Nicknames on Kenton Bar
talking of CB handles, anyone remember any nicknames of kids from those days?
for example I remember 2 twins from up the top known as 'the ghastly twins'and a kid called 'Charlie Fox wears dirty socks' ...there was also a 'Hendas'and a 'Spud' ...any more chaps...?
for example I remember 2 twins from up the top known as 'the ghastly twins'and a kid called 'Charlie Fox wears dirty socks' ...there was also a 'Hendas'and a 'Spud' ...any more chaps...?
there was a kid with the nickname "Gunna", don't know how it was spelled, real name, Darren Watson, Cocky, (Steven Cockburn)
ReplyDeleteGunna (Darren Watson), Brit (Ian Bright), Spill (Dave Ryle), Fergie (Dave Ferguson), Sos (Mark Ross), Spud (Neil Finlay), Egg (Eric Finlay),Nelly (Neil Graham), Cocky (Steve Cockburn), Dutchy (Kenny Holland) and Pin are a few I can remember!!
ReplyDeletehaha, got mixed up with Brit and Dutchy!!
ReplyDeletePin was Robert Porter
ReplyDeleteNo - Pin was Graeme Robson who had an older brother called Derek (he had a nickname as well but can't remember it).
ReplyDeleteI can also remember Finn, Taggy, Wiggy and Turp!!
his name was slob.
DeleteTaggy & Wiggy were Hillsview imposters - they did not libe on Kenton Bar!!
ReplyDeleteNelly was also nicknamed "Black tooth" by one fell soul
ReplyDeleteThere was a kid nicknamed "Blob" - can't remember his name. Mr Johnson the headmaster at Kenton Bar School was nicknamed "Tiddlewinks Johnson" form some reason.
ReplyDeletePea - Terry Mullen
ReplyDeleteRob Porter also had the nickname of Pin or Pins and was Turp called Michael (can't remember surname)
ReplyDeletehe was called michael taylor robson
DeleteBING(David Alderson)FINN(Darren Wallace)
ReplyDeleteWhy Bing?
ReplyDeletebing bong, only has one ball so the saying was when he walked it went bing bong or so i was lead to believe
Deletecorrect
DeleteOrdy (David Ord)
ReplyDeleteEcky (Gary Westgate)
ReplyDeleteTopps (Micky Topping)
Vivas (Tony Vivian)
Nelly also became known as 'blacktooth' because one day he was playing cricket at Kenton School and a kid named Frank Kirton bowled a ball at Nelly who was batsman...Nellie missed the ball with his bat and it bounced up off the ground and hit one of his front teeth, killing the nerves and the tooth quickly developed a blackish sheen...a horrible swine immediatly said to Nellie'I name you 'blacktooth Nellie' which was abreviated to 'blacktooth'...
ReplyDeleteMr Mensforth is wrong-Nelly(blacktooth) was actually the backstop when Franky bowled the ball(I cant remember who the batsman was) and somehow it missed the batsman's bat and hit his tooth as he attempted to catch the ball-as Mr Mensforth says it killed the tooth nerve instantly, turning it black overnight- some horrible cruel swine saw it next day as Mr Mensforth says and christened poor Neil 'blacktooth', a nickname that no doubt destroyed his self esteem and ruined his life for ever...
DeleteBut who's nickname was WEED????only a select few know
ReplyDeleteWEED - that had to be Andy Pandy's mate - what was his name again?
ReplyDeletekev allan was weed lol
DeleteTalking of Blacktooth,here were a couple of kids who lived in Laverock Grove that horrible bounders from the bottom called'Big black eyes' or 'Grande yeux noir' and 'Little black eyes'or'petite yeaux noir' on account they both had ...well-like black eyes but not real black eyes if you know what I mean...One was older than the other one-hence the'big' and 'little' bits...
ReplyDeleteWhy was 'Ecky' called 'Ecky'?...I think it was something to do with Ecky Thump...whatever that was...
ReplyDeleteAnd why was 'Pea Mullen' called 'Pea Mullin?...was he obsessed with eating peas?...did he have a bladder problem?...
ReplyDeleteEcky was called Ecky because he was specky. The nickname was actually "Specky Ecky Westgate" which by the way he hated.
