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I don't know how many streets named "Letsby Avenue" there are in the UK; but apparently there are at least three different police stations on such streets. NOT

I don't know how many streets named "Letsby Avenue" there are in the UK; but apparently there are at least three different police stations on such streets. NOTE: "Let's be having you" is a cliche Dixon-of-Dock-Green-style exhortation from a policeman to a villain, urging him to give himself up; c.f. "It's a fair cop, guv".

fennecfoxy 3y ago
You've been nicked!
comprev 3y ago
"Named in the late 1990s, Letsby Avenue is a quarter-mile stretch of road in Tinsley which is home to the South Yorkshire Police Operations Complex." https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/perfectly-named-address-of-south-yorkshire-police-complex-raises-a-smile-1358470 https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/perfectly-named-addres...
walthamstow 3y ago
"Let's be 'avin you" is much better known as a football rallying cry, isn't it? I'd never heard of it as a police thing. The most famous example of the phrase I'm aware of is when Delia Smith, a septuagenarian TV cook, exhalted her home Norwich City fans with a drunken slurred voice at half time over the PA system.
- walthamstow 3y ago
  Not sure why I've been downvoted! Here's the video. Every football fan in England will connect the phrase with this event. It's not a bad thing, she's a national treasure. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NiC679ASOyA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NiC679ASOyA
  - jimnotgym 3y ago
    I think you are downvoted for not quite being correct. I think "Let's be 'avin you" is by far better known as a police thing. This is what made the spectacle of a drunken Delia shouting it at a crowd all the more absurd.
    - walthamstow 3y ago
      I was asking a question, so it's a little unfair for people to have downvoted me without answering my question. I think it must be an age thing? I've never heard of Dixon of Dock Green (born late 80s/early 90s). If I asked anyone I know how they connect that phrase, it'd be Delia. Anyway, thanks for engaging.
      - jimnotgym 3y ago
        I was born early 80s I never saw Dixon either, but the phrase seems pretty common and well known. The downvote thing is annoying...it would be nicer if people just replied
jen729w 3y ago
A very popular joke in kids' joke books in the 80s. Q: Where does a policeman live? A: 999 Letsby Avenue. 999, of course, being the UK's emergency number.

fennecfoxy 3y ago

You've been nicked!

comprev 3y ago

"Named in the late 1990s, Letsby Avenue is a quarter-mile stretch of road in Tinsley which is home to the South Yorkshire Police Operations Complex." https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/perfectly-named-address-of-south-yorkshire-police-complex-raises-a-smile-1358470 https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/perfectly-named-addres...

walthamstow 3y ago

"Let's be 'avin you" is much better known as a football rallying cry, isn't it? I'd never heard of it as a police thing. The most famous example of the phrase I'm aware of is when Delia Smith, a septuagenarian TV cook, exhalted her home Norwich City fans with a drunken slurred voice at half time over the PA system.

walthamstow 3y ago
Not sure why I've been downvoted! Here's the video. Every football fan in England will connect the phrase with this event. It's not a bad thing, she's a national treasure. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NiC679ASOyA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NiC679ASOyA
- jimnotgym 3y ago
  I think you are downvoted for not quite being correct. I think "Let's be 'avin you" is by far better known as a police thing. This is what made the spectacle of a drunken Delia shouting it at a crowd all the more absurd.
  - walthamstow 3y ago
    I was asking a question, so it's a little unfair for people to have downvoted me without answering my question. I think it must be an age thing? I've never heard of Dixon of Dock Green (born late 80s/early 90s). If I asked anyone I know how they connect that phrase, it'd be Delia. Anyway, thanks for engaging.
    - jimnotgym 3y ago
      I was born early 80s I never saw Dixon either, but the phrase seems pretty common and well known. The downvote thing is annoying...it would be nicer if people just replied

jen729w 3y ago

A very popular joke in kids' joke books in the 80s. Q: Where does a policeman live? A: 999 Letsby Avenue. 999, of course, being the UK's emergency number.