Over the years, many of the staff acquired nick names. Sometimes the nick name became so attached that their real names might cause a colleague some confusion. The nick names were harmless, not meant to offend and most of the bearers were quietly proud of their moniker. To have a nick name singled the bearer out as some one who had made a contribution to the jollity of the place. Sometimes the origin of the nickname has become lost. Here’s a list, again far from complete, of some of the nick names bourne lightly by colleagues over the years;
The Buiste
Paddy Drack
The Phantom
The Bailiff
The Ploughman
Miac
Big Jer
Small Jer
Mickeen Junior
The Mauler
Reuter
Perrott
Sean the Mon
Slack
The Pope
2 Gun
The Donkey
The Bopper
The Shoe
The Gawk
The Jagger
The Black Polly Bull
Sneezy
The Blue Man
The Quiet Man
The Kick
Shep
The Cooper
Horse
The Bird
The Scholar
Gus
The Disco Kid
Radar
The Sheepfarmer
The Bars
The Blonde
Logic
1%
Down Town
Dan of the Broad Shoulders