There is always that garage in Tyldesley that had their painted on the trucks like this:

Tyldesley
Wheel
And
Tyre
Specialists

Or the bloke from the insect house at Chester Zoo Terry Fiderspiders

I knew a dutch guy who worked in a kitchen, his name was Mr. Dadoodishes, his Christian name was Hans

Oh yes and there's that policeman PC Bobby Selmit.

The owner of the old Golden Moon chippy in Hindley Green was called wan kin tu spitt. FACT

Well, maybe - if there ever had been a "Golden Moon" chippy in Hindley Green!!

1976 phone book entry
The Golden Moon
Swan Lane
Hindley Green

Prop- Mr Wan kin tu spitt

The batter was always soggy.

Played against Leigh the other week Wayne Kerr

There is a Sikh policeman in the GMP called Kum Dan Singh. I kid you not. Moreover, when I last referred to this in conversation with Leyther-in-India's brother, who works with him, I said something about how funny his name was, and DS Brother said 'what, because he's name's Kum?', to which I replied, 'no, because his name's Kum Dan Singh, but now you mention it, that, too...'

We used to have a hairdressers in Barrow called Curl up and Dye


I think someone once said to me a hairdressers shop in a film was called that too

There used to be a little restaurant in China Town in Manc called "Choo Mee's". Good food and cheap. Musn't have paid their due's as three weeks after we ate there the gangsters went in a butcherd the owners.

Back in the 70's there was a copper stationed at Leigh called Superintendant Richard Balls

Then theres the man who invented the glass bra- Seemore boobs

Hindley's Fire Brigade factories inspector is called Officer Burns

Stuart Hall used to own a travel agents

Stuart
Hall
International
Travel


..........that is true, by the way

a couple more for ya.....


the dunoon observer in scotland ran a story which read
" we would like to make it clear that the old pouffe, responsible for starting the fire at honeysuckle cottage last week, referred to an item of furniature, and NOT the owner"


also

when spy chief eliza manningham-butler published m15's telephone number for the first time in 1998, most people who called wanted flat pack furniature


jc has left the building!!

I know a woman by the name of Mary Huff!!!

It is her married name and not a cruel jape on the part of her parents!

Just remembered this one too!

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nearly crashed mi car when i saw a restaurant in London called
Phat Phuk

Then there was the old bus company

South
Lancashire
United
Transport

There was a guy with a top job at Adidas in the 60's and 70's - his name Robin Money - Honest

Lets not forget this, apparently the winner of an unofficial contest amongst logo designers?

Now thats the winner.