28th July 2012 Funny Shop Names

• There's a mobile snack caravan on Dartmoor named: 'The Hound of the Basket Meals'.
• There is a bakery in Sutton called 'Agatha Crustie'.
• In Turnham Green, Chiswick there's a dry cleaner called 'Turn 'em Clean'
• 'A Pane in the Glass' is the name of a glazier's in New York State, USA.
• Others can be found at a website called shophorror owned by Guy Swillingham.
• I have seen two of his examples, one in Croydon named 'The Vinyl Frontier'; a shop which sells second hand records.
• Another example is a restaurant in Belfast called 'Thai Tanic'.
• Teddy bear shop in Penge called 'Bearly Trading'.
• Fish and chip shop in Santa Ponsa, Mallorca named 'Oh My Cod'.
• A bakery in Albert Road, Southsea called 'Upper Crustie'.
• The hake and chips at a shop called: 'A Fish called Rhondda' Ton Pentre, South Wales.
• Would you believe a driving school in the Merseyside area called 'L Passo'?
• Fruit, vegetable and flower shop in Aylsham and Reepham, Norfolk goes by the name of 'Meloncaulie Rose'.
• Barbers shop named 'Herr Kutz'. 
• Knockin, in Shropshire has to have a 'Knockin Shop' naturally. What it sells is not given.
• There is, apparently, a mobile snack bar in Cornwall, UK which goes by the name of, 'The Star Chip Enterprise.'
• There was an Indian restaurant in Radford, Nottingham, UK, which went under the name of ' Balti Towers'. (Probably only appreciated by British readers)
• On a butcher's van on Dartmoor - "Tor to Tor Delivery."
• A hire van company in Kent called "Van Gough".
• Between Tenby and Pembroke can be found a specialist horticultural nursery boasting a sign reading: "Your fuchsia is in our hands."
• In Havant, Hants, UK, a greetings card shop can be found that goes by the name of "Havant Forgotten".
• There is a whole-food shop in Argyll called "Oban Sesame".
• 'Drop your pants here, and you will receive prompt attention' Sign on a laundrette.

 

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