Street Wise

Back to school for South Hams District Council after they splet a street name in tree different ways on sings that were just a phew yards from each other (the editor promises no more mistakes). The correct spelling of the street in Totnes Devon is Whiteley Avenue but somewhere along the line an ‘e’ disappeared from the two other signs, both of which are located around 30 yards away: one read Whitley; while another just five yards away was spelt Whitely.  After a nine month struggle by local resident Brian Kelly, the Council has apologised for the double error and has promised to replace the offending signs.  Mr Kelly said “The old wooden signs rotted away and the council put up replacements about a year ago with the spelling mistakes.  It’s bizarre – you’d think the council would just be able to copy the old signs, but instead they came up with not one but two different spellings.  They told me they will be correcting the mistake but have to wait to buy a batch of new signs because it’s cheaper.”  Councillor Hilary Bastone said “We apologise to the residents of Whiteley Avenue for this error and we are ordering new signs to rectify this problem.”  Let’s just hope the council workers replacing the signs find the right street.