Signs of the times

[Dave H.]

Stuart Hall opened a travel agency on Stockport Road, Manchester. It was called Stuart Hall International Travel. But used the initials on the sign. For a very short while.

IIRC there’s a shop in Oslo near the Rockefeller Music Hall called Shit.

Basically everyone there speaks English, so it’s not a translation issue. I think they must just quite like the name!

 

[guey]

....and just around the corner....

Just down the road from the Square & Compass, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[andyoz]

 

[Seeker_UK]

https://justsomething.co/30-hilarious-neon-sign-fails-ever/

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

Near where we live is one of the first Arndale Shopping Centres (malls, to our US friends) in the UK. It also housed a 'Buckingham Bingo' establishment. Both these were picked out in neon signs at night. For years, the signs were faulty and we were always amused to see that we could visit the 'Buckingham Bin' in the 'Arndale Ping Centre'.

We were kids, easily amused, but I still remember it.

 

[Seeker_UK]

Could have been worse, "Anal Hoing Centre", anyone?

 

[Seeker_UK]

Talking of Manchester:

 

[eternumviti]

Never worked this one out. Burgundy in about 1990.

 

[Seeker_UK]

It's a Dead Kennedy's song. Sticking it to The Man and the Biz.

Hardcore formulas are dogsh*t
Change and caring are what's real
Is this a state of mind
Or is it just another label?

I had no idea Burgundy was a hotbed of hardcore punk.