REMEMBERING NICKNAMES

As anyone who ever served in the Bermuda Police Force will be aware,  it  wasn't long before most of us acquired nicknames, usually bestowed on us  by our fellow Bermudian officers.  Even in this day and age the obituary column in the Royal Gazette will include nicknames because otherwise half the population may not realize that someone has died just by reading their real names.

We are in the process of starting a compilation of nicknames of officers who served in the Bermuda Police and we invite you to participate by submitting the nicknames you remember to us at info@expobermuda.com 

Just a few examples come to mind.

Bob "The Pudsey Wonder" or "Pudsey" Hay

Eddie "Boxhead" Foggo

Hilton "Jellybean" Wingood

John "Coco" Eve

Clive "Fury" Donald

Carlton "Socky" Adams

Clyde "Tango" Burgess

Sinclair "Brinky" Tucker

Alex "Punchy" Forbes

Davie "Scruff" or "Cookie Monster" or "Animal" or "The Mars Bar Kid" Kerr!

Howard "Stumpy" Kirkham

Ian "Abey" Mitchell

David "Bones" Fraser

Gladwin "Dock" Hall

Charlie "Bongo" Williams

Bryn "The Arboretum Ghost" Jones

Gerry "Backslide" Malloy and the list goes on!

We would also be interested to know the reason or reasons for these nicknames, if you can recall  them. We look forward to hearing from you.