ReplyDeletePea - I guess because he was small and "cute" like a pea? - nooooooooo - because he was called Peter Mullen you DIP. Terry Mullen was another Mullen brother. Terry, John, Peter and Angela (the sister)
ReplyDeletemaster I beg to differ...Terry Mullen was definatly called Pea Mullen...check all comments re identifying the Kenton Bar Football Team here and on the facebook page and you will see that several of your avid readers concur with your humble servant....
ReplyDeletemaybe your right.
ReplyDeleteEcky wore glasses and the kids called him Ecky Specky,hence the name Ecky
ReplyDeleteCan anyone remember a kid who's nickname was SCABBY HORSE who lived at the top of the estate????
ReplyDeleteMensforth can you remember SCABBY HORSE????
ReplyDeleteyeah he was scabby and he had a dog like a horse... lived on ryal walk
DeleteAlas no, I remember not this fell sounding creature...
ReplyDeleteFinn was so named not because he had a fish like deformity ie a fin on his back but because he had a massive Bruce Forsyth like chin-hence 'Finn the chin' which was abbreviated over time to 'Finn'...
ReplyDeletecheers for that pmsl
DeleteEgg - was called Egg because it sounded like Eric - his real name. Spud - well he was Eggs younger brother - what goes with Eggs? Answer: Chips....made from spuds.....da da da.
ReplyDeleteMaster re 'Dorf'...on this occasion your wisdom is correct...I checked Wikapedia and the definition of 'Dorf' is:
ReplyDelete'one of several towns named Dorf in Germany (Dorf translates to village)'...Rowntree was indeed'tall, blond and Nordic like'...BUT...who gave him this nickname?...how in them dim dark distant days, books not being read much either did some veck fing out the meaning of 'Dorf' and put 2+2 together and label the hapless Rowntree with this nickname meaning 'german village'...slang meaning meaning idiot?...It was not me!
We had a spud in the 60s/70s, a Paul Tate. Tate, Tater, Spud. Oh, the imagination of it.
ReplyDeleteFlipper Flopper Ant can only be Anthony Roll?? Lived in Hazely Grove with 2 brothers Michael and Kevin if i remember rightly. Very Roy Cropper!
ReplyDeleteYeah I remember him - he probably still lives with his mam in the same house on Kenton Bar..............he WAS a nice bloke though and always stopped for a chat -a colourful character on an estate that was full of them.
ReplyDeleteHe was a trainspotter type, but a nice bloke...once I got to know him in my last years on the estate...
ReplyDeleteHad I mentioned "Mebbys" who lived on Hazeldene in a T1/A? Brian George. Rumour has it that he still lives there.
ReplyDeleteWhy was this veck'Mebbys' so named Shades?...I presume 'mebbys' means 'maybe'?...
ReplyDeleteelaborate please...
Shades you are right in that you mentioned this 'Mebbys' elsewhere on the blog-you wrote this re the masters'Potato boy' post:
ReplyDelete'I remember my mate Mebbys had a big bruv with a Plessey Van that you used to see parked outside at the top of Hazeldene.'
Can you remember 'Pinky' (Graham something I think?) and Ionsy (Adrian Ions) from the 'posh end'
ReplyDeleteLambsy(loads of them-surname 'Lamb'-me and the master would shout out 'La-a-a-a-a-mbsy!...
ReplyDelete'La-a-a-a-a-mbsy!in a bleating sheep like voice every time we saw one of them them...we did this for 15 years, and I would do it today if I chanced upon one of them...
(nickname might also have been inspired by the 'Its the wolf' cartoon-many clips on YouTube)
Ordy...
ReplyDeleteOwl...
One eye/un yeux...
fisha...
greasy john...
Timbo...
Chipper & Chopper
Ginger Riley...
Howling Heels...
Bing...
ReplyDeletehello all its me Fergie (Dave Ferguson) i cant believe you have left terry. tony & dennis o donnell off the list & what about deka & kev allan & not forgeting norman kev & dekas brother.
ReplyDeletei know he is not from kenton bar but remember dippy dave & goosy lol.
the wakensahaw from doon the bottom too. great days. i have talked to people from all over about the stuff we used to get up to & most of them dont believe it im sure.
i think we should all have a pint in the kenton bar sometime.
Fergie - thanks for the comment. I used to join your bonny gang collecting wood even though I was from the bottom of the estate...
ReplyDeletehanging around with you posh kids from the top was a privelige.
Dippy Dave - yeah what a character. He also had a CB "handle" = 'Italian Stallion" - ho ho ho.
