Nappy Valley is a colloquial
epithet
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applied to pleasant places with high
(demographic) reproduction.
It resonates linguistically with
Happy Valley such as that in Kenya, noted for its wealthy white population before
1963 independence where much of the film ''
White Mischief'' is set. It also linguistically tied to
Napa Valley
Napa Valley is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) in Napa County, California. The area was established by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on February 27, 1981, after a 1978 petition submitted by the Napa Valley Vin ...
a successful wine region of California.
Battersea, SW11, London, England
The term is applied to the south of
Battersea
Battersea is a large district in southwest London, part of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is centred southwest of Charing Cross and also extends along the south bank of the Thames Tideway. It includes the Battersea Park.
Hist ...
, between
Clapham Common
Clapham Common is a large triangular urban park in Clapham, south London, England. Originally common land for the parishes of Battersea and Clapham, it was converted to parkland under the terms of the Metropolitan Commons Act 1878. It is of gr ...
and
Wandsworth Common,
South West London with a "
café culture" of middle-class, affluent families. Its focal
Northcote Road runs along the foot of a small vale, that of the
Falconbrook. The street is labelled 'Nappy Valley' by
Will Self
William Woodard Self (born 26 September 1961) is an English writer, journalist, political commentator and broadcaster. He has written 11 novels, five collections of shorter fiction, three novellas and nine collections of non-fiction writing. Se ...
in his February 2010
London Review of Books
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History
The ''London Review of Book ...
Diary entry.
Tuggeranong Valley, Australian Capital Territory
Tuggeranong is the southernmost town centre of
Canberra
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, the
capital city
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of
Australia
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. It comprises 19 suburbs with a total of 31,819 dwellings, housing 87,119 people of the 324,034 people in the Territory (2006 Census). The district occupies to the east of the
Murrumbidgee River
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. On 21 February 1973, its building began of one third of the new towns for Canberra – these, per planning of 1969, to house from 180,000 to 220,000 people. The first families moved into the suburb of
Kambah the next year. The new town centre, composed largely of young families, soon became known locally as "nappy valley".
Rebuilding Canberra's spirit
(reflecting on the 2003 Canberra bushfires), Jack Waterford, '' Griffith Review'' edn 2, accessed 2009-12-11
References
The Times & The Sunday Times
* ttp://www.nappyvalleynet.com NappyValleyNet - The Parents Guide to South West London Life{{reflist
English phrases
Battersea