Shit Shop Fronts

Barber’s queue. Geddit? Sigh…

Another badly-named barbers shop makes it onto this website.

If this shop was open and trading the name would be funny, but looking at it (and all the other closed shops it is wedged between) just makes the world (and Manchester) look a little bit more decrepit and desperate. Sad and shit at the same time.

When I photographed this shit-looking tanning shop, a guy came out and told me I had to have permission to do so. Which I don’t. It’s on a public highway and English law says I don’t have to ask for permission. So I told him to swivel and made good my escape.

Tan Your Hide? Or Nordic porn star Tanya Hyde? You decide.

It’s a pity this dog grooming shop was shuttered when we photographed it – it looks a bit forlorn with its shutters down. We did see it open, before taking this snap, though we’re not sure if it’s now closed for good, or not. At the end of the day it’s a half-decent funny shop name ruined by shit signage. Obviously drawn by the owner’s 12 year old kid. Terrible.

Hilarious Carry On style sandwich shop in Manchester.

Some sandwich shops are bigger than others - Bulging Baps, Reddish, Manchester

Christ on a bike! What is this? Text-speak shop names? At first I thought it was funny, but now I think that it’s obscene. World-wide literacy standards are bad enough as it is, without shops contributing to the problem. This really is shopping for illiterates…

The people who named this shop should be ashamed of themselves.

Another terrible pun. This time on an Off Licence located in Brighton. Thanks to Simon for this nice B&W shot.

Wine Me Up, Brighton - a B&W shot due to the haste of its taking.

Classic – what a shop front! Imagine if shop owners could get away with this kind of thing in the UK or USA. You could have: “Greggs – fucking perfect pasties”; or “M&S – fucking perfect sarnies”; or [the list goes on]. Thanks to Mike and Karen for bringing this beauty to our attention. And thanks to Mecki for making us laugh!

Mecki - the Italians obviously have a sense of humour...

Another very badly-named hairdressing establishment. What is it with you guys and dodgy names?! Thank you to Eva for sending this to us!

Curl Up & Dye - it's what we want to do when we see this...

As frequented by Borat. Clearly.

"Sexy Shop" - sticking a 'y' at the end of 'sex' doesn't equal 'sexy'.