UK votes for its favourite pun-based shop name
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The UK has voted for its favourite pun-based shop name, and 'Sew It Seams' - a clothing alteration store in Belfast - has been awarded the top spot.
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Language learning platform Babbel scoured TikTok, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook to identify UK shops with clever or amusing names, before putting forward 120 store names to a public vote to find the one that the public liked best.
In second and third place respectively, overall, came Harlech-based clothing shop Damsel In This Dress and removal company Jean Claude Van Man, from Southport.
Alongside the three national winners, Babbel announced the most popular store names in each UK region - from London-based hair salon Barber Streisand to Dartmoor's Sherlock Holmes-inspired food van The Hound of the Basket Meals (best in the South West) and Shetland's pet-sitting service Hairy Pop-Ins (best in Scotland). Best of the East Midlands shop names was Ashbourne's candle shop On a Wick and a Prayer.
Luton stole the East of England crown with barber shop Alley Barber, while Sunderland tanning shop was named best in the North East of England with Tan Solo.
Down in the South, East Kent stood out with Pane in The Glass (a window repair shop), while the West Midlands was represented by Birmingham's ironing service, Iron Maiden.
Completing the list is the brilliant Frying Nemo, a fish and chip shop in Goole.