Frank 12 Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 Most of the lads I went to school with had a nick name.......what was yours and how did you get it? Mine was Mini...as I was quite small for my age (made up for it since and am now 6' 8" tall ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 Alice.....Big Alice Cooper fan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 Surprisingly, I didn't have one - in fact not many of my school friends did. One notable exception was a boy that arrived at our school in the 5th form (most of us had been there forever), and some unkind person said "he looks like Donald Duck" - well, it stuck and everybody, teachers too, called him Donald! To this day I bet there are old Long Eaton Grammar School pupils who do not know that was not his real name - nor do they know what his real name was (Michael)! Most of the rest of the boys were referred to by their last name. I still find it strange that schools in the States use first names for both boys and girls! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 288 Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 We had them all, Smiffy , Browny, Rocky, Ally, Smant, Peanut, Skelly, Faggsy, Hutcho, Scratch, fat b45t4rd, ,,,I bet you can't guess which one was me !!??? Out of all of them, Hutcho was by far the worst, conkers hanging out one pocket, marbles and catapult hanging out the other, snotters down his chin, dinner stains on his tie. How he'd made headmaster was beyond me !!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 5,556 Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 Craggy or Craggster and Chisler for the last 44 years even from my gaffas , i did once pull a teacher up @ school parents evening when she refered to my daughter as Craggy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tabbyoddsocks 28 Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 Can't help wondering which were/are nickname and which are just plain bullying..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,593 Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 At Ellis back in the mid/late 50s nick names were just that............nick names. Bullying was endemic and much more painful, till you...........smacked the bully on the point of his nose that is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tabbyoddsocks 28 Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 I can remember being very please with a very short haircut......... until someone started calling me "Crewcut Bill" ...... that really hurt. (I was only about 11) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 1,499 Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Welcome to N/N tabbyoddsocks Never mind about your nick name it could have been a lot worse, I think (if I remember) the Crewcut came from the American marines. At least you didn't have a Mohican hair cut. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 1,499 Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 I never had a nick name but my son used to be called "Scaff" as when he was young he had braces on his teeth, and it looked like Scaffolding. My grandson has got the nick name "penny" don't ask.!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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