My friend Malcolm (Mal) was a Deputy in the Tower colliery until is was bought out by the workers. He used to regale us with tales of characters who were Tower colliery face workers, i.e. - The Mole, because he spent more time underground than a mole, Flatnose (an ex boxer), Squeeky (he had a high pitched voice), and The Hawk because the man missed nothing and saw everything. The Hawk always referred to his wife as The Old Crow.
My wife has a habitual cough and Mal nicknamed her Letric Lungs. He calls me El Sumpo because I am prone to drink anything and everything, and a District Nurse friend he calls Doctor Death. An alcoholic friend is Mustafa - because she mustafa drink. Never did find out what Mal's nickname is. Compared to Wales, working in Kuwait for a Korean company is boring, from the nickname point of view. Happy memories of the South Wales mining communities.
Dave Glanville from Kuwait
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