but a restaurant has opened in India called "Hitler's Cross" :huh:

as mentioned on the radio today, a name that may upset some.

They then wittered on about other businesses with unusal names and the following* came up:

Concrete seller ........................................... Jim'll Mix It
Fish and Chips shop on Isle of Wight ............. The Cod Father
An art and picture shop ............................... Gallery Singleton
A tree surgeon ............................................ John Oaks
Cleaneres in St. Albans ............................... Spruce Spring Clean
A baker's ................................................... Heat Loaf
A sports shop ..............................................Merchant of Tennis
A Chinese medicine practitioner ................... Dr Wu
A tobacconists ............................................ Fume and Chew
A Cafe ....................................................... Mr Tea

and my favourite, a window cleaner ............. Chamois Davies Jr (pron. Shammy)

There use'd to be a chinese restaurant in Knightsbridge (I think) that was called "Ho Lee Fok".

And there's a company that'll do your ironing for you in Suffolk - "The Iron Lady"

battered cod in Fallowfield, Manchester

There use to be a shoe shop near Bermondsey called R. Soles

There is an indian restaurant in Halesowen called Balti Towers and a chinese restaurant in shirley called the shirley temple

A favourite of mine ....
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There used to be a butchers in Elland (Yorkshire) proudly displaying the sign:

P. Sutcliffe family butcher

Off Tottenham Court Road, there is a place called 'Squat and Gobble'

I use a chinese takeaway in Folkestone called HO HO, when they answer the phone a lady says "Herro Ho Ho", at which point i crack up and have to hang up before i wet myself, it usually takes me three or four tries before i can place my order.

and who could forget the photo developers .....



Prints Charles

A mate of mine used to work at a company called "Gorgeous". If you phoned him at work the receptionist answered the phone "Hello gorgeous, how can I help you"

Mike

I like W.R.Phang, Dentists in Chiswick!

Caber

Plumber (his van sign) around these parts...

A. Leake

Apparently he's quite good...

Then there is my favourite... Solicitors at Law: Dewey, Cheetham & Howe

Steve

[Edited on 22-8-06 by Hellfire]

I seem to remember seeing a chippy near Sellafield power station called Fision Chips!

There is a "late night food vendors" near our local town center called Kebabylon. Made me chuckle for a while

I have seen loads of AbraKebabra shops, made me laugh the first time I saw it. Of course I will never remember when it was!

Not quite as much of a play on words as them, there is a barbers on Kingsland Road in London (around the corner from where I used to live) called 'It'll Grow Back'!

It made me chuckle....

Spotted a plumber's van in Leeds a few years ago with the name Titus Aduxass.

Carpet shop in Exeter,

Walter Wall



Edit: The sun done a centre page article on this a little while ago, can't remember any of the places they featured though!

http://www.shophorror.co.uk/pages/gallery.html

[Edited on 22/8/06 by Mr G]

Saw two vans in London time some ago.

First was a removal/house clearance company caller Carter, Whey and Tippet

Second was Raj Builders with the motto "You've tried the cowboys now try the Indians".



[Edited on 22/8/06 by pajsh]

The builders Underpin and Makegood.

for the older guys...

The drainage specialists The Lone Drainer and Tonto

and the Private Eye solicitors Sue, Grabbit and Run

R. SOLES are on the Kings rd, Chelsea
they're either doing very well and have moved from bermondsey or there are part of a chain