[Mgs] Wot, no MG?

[Richard Gosling]

Cool!!

I was a little concerned about "Swift Avenue" - surely they wouldn't have
named a street after the Suzuki Swift.  Wikipedia put me right - apparently
there was a car company in Coventry (where else??) called Swift from
1900-31.  I'd never heard of them before!

Maybe MG was rejected because they thought an acronym wouldn't work as a
street name, they wanted something that was more like a word.  But that
wouldn't explain the absence of Jaguar (amongst others).  Maybe the criteria
was pre-war brands - Jag wasn't called Jag 'til after the war.  But Rolls
Royce is still missing...

Wonder if house prices are higher on Bentley Avenue than Hillman Avenue?  I
know which I'd rather live on...

Richard

2009/3/24 Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk>

> Go to Google maps and search for "co15 2jp essex".  Might need to put
> 'England' at the end if outside UK
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