Letters Name a street after me
Sir - Living in Goole you cannot help noticing that many of our streets are named after people.
The origins of some are obvious, for example, Poets' Corner. But what about Frederick Street, Cecil, Hilda, Henry, Amy, Adeline, Elsie and Gordon?
Who were they and what did they achieve for streets to be named after them?
Nowadays, town planners play safe by selecting the names of trees and flowers and maybe they are missing an opportunity.
The organisers of the local lottery could make a fortune if occasionally their first prize was to name a street after the winning ticket holder.
I'd buy a ticket, several in fact. I can see it now - Paul Thompson Street. A row of terraced houses with a pub at either end, a gent's barbers and a betting shop in the middle.
Marvellous.
Paul Thompson
Milton Street,
Goole
Published on 8th May 2008 in Letters.
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Posted by David Earl at 14:00:16 on 22 May 2008
Surely, given his tireless contributions to the Goole Times letters page through the decades, Mr E Firth should be the first to have a street named after him.
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