Tickle Cock bridge gets rude name back

A Victorian landmark has been recognised by its traditional risqué name after locals were offended by a council’s politically correct alternative.

The railway underpass has been known as Tickle Cock bridge to generations of courting couples in Castleford, West Yorkshire.

But it proved a source of embarrassment for civic leaders before a regeneration scheme which was filmed as part of a Channel 4 television series.



In an attempt to spare blushes, a council official suggested it was called Tittle Cott bridge and a plaque bearing the sanitised name was erected.

Castleford Area Voice for the Elderly, an over 50s group in the town, took exception to the re-writing of history and went into battle.

It has now won its fight with Wakefield district council installing a replacement plaque bearing the words Tickle Cock.