>> For a few years I lived on a street who's[sic] name appeared three times in the same city
> This is why you have postcodes ;p
I guess, but it was foreign vendors which expected "Street Name, Postcode, County". Locals and the postal service were working fine with "Street Name, Locality, County"
That being said:
> For a few years I lived on a street who's[sic] name appeared three times in the same city
This is why you have postcodes ;p