F-UnitMad Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 The UK is full of amusing or double-entendre place names. ... There's also Knockin in Shropshire. Not too bad in itself, but yes, the Village Shop IS called "The Knockin Shop"..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Slightly away from the original topic of layout names but there was a layout on the Scottish circuit for a while which featured a pub with the name "Cockwell Inn" Another has a street scene with an undertakers business called "Auld & Dunne" Jim OK I own up, I was responsible for the "Cockwell Inn", a pleasant little tavern on the erstwhile Cumbernauld MRC "Exchange Square". A Great station name was "Dreich" (a play on the real Breich), which sums up some Central Scottish Towns on a wet Sunday afternoon. (Dreich being Scottish for dull or depressing) Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 There was once a German railway in one of the UK magazines in the early 1980's that had a Fiddle Yard called Fingerpokenyard At least when the certain towns with dubious spellings in the UK like the one in north Lincs and the town to the west of Sheffield are put into this forum they are not changed to **** unlike others. You can imagine what fun I had setting up a proxy server and ensuring it allowed access to sites in these places. Real place name in Yorkshire not Bedfordshire Land of Nod Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim49 Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 OK I own up, I was responsible for the "Cockwell Inn", a pleasant little tavern on the erstwhile Cumbernauld MRC "Exchange Square". A Great station name was "Dreich" (a play on the real Breich), which sums up some Central Scottish Towns on a wet Sunday afternoon. (Dreich being Scottish for dull or depressing) Jim I should have known it was you Jim but then again the membership roll of Cumbernauld MRC at that time contained a good few likely culprits, some of them still at large. BTW "Dreich" is the name of a small halt on Renfrewshire MRC's "Carnochan" layout. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Just a couple that spring to mind... Norfolk & Chance Railway Society/Club OR Seymour Day & Sons... Window Cleaners... Haha Regards Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveB Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 My US layout is KUPPLA YARD - it's about six feet long! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERandBR Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 One of my freinds has an N gauge layout which he's called Nearly Done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 ........ and there's a few Peeovers in Cheshire, Upper, Lower, make up your own. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodnok Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 ........ and there's a few Peeovers in Cheshire, Upper, Lower, make up your own. ... "on Sea". I've already got my coat, thanks... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted June 29, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 29, 2010 ........ and there's a few Peeovers in Cheshire, Upper, Lower, make up your own. "Peeover Superior" on maps sounds like a way to disrespect the boss until you learn that it's pronounced "Upper Peever" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Dayz Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 I was once told that there's a town in Oz called Kickatinalong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted June 29, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 29, 2010 I was once told that there's a town in Oz called Kickatinalong. 'fraid that one's an urban myth. Goes in the bin with New Zealand's Waikikamukau. Though Australia does have a few interesting names as many other countries do also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follower Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 A few years ago (well, quite a lot) Radio Solent broadcast a series of stories (read by Peter White) set in a quartet of Hampshire villages -East Boding, West Boding, Lower Boding and Boding Priory. Together they were know as the Four Bodings. Simon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 "Peeover Superior" on maps sounds like a way to disrespect the boss until you learn that it's pronounced "Upper Peever" One should never do that to a map! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oggy1953 Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 I do recall seeing 'Bow Locks' I do recall seeing a photo of a narrow boat some years ago with the sign ' Ponders end & Bow Locks' on it, which are both Locks on the river Lea, as someone mentioned earlier in this thread. I also built a small 4ft X 1ft 'N' Gauge layout about 5 years ago which i exhibited about 3 times called 'Mooron Road' which is No room backwards, as i had very little space available at the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernGuard Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I do recall seeing a photo of a narrow boat some years ago with the sign ' Ponders end & Bow Locks' on it, which are both Locks on the river Lea, as someone mentioned earlier in this thread. I also built a small 4ft X 1ft 'N' Gauge layout about 5 years ago which i exhibited about 3 times called 'Mooron Road' which is No room backwards, as i had very little space available at the time. Some time ago, in an idle moment and quite independently of this posting, I dreamed up some rather juvenile (ie to me, hilarious) layout names, some of which I can still recall: A North London Rly early version of 'Crossrail', the Bow Locks & Hampton Wick Extension Railway. (Hackney Wick would be geographically more plausible, I suppose) A little known LBSC branch terminus, Bluebell End. Personally, I lack the imagination to invent a credible made-up location for my layout, so perhaps I'll make do with a real place on the Preston-Ormskirk line: Sod Hall Crossing. No need for the Faller road system then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukedog Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 My last layout (now dismantled) was called LLAFFAN A rather "backward" place! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted August 10, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 10, 2011 A friend of mine called his Lancashire and Yorkshire Branch line terminues. ELLANWHY. At Exhibitions he was often asked which part of Wales it was set in. The replacement is called Newlandy. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 10, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 10, 2011 This will leave you spoilt for choice >> http://www.philbrodi..._town_names.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 New station is called Biffins Bridge, but as its due to go in Model Rail again I temporarily changed it to Carrick Moorside! And no, it was my mates idea so blame the Royal Navy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted August 10, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2011 My last exhibition layout, a military range railway in Shropshire, was called 'Wrekin Havock'. It's civilian alter ego, serving a sewerage works, was called the South Horton Irrigation Tramway. Their replacement is to be called 'Pant Y Gwrdyl'. I am not as flippant with with my up and coming P4 effort. Regards Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Don't forget 'Tyttenhanger Green' near St. Albans. Also, (possible urban myth) the NY lawyer who named her Pekinese puppy.......Sosumi. Stevenage & District MRC called their 4mm exhibition layout 'N.E.W A R E' Cheers, Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted August 10, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2011 If we're going into actual place names, I'll link to the places which always get a laugh when I mention them to friends (none with actual railway stations I admit): Bell End Lickey End Crapstone Me, childish....? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywoodfoundry Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Hayley Mills Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Dayz Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Not a layout name but if you wanted to build a model brewery that's home to Dickens Cider. The tag line could be: Ladies just love a ........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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