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The fanciful names the Brits give their pubs are too good not to use. Such whimsies as the Pig And Whistle, The Fat Lady's Arms, The Rooster And Toad and numerous others are fantastic.
My proposal is this:
Take the name of your favourite animal/car/toy/pet, and combine it with another, unrelated
animal/car/toy/pet to give you a supposedly unique English Pub Name.
If you know of a great pub name that doesn't follow this convention then don't be shy, share it with us.
Please reserve The Cock And Bull for someone who really deserves it.
just one of the google hits for that...
http://www.popsoda.com/cocknbull.html
[mandy, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
We've already beaten you to it...
http://www.slugandlettuce.co.uk/
Self parody is a wonderful thing. [egbert, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
The Blazing Donkey
http://www.shepherd...ubs/pubs.php?071246
I wonder about the origins of this pub's name [hippo]
History of Pub Signs
http://www.historic...tureUK/PubSigns.htm
A brief introduction to the topic. [hippo, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
History of Pub Signs
http://www.historic...tureUK/PubSigns.htm
A brief introduction to the topic. [DrBob, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
The Dictionary of Pub Names`
http://www.amazon.c...031#product-details
More grist to the mill. [DrBob, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
The Split Crow
http://www.splitcro...splitcrow/index.htm
My favorite pub [waugsqueke, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Finger Jamz explained
http://www.tigertoy...dn/view_product.cfm
Might make my anno more understandable. [Canuck, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
900+ Red Lions in UK
http://www.bbc.co.u.../pubs/redlion.shtml
[po, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
The Cock and Bull Pub
http://www.pubcrawl...lat/BrewerID=103297
Sarasota, FL. I always walked by but never went in. [sartep, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
The Case is Altered
http://www.pubs-now...The+Case+Is+Altered
There seems to be quite a few of them [Gordon Comstock]
Pub name generator
http://degroof.home...om/hb/pubnames.html
Paste in some text and get a list of pub names. [Gordon Comstock, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
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Had a bad experience with the food, TW? |
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Who, me? No - fare is excellent, as is the service *and* the place is spotless, but always empty for some reason. |
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The Natural Enemies And Parasites |
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(just got my new digicam - yay!) |
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I've had a bottle of Cock 'n Bull on my shelf for a while. It was too wonderful to pass up. |
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Couple of names for biker bars:- |
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My sister produces a well-known coffee in Vancouver named "Dog and Trombone". Could just as easily have been a pub name as the local "Cat and Fiddle". |
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The Hare and Terrier (opens at 6AM) |
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Okay, let me put my mind in gear here: |
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The Pit & Pendulum (thought po might like that one), The Rock & a Hard Place, The Devil & the Deep Blue Sea, The Flatulent Guernsey, The Yak & Brew, The Boar and Lyre (for politicians?). |
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If we follow UB's original premise we get The Yo-Yo and Yugo (a toy & a car), The Stinky Slinky (good name for a pet skunk & a toy), The Jinx and Lynx (name for a cat and a car). |
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Speaking of Vancouver, jurist, have you ever been to Slickity Jim's Chat 'n Chew? (Not a pub, but a cafe.) |
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I'm thoroughly in favour of this. Good pub names are becoming hard to find these days as Zel seem intent on buying up all the pubs in the country and changing their names to more trendy titles like 'The Place' or 'The Centre' or, as with the terrible fate of the Green Dragon pub, 'The Office'. It's time to fight back I say. To start with, a good name for a pub where 'bakers could hang out would be The Perch and Pastry, closely followed by that geeks' paradise The Web and Wizard. The Race for Arms could be quite an exciting place to go on a Friday night but doesn't fit with UB's rules, so I won't mention it here. Instead, I'll put one up for 8th of 7's benefit. The Cat and Chainsaw. |
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// The Cat and Chainsaw // |
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<Falls to knees, abases humble unworthy self before graven image of [DrBob] >. |
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The "Cat and Kebab Skewer" seems and attractive (and potentially all too possible) alternative.... |
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Car? Can't think of (m)any pub names with a car in them. Dog and Beemer? Cat and Saab? Cock and Holden? |
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the cloud and cuckoo land?
the ferret and cardigan?
the dog and chimney? |
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I quite like the idea of 'The Pig and Barbie', or possibly 'The Mog and Marrow'
Dr. Bob's is ace though. Have a pastry UB |
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The Ass and Pussy?