Fergie: note this post is about nicknames...with respect, terry O'Donell Kev Allen etc are names not nicknames, hence not mentioned-I remember them, but not their nicknames-did they have nicknames?...decka allen counts as decka was his nickname, not his real name...incidently dippy dave has a new nickname now,'whippet' due to his life long hobby of having whippet dogs...good to hear from you I remember you well, you posh type from the top end!ps yea, Im sure people dont believe the stuff you posh types got up to, sword fencing,lacrosse and fox hunting etc...
ReplyDeletepps Wakenshaw was called Mark Wakenshaw i believe and lived in the childrens home on hartburn yes?
Turp or Turpin-Michael Wallace
ReplyDeleteDuchey - Kenny Holland
Elly- Elis Holland- Ducheys Brother
Pin - Graham Robson
Slob- Darren Robson???- Pins Brother
Bexy- Mark Berry?
Porky- Steve Park
Anybody remember Ducheys band Dependible Bodies?
Yes I remember Dutchey's band (what a lot of noise)we lived there Kenton Bar Estate for 30years I loved the estate which went thru many changes as all these youngsters grew up, loved the school field that you got into thru a broken fence, always walked my two collie dogs on. Nice to find this site with all the memories.
DeleteYou fuckin' dope - get a dictionary. It is DUTCHY as in Holland. Oaf
ReplyDeleteTurpin - I remember him. There was some graffiti on a garage door near the top of the estate that I always remember - I always reckoned that Brit (Ian Bright) wrote it because it sounds like something he would have said. It read:-
ReplyDelete"Turpin's eyes are rather bent - by Marmaduke Earwig"
Always made me chuckle when I passed this garage and read it - it was on there for years and years............
why was turpin so named?
ReplyDeletei named him after ben turpin the silent film star who had bong eyes
DeleteMaybe he was called Dutchy because he stank of Edam?
ReplyDeleteGhastly Twins:John & Peter Cockerill...
ReplyDeleteThe chap you mention as 'Balancing Head' was Dave Something...lived along the electric houses off Thirston...he was so named cos during the time of the wedge haircut and smoothies(1980ish) he attempted to become one( a smoothie) by cultivating a massive wedge...he developed the habit of trying to 'balance' this on his head at an angle of 45 degrees so that it kept its shape and made him look gorgeous and irresistible ...in this he failed...he just looked as if he had a broken neck...(no offence mate)
ReplyDelete'Howling Heels' was also known as'the bear' cos she looked like a bear...she was from down Eland...
ReplyDelete'Flipper Flopper Ant' used to frequently get the mental 10 to god knows where when we used to get it 'doon the toon' on a Friday night...I noticed that he always used to stand at the front and talk to the bus driver...he never sat down....I reckon he was a frustrated bus conductor...like Jack off 'On the Buses'...I wonder what he talked about to the driver?...
ReplyDeleteAnt was probably on his way to a whoring club or a swingers party - discussing his preferential positions with the driver. I heard he particularly likes what is commonly known as "spit roasting"
ReplyDeletedippy dave, real name david richardson, cb handle italian stallion, goes by the name of davey whippet now or just whippet and still lives in north kenton, strange lookin lad to say the least but harmless. david's claim to fame came in the shape of the music and dance tv show called THE HITMAN AND HER hosted by pete waterman. i recall a story of david many years ago, back in the days when cb radio was at its height. david and another lad on the cb got into an argument and a fight was arranged up by the pyramid at kenton bar, loads of people off the cb radio turned up including the lad david had been arguing with, hours past but still no sign of david. it turns out that david's arse went and he decided to take refuge under his bed which must have been a sight to say the least because at 20-30 years old at the time and standing 6,3-6,5 it must have been a bit of a squeeze for him.
ReplyDeleteanonymous
ReplyDeletecan you elaborate on the'david's claim to fame came in the shape of the music and dance tv show called THE HITMAN AND HER hosted by pete waterman' bit?...cheers
Why was 'Bing' called 'Bing' and why was 'Nelly' called 'Nelly'?
ReplyDeletein reply to anonymous about THE HITMAN AND HER, dippy dave was on the show when it came to newcastle, it was held at the oxford galleries when it was going under the name of studio, david got up on stage and began to croon to george michael's careless whisper, however not being content with that and much to the dismay of pete waterman david then began to get carried away with himself and proceeded to encourage the audience to rub his cranium, if you would like evidence of this monumental moment in david's life you can see for yourself by going on youtube and typing in THE HITMAN AND HER NEWCASTLE, it's the one under the heading CARELESS WHIPSTER, it gave me a chuckle as i'm sure it will you, ENJOY.
