do you live in oxford?If so, get thee to a digital camera...
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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,
archived)
"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.