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A gallery of our favourite London shop and restaurant pun names
We've teamed up with blogger The Punning Man to celebrate the fine art of punning in London. Here are some of our favourites. You can send your own pics to blog@timeout.com and we'll add the best to this gallery. Also, check out the Punning Man's top 5 London puns on the Time Out blog.
© Milly Swallow
As a general rule, the best puns are simple, effective and based on big-haired heavy metal bands from Leyton.
Location: Kingston Upon Thames
Iron Maiden
Beauty and the Beach
Floors For Thought
Grate Expectations
Hi-De-Hilites
Pugs & Kisses
Heaven Scent
Planet of the Grapes
Jack the Stripper
Woofs a Daisy
Eat and Two Veg
Fishcotheque
SellFridges
Sure Lock Homes
Philglas & Swiggot
Ryan Hair
The Codfather
Jack The Clipper
Comments
squat and gobble on the corner of Charlotte Street and Tottenham Street is long gone
You seem to have missed 'Pane in the Glass' double glazing fitters from Ashford, Middlesex. :o)
It's not a London pun but I have to share... The burger van below Hound Tor on Dartmoor (Sherlock Holmes... there's a London connection) is called The Hound of the Basketmeals :D
yeah Butty Boyz as mentioned earlier and a west end cafe with the brilliant name of squat and gobble
Best list of Pun Shop Names you'll find: http://tanksalot.wordpress.com/
There used to be a Barking Pets in Barking, but I've not been there since the 80s.
in West Wickham there is a Deb 'n' Hair (hair dressers), in Croydon- abba kebaba!!!
Get The Focaccia off Fleet Street took me ages to get, have to say it like Jo Pesci!
I notice how many of the images appear to be of closed-down shops. Coincidence?
and there's ChickPizz in Stoke Newington...not exactly a pun but worth a lol
You're also missing Sell Fridges in Stoke Newington- work of genius!
You've forgotten King's Cross' Sam Widges sandwich shop and Kensal Rise's opticians Kensal Eyes
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