Such an enjoyable weekend with the wonderful friendly atmosphere of the 1940's & you managed to catch my wife & me at the 16-minute point. Thank you for your excellent video
Good video, however I’d like to provide 2 important corrections. #1. The Victoria Viaduct ISNT Sunderland’s… while Washington is unfortunately apart of the City of Sunderland, the Viaduct is very PROUDLY WASHINGTONS and NOT Sunderland’s, as while Washington was originally independent, then Co.Durham, now Sunderland… the Viaduct has ALWAYS been in Washy. #2. BOTH SIDES of the Fatfield Bridge are actually INSIDE the Washington boarders.
It's a great place! One of the workers was telling me that the trams and trolley bus do go on those lines but because of construction of new buildings the past few years that they haven't run . But they will run again once it's all finished ☺️
Kinema treats for us were, Payne's Poppets, toffee Butterkist, a tub of Lyon's Maid strawberry ice cream and a carton of Kia-Ora. Choc ices were something we had at home. Ice cream wafer sandwiches too. 🍦
What an absolute Dump this has turned into, from a lovely town in the late sixty's and seventy's to what it has become now, it really has gone down hill, thanks to the Local Council and town planners.
The photo at 0:03 was taken by my great uncle, David William Savill, around 1939 at Greenside Colliery, near Ryton, he was a photographer that worked for the Daily Herald. The photo and others from the pit were used in a picture article in a February 1939 edition of the Picture Post, a PDF copy is available to view on the net, search for Tommy Shotton Coal Miner, it should be at the top of the list to click. Ps photo shown is number 13 in the article, number 14 shows the pit in the background PPs david was from Battersea and married to my grans sister, a Greenside lass
So many nostalgic moments. If this was any other city these uildings would be snapped up and prime proprty - Sunderland has so many great buildings. Would love to see you get out into the surrounding areas such as Herrington, Houghton. Hetton Seham and so on. As someone from NE but living overseas these videos are prceless. Thank you.
Thank you so much for your comment!😊 I'll definitely try and get some videos about Herrington, Houghton, Hetton, Seaham and the surrounding areas, the North East has so much history!
My great grandmother wore clogs. As I remember you had to wear wooden clogs in the cotton mills because shoes with hobnails might make sparks and cause an explosion. Those old fridges could be dangerous for kids when dumped because they couldn't be opened from the inside. Kids used to get trapped inside them. There used to be information films on the telly telling you to break off the handles before you threw them away.
Oh my word! I really want to visit this place when I move to the NE. I'd never heard of it before I found your channel some months ago and now I'm desperate to go, all because of your fantastic videos 😍
As a kid and a teen I was fascinated by this. I would often go and just stare at it and wonder sbout the history. Id still to this day kill to explore the chimney and buildings properly.
That's the real reason they're called SANDwiches. Forget the Earl of Sandwich. 😁 A bottle of Tizer, (with a rubber stopper), was an essential to go with your egg n' tomato sandwiches. 🥪
I loved my chopped egg savoury. Boiled egg, chopped, salad cream, white bread. My aunty put tomatoes in sliced, heathen. My grandmother left out any sort of liquid bar a dash of salt and pepper. Yeah 😢
My parents and older siblings were born in Sunderland (I was born in Yorkshire) and we spent all our summers and many weekends throughout the year in Sunderland. As kids in the sixties we were down at the beach all day every day. I have so many happy memories of my childhood spent there, made special now as my parents and aunts and uncles have been gone for many years and can now only keep in touch with my cousins through emails and video chat. Thank you for sharing the pictures ❤❤
