TurboSnail Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 Well there is the classic locomotive name which always raises an eyebrow. https://derekwilson-railphotos.smugmug.com/SteameventsatHeritageCentres/2012-22-September-Barrow-Hill/i-fFhV6VK/A Jason On a similar theme, I was on a train recently and we passed this one. I was convinced it was a joke, and googled it when I got home, which was a big mistake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolydd Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Sorry. I don‘t get the Mabbutt bit - or are wejust supposed to laugh at the Dick part? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Sorry. I don‘t get the Mabbutt bit - or are wejust supposed to laugh at the Dick part? Hint - treat the surname as two separate words. (Or not, as you prefer.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
E3109 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 On a similar theme, I was on a train recently and we passed this one. I was convinced it was a joke, and googled it when I got home, which was a big mistake. npnlbcknk9901.jpg According to form, that loco was a specific request for a recent same-sex wedding railtour. Whether it was the grooms who requested it, or the guests, has not been proven ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
36C Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 If you model the London underground surface lines, take this, separate the announcements and have them play on shuffle at random.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3kaNc_j8eEgiven the language used it's probably best confined to the home layout to amuse visiting friends, rather than implimented on an exhibition layout during a family friendly show Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieK Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Many posts ago there was a model of a "Whippet Inn" public house. In the centre of York you will find its namesake. https://thewhippetinn.co.uk/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieK Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Also in the real world, visitors to Barmouth may wish to dine at this place... https://www.flickr.com/photos/48149026@N03/36710166121 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted August 9, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 9, 2018 Many posts ago there was a model of a "Whippet Inn" public house. In the centre of York you will find its namesake. https://thewhippetinn.co.uk/ I think the former Tap & Spile, and before that, The Yorkshire Hussars. Apologies for the boring local trivia. Regards, Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) Many posts ago there was a model of a "Whippet Inn" public house. In the centre of York you will find its namesake. https://thewhippetinn.co.uk/ That's something for me to do when I'm there next weekend... Was the gents at the back labelled the 'Whippet Out?' Edited August 9, 2018 by talisman56 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatofludham Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Also in the real world, visitors to Barmouth may wish to dine at this place... https://www.flickr.com/photos/48149026@N03/36710166121 There's a tale and a half about the Carousal, when the place was sold a couple of years ago the new owners delightfully put up these signs deliberately to reflect the long tradition locally of the letter C's being half-inched, usually the very night after they were put up. In the end the previous owners gave up and for years the café became known as the Arousal. No-one locally though has ever been able to explain to me whether the original name "Carousal" (which roughly means what the Scots call a "drunken stooshie") was actually what the owners wanted or whether they couldn't spell "Carousel". However, whether it was the intention to call it the Carousal or not, the mysterious losses of the letter C have probably generated more publicity for the place than anything else, and since the new owners have taken over, it does do some marvellous plates of fish and chips. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSG Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I think I've mentioned before that I used to drive past this every day when I worked in Telford:https://goo.gl/maps/d72fVYwEXet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I think I've mentioned before that I used to drive past this every day when I worked in Telford: https://goo.gl/maps/d72fVYwEXet Used to be one in Ripley as well. While we're on about risqué business names, there's a cafe in Great Yarmouth called the Wanger. Several years ago it was called the Wanger and Snatch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 https://goo.gl/images/tMyZt8 Just gonna put this here and run... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
E3109 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 There was a pub in Liverpool that was renamed "The Cockwell Inn" during the 1990s. Somewhere round Tuebrook I think. Scousers are renowned for their sense of humour but sadly this didn't appear to extend to Liverpool councillors, and thus it was renamed simply "The Cockwell".... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted August 12, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 12, 2018 (edited) There was a pub in Liverpool that was renamed "The Cockwell Inn" during the 1990s. Somewhere round Tuebrook I think. Scousers are renowned for their sense of humour but sadly this didn't appear to extend to Liverpool councillors, and thus it was renamed simply "The Cockwell".... Similarly in Weymouth. Before it closed and got converted into flats the pub on the King St/Commercial Road corner adjacent the Harbour Branch crossing point was renamed the Oar House. The local licensing panel soon scuppered the rename! Edited August 12, 2018 by john new Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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