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joescrivens said:
you've not heard of Scrivens opticians before?

Hmm, better get on the phone to my old man, he's obviosuly not doing his marketting well enough :suspect:
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don't think he'll be able to help... the company is owned by the Georgevic family :D

Maybe they just chose that name because it symbolises vision and forward thinking? :nuts:
 
There was a shop in South london (Walworth area) which had an old sign (tiled sign, I think0 which said "Allsed and Dunne".

The Local Chinese TakeAway is called the Wan King. :)
 
One from the isle of wight this afternoon

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The BJ Scaffolding is actually the BJ Champion scaffolding company, even better!!

Dave Gorman has the pun street on his absolute radio show, I've been listening to his podcasts for the last 6 months. Love all the stupid names.
 
joescrivens said:
Theres a shop near me called "Beds Beds Beds"

I always wonder what they sell in there
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Theres a shop in Chingford called "Beds Beds Beds Beds Beds". Maybe they saw the shop near you and thought "now there's an idea!"
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There was also a scaffolding firm in my home town who's slogan was "satisfaction with every erection"
 
There was a shop in Greenwich in the 80s that sold garden gnomes - it was called British Gnome Stores. BHS took exception to this and forced them to change it so it became the National Elf Service. :D
 
Think it was on the A19 near thirst, saw a car wash advertised as "the best hand job in town"....
 
A car wash near me with the motto "Best hand job in town"
 
One round here....

M. Pyre Builders

There was also a hairdressers called "Hairrods", complete with the gold/green signage. That didn't go down well with a certain Egyptian grocer :lol:
 
There used to be a butcher round here called Morrow, with the slogan "Come to Morrow for today's meat"
 
There's a couple of fish and chop shops in Sheffield, owned by the same people I believe -

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I think that one might be better in The signs thread Mr G... and linkified as NSFW ;)



meanwhile, a fencing company in my old hometown used have the tagline 'the erection specialists' on their vans, whilst down here we have a local 'man & van' rubbish removal and house clearance company called 'junk & disorderly'
 
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Alan Clogwyn said:
Local carpenters call themselves "Chuck Buddies"

I've also followed a van labelled "Munters" but can't remember what the trade was.
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Munters were based opposite our offices in Huntingdon. The have a new name now. I think they dry out flooded buildings and stuff like that.
 
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