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As for me, well one bloke used to call me ‘Dot with the lot’ – but this was simply because he thought he was really smart at knowing two words that rhymed…

…while if I wasn’t such a lady (debatable!!) I would have called him ‘Not Much Barry’. Explanation of this being that one day I had called in to see his wife, it was very hot and so I sat on the floor. Barry came storming out of the bathroom completely naked, yelling for a towel.

From where I was sitting I saw more than I really needed (or wanted) to see. On realising I was there he let out a couple of expletives, I told him not to feel embarrassed as little things don’t bother me. That went down well, but after all he had just come out from a cold shower.

However, I never did call him Not Much Barry because, as I said, I am too much of a lady (still debatable). So that was a nickname that never was.

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never been in the army but it does seem to be the hotbed of nicknames. some i imagine have been around for years whilst others come and go. always wonder if after all these years another person with similar characteristics comes up and gains a long dead nickname from the past.

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I've been told of a Superintendent who was known a 'Moth' because he picked holes in your reports. A PC Spreckly serving at Lytham went out on a lifeboat emergency one day, leaving his helmet on the green by the lifeboat station. The Inspector came looking for him. From that day on, he was known as 'Spreckly RN'. aAso at Lytham was PC 1 Lowe, aka 'The Chinese Policeman'

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Aye, the Army have been "Green" for years, plenty of recycling going on. :)

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We had a guy in the boy scouts who was called “Slash”, in retrospect he probably had a weak bladder!

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[QUOTE=landhusweg;1253638]We had a guy in the boy scouts who was called “Slash”, in retrospect he probably had a weak bladder!

however with nicknames it could be the complete opposite. doubt there were many chalkies about who had pail complexions. just wonder what name born, bred or residents of accrington are known as.

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When my lad was in the Royal Tank Regiment his moniker was Milkbottle, no amount of sun, winds etc would give him a suntan.

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A lad called John Rowbottom was knwn as 'Paddlearse'

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just wonder what the present day PC brigade with do with that or other nicknames we have seen on here. they,d be claims for em affecting mental health blocking up the court time for years to come. away from the forces do they actually exist anymore nowadays.

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yep they do i know loads with nicknames these days.

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glad of that. just wondered if it was something else thats been killed off. know you do not get the nicknames of players in the sunday league like you got years ago.

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This thread has got me thinling about people I've worked with who I've got no idea about how they got their nicknames, Captain Arrow, The Mask, Chief Muppett are a few I can think of.

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Oh come on, the chief muppet must have been the manager,

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Some old Liverpool ones are Eyesier, for someone with one eye higher than the other, Tilly Mint/Mary Mint for a random female, Yozzer for someone with the surname Hughes, Father Bunloaf for a Catholic priest & Scuffers for the local Constabulary officers.

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well they can stop calling us lot from hartlepool monkey hangers now. just call us tories from this morning onwards.