I haven’t heard of some of these places for ages 
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■■■■■■■ CORNER 
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POPS.
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE.
How about THE WINKING MAN, has he gone blind yet .
No Wheelnut, he was Winking 
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I will never sleep now thinking of ■■■ For Ever in Hungary
or was it Hungry for ■■■. 
Szehesfervar 
Wheel Nut:
I will never sleep now thinking of ■■■ For Ever in Hungaryor was it Hungry for ■■■.
Szehesfervar
Did you ever reload just up the road in T#ATITAFANIEAR or was it TATABANYA on your way back from Syphilusgrad in Bogey 
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windrush:
ROG:
I used to overnight in a pub in the early 80s in a village the locals called ‘Tidser’
Anyone else know the real name of this village?That will be Tideswell in the Peak District. We have a few strange names around here, the village of Youlgreave is know locally as “Pommy” which confuses some folk!
Pete.
Come on Pete, will you explain why Youlgrave is called Pommy, I think you might be able to tell us where The Winking Man is and what he is like as I remember that he is in your neck of the woods, you have probably been to Tinsel Town as well.
Is there still a Compass Roundabout on the A27 just outside Portsmouth and why is it called Pompey .
come to hull we miss all the h out so it becomes ull, essle road, umber bridge try typing that in your sat nav
ROG:
I used to overnight in a pub in the early 80s in a village the locals called ‘Tidser’
Anyone else know the real name of this village?
windrush:
That will be Tideswell in the Peak District.
Spot on
Koop:
Is it near the “Polish” war memorial?
No suedehead has it right!
Suedehead:
44 Tonne Ton:
Cherry Blossom roundabout, who knows that one?First roundabout you hit coming into Londinium off the M4.
Do you know why it’s called that?
Erm…Cherry blossom----Polish!! Get it get it? 
Koop:
Erm…Cherry blossom----Polish!! Get it get it?
I didn’t!
You often hear them mentioned on local radio stations and for non-locals they mean nothing to them.
There’s a few round Leeds that I reckon even some of the locals wouldn’t even know. For example, every morning and evening you’ll hear that Ingram Road is backed up but do you know where it is? Took me a while to find out but it’s one of the main routes into Leeds and is fact the road from the M621 at Elland Rd junction down through the tunnel to Armley Gyratory.
Another one regularly mentioned is Lofthouse Interchange. Where the hell is that? Always some problems there . It is in fact the meeting of the M1 and M62. 
And who remembers where these are? -
Bramham crossroads
Dawsons corner
Chain bar
Ringways roundabout
Route 2 lights
I remember on tippers years ago drivers saying we will stop for our 45 break at Askers Motel.
Do you no where that was?
miketdt:
I remember on tippers years ago drivers saying we will stop for our 45 break at Askers Motel.
Do you no where that was?
it’s the garage in Bridport, iirc?
Bramham crossroads
Dawsons corner
Chain bar
Ringways roundabout
Route 2 lights
only one I don’t know is Route 2 lights, never heard of it!
del949:
Bramham crossroads
Dawsons corner
Chain bar
Ringways roundabout
Route 2 lights
only one I don’t know is Route 2 lights, never heard of it!
Set of lights after Ringways if you’re heading towards the 621. The Route 2 showroom has been gone from there for at least 7 years now .
How about “The Arches”?
Harry Monk:
How about “The Arches”?
Aint that Phwills garage in Walford Harry? lol
dishforth roundabout and normans cross spring to mind. oh and i went down the cat and fiddle the other day.
ive had to look up snake pass.
jessicas dad:
dishforth roundabout and normans cross spring to mind. oh and i went down the cat and fiddle the other day.ive had to look up snake pass.
I use the Cat and Fidlle alot!!! Not in this weather tho!
How about:
STUMPS CROSS
SCRATCHWOOD SERVICES
and some recent ones that will soon disappear:
WORKSOP ROUNDABOUT
MARKHAM MOOR ROUNDABOUT
BLYTHE ROUNDABOUT!
Another one gets mentioned on the radio is “Longbridge Island.”
Sounds like it should be in Birmingham but it is actually J15 on the M40.
Not to mention the infamous "Catthorpe Interchange (M6/A14/M1 junction).
AS TO WHY PORTSMOUTH IS KNOWN AS POMPEY ?
-Legend has it that a snoozing, drunken sailor interrupted a lecture on the Roman Empire given by naval temperance worker, Dame Agnes Weston founder of the Royal Sailors Rests, ‘aggie weston’s’.
Upon hearing that an emperor of that name had died, the sailor shouted out ‘Poor old Pompey’, the name then stuck and moved into common usage.
-More reliable evidence records a group of Portsmouth based sailors, who scaled Pompey’s Pillar near Alexandria, Egypt, in 1781 and became known as the ‘Pompey Boys’.
-Portsmouth has been a port since Roman times, with nearby Portchester as a Roman military base.
When the port started to be developed locals nicknamed it Pompey, because Pompeii was well known for its Roman ruins.
-The pomp and ceremony connected with the Royal Navy at Portsmouth led to the adoption of the nickname, Pompey.
-Bombay was part of the wedding gift of Catherine of Braganza to Charles II.
Portuguese seaman saw a resemblance between the two ports and may have called Portsmouth ‘Bom Bhia’ which became Anglicised to Pompey.
-A drunkards slurred pronunciation of Portsmouth Point (where in the past there were many taverns popular with sailors)
-Ships entering Portsmouth harbour make an entry in the ships log Pom. P. as a reference to Portsmouth Point (this being too long).
Navigational charts also use this abbreviation.
-La Pompee was a captured French ship moored in Portsmouth harbour and used for accommodation, (captured 1793 and broken up 1817). There is a Yorkshire term pompey for prison or house of correction.
-Volunteer firemen in the eighteenth century (known as pompiers) exercised on Southsea Common.