ReplyDeleteMint! Interestingly on the Utube documentary Dave says he still sings Jimmy Nail songs & I can imagine he could do-he looked and speaks a bit like Jimmy Nail-but the pitch of 'careless whisper' was clearly to high for him-very well choreographed documentary-loved the bit about 'gettin a kebab and gannin yem in a taxi!'
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot anonymous!
glad u found it entertaining anonymous,i know i did. as for the short documentary itself i could'nt help but wonder why it was made, it was obvious by the way it's been filmed and edited that it was done by someone who knew what they were doing and not a mate of david's videoing it on their phone. so why has someone taken the time and effort to undertake this project about david and his HITMAN AND HER experience.!!!!
ReplyDeletein regards to why the short documentary was made of david's HITMAN AND HER experience i'm playing with the idea it may have been a student project. if anyone can shed anymore light on this matter it would be much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteBing is bing as he only has one testicle and assumptions were when he walked it went bing bong, which was his nickname before it was shortened to bing
ReplyDeleteha ha ha!
ReplyDeleteI was known as 'big lugs' when I played for KB footy team. I bet you can't guess why?
ReplyDeleteKev, if you had big ears I would have nicknamed you 'Baggers' after the handles of the Bagnall Cup!
ReplyDeleteI dimly remember a 'large forehead'(a kid who had an exceptionally large forehead who was kindly nicknamed this by some horrible person)...it may have been another nickname for Dorf aka Rowntree...
ReplyDeleteanywon rememba a kid with a weird name: edward nunnerly?...he had white hair and a white mushtash aged 8...dunno what his nickname was but...I wud call him 'mushtashio'if eye woz a kid now ha ha!
ReplyDeleteNelly also became known as 'blacktooth' because one day he was playing cricket at Kenton School and a kid named Frank Kirton bowled a ball at Nelly who was batsman...Nellie missed the ball with his bat and it bounced up off the ground and hit one of his front teeth, killing the nerves and the tooth quickly developed a blackish sheen...a horrible swine immediatly said to Nellie'I name you 'blacktooth Nellie' which was abreviated to 'blacktooth'...
ReplyDeleteBing...
ReplyDeleteHad I mentioned "Mebbys" who lived on Hazeldene in a T1/A? Brian George. Rumour has it that he still lives there.
ReplyDeleteWEED - that had to be Andy Pandy's mate - what was his name again?
ReplyDelete'Large Forehead'...who or what was this 'Large Forhead'?...
ReplyDeleteJust to tidy up a loose end, Mebbys was called that for his poor decision making skills. Whenever you asked him a yes/no question, he nearly always answered Mebbys.
ReplyDeleteHe went on to work as a Telephone Engineer, an excellent career choice if you don't like making decisions.
There is mention of an'un yeux' on this post-that means one eye, so whoever this poor sod was he/she must have had only one eye...I also knew a 'demi pied' which I believe means 'half foot' in french(this person had half a foot...)
ReplyDeleteAnyone remember 'Throckley Hero'?
ReplyDeleteAye - I remember him. A blonde wedge headed ponce from Throckley - a "bigger lad" as I remember as he must have been 18 at least - used to 'fight' on the Newbiggin side in the wars..... Of course he was the hero of the fucking horrible Newbigginers because us proper teenagers used to run away from the so called hero-bastard. I do remember one day though me and Ordy hid in the corn with a load of others and the feckless hero came to try and do his usual shouting and running - as he led his team of kiddies through the corn we stood up and took tha bastard with stones and sticks.
ReplyDeleteHear man,
ReplyDeleteah na this is noot tu dee with Kenton Bar, but du any of yeez rememba the Tannas who yoost tu be ootside the Kenton Quarry Pub aal the time leek gargoyles?
there was:
Isabeela(Dizza Tanner)-she waz a lass)
Steven(Tanna Tanna)
Chinky Tanna-ah divnt rimema eez propa name
David(Doc Tanna)
ind Willa Tanna-ah divnt rimema eez propa name
ps:ah think yu blog is pure mint!
anyone remember little jonny pigswee???
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