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« Reply #15 on: June 19, 2015, 17:14:15 »

In Nailsea's High Street, we have a curry restaurant called Posh Spice.  Years ago, Victoria Beckham's legal representatives sought (apparently unsuccessfully) to prevent them from so styling themselves.  Roll Eyes
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William Huskisson MP (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

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« Reply #16 on: June 19, 2015, 19:47:55 »

Some 40 years ago I and a mate travelled around the Outer Hebrides - we took the sleeper from Euston and then the train down to Kyle for the ferry to Stornoway. We had some time to kill in Inverness on the way there and strolled around the town. In an arcade of shops at the north end of the bridge over the River Ness was the Ness Caf^...
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« Reply #17 on: June 19, 2015, 21:06:02 »

In Backwell, Aimee took over a Threshers off licence a few years ago, and it is now called Aimees Wine House.
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« Reply #18 on: June 19, 2015, 21:28:50 »

There's an Aimee's Wine House in Stoke Bishop, Bristol too.
 
I guess the name was chosen before the sad death of Amy Winehouse. The name does seem in poor taste now.
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« Reply #19 on: June 19, 2015, 21:43:25 »

There are indeed two branches of Aimee's Wine House.

And, purely for the record, Amy Winehouse's battle with alcohol abuse was in the public domain for some time before her sad death.
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« Reply #20 on: June 20, 2015, 09:34:16 »

There's an Aimee's Wine House in Stoke Bishop, Bristol too.
 
I guess the name was chosen before the sad death of Amy Winehouse. The name does seem in poor taste now.

That's nothing compared to the organisation whose offices I passed in Gloucester last week. If they were starting again, I guess they wouldn't call it Isis.

I see no issue with Aimee continuing to operate under the name. Had they change to name to cash in on the sad demise of Ms W, they probably would have lost their custom by now.
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« Reply #21 on: June 20, 2015, 10:08:35 »

Let's not forget the famous West Asian vendor of dairy products: Cheeses of Nazareth.
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