Help! My daughter can't marry Mr Willey

I once heard of a Roland Suppards but this is only hearsay, I can't vouch for it. It tickled me though. I heard he came to a sticky end, he was found floating down the river.
(R. Suppards)

I know a Balls who married a Woodcock. Bit unfortunate that, I feel.

My music teacher at school was Miss Frost, she married a Mr. Glass, so we called her Frosted glass. And my hairdresser years ago was Renee Rocket, married a man called Moon, no kidding! We said the rocket had gone to the moon!

I know a couple whose surname is Willey. Her maiden name was Dick. Don't know how the vicar kept a straight face taking them through their marriage vows. They were meant for each other as they have been married for ever.

I knew an Eileen Bending too. And some one I knew called Sidebottom pronounced it Siddy - both 'am with th emphasis on the last syllable. My parents knew a Miss Gash who married a Mr Gore .

I worked with a Dickie Bird in my youth. We stuck on tail onto the back of his jacket as a bit of fun. It would not be allowed these days.

I knew on Olive. Branch and Rhoda Horsey. Both names by marriage of course.When I was teaching we often used to put the initial and the surname together. For example Susan Melrose was referred to as Smelrose.

My brother was at school with Neil Down, I taught Russell Hobbs , a friend's aunt was Doris Morris and my friend , Pritti fell in love and married David Rose.

At college another student was called Henrietta Legge and she fell in love and married a chap with the surname Bullock. As they were both going to be teachers they chose a new, neutral surname: Anderson

I had a customer called Glasscock. He regularly called into the travel office where I worked and I never needed to address him by name, just write out his travel tickets. Then one day, while he was in the office, I needed to ring an airline to check on his flight times. As I gave his name over the phone, pronounced phonetically, he hissed at me "it's pronounced Glassock" I was so red-faced as I apologised to him!
I remember reading, as a child, of a couple about to get married who were called Ruby Rose and Rose Ruby. I guess they had three choices: keep his surname, in which case she'd be Rose Rose; keep her surname and he'd be Ruby Ruby, or have a double-barrelled surname - Ruby Ruby-Rose / Ruby Rose-Ruby

My brother had a friend whose surname was De'Ath. I was friendly with a girl whose surname was Badcock (pronounced Bad-co, apparently), but when I was in my teens I worked in a pub with a girl who worked at the council by day.
She swore up and down that it was true that Mr & Mrs Gina really did call their daughter Nova.

Be thankful - it could be Trump !!

My sons P.E. teacher at school was Mr.P. Nutt, and his wife was called Hazel.
My mother had an old friend called Minnie Orange.

I had a teacher called Mrs.Onions, which she pronounced O'nions.. But we all ignored that and used to call her Onions anyway.

I was at school with a P Green (can't remember her Christian name but was always called P). Her brother was called Bay. Also grew up with a Matt White and a Sean Lamb. My family's original name was Dutch - Kok anglicised to Cock, then Cocks and finally, by the time I was born it was Cox - not ideal but better.

Jamie, was your friend a headmistress in Derby in the 50s/60s? Our head there was Mrs (Wobbly) Wibberly.

Must tell, my maiden name was DICKMAN, and believe it or not there were never any jokes made (not to my face anyway) I didnt really think about what it meant until someone pointed out that British names were given according to their profession! I did take my Husbands name, but the name Dickman still lives on in the family.

And someone called Onions became Mr. O'nions. Pronounced Oh nyons.Very suave!

Didn't we all, phizz , in fact I've worked with a fair few, if you get my meaning!

Well, just say 'Wiley'. I remember hearing many years ago of someone called Mr. Death and, with the help of an apostrophe, he became Mr. De 'Ath. Very attractive for a surname change, don't you think?

I knew a very dear guy called Freddie Willey who was very tall and the first aid guy where he worked. I was never aware of any amusement at his name but have chuckled several times in recent years. Times change!

My SiL has a colleague called Wayne Ankers, I knew someone called Timothy Burr and my sister had a friend at school whose parents were Harold Wilson and Blanche Socket. Great thread, it's had me laughing out loud

A relative of mine married a Captain Pratt, - who was later promoted to Major.

I did teacher training with a nice woman whose surname was Wibberly. She had an enormous bust and the kids called her Mrs Wibberly Wobbly! I know someone who married a Strain: I personally couldn't live with that name, too constipated.

Sorry,that should be on, not one

well, thanks for all of this, i can't stop laughing........
a friend of mine called her daughter Dawn, and her surname was Hobbs.
and i read one the internet about a girl in the USA who was asked by a nurse what she was going to call her baby, and the answer sounded like ash holy, when she was asked how it was spelt, the answer was ASSHOLE .