Bargain ooze - broken shop signs

Rox

@Alnico - in '91 I'd have been working in Dillons - just round the corner from the fountain. 

No idea if the Attic is still going - used to go to The Charlotte a lot.

monquixote

I saw an interview with Shanie Richie where he claimed that once he was starring in a show with Samantha Janus and someone pulled the letters off the sign on the theatre so it said "Starring ichie anus"

boogieman

themeinside;722096" said:

I think it was East Molsey... A flower shop called 'The Butt__ Hole' xD

Reminds me of a guy I worked with. He started a flower shop called Florist Gump

usedtobe

Not a shop sign, but there's a place up the A1 in Northumberland called Shilbottle, and the local youths, presumably, change the first l to a t, on the roadsigns, so it says Shitbottle.

Still cracks me up, years after I first saw it.

monquixote

At my local swimming pool the changing rooms have pull down change tables called "Sturdy Station" and on every single one someone has tipexed it out to say "Turd Station"

Guitar_Slinger

monquixote said:

I saw an interview with Shanie Richie where he claimed that once he was starring in a show with Samantha Janus and someone pulled the letters off the sign on the theatre so it said "Starring ichie anus"

I saw Grease in the mid-90s at The Dominion (later where We Will Rock You was). Them two were Danny & Sandy.

paulnb57

There's a village near is called APSE HEATH, the P on the village roadsign regularly gets chamged to an R, we now just call it ARSE HEATH...

mudslide73

monquixote;722235" said:

At my local swimming pool the changing rooms have pull down change tables called "Sturdy Station" and on every single one someone has tipexed it out to say "Turd Station"

Dogpool Lane in Selly Oak often suffers from some similar deft Tippexing.

Philly_Q

monquixote said:

I saw an interview with Shanie Richie where he claimed that once he was starring in a show with Samantha Janus and someone pulled the letters off the sign on the theatre so it said "Starring ichie anus"

Shane Richie likes a pun.  He once lived in a stately home which he named "Firkew Hall".  Subsequently changed to "The Manor" following complaints from his neighbours.

Anyway..... not a broken sign, but this is a shop in my neighbourhood:

Bucket

usedtobe said:

Not a shop sign, but there's a place up the A1 in Northumberland called Shilbottle, and the local youths, presumably, change the first l to a t, on the roadsigns, so it says Shitbottle.

Still cracks me up, years after I first saw it.

Stewart Lee did about twenty minutes on this once

He also pondered moving to Crapstone in Devon, for the sole purpose of starting up a poor quality masonry business.

Philly_Q

A gentle one.... near where my brother lives there's a residential road full of those modest little bungalows elderly people used to buy for a nice quiet retirement.  

It's called Golden Riddy, but the signs are nearly always changed to say Old Biddy.

WezV

Any one been Barmouth?

You park in the car park right next to the Good Luck Chinese, then wander up to the Carousel Cafe, which is missing the first C

WezV

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6612821323_6eeb86d78c_z.jpg

thumpingrug

Up until last year I worked in a rickety old building, which for man years had  ADVICE CENTRE  in large letters across the front.  In a storm some time ago the D fell off, leaving us with  A VICE CENTRE.    We quite liked that.

Wazmeister

Slighly different but similar themes I guess...

There was a Clairvoyant near Wolverhampton, operating from a row of shops. Walked past it one day, and there was a hand written sign above the closed sign, which read;

"... Closed due to unforeseen circumstances..."

Quality.

Sarge

Mega cuts hairdressers, but the 'U' had a scissor cut at the bottom to form an 'L' and 'i'

And who can forget the sign on the A1 for Shilbottle where someone has crossed the 'L' to form a 't', priceless.

p90fool

WezV;722402" said:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6612821323_6eeb86d78c_z.jpg

I pass there frequently, and judging by the spelling it never did say Carousel.

equalsql

I know it's childish but I always smile when I see someone has altered a classic 'To Let' sign to ToiLet

Alnico

A village near to where me and @LittleGreenMan grew up is called ....

LUNT

Doesn't take much to work out what the locals do with it.

usedtobe

Bucket;722375" said:

usedtobe said:

Not a shop sign, but there's a place up the A1 in Northumberland called Shilbottle, and the local youths, presumably, change the first l to a t, on the roadsigns, so it says Shitbottle.



Still cracks me up, years after I first saw it.





Stewart Lee did about twenty minutes on this once

He also pondered moving to Crapstone in Devon, for the sole purpose of starting up a poor quality masonry business.

I'll have to check that out. Cheers!