Paradyne Place in Wigram and it isn’t on the library website. I did find a mention on Papers Past and I did have a wee laugh. In 1977 there was an article about suggested names for a new street in an industrial subdivision owned by J G Rutherford and Toledo Holdings Ltd. The names of Carlin Place and Harvard Place had already been rejected. The short list of suggested names were Plastics Place, Paradyne Place, Generator Place, Generation Place and Industries Place. Obviously Paradyne Place was successful and paradyne was a liquid fuel additive. I was amused by the councillor who suggested that the street be called Generation Gap.
It is still an industrial area and I ended up having a brief chat with one of the business owners. I did ask him about his car number plate and he is a huge David Bowie fan which was the reason for the personalised number plate.
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