Paraffin Alley, Keswick
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Paraffin Alley, Keswick
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough Taken: 12 Jun 2010
Located at the southern end of Main Street, Paraffin Alley http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/951726 runs behind shops on Market Square. So called because in times past the alley always had a faint odour of paraffin, which was stored at the back of an ironmonger's shop. The street sign was only put up in 2008, after a local campaign. However, some nearby business owners were not too happy with the name's smelly connotation. (Information from a report in the "News and Star").
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Image Location
Latitude
54.600342
Longitude
-3.136442