We had a concrete hanger who was called “spillage” because put more concrete outside the shutters than inside.
I once worked with a bloke called Keth. When I asked why he was called that they said his name is really Keith but he's lost an eye.
Worked with a guy known as thrombosis. He was a slow moving clot. Also another known as Harpic. He was clean round the bend.
There's an ex-cricketer named Paul Romaines, whose nickname is 'Human'. Which is think is reight amusing.
So this bloke I worked with had one leg shorter than the other which when he walked made his head bob around from side to side. We nicknamed him 'snipers nightmare '. I'm nicking these btw .
A bloke used to drink in our club and everybody called him Slate, I went years not knowing his real name was Lewis. And another went by the name Crime, because he didn't pay.
They call me meat, all ways av done ever since i was at school, are lass said av i ever worked at a butchers, i said no,so she said shes no idea then.
A woman rang radio Sheffield to say her husband worked with a bloke they called "18 months". When she asked why? He said he'd lost part of his ear, so he had 1 and 1/2 ears.