The Cock and Ass? and variations...
Profanity, what profanity? |
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Showing your age there, TwoSheds. |
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/The Piss and Wiggle// Heh. |
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Bliss, a new meme: Who gives a hippo's ass? |
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"The squirrel and airgun" |
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<deftly attaches gold-plated virtual croissant to [TwoSheds] anno.> |
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The Pug on the Wug. Irish pubs have cool names too! (if I only knew what a Wug is... anyone???) |
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One in Oxford called the Dew Drop Inn. |
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Ludwig: That doesn't work so well with an English accent.
UnaBubba: Actually, the British do tend to have names for each other fully as bizarre as their pubs, if a bit shorter, especially in the City. Everyone there is Spam or Wookie or T-Bone or Caz or Gazzer or Nugget etc. |
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The practice is very common here, too. |
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A very common nickname, among the thinking dregs, is "Ankles". |
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The Iraqi Arms... well, it had to be done. |
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Oooh, you can wash my mind out with soap if you like, but here's another that fits the rules: the Finger Jamz (see link) and Hummer. |
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This idea is based upon a flawed premise - that English pub names are interesting. This lie is perpetuated by the English themselves, in a hamfisted attempt to boost their tourist income. In reality, for all the 111,000 licensed premises in England, there are only three names, use of which is divided as follows:
The Red Lion - 70% of Licensed Premises
The King's Arms - 29.999999% of Licensed Premises
The Ring O' Bells - Lathom, Lancs. |
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The Door and Dill, The Gentler and Wash, and - for the coarser palate - The Puck 'n Fub. |
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The "Cross and 'T' " - pronounced as one word, of course. |
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that's very true about the red lion name being very very common indeed, for some absurd reason, perhaps at the time when there was a real growth in the pub market, the was a large occurrence of red lions leaping over the moors/fens/mountains/coal pits/cabbage fields/m1 to leeds...
*delete as appropriate |
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just came back from val thorens where there's "the frog
and roastbeef" |
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not to mention 'the newt and cucumber (coventry)', |
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and anyone outside the uk has yet to enjoy the wide
range of 'firkin' pub names, all you have to do is think of a
work begining with a 'f' and attach as appropriate ( and
yes, i believe somewhere there are the rude ones too)so
there is the ferret and firkin, the fawn and firkin..etc,etc |
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The Rods and Tiger, that's what I thought too. |
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perhaps you can create a formula to find you're 'pub
name', |
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i don't know if you know the little tricks to find you're
other names, such as your hidden pornstar name ( you
take the name of you're first pet, then add your mother's
maiden name, and you have your pornstar name), |
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or your starwars name (first 3 letters of your surname+
first 2 letters of your first name, then the first 2 letters of
your mothers maiden name, then the first 3 of the city
you were born, so mine is (wor+sa me+sto)), |
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i sorry, a bit off subject maybe- better take the pills
again........ |
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The Bliss and Miss
(sorry bliss - couldn't resist) |
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// perhaps you can create a formula to find you're 'pub name', // |
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muel, that's what this idea is suggesting. |
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Is there really a pub called "The Slaughtered Lamb" in the north England countryside? (as seen in "An American Werewolf in London") |
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well, if we're thinking of being named after pubs, does
that mean we have to change the names of drinking
establishments to things tike brian or harold??? |
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there's one called 'the silent woman' in leek, in the
morlands with a lovely sign of a be-headed lady outside. i
wouldn't be surprised to find the slaughtered lamb
somewhere |
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These are real, and I've been in each, honest: |
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The Ferret and Trouserleg |
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I saw The Pogues play there, too. |
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There used to be a Mucky Duck pub/ venue in Sheffield. Its now the Boardwalk. |
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Rat & Parrot is large chain of horrible, utterly soulless, near-identical McPubs, and I avoid them wherever possible. I wouldn't be surprised if one was the inspiration behind Saker's "Time Gentlemen Please" idea, since in my experience, the people he laments there are the people I constantly get stuck behind in such pubs. |
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There's one here, in town, called The Dead Rat. |
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The Kat and What's-got-'is-Goat? |
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I thought the Mucky Duck wasn't a real (ie old established) pub name but a nickname for the Black Swan.
