I have often made comment about the council renaming playing fields but the local populace still refer to them by the names that have stood the test of ages. For example Chaucer Old Park is 'Illy 'Oleys, Wash Meadow is Johnny's, Gordon Street Playing Fields are still the Ashes and more recently who ever refers to The Rec as Rutland Sports Park? Another area of the town that most people still know by its old name is White Lion Square and an information board at the top of Stanton Road bears that title. The Square though has long gone and has disappeared under the roundabout at the southern end of Chalons Way. Yes White Lion Square has gone but the name lives on.
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