My vet was called Dr Bird...

My friend in Glasgow had a knee replacement done by a surgeon called Mr Cartilage!

Oh yes, "he's got rickets" ? Sorry, took me a while.

The headteacher at my RC primary school was Mr. Cain. But he used a strap on the boys. Girls were sent over the road to the Poor School (no really) where there was a female teacher qualified to give us girls the cane. Only once in my case.

The cook at my children's primary school was Mrs. Cook.

Dr Kilman was our GP in my childhood.
nina I don't get the Scott ricketts one either, and I've been saying it out loud

Our doctor once had a locum who really was Dr Findlay.

I know a very nice lady doctor called Dr Beaglehole. I always wondered if she should have been a vet?

There used to be a dentist in West London whose name was Doctor Phang. While on the subject of double-barrelled names, I did know of a Miss Plum who married a Mr Jamb…

Our Biology teacher at school was Doctor White. You can imagine the giggling from his teenage pupils.

There is currently a BBC weather presenter called Sara Blizzard.

Our Biology teacher at school was Doctor White. You can imagine the giggling from his teenage pupils.

When I was a child the plumber was Mr Leak and there was an undertaker called Boddy.

Ana say it out loud quickly

A while ago our local Thompson Directory listed a Dr Pain and a Dr Coffin. I know someone whose maiden name was Hunter and her married name is Fox. She should have gone double-barrelled.

I don't get the Ricketts one...

In Stoke, DD1was born under Mr Clubb- always a joke in Staffs circles with the pregnant ladies, to be under Mr Clubb.

Posted earlier about the Dentith and Dentith team kitty- but it vanished somehow.

Our vet here is called M. Lalla- which we all find funny as our DD2's dachsie, Slinky, loves him to bits. DD2 has always been called Autie Lalla, by our GCs.

OH has a very large primary school teacher called Mrs Vast.

Mr Skelton was the caretaker of our local cemetery

There are/were 2 dentists in Oakham called Dentith and Dentith and I think their daughter also became a dentist.

I worked with one nurse called Nightingale and another called Death.

My cousin married a man whose surname was Ricketts when they had a son they called him Scott - no-one seemed to see it but me.

A friend's dentist was called Mr Savage.

Our village butcher's was owned by the Calver brothers.

I had a dentist called Mr. Pain closely followed by Mr. Howell.

I worked with a doctor who was massively into keeping bees. He used to talk to everyone about it. His name was Dr Flowerdew.

My science teachers at school were called Mr Bottle and Miss Air.

We once had a neighbour called John Thomas granjura

Our town used to have a dentist called Dr. L'tooth and DD had a teacher called Mr Meaning

There was an excellent physiotherapist in Leicester (who was blind) and was called John Thomas- always a cause for some hilarity with our sporty friends.

Oh, and I forgot .... when I had a gut problem and had to have a camera put up, the consultant was Dr Backholer! You couldn't make it up