54Strat Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I bet some of these will get used, if they aren't already... I'll bagsy 'Bonnie Tiler' http://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/glorious-shop-puns-youd-only-find-in-britain? So how many more are out there? Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Davis Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Wisbech St Mary has a chippy named "The Codfather" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted April 28, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 28, 2014 In Swaythling, Southampton there's "Oh My Cod!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Colin Posted April 28, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 28, 2014 There used to be a door furniture shop near Southend called "Knobs & Knockers". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 A few years ago on the road out of Moraira heading towards Calpe, there was a dog grooming business called "The Mutz Nutz" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted April 28, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 28, 2014 I wonder if 'Plaice Station' is in a former railway station? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGC Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I used to see adverts for an opticians: "Seymour Clearly" Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ullypug Posted April 28, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 28, 2014 There was a chippy near us called The Starchip Enterprise, but the best one is the infamous roadside takeaway in Bristol called: Jason's Donner Van. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Trevellan Posted April 28, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 28, 2014 We have Chip Ahoy here in Cowes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 There used to be a seafood shop in a small Essex coastal village (cannot remember where) simply called Winkel. A bilingual pun no less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium mezzoman253 Posted April 28, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 28, 2014 I'm sure there was a hairdressers in Southend called " Beau Locks", seriously no joke. I've Googled it but it doesn't appear to be there now. Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Only in Liverpool !!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MickD Posted April 28, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 28, 2014 Used to be an electrical appliance shop in Sheffield, owners name was E. Sockett! MickD. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 28, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 28, 2014 An estate agent? How appropriate! Doolittle and Dalley http://doolittle-dalley.co.uk/ Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidR Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 There was a floorcovering shop in the 90's, I think in Dronfield Sheffield, called Walter Wall Carpets! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 In Dublin we have Lino Ritchie the flooring salesman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidR Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 .....Oh, I nearly forgot. In 2000, when I worked in Ostrava, Czech Republic, there was a sporting footwear shop called Athlete's Foot! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friar Tuck Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 How about Sherlock Homes http://sherlockhomes.uk.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coppercap Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Wisbech St Mary has a chippy named "The Codfather" Southmead Road, Bristol has "The Cod Almighty". Even more local to me, there is "The Frying Machine". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jongudmund Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 The village of Knockin in Shropshire had a village shop called The Knockin Shop. It closed a few years ago. I still laugh to myself when I think about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Bristol had a fireplace shop called 'Flamin' Grate'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giz Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Fish and chip shops often seem to go for this sort of thing. Bury St. Edmunds has one called Peyton Plaice http://www.peytonplaice-burystedmunds.co.uk/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted April 28, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 28, 2014 There used to be a door furniture shop near Southend called "Knobs & Knockers". There is a shop in Dublin called this in the city centre (Nassau Street). They even sell tshirts for tourists. There was a flooring place near me called 'Lino Richies' Edit - 108 beat me to it. I only remember as he was fitting lino in my house one day when he looked out the window to see that his van had gone up in flames! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Wisbech St Mary has a chippy named "The Codfather" Not the only onlyone, there one in Aylesbury Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I wonder if 'Plaice Station' is in a former railway station? Yes it is, Its Padgate CLC station in Warrington, still an active station but the buildings are taken over as the restaurant, seem to remember it won some awards not long after it opened a few years back. Never been mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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