Lots of towns that must have previously been called "Horse's Arse Creek", or something, in the past, got summarily renamed "Lincoln" in the USA, in the 1860s.
Similarly loads of streets (but not whole towns) in the UK that were formerly "Old Whore's Scratch Alley" became "Churchill Way", or "Dunkirk Lane", in the 1940s.
Recently, it seems to be only airports that have been offered this treatment in the UK - John Lennon, George Best, for example.
What, and for whom, deserves a rename in honour of modern leaders or celebrities? How about renaming the M25 the "Cowell Road", inasmuch as it's endless, leads nowhere, is a pain in the fucking arse but is still something that 25 million people suffer at least once a week?
Similarly loads of streets (but not whole towns) in the UK that were formerly "Old Whore's Scratch Alley" became "Churchill Way", or "Dunkirk Lane", in the 1940s.
Recently, it seems to be only airports that have been offered this treatment in the UK - John Lennon, George Best, for example.
What, and for whom, deserves a rename in honour of modern leaders or celebrities? How about renaming the M25 the "Cowell Road", inasmuch as it's endless, leads nowhere, is a pain in the fucking arse but is still something that 25 million people suffer at least once a week?
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