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David Seaver @davidseaver.bsky.social

I remember reading that in the UK, a new slip-road went in near a major police station, and some joker got it named "Letsbe Avenue."

aug 31, 2025, 4:48 pm • 0 0

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk

It's their purpose built major command centre, it's Letsby Avenue, Letsby is an actual place but it's nowhere near, the developers chose it and the council didn't object so it stuck Weirdly it's shwoing up in Korean on Google Maps instead of English, but OSM has it right

Clipping of map showing the South Yorkshire Police command centre on Letsby Avenue, Tinsley, Sheffield https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/53.395884/-1.399583
aug 31, 2025, 7:29 pm • 2 0 • view
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David Seaver @davidseaver.bsky.social

Thanks. I was going off a vague memory from The Fortean Times around the turn of the century.

aug 31, 2025, 8:09 pm • 0 0 • view