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bigbluewolf said:
I'd rather see places named after their traditional names than shops as they can easily come or go.
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I do like that, because having roundabouts (or anythign else) named some obscure / unrelated name leads to the question "why is it called that" which means you get to find out the history of the place....

But I think the point of naming places after local, still there, shops and the like, is that people like me who haven't lived in Stafford too long know whats there NOW, not 10 or 50 years ago...

As above, if you were directing me and said "its by The Green" i'd not have a clue.
 
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littleme said:
:( Aww, despite my advanced age I have only been driving for 3 years so I still navigate by shops and pubs, and even though I have lived in Stafford for 16 years Im still useless at road names, Soz!
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No need to apologise - I'm just being a pedantic bugger! :D
 
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Gramaisc said:
It did used to be called BRC Roundabout by a few, for a while, until the demise of BRC - and, in the old days, 'Stone Road Roundabout' tended to mean the one that is now usually referred to as 'Redhill' or 'Shire Horse'..
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It's a good one that. It is a roundabout on the Stone Road and it's at Redhill. I reckon we ought to start calling it RedStoneHorse roundabout!
 
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My Name is URL said:
I do like that, because having roundabouts (or anythign else) named some obscure / unrelated name leads to the question "why is it called that" which means you get to find out the history of the place....

But I think the point of naming places after local, still there, shops and the like, is that people like me who haven't lived in Stafford too long know whats there NOW, not 10 or 50 years ago...

As above, if you were directing me and said "its by The Green" i'd not have a clue.
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The Green in all it's glory. I remember it being bigger before it was trimmed when the retail park was built.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=The Green, Stafford, Staffordshire ST17, United Kingdom&hl=en&ll=52.80312,-2.114047&spn=0.00151,0.00364&sll=52.8382,-2.327815&sspn=12.371434,29.816895&geocode=Fdm1JQMdM7vf_w&hnear=The Green&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=52.803017,-2.114001&panoid=XfILb6nagg-9VnzmnFVPrA&cbp=12,294.82,,0,5.44

Before the retail park was there, FH Burgess was there and their address was The Green. It's a shame that the retail park wasn't called "The Green Retail Park" to stay with tradition. Actually, what is that retail park called?

And there used to be a brewery located on the site. Many, many years ago though.
 
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They have recently discovered the perils of unnamed roundabouts in Port Laoise, where quite a few have appeared in recent years - http://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/local/roundabouts-with-no-names-1-4339967 - there are thoughts of getting businesses to sponsor the naming process and the subsequent signage...

Even rural crossroads are often named in Ireland - I searched Google maps for 'Larry's Cross' and this, correct answer, came up - https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=La...ke+of+Rushall,+County+Laois,+Ireland&t=h&z=16 - it's actually the, now staggered, crossroads in the centre, rather than the house where the pointer is..
 
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bigbluewolf said:
It's a good one that. It is a roundabout on the Stone Road and it's at Redhill. I reckon we ought to start calling it RedStoneHorse roundabout!
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Do you mean the AudiScrewfixGoldenorientShirehorseRedhillArnoldclarkGapwarehouse Roundabout? ;)
 
Jonah

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Yeah that's the one!!

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bigbluewolf said:
Before the retail park was there, FH Burgess was there and their address was The Green. It's a shame that the retail park wasn't called "The Green Retail Park" to stay with tradition. Actually, what is that retail park called?
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I believe that it may be The Friary Retail Park.

But I'm not 100% sure...
 
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littleme said:
Was it the Matalan island, Radford Bank? Both myself and wildwood have spun there recently...
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bigbluewolf said:
I know I'm being pedantic but it is Queensville Island not Matalan island. :)
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Actually, some of us always called it the B&Q roundabout, now it's just the old B&Q roundabout, normally followed by, you know, up by where Matalan is. And by some of us, I don't mean just me.
 
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But what did you call the junction before B&Q was built? Or didn't you call it anything?
 
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bigbluewolf said:
But what did you call the junction before B&Q was built? Or didn't you call it anything?
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I've been thinking about this and I think the roundabout was built after the demise of BRC, as part of the Queen's Retail park development, and so my earlier assertion of BRC Roundabout is probably a misapprehension - I suspect now that it went straight to B&Q Roundabout. Before then, it would been referred to as Silkmore Lane lights, as there were no other lights that could have caused confusion back then..
 
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BRC was demolished in 1991 and the roundabout was built as part of the Queens Retail Park development in 1991/1992. I lived in Silkmore Crescent in the early 80s and in Baswich since 88 and have always known it as Queensville lights/roundabout probably because it is actually in Queensville.

But I don't suppose it matters really as long as you know where you are going!
 
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bigbluewolf said:
But what did you call the junction before B&Q was built? Or didn't you call it anything?
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Gramaisc said:
Before then, it would been referred to as Silkmore Lane lights, as there were no other lights that could have caused confusion back then..
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Before the Island I called it 'Silkmore Junction' and I've always called it 'The BRC Island' since and always will do :)

I Can remember the days before the traffic lights,when it was just a junction and you could quite easily turn right out of Silkmore Lane onto Lichfield Road. (Must have been hardly any traffic around at that time - can remember my brake fluid pipe was leaking, had no breaks at all from Wolverhampton Road turning into Silkmore so just kept going until I reached Weeping Cross, including that right turn out of Silkmore. Shaking when I got home.....never thought of switching engine off until I reached our road :rolleyes: )
 
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bigbluewolf said:
I think the developer got fined £10,000 for demolishing the building without permission.
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I understood that the fine was £200 - for 'accidentally' demolishing it on a Sunday morning..

There was also a rumour about that it was to have been 'listed' on the Monday morning.
 
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Not strictly driving, but this morning at about 8.00 as I was coming up the A34 diversion I was in lane two between the mini islamd and the main Stone road island. As I approached the pelican crossing with the lights on green, a cyclist suddenly appeared from behind stopped traffic in lane one. Fortunately I was able to stop OK, could've been a bad start to his day.
 
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I haven't witnessed it but my daughter has just been on the phone it seems that she cut someone up, they followed her, pulled across her at lights got out kicked her car a few times and then threatened to smash her face in.
 
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