Over fifty years I worked at the Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd. Here are a few nicknames:
1. Dai-Sweat - always running with perspiration;
2. Ronnie-Braces-Hopkins - he always wore his braces over his vest. It was said his wife told him always to keep his braces on;
3. Billy-the-Bandit. He was always after extra yardage;
4. Evan Williams was known as Yanto-Preacher as he was a lay preacher and an elder at the local church;
5. Dai-Book-and-Pencil. He was a steel checker on the face and was always counting the steel posts to make sure none were lost in the gob;
6. Maldwyn-the-Hooker. He played for Wales after the war, so his name stuck;
It was always said that there was more coal shifted in the Cilfynydd Inn than in the Albion Colliery across the road...
Don Williams of Pontypridd
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