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I remember when working on the railway south of Doncaster there was the Packet Inn which appropriately appeared to have closed down.

There was a pub with the nickname 'Swingers' (not sure which context it was used) in Sheffield city centre, However I cannot remember its proper name or exact location

I know of a pub in the Philippines which is grossly misnamed 'The Temple of a Thousand Virgins'

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There was/is a pub in Worksop called "The Frog and Nightgown"...

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There was/is a pub in Worksop called "The Frog and Nightgown"...

This is a result of some spotty Herbert putting forward a stupid name to replace what must have been a normal pub name.

 

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A favourite pub in Grimesthorpe was called the WHO CAN TELL anyone know how it got the name ???

This pub was named after a horse that won a race or won the last held race at the Crookesmoor racecourse, now sadly gone.

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There is a pub on the Chesterfield to Mansfield road called "The Young Vanish." Apparently there was a racehorse of that name in the 19th century.

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This is a result of some spotty Herbert putting forward a stupid name to replace what must have been a normal pub name.

 

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This pub was named after a horse that won a race or won the last held race at the Crookesmoor racecourse, now sadly gone.

 

In 1978 there was a Frog and Nightgown on the Old Kent Road, London.

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I went on a fishing trip to March in Cambridgeshire The owner of the pub we stayed at had lost an eye in the RN. The pubs name was The one eyed red lion.

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The Jervis Lumb and the hen & chickens always feel quite unique

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The Jervis Lumb and the hen & chickens always feel quite unique

The Jervis Lumb was named after the after area where it was built, it's not a made up name and as for the Hen & Chickens, well that speaks for itself.

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The Cremorne

Pig and Whistle

Dove and Rainbow (lovely name)

 

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The Florist

 

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If I ever open a pub it will be named 'The Floppy Ferret'

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What about pubs that had names that didn't take much imagination or thinking about ? The Sheffield Arms (Upwell Street) for instance, they might have called it Grimesthorpe this or that to reflect the area, 'Upwell Inn' might not have been a wise choice tho'.

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What about pubs that had names that didn't take much imagination or thinking about ? The Sheffield Arms (Upwell Street) for instance, they might have called it Grimesthorpe this or that to reflect the area, 'Upwell Inn' might not have been a wise choice tho'.

 

my bold

 

it would have been an excellent choice after all, there are plenty of pubs called **** in.

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