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Isn't it standard practice to not have an apostrophe on street signs?
I didn't know that was meant to be the case, but if it is, it doesn't seem to be observed all the time. Sometimes even the same street will have signs with and without the apostrophe. Image search 'King's road street sign' and you'll see...
 
Have always wondered why Earl’s Court is apostrophised but not Barons Court
To annoy proofreaders. See also Communication Workers Union/Transport and General Workers' Union.

I once lived in a street called -- well, I never found out. Judging from street signs and official documents, nobody really knew whether it was Tanners Hill, Tanner's Hill or Tanners' Hill.
 
To annoy proofreaders. See also Communication Workers Union/Transport and General Workers' Union.

I once lived in a street called -- well, I never found out. Judging from street signs and official documents, nobody really knew whether it was Tanners Hill, Tanner's Hill or Tanners' Hill.
Deptford?
 
This story will be of interest to the Urban Pedants Brigade

Twyford 'pleased' after long wait for apostrophe


Villagers are "extremely pleased" that a missing piece of punctuation has returned to a village road sign after a year-long wait, a councillor has said. A resident protested after noticing no apostrophe on a replacement sign for St Mary's Terrace in Twyford, Hampshire. Winchester City Council found the old sign and reinstalled it more than a year later.
 
Sorry I reacted :D there I really meant to type :(

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(with apologies to anyone on board who's saved the whole fucking year to go on holiday there)
 
Two for the price of one here.

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“It’s incredible on so many levels. The scooter was in the middle lane of one of Britain’s busiest motorways and somehow it had managed to do 30mph." :eek:

Said Tim: “This was the story of two fishermen who, while they were fishing in Cornwall, had accidentally picked up an electronic tag used by scientists to track tuna fish migration.

“The tag went into the back of their car and was tracked by scientists all the way to the fishermen’s family home in Preston.

“Reporter Tony Durkin revealed how on their way back north, it appeared to the scientists as if the tuna was travelling at speed along the UK motorway network.”

 
"Women dressed as duck fails to understand road signs."

She should be pleased with that sign; it's warning other road users not to run her and other ducks over.
 
Well this is different - not local, New Scientist:


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New black hole discovered in New Zealand toilet​

After bringing the world news of the Black Hole Lane near a reader's home in Hereford, UK,
last month, Feedback is delighted to learn of the existence of the Black Hole Public Toilet in
Nelson, New Zealand

By Marc Abrahams
22 November 2023

New black hole discovered in New Zealand toilet
 
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