Avenue - does that make it posher than a Road or a Street?:-)


avenues are tree lined, so yes.

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On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:04:00 -0000, charles wrote:

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On 18/12/2016 13:37, DerbyBorn wrote:


I am the only one in our Avenue without LED lights! (for Xmas decoration
that is)


Avenue - does that make it posher than a Road or a Street?:-)


avenues are tree lined, so yes.


A lot of council estates get called posh names to make them sound better, they're still ********s.

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A lot of council estates get called posh names to make them sound
better, they're still ********s.


Never as posh as the developer's names for new developments.
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A lot of council estates get called posh names to make them sound
better, they're still ********s.


Never as posh as the developer's names for new developments.


What like "Inch View" and Scholar's Road" - what's posh about those?

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On 23/12/2016 14:07, DerbyBorn wrote:

A lot of council estates get called posh names to make them sound
better, they're still ********s.


Never as posh as the developer's names for new developments.


I thought all new posh new developments were called Mews or Courts -
with the local councillors name (the one that supported the planning
permission after taking a £1000 backhander) placed just before the word
Mews or Court on the street sign.

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On 22/12/2016 22:12, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:04:00 -0000, charles
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ARW wrote:
On 18/12/2016 13:37, DerbyBorn wrote:


I am the only one in our Avenue without LED lights! (for Xmas
decoration
that is)


Avenue - does that make it posher than a Road or a Street?:-)


avenues are tree lined, so yes.


A lot of council estates get called posh names to make them sound
better, they're still ********s.



You have turned into Pounder.

When was the last time a council built an estate?

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On Fri, 23 Dec 2016 17:42:53 -0000, ARW wrote:

On 22/12/2016 22:12, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:04:00 -0000, charles
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In article ,
ARW wrote:
On 18/12/2016 13:37, DerbyBorn wrote:


I am the only one in our Avenue without LED lights! (for Xmas
decoration
that is)


Avenue - does that make it posher than a Road or a Street?:-)

avenues are tree lined, so yes.


A lot of council estates get called posh names to make them sound
better, they're still ********s.



You have turned into Pounder.

When was the last time a council built an estate?


Decades ago, which is why they're all falling apart now, and they're spending millions giving them nice shiny new bathrooms at the taxpayer's expense. Why does someone on benefits need a new toilet?

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On Fri, 23 Dec 2016 17:40:44 -0000, ARW wrote:

On 23/12/2016 14:07, DerbyBorn wrote:

A lot of council estates get called posh names to make them sound
better, they're still ********s.


Never as posh as the developer's names for new developments.


I thought all new posh new developments were called Mews or Courts -
with the local councillors name (the one that supported the planning
permission after taking a £1000 backhander) placed just before the word
Mews or Court on the street sign.


Round here "court" means council estate, usually stupidly designed with the front doors all facing each other and a path going along them, and the entrance roads round the back. So you can't drive to someone's front door.

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Decades ago, which is why they're all falling apart now, and they're
spending millions giving them nice shiny new bathrooms at the
taxpayer's expense. Why does someone on benefits need a new toilet?


New roofs for the 3rd time in my memory is the fad where I live.
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On Fri, 23 Dec 2016 22:51:56 -0000, DerbyBorn wrote:



Decades ago, which is why they're all falling apart now, and they're
spending millions giving them nice shiny new bathrooms at the
taxpayer's expense. Why does someone on benefits need a new toilet?


New roofs for the 3rd time in my memory is the fad where I live.


Yes I've seen that too.

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On 23/12/2016 23:12, Huge wrote:
On 2016-12-23, ARW wrote:
On 23/12/2016 14:07, DerbyBorn wrote:

A lot of council estates get called posh names to make them sound
better, they're still ********s.


Never as posh as the developer's names for new developments.


I thought all new posh new developments were called Mews or Courts -
with the local councillors name (the one that supported the planning
permission after taking a £1000 backhander)


£1000? You must have cheapskate planners.



Well it's only Doncaster:-)



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On 22/12/2016 22:12, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:04:00 -0000, charles
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In article ,
ARW wrote:
On 18/12/2016 13:37, DerbyBorn wrote:


I am the only one in our Avenue without LED lights! (for Xmas
decoration that is)


Avenue - does that make it posher than a Road or a Street?:-)

avenues are tree lined, so yes.


A lot of council estates get called posh names to make them sound
better, they're still ********s.



You have turned into Pounder.


Just for once Mr Hucker is correct!

When was the last time a council built an estate?


This is the new name for council estates:
https://www.blackpool.gov.uk/Residen...spx#ad-image-0

I understand that the occupants of these kennels have already managed to
turn the area into a drug infested ghetto.
Scum is as scum is.


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On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 18:02:43 -0000, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:

ARW wrote:
On 22/12/2016 22:12, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:04:00 -0000, charles
wrote:

In article ,
ARW wrote:
On 18/12/2016 13:37, DerbyBorn wrote:


I am the only one in our Avenue without LED lights! (for Xmas
decoration that is)


Avenue - does that make it posher than a Road or a Street?:-)

avenues are tree lined, so yes.

A lot of council estates get called posh names to make them sound
better, they're still ********s.



You have turned into Pounder.


Just for once Mr Hucker is correct!

When was the last time a council built an estate?


This is the new name for council estates:
https://www.blackpool.gov.uk/Residen...spx#ad-image-0

I understand that the occupants of these kennels have already managed to
turn the area into a drug infested ghetto.
Scum is as scum is.


That's good coming from an alcoholic.

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On 22/12/2016 22:12, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:04:00 -0000, charles
wrote:

In article ,
ARW wrote:
On 18/12/2016 13:37, DerbyBorn wrote:


I am the only one in our Avenue without LED lights! (for Xmas
decoration that is)


Avenue - does that make it posher than a Road or a Street?:-)

avenues are tree lined, so yes.

A lot of council estates get called posh names to make them sound
better, they're still ********s.



You have turned into Pounder.


Just for once Mr Hucker is correct!

When was the last time a council built an estate?


This is the new name for council estates:
https://www.blackpool.gov.uk/Residen...spx#ad-image-0


What a stupid design with those boxes above the front door.

I understand that the occupants of these kennels have already managed to
turn the area into a drug infested ghetto.
Scum is as scum is.


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On 22/12/2016 22:12, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:04:00 -0000, charles
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In article ,
ARW wrote:
On 18/12/2016 13:37, DerbyBorn wrote:


I am the only one in our Avenue without LED lights! (for Xmas
decoration that is)


Avenue - does that make it posher than a Road or a Street?:-)

avenues are tree lined, so yes.

A lot of council estates get called posh names to make them sound
better, they're still ********s.



You have turned into Pounder.


Just for once Mr Hucker is correct!

When was the last time a council built an estate?


This is the new name for council estates:
https://www.blackpool.gov.uk/Residen...spx#ad-image-0


What a stupid design with those boxes above the front door.


Agreed - looks like lego gone wrong.

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On 24/12/2016 11:10, Tim+ wrote:
Rather amusingly there is a "Letsby Avenue" in Sheffield.


I looked. It's not an accident since it's at the back of the Police...

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