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📍Place: #Thetford

The origin of the name Thetford is unclear. The site was an important crossing of the River Little Ouse, so one possibility is that the settlement drew its name from the Anglo-Saxon Theodford or people's ford.[4] It is also unclear if the nearby River Thet is named after the crossing or the later settlement.[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thetford&redirect=yes

Pleased to update on here that the fash festoon of flags on the A11 dual-carriageway exit to "Fetford" have disappeared (since last passing that way at New Year).

Possibly some thoughtful citizens of that town had reflected on the probable impact of reputational damage to house prices. Perhaps the local council got off its collective behind & issued the necessary instruction. Either way, good riddance.

#RejoinEU
#Thetford

Unlike the hell-land of the USA people here don't casually carry around hand pistols so this story is an odd one.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/29/man-shot-dead-by-police-after-two-vehicle-collision-in-thetford-norfolk

#Thetford #Norfolk #Guns #UKCrime

Our fridge could have killed us

https://videos.trom.tf/w/gHEkrP9eNKZe9kjWYgPGbJ

A *64* year old man from #Thetford #Norfolk has been sent to #prison after binning his #HondaCivic having lost control after #driving at over 100 mph (160 km/h), in spite of his passengers pleading with him to slow down (they were injured in the #crash and everyone was lucky to escape with their lives)

The amount of #Punisher skulls and other #stickers on the vehicle suggests he is from the #Japanese #car "enthusiast" community, and has probably been behaving in this fashion for a number of years, but ran out of luck this time..

#RoadSafety #UK #fail

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2025-12-04/driver-jailed-for-100mph-crash-after-ignoring-passengers-plea-to-slow-down