Hudggy

[joette]

Whilst explaining to Rita what exactly Hudggy's nickname meant on another thread had me off down memory lane.
Wistfully watching the big boys having a wee hudggy on the back off any moving vehicle.When we lived in Faifley we lived near the bus terminus(turning would be more accurate) so they were often the object of hudggying.I wished I had the dexterity to manage it but knew it was beyond my capabilities.Also it was "a boy thing" & despite being a Tomboy would never have considered doing it!
I was especially in awe of those who donned rollerskates to do it & I think I recall one daring lad on his bike!

[JimM]

From the Oxbridge dictionary

Hudggy or Hudgie (pronounced Hudd-jay) n
To hang onto the back of a moving vehicle without being spotted by the driver or conductor
"Hey Shug ..... lets cadge a hudgie oan rrat middgy lorry" (Hello Hugh.... shall we get a hurrell on that refuse vehicle)

Jim

[AndrewP]

That sounds like a piece of family folklore that come form my Mum's side. Apparently my grandmother was horrified to learn that someone from the church had seen one of her sons jumping onto the back of the bucket lorry to get a lift homewards from school.

I'm not sure if her horror was that her son had conducted himself in such a manner, or that he had been seen by someone from the church. Either way, I'm sure he got a roasting for his antics.

All the best,

Andrew Paterson

[LesleyB]

A story told many a time by my Dad implied that he was a regular hudgier (is that a word? And does it exist on the east coast? he may not qualify to have hudgied at all!! ) on the back of buses to his school - a ten mile cycle ride away.

Best wishes
Lesley

[hudggy]

I got the nickname when I was a boy growing up on the Garscube Road Cowcaddens well mostly on Dobbies Loan. As the lorries would slow to turn off Garscube Rd into Dobbies Loan then begin to speed up the hill past Phoenix Park. I would most often be the last to get off it gets harder as the speed picks up. Would not think of doing it today too many creeks in the old bones now. I also would hold on to lorries when on my bike to save some energy without peddleing, also did it on roller skates. Some say I had a wee screw loose now when I think about I think they were right.