Further to the street signs shop earlierSheffield police were asked to name the new road leading to their police helicopter station. The result was, inevitably
www.multimap.com/map/places.cgi?quicksearch=letsby+avenue&client=public&advanced=
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Mon 5 Apr 2004, 15:03,
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www.multimap.com/map/places.cgi?quicksearch=letsby+avenue&client=public&advanced=
Oh wellI don't know the dark arts for proper links. It's a real road leading to a police station called 'Letsby Avenue'. You can all stop rolling around laughing now.
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Mon 5 Apr 2004, 15:07,
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do you live in oxford?If so, get thee to a digital camera...
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LP,
Mon 5 Apr 2004, 15:09,
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Sadly no - and my memory was a tad outalthough a bit of googlery has brought this up:
"There is a road that leads to the police operation complex near Sheffield Airport in South Yorkshire. It is used daily and frequently by police officers on their way to and from work and it's called Letsby Avenue. It shouldn't be, but it is.
It was the Ordnance Survey who put it on the map after years of being a private but unnamed road. Apparently the official body had received confirmation of the new name on what looked suspiciously like official police headed notepaper and after it had gone through the planning committee of the local council.
The newly named road was spotted by a police helicopter crew who reported it to their superiors. No-one has admitted writing to Ordnance Survey let alone using official notepaper. Anyway, now that is there, it will stay, say OS. "
Now that's a good practical joke.
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Mon 5 Apr 2004, 15:15,
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"There is a road that leads to the police operation complex near Sheffield Airport in South Yorkshire. It is used daily and frequently by police officers on their way to and from work and it's called Letsby Avenue. It shouldn't be, but it is.
It was the Ordnance Survey who put it on the map after years of being a private but unnamed road. Apparently the official body had received confirmation of the new name on what looked suspiciously like official police headed notepaper and after it had gone through the planning committee of the local council.
The newly named road was spotted by a police helicopter crew who reported it to their superiors. No-one has admitted writing to Ordnance Survey let alone using official notepaper. Anyway, now that is there, it will stay, say OS. "
Now that's a good practical joke.
Ahhh...you need to say it out loud in a variety of accents before you get it...*Groan*
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Herr Tezcat,
Mon 5 Apr 2004, 15:12,
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WellThat map points to sheffield, literally 5 minutes from where I work. And I'm sure the police station is on a road called Europa Link, cos our office is 5 doors down from it. BUT, there's a gated car park, so I'd have to guess it's the bit of road after the gate that is called that. Pretty weak, reall unless I can find a sign. Rest assured I'll be haveing a bloody good hunt around tonight!
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Tone Depear fucking rocks,
Mon 5 Apr 2004, 15:17,
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