no 1 son used to have a flat in Brighton, (well, near) the road had a different name on each side.

I wrote to, I think it was the Daily Mail - they had a column for readers' questions and readers answers' for bizarre queries and I asked about this road-naming thing. apparently there are numerous roads in the UK that have different names for each side.

Some of those derive from the fact that the thoroughfare had one name and the rows of houses had others, so an address might be something like 12, High Terrace, North Road. My brother's previous house was in Corporation Road, but the original address was Cleasby Terrace, one of several terraces in that road; my address is Station Road, but the house was in Dixon Terrace until the numbers were changed in 1931. (John Dixon was one of the engineers on the railway.)

Place names are also fun.

Am considering mentioning the old name of Grub Street in That London but I fear I would suffer a slapped wrist for pottymouthedness.

Depends what sort you want. Mine is DL3 6SU.

Oh thank you, Ian. Just look at the beautiful tray of goodies that one serves up!

The best of jon's include Butt Hatch and Wet Pits. And who says Brits don't have a sense of humor?

There is a sign post on my old route to Sandwich that reads 'Each End'. I always wanted to go down there and find two villages: 'This End' and 'The Other End'. Perhaps it should have been 'Both Ends' to be grammatically correct. History does not record the result and I am too romantic to look!