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Video: Everybody had a nickname

We need to match names, nicknames and faces …

Nicknames

Canny – Ray Freeman
Chew – Tom Wolstenholme
Chips – Ray Walker
Cookie – Alan Cookson
Cloggy – John Singleton
Crasher – Les Cookson
Crocket – David Freeman
Curly – Bill Seed
Cuth – Tom Walmsley
Digger – Teddy Wilson – or Fred Martin?
DoDo – George Atkinson
Fanny – Celia Hunt
Farmer – Bill Cookson
Hank – Vinne Slinger
Hooker – Tom Cookson
Ivor – John Seed
Jerry – Bill Squires
Liza – Eileen Marsden (nee Cookson)
Loaf (Lewef) – Tony Freeman
Mellet Head  or Ponhead – Tom Seed
Milker – Bill Roberts
Mop head – ?
Mushy – Wilf Hardacre
Owd Nab  – Albert Wallbank
Pedro – Frank Cookson
Pinhead – Wilf Cookson
Plum – Dougie Parkinson
Primrose – Davis Walmsley
Snowy – Harold Leece
Spaddy – Frank Marsden
Tack – Dennis Hesmondhalgh
Taffy – Raymond Nelson
Thumper – Chris Cowell
Turkey – Derek Freeman

 

8 thoughts on “Video: Everybody had a nickname

  • Christine Whitehead nee freeman

    Fascinating, enjoyed this so much

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  • Brian Ellison

    Cloggy John Singleton??
    Primrose David Walmsley

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    • keith gornall

      Thanks Brian I’ve updated the list. Anymore you can think of?

      Reply
      • William Clegg

        Young Walt , Stephen Heaton

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    • Bill Clegg

      Elsie ‘ Brian Ellison

      Reply
  • Bill Clegg

    Brian Ellisons nicknamed Elsie
    Who I worked at Berry’s with for almost 39yrs

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    • Keith Gornall

      Thanks for that info Bill.

      Reply
      • Keith Gornall

        Thanks again Bill. Keep ’em coming.

        Reply

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