Butts Mount may be a hilarious street name, but for some residents, its no laughing matter...
There is an abundance of appropriate – and some not so – puns about Butts Mount in Leeds.This is, at least, how warehouse worker, Fum Sampson, feels about living there.
The 30-year-old, who has lived on the street with his wife and three children for seven years, does not find it funny.He said: ‘It is a good place to live. More old people live in this area, no one too young, it is quiet. ‘When I say I live in Butts Mount, they just say “Butts Mount?” And I say “yes”. It does not make me laugh, I do not find it funny. For me, it is normal.’There are several streets in Leeds called Butts – Butts Terrace in Guiseley, Butts Lane in Lumby, Butts Garth View in Thorner, and Butts Court in Leeds city centre.But the name has historical connotations and is not referring to someone’s rear end.
It is understood it dates as far back as the 14th century, referring to places where men would practice archery as these were located on the outskirts of populated areas.Mum and daughter Robina Bi, 42, and Faizah Zu, 19, have lived on the corner of Butts Mount and Armley Grove for 16 years.
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