I quite liked the Kebab and Calculator in the Young Ones or from an even older classic comedy (ISIRTA remeber that?) the Goat and Terrapin.
As for [DrBob]'s hatred of renaming pubs, the most egregious example I heard of was a pub called the William the Conqueror being changed to Conkers. Shudder. |
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The trouble is that here in the UK, the "chain" pubs have hijacked this idea so you now get the daft (Rat and Parrot) and downright ridiculous (Newt and Cucumber, Slug and Lettuce) - these are just stupid imitations of interesting pub names invented by a bunch of wankers in a marketing department somewhere and which have no link at all to the history of the building. |
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Fortunately at least the aformentioned Firkin chain have realised this and begun scrapping their stupid names (They turned my nearest one, which has always been called The Turk's Head, into the Fez and Firkin. Ha bloody ha.) and reverting to the original ones. |
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I care deeply about this, as you can probably tell. Red Lion is the most popular pub name in the country, true, but it's not as if there is more than one or two in any town. In my street there is a Red Lion and a Red Cow. Not sure why all the red. |
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So I guess I am against making up stupid pub names for the sake of it. The real ones mean something, y'see. See you in the Croissant and Fishbone. |
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Oh I forgot. Down my way there is a pub called the Jekyll and Hyde, which I think is a great name. |
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On driving past it, I like to be asked: "Is that pub nice?" |
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I completely agree with you, [trigger], the old names were best and the Rat and Parrots of this world should all be destroyed. Same for all the cliched Irish bars. |
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The Mucky Duck's a great name though, and it certainly is a pub with character, and that, IMHO, is just as important as the beer. |
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Incidentally, [friendlyfire], the inspiration for my "Time Gentlemen Please" idea wasn't a Rat and Parrot. But here's the rub; it was in a pub that had been decorated to mimic an old bar from say the 1920s. And that just says it all. |
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Apart from the naming, it is horrible that pub companies believe they can create "olde worlde" charm by gutting a pub and then filling it with old fixtures and fittings to give it a sense of history and worn charm. Not only is that a terrible idea, it's also dangerous: a few new years ago, I was in a new Wetherspoons that had suddenly sprung up a few weeks before. As I was supping my pint, a large mirror (about 5X3 feet) just fell off the wall, missing the people next to me by a few inches.
It had been glued to the wall! |
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// perhaps you can create a formula to find you're 'pub name', //
The Thumb and Wax
//The Red Lion - 70% of Licensed Premises//
Got one in Silverlake, CA - German, though. |
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(Goat and Terrapin)
Also from ISIRTA - Our school Maam's' name was Miss Terapin - she taught us. |
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The Effingham and Ferkin? |
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Thistle, Whistle and Gristle. |
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The Case is Altered. What the hell's that all about? |
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Dr Bobby! That looks quite obscene! |
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Does it? I thought it was a lovely picture of a hammer hitting a thumb (a fine traditional old pub sign usually hanging over pubs called The Cobblers Thumb). I shall remove it though if it causes offence. |
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The Drunken Hick and Slop |
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The Rusty Maggot and Fuzzy Pickle |
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The Drunken Trekkie and Klingon |
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(Yes, I'm a Trekkie. TNG rules!) |
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<insert trade here> and firkin hell. |
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Are you sure you didn't mis-hear that one, Gordon Comstock? Perhaps it was really a wine bar for blackcurrant addicts, The Cassis Altar. |
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There's one near Shannon, Ireland named Durty Nellies. Clever set up. When they see busloads of tourists arriving they hire in 'impromptu' traditional musicians who sit around the open fire (any time day or night) and when the place is full the let a couple of roars out of them, pick up their instruments and lash into rousing trad music. The tourists think that all irish pubs are like this - they get a shock in the next place though as when the place is full, the regulars let a couple of roars out of them and mug the tourists. |
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A man was hiking in a remote part of country. He was getting hungry, and saw a pub called George and the Dragon, so he banged on the door. A very fierce woman came: "What do you want?!" "A drink, please." "No!" Knocks again, "Please can I have a drink?" "NO!!" Last chance, knocks on the door a third time and says "Could I speak to George?" |
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[DrBob] ho ho ho. - see link there are quite a few of them tho' I've never been in one to find out why they're called that.
