You're kidding me. I never even knew about such a thing as Acorn Antiques when I wrote my recently finished novel. In my story, the place where Casey works is called Acorn Antiques and is owned by Sally Oakes (yeah, I know). Was just reading comments on a friend's LJ and I saw "Acorn Antiques" mentioned.
From Wikipedia:
Acorn Antiques is a
parodic soap opera written by
Victoria Wood as a regular feature in the two seasons of
Victoria Wood As Seen On TV, which ran from
1985 to
1987. It was turned into a musical by Wood, opening in 2005.
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Apparently this has quite a cult following. Hmmm I wonder if I should rename the shop? Or leave it as a pop culture reference.
No doubt, my editors will advise lol!