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Cricket legend David Lloyd is to have a street named after him in his hometown of Accrington, the council has said.
David Lloyd Way will be created on a new housing development close to the cricket club as well as Accrington Stanley s football ground.
Hyndburn Council leader Miles Parkinson said the former England player is a fantastic ambassador for our town .
The cricket pundit, 73, nicknamed Bumble , said it was a huge honour to be recognised by my hometown .
Cricket legend David Lloyd WILL get street named after him after council U-turn
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image captionDavid Lloyd has previously been given the Freedom of Accrington
A council has vetoed naming a street after former Lancashire cricket captain and ex-England coach David Lloyd.
Accrington Cricket Club wanted a new road in the town to be named after the locally-born former batsman, who is better known as Bumble .
But Hyndburn Council officials rejected their preferred David Lloyd Way and said town hall policies barred using the names of living people. I would be absolutely chuffed if they named a street after me but I would rather it was done while I was alive than after I was dead, he said.