To think people are stupid!

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Since moving into a new house this has happened so many times!

I live in a village. It's small but clearly has its own 'identity'. Own train station, high street, church and park. I will call it willton.

Next to the village is a slightly (very slightly) bigger one. This also has a train station high street and church and park. I will call it ellsborough.

I live opposite the train station in willton.

Every time I order a taxi or a pizza or have a new tradesperson coming - they go to ellsborough.

WHY??

No, I can assure you I know where I live

Missing the point entirely, I used to work in Newton Le Willows library!

We have a problem in that there is a street of same name as ours in the next village.
Our post was always mixed up until I made a huge fuss

I now add the post code, and make the person taking my order repeat back to me that I live in EarthyTon not MamaTon before I put the phone down

If you say "I live opposite X train station" they are idiots if the go the Y train station. I can understand why you're annoyed!

I refer you to Vickys last post but will happily agree I am wrong if people will stop being so argumentative!

The library is on the road I was talking about with the west and east. Same town same road 3 different names that's why they are mixed up for that road. It's always happened

Feel your pain Op, we live in a new apartment complex that either simply doesn't exist on peoples satnavs or is mistaken for a similar place up the road that sounds the same as us but with 'house' on the end.
I have to stand at the end of the street and wave to delivery people whilst guiding them on the phone.

I agree that people confusing the train stations are idiots. It's like saying 'I live opposite the Red Lion', and people going to the White Hart.

However, from the little evidence gleaned from Google maps and the postal addresses of places, I don't think you can claim Newton and Earlstown to be two different and distinct places. It seems to me to be like claiming that Kensington is different to London because it has it's own train station, High Street and library.
But I've never been to either Newton so I am happy to be corrected.

But these are people LIVING in the area so surely they are used to the two villages, the two hight street and the two train stations?
And if there is a possible confusion, they should also be used to check exactely where they are supposed to go, esp when yoou are given the exact address and the exact postcode....

Sorry OP, I'm not helping but I can't quite understand either.....

We live sufficiently nearby that I'm afraid I disagree with OP. They aren't distinct places, and a large part of the distinction is snobbery. Besides, E-town station is the one that actually goes anywhere so it effectively serves several places.

On the other hand, people are stupid, I'll give you that.

Newton has trains going to Chester, Liverpool, Manchester and Warrington - not sure how none of those places are 'not anywhere'!

I would find the mistaken identity amusing if it wasn't for moody workmen getting irate with me! To follow on from an earlier example it's kind of like going to meet someone in kings cross not Euston 'cause they are both in London.

Tell them you live in Earlestown and maybe then they'll go to Newton?

Its a RAILWAY station. Not a train station.... (sorry - I know this isn't pedants' corner!)

Neither place could really be described as a village.

What is the difference Pseud?

I agree Silver, village is talking it up rather.

Railway station is British English. Train station is American English. Same as railway track and train track.

But most people in Britain do refer to it as a train station, as this thread shows.

I've never heard anyone in rl refer to it as a railway station.

I agree. It's like saying that gaol is the correct spelling of jail. It is, but so few people use it now that it doesn't really matter.

The reason everyone says train station is because of all the American telly everyone is glued to every day. The correct term is railway station. That is what everyone round here says. Seems to be Northerners that use the American term.

For some reason, when they built this estate, they used the first word for 4 streets so: Church Loan, Church Cresent, Church Drive and Church Place. They did the same thing for 4 other streets. Posties don't seem to bother checking & are forever putting stuff in the wrong houses.

The reason everyone says train station is because of all the American telly everyone is glued to every day.

How incredibly condescending. I say train station and I watch very little of this American television of which you speak.

seems to be Northerners that use the American term.

I'm very southern.

Could be an age thing too. 100 years or so when I was young it was always railway station.

Yes. Does seem to be youngsters doing it rather than oldies!

How incredibly condescending. I say train station and I watch very little of this American television of which you speak.

You're still wrong. The correct term in England is "railway station".

I'm from St Helens and until this thread I had considered that Newton le Willows and Earlestown were basically the same place! My auntie lives there, I'll have to ask her which one she lives in now!