Just caught the story on the one show... certain people want the name changing......its offensive apparently any thoughts? I'm surprised nadiya the baking "queen" wants it changing tbh....as muslims dont drink anyway.

I think the more shocking thing is you watching the One Show Tim-Bob

I think to save time anything with black in, should be made to change its name to something suitable, or just knocked down or erased from history etc

There's a boozer called The White Lady, they may as well change the name of that too while they're at it.

What about Blackamoor near Guide ?

Just been watching some old Blackadders, am I now not PC.

There's a Black Boy pub in Bristol. It is ironically situated on White Ladies road.

Lunatics... asylum....

There’s a big wide world out there.... stop obsessing about pointless stuff like this.

It's the Blackboy Inn and it's on Whiteladies Road. Neither have connections to the slave trade. The Inn closed a while ago and has permission to be turned into flats.

There's a 'Black Boy Inn' near me in Heage.

Think there is also one called that in Wirksworth.

Black Lane Ends pub ... the list goes on

Blackpool....racist name, opaquepool.

It's going to play havoc with songs like 'Black is Black'.

Neutral colour is Neutral colour, I want my baby back
It's Neutral colour, it's neutral colour, since she went away, oh oh
What can I do, 'cause I, I'm feelin' neutral colour

Or Michael Jackson's Black or White. There's a real irony in that one in so many ways!

It’s all gone too far!
It is racist to try to change the history of a country
I get no new names with racist undertones but English pub names attract overseas visitors rather than upset them
All these cranks should be given community service to give their minds something sensible to focus on

bfcjg wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:49 pm

Blackpool....racist name, opaquepool.

Blackburn ... for obvious reasons

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:53 pm

Blackburn ... for obvious reasons

Dirty river?

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:53 pm

Blackburn ... for obvious reasons

Fortunately Burnley fans already renamed town so can be adopted immediately

Where's it going to end?? I'm 67 next week and quite honestly I've had enough what the hell did my father fight for survived the stupid commando raid on Dieppe the 2nd wave at Arnhem blown up in Holland 2 weeks after the surrender, land mines, demobbed 1950 because of injuries for what!! Just been watching videos at the Bromsgrove Spa Hotel, The Bell in Essex and the Holiday in in North London packed full of muslim men of fighting age when asked why they are where they some say 'I'm waiting for a house how much is this costing when we have learned the nation is £2 trillion in debt, oh Lord help us.

The only people who can possibly be offended by such a thing are people who think racist.

Claretpants wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:16 pm

Fortunately Burnley fans already renamed town so can be adopted immediately

Guppyspotter wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:45 pm

It's the Blackboy Inn and it's on Whiteladies Road.

Lots of that going on round here.

They’ll be banning the Gollywog off jam jars next.

I'm glad The One Show have covered this. The Last Night of the Proms non-story fizzled out pretty quickly so it needed a swift follow up to trigger them again.

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:29 pm

I think the more shocking thing is you watching the One Show Tim-Bob

Agreed.......it wasnt by choice.

TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:46 pm

I'm glad The One Show have covered this. The Last Night of the Proms non-story fizzled out pretty quickly so it needed a swift follow up to trigger them again.

Yes...the proms had run its course.

Physicists/cosmologists will have to find a new name for "dark matter". All piano keyboards will need changing to light grey/ dark grey. .

Lets not forget the sensitivities of south east Asians in all of this. Coldplay royalties are in for a downturn and bananas will have to be dyed. Ringo's contribution to Revolver will have to be axed or changed to Turquoise Submarine.

LeadBelly wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:01 pm

Physicists/cosmologists will have to find a new name for "dark matter". All piano keyboards will need changing to light grey/ dark grey. .

Lets not forget the sensitivities of south east Asians in all of this. Coldplay royalties are in for a downturn and bananas will have to be dyed. Ringo's contribution to Revolver will have to be axed or changed to Turquoise Submarine.

This board cracks me up.

I think I have message board tourette's. I see a thread title that is clearly aimed at bringing the numpties out to play but I can't help clicking on it, reading it and tutting my head at the comments. Ridiculous.

My friends just been arrested and thrown into jail for eating a black jelly baby.

Its gone too far...way too far... My grandad sat in a bath of cold baked beans to serve this country...yada yada yada

Devastated..I love wearing this badge,the wife has just told me ....its got to go

Whiteboards are remarkable.

fatboy47 wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:19 pm

My friends just been arrested and thrown into jail for eating a black jelly baby.

Its gone too far...way too far... My grandad sat in a bath of cold baked beans to serve this country...yada yada yada

Your grandad is Roger Daltry?

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/568931365399619109/

Whilst the suggestion that town names like Blackpool or Blackburn should be changed is ridiculous I have to agree that now might be the time to make changes to names that obviously have racist connotations like the Black Boy.

How anyone can disagree let alone get upset by this forward looking corrective action is absolutely baffling

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:30 pm

Whilst the suggestion that town names like Blackpool or Blackburn should be changed is ridiculous I have to agree that now might be the time to make changes to names that obviously have racist connotations like the Black Boy.

How anyone can disagree let alone get upset by this forward looking corrective action is absolutely baffling

What racist connotations?

tim_noone wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:33 pm

What racist connotations?

Put your rod away

sure the Blackamoor pub shut down a while ago

Roger Black will now be know as Roger.

Blackbeard the pirate is now Beard.

The Boys from the blackstuff is now.... you guessed it The boys from the stuff.

The album "Paranoid" is now by Beige Sabbath.

A lawyer in the USA described his white, gun toting clients as ‘melanin-deficient human beings’

And I thought the 'price of a Twix' jokes were bad.

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:37 pm

Put your rod away

Irony raising it's ugly head again.

The village north of Barrowford wiĺl in future be known as......O

bfcjg wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:49 pm

Blackpool....racist name, opaquepool.

So is Dublin then. Translates to B••••pool.

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:30 pm

Whilst the suggestion that town names like Blackpool or Blackburn should be changed is ridiculous I have to agree that now might be the time to make changes to names that obviously have racist connotations like the Black Boy.

How anyone can disagree let alone get upset by this forward looking corrective action is absolutely baffling

Anyone is not you. IT

Stayingup wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:13 pm

So is Dublin then. Translates to B••••pool.

Dubh-Linn


Its name is derived from the Irish dubh linn (meaning "black pool"), but its official Irish name is Baile Átha Cliath (meaning "town of the hurdled ford"). ...

1/ Stayingup

TBC.....