Wheel Nut:
It seems a long way back now, but at Norman Lewis there were a few names
Mr Modo - Malc
■■■■ Star - Bill
Winky - Les Graves
Golden ■■■■■■■■ - Dave Hall
Doom & Gloom - Donald
Mitch Eh - Keith
Jockey - Small Horserider Mick RIP
Butcher - Pete
Piggy - Mick
Swampy - Welsh and smelly Les
Scaley - Flakey
Fattie - Alan from Bolton
Selwyn - Steve
Poison Dwarf - Leeds - Bedfords now.
There were many more
Forgot Black Bob
Hi Malc the " Black Bob " you refer to do you mean the one who was on Sykes on Wyatts contract and got covered in Bitumin at Port Clarence as I keep in contact with him he worked in Holland for a while but he retired this year
cheers Johnnie
Worked with a driver on Hoyers (Fawley) known as ‘Two T shirts’ on account of whatever you had done (been there got the T shirt) he had done better/faster.
Aye well now There was a driver (I wont mention his name but Im sure anyone who new him will know whom Im refering too) His nickname was 3 ■■■■■■■ Now let my explain. ////, He was called 2 ■■■■■■■ but then he became famous & had more ■■■■■■ than any one of the blokes he worked with, some then he was 3 ■■■■■■■ Mind you this was before the T shirt crap came on the scene, But he is retired now & thankfully he has not appeared on this or in fact any of the threads that we all enjoy, Regards Larry.
Hi people for those of you who knew my grandad Peter Andrew Known as the Overnight Sensation he is doing well if you would like to know more people message me. Thankyou
derrick:
Hello Andrew, I think Electic Eyes name was Doug Hopkins or Watkins. I remember Black Charlie used the steamer on his overalls one day then driving around the abbey with them tied to the top of his lorry to dry them off, it must have been their birthday,before that there was so much grease on them they would have stood up on their own.I knew your Father,I live in Bridgend,I will call in to see you one day if thats OK.All the best Derrick.
Hi Derrick I worked for joints,dai the gob shunted for mitchells if that’s who you on about, other nicknames you had, doctor Tom,egg on legs ,rocking donkey,wilf up&down,maverick(rip)Charlie the fox bevington,Taff,hinge & bracket-(h&b transport)Jimmy the rat dai dipstick ,also you may know my uncle Norman Evans cheers john(smallcoal)
JJ72.Just been reading the posts i also worked with JEFF GODWIN and he did fly a helicopter ,nice chap ladies man but good company .that was in the late 1990s at Bowkers bamber bridge.
He did take MR Bowker up and did a fly around his house whenever it was, but the problem for him was he had to keep his flying hours up to keep his licence and there were never enough of the drivers around to help pay for a trip to help him out.He could not do two jobs.
he never bragged about it at all you would not have known that he could fly a helicopter, no idea where he is now.dbp.
Although he wasn’t a driver, there was a man at some premises I used to deliver to who was known as ‘The Womble’, which was a good description, and came about because he was normally wrapped in several layers of outer clothing, which I think included an old leather jerkin over an anaorak, and he wore a floppy hat too.
