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Best pub/ shop names ever!

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honeybeeq · 04/05/2018 22:06

Doing some research on the house we're moving to and it's very near to a pub called.. the Malt Disley!

I love it!! I'm having a bitch of a time with the letting agent and this house is very worth it but aibu to ask you to cheer me up with funny shop/ pub names?

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SweetnessAndBlight · 05/05/2018 18:51

Tree surgeons: Tree Wise Men.

AllyMcBeagle · 05/05/2018 19:12

There's a dress agency (ie buying and selling second hand dresses and clothes) in Poole called 'A Change of a Dress'.

It was even funnier to me when I was last there as they had just moved premises.

Best pub/ shop names ever!
NC4Now · 05/05/2018 19:42

Ali Barbers - his name’s Ali and he cuts men’s hair.

Powerglide · 05/05/2018 19:47

The Cods Scallops

ToffeePennie · 05/05/2018 20:48

We have
“The town fryer” - chip shop
“The nippy chippy” - chip van
“Cooking marvellous” - kitchen accessories
“Up & running” - a sportswear shop
“Fleurtations” - florists
“Write here!” - stationers
And finally “the icing tip” - cake shop

Bluetrews25 · 05/05/2018 21:02

Idle Working Men's Club

There is a district in Bradford called Idle, but the club may be mythical....

PEARSON93 · 05/05/2018 21:09

My local pub is called "The Local" which always makes me chuckle a little.

UrbaneSprawl · 05/05/2018 21:50

For any “Round The Horne” fans out there...the firm of house movers in Cambridge called Bonar Removals (one for the teenagers...)

DownTownAbbey · 05/05/2018 22:05

Karachi Fried Chicken (although has changed it's name now) always used to make me smile.

Ukulelehayley · 05/05/2018 22:14

In broadstairs a town where Charles Dickens famously lived/came from? There was a paint your own pottery shop called ‘Plate Expectations’
Love it!

SleeptightDaisy · 05/05/2018 22:33

R A King gardeners on Staffordshire

fadingfast · 05/05/2018 22:39

Lovely designer jewellery shop in Norwich called 'Stoned and Hammered' which I think is a genius name.

RavenLG · 05/05/2018 22:46

Car wash near my parents. Not called anything noteworthy but the tag line is “best handjobs in town” .. always makes me giggle

Scuzzlebutt · 05/05/2018 22:58

Bathroom fitters/plumbers in Surrey called 'All Cisterns Go' Gives me a chuckle whenever I spot their vans

Timeforatincture · 05/05/2018 23:00

Not a punning name, but a cracker for pub cricket. Just outside Farnham there is a pub called the Shepherd and Flock.......

ToadOfSadness · 05/05/2018 23:00

Bakery shop called Bread Pitt

Thai Tanic restaurant

Nail shop called Hand Job

Lea18 · 05/05/2018 23:08

There's a carpet laying company called GLP round County Durham meaning get laid professionally and on the vans it says' or just get gripped and felt ' hahaha

FearofFlight · 05/05/2018 23:16

@Bluetrews25 - I came on here to mention that one - apparently genuine!

www.idleworkingmensclub.co.uk/

Fairynormal · 05/05/2018 23:21

Florist in Banbury called Florist Gump
Battersea Cods Home
Greengrocers Melon Cauli

Smile Smile Smile

FearofFlight · 05/05/2018 23:25

I used to live near New Cod On The Block, Northern Sole, the Wool Baa, Wok This Way and Curl Up and Dye (all in the same place!)

Carouselfish · 05/05/2018 23:58

Village shop called Betty Swallock's
Pub called The Bunch of Carrots. (not hugely funny but I like it).

FreshTart · 06/05/2018 00:13

Fast food van in Wrexham called Chris de Burgher
Barbers called Herr Flick
Newsagents called Fags and Mags

On a different note, we followed a fresh fruit van once, on the back was a little notice stating 'No bananas are left in this vehicle overnight'

KatieHaslam22 · 06/05/2018 00:15

Pub called the Dog Inn

Twofurrycats · 06/05/2018 00:31

Idle wmc is a real place.
I liked a local decorating firm called awkward corner.
Not a name but on the back of a potato delivery wagon: In case of fire chip pan in cab.

OlennasWimple · 06/05/2018 00:42

Dog grooming parlour called "Doggy Style"

(Both grim and funny)

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