Always Think Twice About Naming A Child.

Boy in my class Fergus Ferguson. I wonder how long it took his parents to choose it.

Well I once worked with a penny farthing + a Beverley Hills

A dd had a friend whose parents evidently thought it amusing to name her Polly Esther Cotton.

It isn't always the parents; my stepfather knew a girl named Henrietta, she later got married to a chap whose surname was Bone!!

I once taught twins whose surname was Hall. Their first names were Victoria and Albert!

A former work colleague had a granddaughter called Polly Plonka (her dad was Polish). I had a friend called Margery Dawe, and a neighbour called Mary Lamb whose brother is called Jack Horner.

I knew of a man called Isaac Pead who lived in Pond Lane.

GrandmaKT

Great poem Maywalk. Did you really know all those people personally, or is there a bit of artistic licence?

Yes Grandma KT I knew them all.
I either worked with them or met them at some time or other through my life.

I went to school with Crispian Oates. I also knew a Jo King but that was through marriage rather than parents, and I went to primary school with Michael Michael, although as he was from Cyprus I suspect he may have been Michael Michaelides.

Surely Rusty Lock and Blackie Smith were nicknames?

There are also names to match occupations.
I knew a Mr Berry---a funeral director.

Crispin Dry an ex work colleague, and Rubin Mycock an ex customer.

In DH's youth, the name of a local business man was Mr Sole. He called his children; Rebecca and Richard. Think initial letter and surname. DH was at school with them.

When I was growing up, I knew a Johnny Johns, a Tommy Thomas and a Willy Williams. I have taught a Pakistani lad called Dowd Dowd. I think it shows a distinct lack of imagination. When naming a child you also need to think of the initials. Think JCB, OCD and HRT!

This bloke was a doctor which wasn’t too helpful. He didn’t pronounce it as ‘death’ of course !

I lived next door to Miles Long who was about 5'2".

We had a OBGyn here in town called Dr. David Vine, and he happened to be very handsome. My husband worked at the hospital in maintenance, and he would chuckle when he heard paging 'Dr. D. Vine'

I worked with a Nurse De'ath.

A new baby on the ward was called Pearl Button.

I’ve taught a Marina Barnacle!

Ashcombe

I’ve taught a Marina Barnacle!

Wow! What a name! ?
It's like a character from Dahl

I knew a Jamaican neighbour growing up called Florister Gardiner. She was a Mrs. so went ahead with the name change.

My mother went out briefly, before marriage to my dad, with an undertaker’s son in Blackpool. His family was called Box.

I used to know a girl called Dawn Fogg.

Calpurnia

A new baby on the ward was called Pearl Button.

That's lovely too.
She would make a fine duo with Marina.

DH had dealings with a Ken Airey - known as Tweetie Pie. Took me a while to cotton on.

I went out with a boy called Geoff De’ath. Didn’t want to be MRS Death!