Daft names

Many moons ago, in the old paper files of the DHSS, there was a file for Mr Albert Hall, and (my favourite) Mr Colley of Shepherds Bush.

Here are some of the names given to children at the elementary school in California where I taught: Holly Wood, Dusty Rhodes, and Crystal Rivers. Some first names were: Tahoe and Rome (apparently where they were conceived!)

The Pharmacist at the hospital l worked at was Penny Halfpenny, it certainly made some of the patients smile when she did a ward round!

I have met an Arthur Crown; he was a delightful old soul and the name really suited him.

This thread cheered me up. Jumbo Wang! Mike Hunt!

Luke Sharp was in my class at school!?

I once worked with a John Thomas

Friends with children Sam and Ella. Say it quickly!
In Tobago the hotel barman/porter was Mr Blackman. I was quite shocked as I thought people were taking the P. He assured me it was his name and thought it hilarious.
DGS has a Balthazar and an Elvis in his class

These are all true, promise.
A physician, Dr De’Ath. Pharmacist, Pothacary; chiropodist, Sillitoe; dentist, Dentith. A Dwayne Pipe and a Mr Fox, whose address was The Hedgrows.

Some of the posts made me laugh out loud. Thanks for starting it..

A dd had a friend whose parents with the surname Cotton, thought it amusing to call her Polly Esther.

Well, I went to school with a girl who insisted her surname be pronounced Rowbotham although it was spelled Rowbottom, I later had the pleasure of trying to keep my face straight while being introduced to a Mr Winterbottom.

My father once received a letter from a colleague who signed himself Dr A.C. Rough.

A lot of people in the Glasgow area were surnamed Smellie when I was a child. All had a hard time at school.

One of our choir members was surnamed Bracegirdle. I remarked that her Mum must have loved her Dad very much to take on that name. No. Her maiden name was Winterbottom.
Another choir member’s (married) name was Pat Down.
My all time favourite, though, is an Estate Agents in Kidderminster called Doolittle and Dalley. I can just picture them, feet up on the desk, having a snooze!

My mum had a friend called Nancy Boyes

Witzend, I had a friend in high school called Randy Cox. I'm from Toronto and it wasn't till I moved to England in my 30's that I found out! ha!