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
Fascinating, enjoyed this so much
Cloggy John Singleton??
Primrose David Walmsley
Thanks Brian I’ve updated the list. Anymore you can think of?
Young Walt , Stephen Heaton
Elsie ‘ Brian Ellison
Brian Ellisons nicknamed Elsie
Who I worked at Berry’s with for almost 39yrs
Thanks for that info Bill.
Thanks again Bill. Keep ’em coming.