MemeCollectorGood old visual puns
Photo of a slice of ham split in 2, one is labelled West Ham and the other East Ham....
SaviriusFun fact: when the boroughs of West Ham and East Ham merged in 1965, some of the suggested names by the public included Hamstrung, Hamsandwich, Smoked Ham and Hamsweetham.
They settled on the new name Newham, which, y’know, is elegant and all, but it’s disappointing once you know they could’ve been a sandwich.
Here’s everything we learned from this list of alternative names considered for London’s boroughs
The LCC Municipal blog – which publishes all sorts of fascinating stuff about the history of London government – has just begun a new series on the naming of the London boroughs. The first instalment
CurlyMoustacheIs it pronounced "nju’m