Nouv Hair-let - can anyone explain the name? (Lounged)

[redjam]

This has been bugging me since we moved here. It's a hairdressers on Uplands Road, and I've become obsessed with trying to work out whether the name is some kind of pun. I am too embarrassed to go in and ask in case I'm missing an obvious reference. Put me out of my misery, someone!

[SeanMacGabhann]

redjam

It was discussed for a while here back in the day - not sure it was 100% explained but...

Nouv Hair-Let name?

[redjam]

Ah, thank you! I was never going to guess that... Any other weird pun names in East Dulwich?

[Mark]

There's the hairdresser called Headnizm. My favourite name's a hairdressers in Bath called Curl up and Dye.

Of course the fish and chip shop on East Dulwich Road called The Codfather

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[EDOldie]

Two great firms names, one Solicitors and one accountants, if you are interested. www.wrighthassall.co.uk/ and www.phibbsedge.co.uk/ You can guess which ones which.

[Jennys]

there's a florist in Honor Oak called something like Back to the fuschia.

[Zebedee Tring]

Talking of solicitors, there's a firm in Nottingham called Rupert Bear & Co. And the senior partner of a London firm is called Ashley Badcock; you can just imagine a Julian Clary joke about him.

[EDOldie]

Client of a friend of mine is Richard Head. You'd deed poll, wouldn't you? Er, hope he doesn't read this.

[Zebedee Tring]

My mother had a friend who had married into the Cockshutt family. Amazingly the first name of one of the friend's brothers-in-law was Dick.

[Administrator]

Moving this to the Lounge

[redjam]

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[Asset]

I know of a woman called Gay Cox

[char1ie]

Hugh Janus is not amused.

Charlie

[Mark]

My mum knows someone called Gay Burn

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

My headmistress was call Miss Trollope!

Headnizm always makes me think of nits - I think that's a name that's backfired somewhat.

[TJ]

I know someone called Titus Gabert which he will regret once he gets to school.

I also have seen a hairdressers in Hackney called... wait for it....

It will grow back.

Incredible

[georgia]

There's a hairdressers in Plymouth called Herr Kutz

And a friend of mine's son went to school with a Dwayne Pipe

[Michael Palaeologus]

I think that Dwayne Pipe had alot of friends because one of my colleagues went to school with him. Apparently "Pipe" was not his original surname, but his mother remarried Mr Pipe and the rest is history.

[Brendan]

I used to play water polo with an Afrikaans guy whose name was Isaak (which is Afrikaans for Isaac). Anyway the traditional way of abbreviating the name is: ?Sakie ? which is pronounced ?Sucky?. The problem was (or still is I suppose) that his surname was De Kok.

[EDOldie]

Nice one