Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

Scarborough Road in Sumner / Scarborough – Named because it runs through the suburb of Scarborough which, in turn, is named after Scarborough, a seaside resort in Yorkshire, England. First mentioned in The Press in 1908 when it is reported that Mr R. M. Morten’s attorney had requested that the Council should accept dedication of… Read more

Seaspray Lane in Scarborough and no information on the library website. There are only three houses here built in 2000. The name is probably because the street is in a seaside suburb but I couldn’t find anything on the council website about the naming of this street. There is a reserve called Margaret E Greening… Read more