Hettington
Waremouth
Kemp's End
Kemptford
Robbury
Name for Station...help!!
Jun 20, 2005
75 Replies
Hvae you heard of Phil McCavity the wall insulation specialist?
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(kim)
Daylight Robbury or Nighttime Robbury?
What about the local warehouse? Would that be Wholesale Robbury? :o)
(kim)
And his partner, Ben Doone?
And there's the Bridgnorth estate agents, Dolittle and Dalley.
Dave W.
Getting a bit off topic, I admit, but I cannot resist mentioning the Glasgow camping shop that announced a sale with: "Now is the winter of our discount tents".
Andy Kirkham
"Wolf Kirchmeir" wrote
Or you could be a bit of a Chav and call it Burberry?
John.
All those who got "Robbury" - you're sharp, must have had kippers for breakfast. :-)
More possibilities, with prounciations, as a reminder that spelling is no guide to pronunciation for English placenames.
Siscester or Ciscester (pron. "sister")
Penbury (pron. "pemby")
Tunmouth (pron. "tummut")
And variations on "Iseley" (pron "eyely" or "izzly"):
Iseley Bridge, Isely Wells, Isely End
Isemouth (pron. "immut")
Isely Monkford, Isely Morford, Isely Morford (all pron. "illy muffud").
Fun, this. :-)
Or just call it "Wffywffrewfllddwed"... pronounced "Fred"...
Nice one.
I suppose if its a preserved line you could call it "Dunsteaming".....
If ever I were to model a fictional Scottish station I would definitely call it "Inveracity"
Andy Kirkham
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Oh, I had "Isly" as an alternate spelling, and corrected it. But "Isley Murford" looks good to me, too. :-)
you mis-spelled Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantisiliogogogoch
david
Yeah, I missed the 'gyll'. Should have checked it on the web.
The Model Railway Club have an O Gauge exhibition layout called Happisburgh, which is based on a real location near me that is pronounced "Hazeborough".
The August 2004 edition of BRM featured a layout called "Somweir Junction".
...and longer platforms to hold the nameboard!
I'm considering a firm of solicitors called "Boots, Boots, Boots, Boots, Marchinup & Downagen"...
I used to like the firm featured in Private Eye - Sue, Grabit and Runn.
Vanity plates seen on lawyers' cars in Toronto - TNT LLB and I SUE 4U.
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