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Mar 14, 2014 12:21:41 GMT
Post by scorp on Mar 14, 2014 12:21:41 GMT
I hate that too - many pub names are a part of local history. The Royal Ascot, on the A30 was renamed The Monkeys' Forehead fer cri'sake.
Dog and Fireside, Slug and Lettuce and Tap and Spile are names used by pub chains - a good warning there. In Egham, The Victoria became The Iguana for some reason - still it's changed again and is now the Burger King...
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Apr 2, 2014 18:13:35 GMT
Post by hedwig on Apr 2, 2014 18:13:35 GMT
I was named Shirley, after Shirley Temple of course. She was a very clever and talented child and I admired her ability to make a success of her life after her pretty looks and her fame had departed. I bet she still had her acting talent had anyone wanted it.
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Apr 3, 2014 7:36:39 GMT
Post by Prue on Apr 3, 2014 7:36:39 GMT
Thanks for reviving this thread, Heddie, I'd forgotten about it. You're lucky you're not an Aussie; you'd be called "Shirl" by everyone. re re-naming pubs, a mate of mine reckons it's bad luck, just like re-naming a boat (apparently - I didn't know that either). Those "Faggot and Firkin"-type ones are bloody stupid, aren't they? A couple of famous(ish) people's names I love are Cardinal Sin - for obvious reasons; and Mordecai Vanunu - just for the sound of it Also recall hearing on the BBC a bloke called Howard Gorgeous. I hope he is, or he must have taken a lot of flack.
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Apr 4, 2014 14:04:03 GMT
Post by scorp on Apr 4, 2014 14:04:03 GMT
I was named Shirley, after Shirley Temple of course. She was a very clever and talented child and I admired her ability to make a success of her life after her pretty looks and her fame had departed. I bet she still had her acting talent had anyone wanted it. It probably came in handy in her rôle as a US Ambassador!
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Apr 4, 2014 14:07:42 GMT
Post by scorp on Apr 4, 2014 14:07:42 GMT
Thanks for reviving this thread, Heddie, I'd forgotten about it. You're lucky you're not an Aussie; you'd be called "Shirl" by everyone. re re-naming pubs, a mate of mine reckons it's bad luck, just like re-naming a boat (apparently - I didn't know that either). Those "Faggot and Firkin"-type ones are bloody stupid, aren't they? A lot of pub names have been used almost as place names - in London for example, the Elephant and Castle, the Nag's Head, the Angel (Islington), the Archway Tavern... so in sodding about with a pub name you can lose historical associations.
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Apr 5, 2014 11:27:36 GMT
Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2014 11:27:36 GMT
What about Lord Adonis, who isn't. lol
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Apr 5, 2014 11:45:44 GMT
Post by Prue on Apr 5, 2014 11:45:44 GMT
Oh no, norty, please don't tell me that. Ever since I heard of Lord Adonis I've had this picture in my mind of a noble, unbelievably god-like handsome man. Please don't tell me it ain't so
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Apr 5, 2014 11:50:37 GMT
Post by Prue on Apr 5, 2014 11:50:37 GMT
A lot of pub names have been used almost as place names - in London for example, the Elephant and Castle, the Nag's Head, the Angel (Islington), the Archway Tavern... so in sodding about with a pub name you can lose historical associations. [/quote] Thank you scorps. I didn't know the Elephant and Castle or the Angel Islington were pub names; just thought they were quaint English placenames. Heh
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Apr 5, 2014 14:23:12 GMT
Post by ARENA on Apr 5, 2014 14:23:12 GMT
Lord Adonis
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Apr 6, 2014 7:12:23 GMT
Post by scorp on Apr 6, 2014 7:12:23 GMT
Elephant and Castle is said to be a corruption of the Spanish Infanta de Castilla - though what she would be doing in a pub south of the river I don't know! (Curls lip in supercilious manner, as born North Londoner)
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Apr 6, 2014 9:17:28 GMT
Post by ARENA on Apr 6, 2014 9:17:28 GMT
Elephant and Castle is said to be a corruption of the Spanish Infanta de Castilla - though what she would be doing in a pub south of the river I don't know! (Curls lip in supercilious manner, as born North Londoner) What we call a grannifact. The building was the home of the Worshipful Order of Cutlers. Their coat-of-arms, was and elephant with an ornate howdah on it's back.
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Apr 6, 2014 15:08:54 GMT
Post by scorp on Apr 6, 2014 15:08:54 GMT
Howdah hell you know dat?
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Apr 6, 2014 15:46:12 GMT
Post by ARENA on Apr 6, 2014 15:46:12 GMT
Howdah hell you know dat? Woids is ma ting!
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Apr 7, 2014 8:38:19 GMT
Post by goldelox on Apr 7, 2014 8:38:19 GMT
Lord Adonis - he should have chosen another title!
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