An hilarious and beautifully designed book that is a natural successor to the cult of Boring Postcards, Crap Towns and Bad Hair. There comes a point when things get so bad, they're actually good. And when it comes to naming hair salons, fish & chip shops, florists, dry cleaners, and shoe shops, there is nothing as bad - and therefore as good - as a pun-based name. For the first, and hopefully the last, time ever the very best British shop puns have been gathered together in one stylish book. So raise a glass to Blonde Dye Bleach, The Cod Father, Floral 'N' Hardy, Wish You Wash Here, and Shoe-Be-Do, and pay tribute to the great British high street that has supported these classic shops. Extra material includes: an introduction; profiles of some of the most interesting shops, and shop owners; a shop directory and a R.I.P. list of shops that have recently closed; league tables for the best punning town, and region, in the UK; and a 'shop pun generator'.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-13
9780007198139
eBay Product ID (ePID)
91689683
Product Key Features
Book Title
Shop Horror: the Best of the Worst in British Shop Names
Author
Guy Swillingham
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Humor
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
156mm
Item Width
214mm
Item Weight
406g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Guy Swillingham
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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