THE name of one of the new streets in the Rycotewood housing development, currently being built on the site of the old Rycotewood college in Thame, is not classy enough to reflect the high price of the new residences – and the town council has been asked to suggest a new name.
Potential buyers of the new homes, in what was to be called ‘Union way’, have asked the district council to change the name to something else that reflects the quality of the new homes being built there. The ‘Union’ was the popular name give to the old Workhouse, which was the original pupose of the old building which has now been converted to prestigeous apartments.
But town councillors, who had chosen the original name at the request of the district council, were not willing to totally change the name, at a meeting of the Planning committee last night. However, they did agree with a suggestion by Cllr Don Butler that the name be altered to ‘Old Union Way’, which councillors agreed “softened” the name somewhat.
Photo: Rycotewood as it looks today, ‘the Sales Suite’ (picture courtesy of Rycotewood Association’s website)
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