Names that associate with jobs

[PTR 444]

Phil McCann for petrol station assistant?

 

[LOL The Irony]

Phil McCann for petrol station assistant?

Someone in the Breakfast production staff has a sense of humor.

 

[Gloster]

There is an estate agents in Bath called Wild & Lye.

There was a firm of solicitors in Sligo, Co. Sligo called Argue & Phibbs.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

There was one in Exeter but it closed recently:

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I'm not convinced that's the actual name of the proprietor to be honest... more likely that the business-owner just had a soft-spot for puns and dad-jokes.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

The Walter Wall Limited business in Exeter (now closed down/dissolved) did once have a Derek Wall, Jean Wall and Rachel Wall as Company officers.

Derek, had he still been around, would now be in his nineties.

No 'Walter Wall' though.

 

[adrock1976]

Although not directly relating to a person, but there was once a festival held near Dundrennan called The Wicker Man (named after the 1973 film). At the end of the festival, a giant wicker man is set on fire, which is an ancient pagan tradition for sacrificing humans.

The 2006 line up had the following notable bands/artists:

The Blockheads - frontman Ian Dury passed away in 2000
Sensational Alex Harvey Band - frontman Alex Harvey passed away in 1982 while on a ferry to Zeebrugge
Tommy Ramone - the sole surviving original member of the punk rock band Ramones (he subsequently passed away in 2014).

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Imagine if Constable Sargent and Sargent Constable teamed up together? A recipe for confusion.

That made me think of the flight crew from the film "Airplane!", who mostly had names like Victor, Roger, and of course Captain Clarence Oveur. The only exception to this cavalcade of nominative determinism was the NBA star, Kareem Abdul-Jabar.

 

[Devonian]

Dartmouth was a town with a notable number of appropriately-named residents in the 1980s: so many, in fact, that two sets of 'Happy Familes' cards were made from them. Naturally, the cards were created by Mr Drew, the artist, but it included excellent examples such as Mr Cutmore the Butcher, Mr Killer the Chemist (and pharmacy assistant Mr Measures), Mr Nash the dentist and Mr Blewitt the bookie...

The complete set is listed here: https://www.wopc.co.uk/games/dartmouth-happy-families

 

[ComUtoR]

That made me think of the flight crew from the film "Airplane!", who mostly had names like Victor, Roger, and of course Captain Clarence Oveur. The only exception to this cavalcade of nominative determinism was the NBA star, Kareem Abdul-Jabar.

Kareem played Roger

 

[Dr Hoo]

In one of my BR jobs the lady who organised the ‘on premises’ mass blood-doning sessions was Miss Leech. She canvassed a colleague surnamed Stone to join the session.

There was also the Stationmaster Porter in the famous Will Hay comedy film of course.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Kareem played Roger

That shows how long it is since I've watched it... guess that's my evening's entertainment!

 

[Loppylugs]

Used to be a turf accountant named E. Crobar in the Surrey area. One way of getting money out of you!

 

[Neo9320]

My old GP was Dr. H shipman…how he has any patients I’ll never know…