[Talk-GB] Made-up motorway junction names

[Philip Barnes]

On Tue, 2023-01-03 at 13:49 +0000, Dave Love wrote:
> On 03/01/2023 12:59, Andy Mabbett wrote:
> > But is it "clearly fictitious"?
> >    
> > https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/d4f09db3-e43c-483e-a452-dec44910614e
> 
> It isn't, speaking as a local (trying to resume mapping) who you
> don't 
> have to believe now we have web searches.  I've left a comment to
> that 
> effect, and references to recent maintenance on the M5 junction.
> 
> I was going to name the Air Balloon roundabout on the A417 -- a
> staple 
> of local traffic reports -- until it's bulldozed.  I don't understand
> why such names wouldn't be on the map for people like me who
> primarily 
> use it for navigation.
> 
Nobody is suggesting that geniunely used names are removed. I live in
Shropshire (formerly Leicestershire) and even I know where Air Balloon
Roundabout is. 

Phil (trigpoint)