A friend once claimed that it was a corruption of the Spanish 'Casa Alta' (High House) brought back by soldiers from the Peninsular war. I have a feeling that, like the Infanta de Castilla being the origin of Elephant and Castle, this is a charming but false explanation. |
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How about themes pubs?
My favourite would a darts-themed pub called Tossers. |
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Or how about using names of minor and Z-list celebrities?
My pub would HAVE to ba called The David Dickinson, where all the drinks are "cheap as chips"! |
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Theme pubs are the work of the devil. Shame on you Geoff69. |
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I usually have a jar at the Slap & Tickle with Sid James.<apologies to non-brits for the irreverence> |
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// This idea is based upon a flawed premise - that English pub names are interesting. // |
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I disagree [my face your]. I'd say this idea is based upon licensed premises. |
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Fudruckers(now closed) and The Drunken Bastard(my own idea). |
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I was doing a search for pub names, and found this board. I'm a member of a band you all may find interesting/amusing/entertaining called The Poxy Boggards. We do rennaisance period and orignal music and are best described as, "a drinking group with a singing problem." We have an original song called "The Cock and Bulls Tavern" in honor of the fine tradition of naughty names for UK pubs, so I immediately felt right at home in this thread. |
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If you'd like to check out our particular brand of hop and barley induced lunacy, please check out our website at http://www.poxyboggards.com/ and have a listen. |
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Slake & Whistle Bar and Grill |
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The Poxy Boggards ! I love you guys ! I worked main gate at the Ren Fair one summer....I own your songbook....you guys rock ! Errrr, well, harmonize is more like it..... |
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quit grovelling, norm. its beneath you! |
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I want Rods ringtone, am his biggest fan! |
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The King Z
The Leper's Arms (previously called
The Pus and Crumble)
The Four Candles (or is that the
Fork Handles?)
The Mauvey Dick
The Boxer's Neck (hard to find, this
one)
The Beard and Lentil
The Grassy Knoll (just past the
library, you can't miss it)
The Putin Boot (oh no it isn't) |
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There's a pub here called Casablanca. It tends to be a bit of a meat market, Friday & Saturday nights. I understand the girls call it "Catch A Wanker". |
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threaten the sacrosanct pub name at your peril, there are several pubs local to me that the breweries decided to rename, makes giving directions great, as in turn left by the Drum ( for some reason the brewery thinks this is the Earl of Lichfield) |
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Mother Dung's Old Fudinkus. |
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Alright, DeGroof. It took the s off my knickers, which is as singular as scissors. So when I typed in a handful of English nouns I got Fortnight and Knicker & Hedgehog and Bullock . Not a bad start, but I want my s's back. |
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//'The Office'// Local gay bar in my town. |
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The Sportsman's Bar (Local gay digs, here). |
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The Weetabix and Worcestershire. |
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Local gay bar here is The Flames. |
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so errm, what exactly is the new idea here? |
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I will not eat at the local "K-Car and Butt Plug" English Pub. |
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[ben krak]--buttplug is another name for a baby-to-junior adapter pin, used with film lights. Maybe this place is owned by a former lighting technician? |
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The Bull and Bear, for the brokers of course. The Pancake and Wall Plate--those in the know would call it The Beaver Board. |
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Pubs for scientists:
(I put in the abstract for some work I've done and got these (among others))
The Data and Method
The Parameter and Range
The Rock and Error
The Field and Phase |
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Just noticed an annnotation about a pub called the Case is Altered if it is the one I know in Sutton Coldfield it is on route between the magistrates court and the station so could have been a lawyers / legal workers drinking hole. |
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