Moggy, nothing to do with cats his surname is Moggeridge. His nickname changed to Britains Most Wanted, when he was on the front page of The Sun, in the frequent football riots years ago. His long hair was rapidly cut off.
Mary, his surname is Whitehouse.
Eagle, because he was bald (American Bald Eagle), his most recent wife was one of very few women working in our toolroom, a predominantly male environment, she became Bird.
Starter Bra, another of the very few women in the toolroom and pretty much flat chested.
Monotone Monty, he spoke with a monotone when on the phone, not sure where Monty came from as his name was Chris. He had a bit of a breakdown at work one day and started saying, at great length, how he liked sponges. He duly became known as Sponges.
Turbo, he had a succession of Fiesta and Escort RS Turbos.
Jeff Dudes, he called everyone Dude, but an apprentice was convinced it was his real name.
Ace, his name was Stacey which was shortened to Stace, but as he thought he was the best, this soon became Ace.
Porky, real name Paul who although liked to weight train was very portly even though he reckoned he had next to no body fat,
Bench Press. A manager in the press shop also into weight training. in a morning meeting someone asked if anyone had anything to add before the meeting was adjourned, for some obscure reason, he piped up that he was the only one in the room who can bench press 300lb.
We also had a Bart due to his haircut, he was also named Ratty or Rat Boy due to his rat like features.
Nothing to do with nicknames but probably parents with a cruel sense of humour. I worked with a bloke whose surname is Lynnes, he has 5 kids and all their first names start with the letter C as he thought C Lynnes would sound like sea lions. Another bloke named his son so his initials are LSD. In the place I work now, we have a Matt White and a Jet Black
