Naughty place names are too rude for the WI

An author appearing at a Women’s Institute event was banned from selling merchandise featuring rude place names - including Wetwang, Cockermouth and Bell End.
By The Newsroom
Published 10th Sep 2015, 17:11 BST
Coasters that had to be covered up at the WI's Centennial Fair in Harrogate. Ross Parry.Coasters that had to be covered up at the WI's Centennial Fair in Harrogate. Ross Parry.
Coasters that had to be covered up at the WI's Centennial Fair in Harrogate. Ross Parry.

Dominic Greyer said organisers of the WI’s Centennial Fair in Harrogate asked him to cover up the offending mugs and tea towels.

He was selling merchandise featuring some of Britain’s saucier-named towns and villages.

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