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The town that erased a comedy 'stain' from its name
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The town that erased a comedy 'stain' from its name
Few places have ever been so embarrassed by a fictional resident that they rewrote the map. Yet that is part of what happened in one leafy English commuter town, where a rebrand was pushed as a way to improve the town’s image after years of Ali G jokes. Just over a decade ago, the Surrey town of Staines added a posh suffix to its name. Spelthorne councillors backed the change to Staines-upon-Thames in 2011, and the new name took effect in May 20…
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