Theydon Bois – the town that has no street lights

[xenon]

I've never even heard of this place before.

 

[klang]

someone should organise an Urban meet there

 

[Artaxerxes]

This has inspired me to visit the place at the next opportunity. I've never been there. I've never considered going there. I feel suddenly embarrassed about this.

From what's been said, someone should organise an Urban meet there; the internet would suggest it has three pubs. They'll never know what hit them.

It’s got two, avoid The Bull.

Posh to me means expensive. As in most people can't afford it.

It’s one of those places people bought fro 20 grand 50 years ago and is now worth several million. Very much got overspill from East London so you mostly have a mix of old Londoners, very well off bankers/city lads and the offspring of the old boys cosplaying as geezers.


Lots of cabbies and jobbing builders too.

 

[klang]

On a kipper hunt

 

[stavros]

So we've established how to pronounce Theydon Bois; how does everyone pronounce its neighbour, Hainault? I'd always done it in a French style, sounding like Bernard Hinault's surname, but apparently it's "Hay-nolt".

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Hay-nolt.

 

[xenon]

So we've established how to pronounce Theydon Bois; how does everyone pronounce its neighbour, Hainault? I'd always done it in a French style, sounding like Bernard Hinault's surname, but apparently it's "Hay-nolt".

now that one I have heard of and yeah, hay-nolt.

Mind you I know nothing else about the place.

 

[xenon]

Na na na nana na na

Hay nolt.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

But I can see how it could be confused with Renault for the cultured.

 

[Sue]

This has inspired me to visit the place at the next opportunity. I've never been there. I've never considered going there. I feel suddenly embarrassed about this.

From what's been said, someone should organise an Urban meet there; the internet would suggest it has three pubs. They'll never know what hit them.

Organise it and I'll come.

 

[Sue]

It’s got two, avoid The Bull.

You can help ouirdeaux organise!

 

[Magnus McGinty]

An evening in Theydon Bow-is

 

[Sue]

An evening in Theydon Bow-is

In not the Bull.

 

[ouirdeaux]

You can help ouirdeaux organise!

Actually, inspired by this thread, I went to Theydon Bois last week. I walked about a bit. I found the pub that was not the Bull, which looked pleasant enough, but seemed to be mostly occupied by diners at tables in a confusing variety of tiny rooms. It didn't really seem inviting for a lone drinker, though it would have been OK in a group, so I left, or at least tried to. I managed to get lost trying to find the exit, quite a feat as I was stone-cold sober, so can obviously never go back again. I passed the Bull on the way back to the station, but that seemed a bit dreary, so didn't go in. I looked at the lack of streetlights, and thought the streets might be a bit difficult to navigate at night. Then I went home. That is my Theydon Bois story.

 

[telbert]

So we've established how to pronounce Theydon Bois; how does everyone pronounce its neighbour, Hainault? I'd always done it in a French style, sounding like Bernard Hinault's surname, but apparently it's "Hay-nolt".

Aye-nought.

 

[stavros]

Aye-nought.

When I say it like that it sounds like I'm from Yorkshire.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Actually, inspired by this thread, I went to Theydon Bois last week. I walked about a bit. I found the pub that was not the Bull, which looked pleasant enough, but seemed to be mostly occupied by diners at tables in a confusing variety of tiny rooms. It didn't really seem inviting for a lone drinker, though it would have been OK in a group, so I left, or at least tried to. I managed to get lost trying to find the exit, quite a feat as I was stone-cold sober, so can obviously never go back again. I passed the Bull on the way back to the station, but that seemed a bit dreary, so didn't go in. I looked at the lack of streetlights, and thought the streets might be a bit difficult to navigate at night. Then I went home. That is my Theydon Bois story.

If you pressed on a bit further you might even have seen an All Lives Matter poster in one of the many sububuran side streets/

With the amount of lighting each house puts out the front you'd have been fine walking about at night unless you stuck religiously to the green though.

 

[telbert]

When I say it like that it sounds like I'm from Yorkshire.

Surely that would be "aye-nowt" ?

 

[blossie33]

Sort of on topic - this was from the Londonist re pronunciation of places..

 

[stavros]

Sort of on topic - this was from the Londonist re pronunciation of places..
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I tend to pronounce Ruislip with a Glaswegian accent.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Sort of on topic - this was from the Londonist re pronunciation of places..
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They’ll be right annoyed with that, Theydon is in Essex not London

 

[Sue]

I tend to pronounce Ruislip with a Glaswegian accent.

I'm not convinced that Glaswegian Ruislip sounds any different to non Glaswegian Ruislip tbh.

 

[scifisam]

So we've established how to pronounce Theydon Bois; how does everyone pronounce its neighbour, Hainault? I'd always done it in a French style, sounding like Bernard Hinault's surname, but apparently it's "Hay-nolt".

Hay-nawt (even in RP it would sound odd to add the l).

To add to the Essex pronunciations, Stanford-Le-Hope is not a small French village no matter how frequently the automated announcer says it as Stanford-lah-ohp. It's basically said like Stanfordlyly-ope, but adding the h is also normal if you're posh. Changing the vowels is the weird bit.

 

[Maggot]

This has inspired me to visit the place at the next opportunity. I've never been there. I've never considered going there. I feel suddenly embarrassed about this.

From what's been said, someone should organise an Urban meet there; the internet would suggest it has three pubs. They'll never know what hit them.

We used to meet up there to go for walks in Epping Forest. This one was 19 years ago

https://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/march-epping-forest-walk.3392/

 

[Griff]

We used to meet up there to go for walks in Epping Forest. This one was 19 years ago

https://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/march-epping-forest-walk.3392/

19 Years! Wow!

That was a funny day/night.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

That is very interesting.

Croydon are going to dim all the street lights to save some money apparently.
The local Facebook pages are going nuts because they think everyone is going to get stabbed.

 

[stavros]

Have Croydon got any money left to save?

 

[weltweit]

It is a little strange because usually 30 mph limits are accompanied by street lights.

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

Hay-nawt (even in RP it would sound odd to add the l).

To add to the Essex pronunciations, Stanford-Le-Hope is not a small French village no matter how frequently the automated announcer says it as Stanford-lah-ohp. It's basically said like Stanfordlyly-ope, but adding the h is also normal if you're posh. Changing the vowels is the weird bit.

for more Essex pronunciation Beaulieu on the edge of Chelmo is apparently pronounced bully so not a french village either

 

[stavros]

for more Essex pronunciation Beaulieu on the edge of Chelmo is apparently pronounced bully so not a french village either

I've not heard it pronounced as you suggest, only "byoo-lee".