O/T Mad names from growing up

This is Ska

This is Ska

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My Dad was an on course bookie back in the day. He used to go away betting with “Fish and Chip Eddie“ and “Horse face Benny”. Mum and Dad also had a cafe and had regular customers called “Scotch Alec the Greek” and “Postman Bob”. Add to that “Bobby the Mouse” who most of us will know or have seen around.
“Nick the Greek”, “Nipper Royston”, “Big Arch”, “Little Arch” and “Russell the Love Muscle“ played in the same Sunday alliance teams as I along the way. It reads like the characters from a heist or gangster movie. 😎
 
'Mad dog man'
'Big Norwich & little Norwich'
'Jack the hat'
All are neighbours living close to me

Years ago at work there was
'Plate face'
'Jungle'
'Bullet '
A story behind every name 😂
 
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There were loads of nicknames at work....

Sniggy (who hated young eels when fishing)
Kipper ( always asleep in the bogs!!)
Wing nut (large eared person)
Zoonie ( looked like the monkey from fireball xl5) ask your grandparents 😁
Azibin ( always asked if the guy had wound up the clocks, Has he been?)
Egg man, Billy Wizz🤔, Digger, Smiler, Hoddy, Kaneo, MC, Curly, Derek Guiler, Frog ( a lot will know who he is😉) Rushy,
Spider, Blobby, Grandad.

In fact, most didn't know the person's actual name!!
 
Used to know a girl who went by the legend "Pan Head" because she looked like she'd had her head bashed in by a frying pan. Lovely girl.

We have a few here at work including Jughead, The Tree , Dangermouse and Fella for varying reasons...

Nearly forgot, we have a bloke called Jimmy Savilles lovechild for his striking resemblance of the paedophile.
 
We had a corporal in our Troop in the army.
Smashing guy, but he was called 'Punchy'.
Not because he was a fighter. but because he liked a pint or 4/5/6. Hence 'Punch Drunk'.
Smashing guy.
He'd seen action in the Far East before the Regiment (Tanks) returned to Europe.
 
Some of the ones I remember from school:

The Judge - because his mum attacked his dads car with a hammer when she found out he was having an affair
Sandy Crack - got caught mid-coitus (whilst shagging) on the sand dunes
Bran - was called Brian but was blind in 1 eye
7 iron - had a club foot
 
This is Ska said:
My Dad was an on course bookie back in the day. He used to go away betting with “Fish and Chip Eddie“ and “Horse face Benny”. Mum and Dad also had a cafe and had regular customers called “Scotch Alec the Greek” and “Postman Bob”. Add to that “Bobby the Mouse” who most of us will know or have seen around.
“Nick the Greek”, “Nipper Royston”, “Big Arch”, “Little Arch” and “Russell the Love Muscle“ played in the same Sunday alliance teams as I along the way. It reads like the characters from a heist or gangster movie. 😎
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I love this !!
 
I grew up answering the phone to taxi Tony, Bob the builder, Jack the joiner etc etc. No one seemed to have a surname. Only when I found out my dad was in AA that the penny dropped.
 
Had a teacher at school who had a roundish head & jug ears with a reassured look about him. He became known as Satisfied Teapot, or Teapot for short. One of my creations 😂
Splinterdick the Headmaster I can't claim that one though.
 
I had an old colleague called Mr X because nobody knew anything about him.
 
My dad had a pal who hardly ever spoke..
Silent Ray.
I knew a taxi driver who hardly ever worked because he was always in the Saddle so they nicknamed Cowboy.
I also knew a bloke who had a stammer when he was talking but no words or noise came out of his mouth....it just sort of moved, his nickname was hot chip....cos it looked like he had a hot chip in his mouth.....
 
Sooty59 said:
Had a teacher at school who had a roundish head & jug ears with a reassured look about him. He became known as Satisfied Teapot, or Teapot for short. One of my creations 😂
Splinterdick the Headmaster I can't claim that one though.
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Mr Gibson?
I remember Woodcock well though, he was still Headmaster while I was at Highfield.

Ginge's post reminded me. One of my dad's mates was nicknamed "the vicar", because he could only be arsed driving his cab on Sundays when his Mrs was at home all day.
 
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Dave62 said:
Mr Gibson?
I remember Woodcock well though, he was still Headmaster while I was at Highfield.

Ginge's post reminded me. One of my dad's mates was nicknamed "the vicar", because he could only be arsed driving his cab on Sundays when his Mrs was at home all day.
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Correct 😂
 
Woodcock was after my time at Highfield, Miss Bloomer (Kecks) was Headmistress when we did our stretch there! A real old fashioned dictator in black cape and mortarboard! with an east Lancs accent.
 
Worked on the Grimwith Reservoir contract with UMIE ( ugliest man in England).
RIP Freddie.

Worked on the M40 with a guy christened Daisy because some days he worked and some days he didn't.
 
Warren.......
As in Warren ugly fcker!
Also a lad I grew with had the surname Hedges, everyone called him Soss.
 
A lad at school who was fairly tall & skinny got saddled with an awful nickname again down to me. They were calling him tall boy & I misheard it & though they said toilet & toilet it became with the variation’s of bog & shithouse. Poor bastard I met him years later but didn’t mention it.
 
Dave62 said:
Mr Gibson?
I remember Woodcock well though, he was still Headmaster while I was at Highfield.

Ginge's post reminded me. One of my dad's mates was nicknamed "the vicar", because he could only be arsed driving his cab on Sundays when his Mrs was at home all day.
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Mr. Woodcock.....Cecil splinter dick...😂
 
Levi501 said:
Woodcock was after my time at Highfield, Miss Bloomer (Kecks) was Headmistress when we did our stretch there! A real old fashioned dictator in black cape and mortarboard! with an east Lancs accent.
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Woodcock had his cape and mortar board.....the **.
 
The Ghost was a guy who was tall thin and very white. He said little and crept up behind people.
Smelly Nelly, a customer who used to reek of cat pee, not many sat near her.
General Twit, a poor guy who obviously had problems following serving in the forces during WW2 who was convinced he was still in the Army. Things were less kind in those days!
A lad at school was referred to as FA Cup, Fac for short, due to his ears.

I'm sure there are others I've forgotten.
 
At Palatine one of the teachers was known as 'Panhead'.
His head was shaped like a pan. Can't remember his real name.
 
Curryman said:
The Ghost was a guy who was tall thin and very white. He said little and crept up behind people.
Smelly Nelly, a customer who used to reek of cat pee, not many sat near her.
General Twit, a poor guy who obviously had problems following serving in the forces during WW2 who was convinced he was still in the Army. Things were less kind in those days!
A lad at school was referred to as FA Cup, Fac for short, due to his ears.

I'm sure there are others I've forgotten.
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So you went to school with Prince Charles then?😀
 
My grandad worked at Fleetwood docks and said 3 of the fishwives were known as Cockermouth Scunthorpe and Titler. No idea why they got those names though.🧐
 
...nicknames are a very male thing .. women generally don't have them.. only bitchy ones behind there backs ...
 
Davepick said:
At Palatine one of the teachers was known as 'Panhead'.
His head was shaped like a pan. Can't remember his real name.
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‘Junky Clark’ and ‘Piggy Taylor’ together with Ma Lee were some of my Palatine teachers Lol
 
Worked with a girl in the cops nicknamed ‘Ambrosia’ as she had a party trick involving a tin of rice pudding.
 
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