Despite being a proud Geordie, I worked in Sunderland and went to uni there for 15 years. I loved it in all honesty, great laugh and banter. We love to hate each other, but when the chips are down, we'd be there with each other!
I met a lovely guy back in '74 from Sunderland when he came to Luton to work, he met my dad who happened to be from Newcastle and they hit it off straight away, infact my dad idolised him, we fell in love but I was only 16 and he was 21 and my parents said I was too young to get involved with him seriously, so when his work in Luton was finished (roughly 3mths later) he said he would come back for me when I was 18, we never stayed in touch so I didn't think he would come back for me, but when I was nearly 19 my dad came back from the Luton Labour club and told me Norman had turned up asking after me, my dad broke the news that I was now married and his face dropped, I was gutted and tried to find him but with no luck. I'm many years divorced now and I often wonder what happened to him. 'The love I lost.!! I've always regretted not waiting for him 😢
I was the interpreter for a lad from Sunderland and I was from Wallsend. As a soldier SAS I had to speak with the Queen Mother and they sent a Scotsman to be my Interpreter. The queen Mother said she loved my Geordie accent.
im a walker boy & Sunderland folk are the same as us, football caused bad blood , but i respect people from Sunderland , i think some Geordies could start a fight in an empty room
Great stuff Eddy. I once worked with a Sunderland lass, she was harder than any man I've ever known but took a shine to me. She took me back to her parents place to pick something up and her dad was a legend. She told him that I was a Geordie and in his best disgraced voice he told me. Well, you know why we hate the Geordies? I said, "no" he said, we built all the ships and you took them i.e. Sunderland yard Mackem and the Geordie lad's Takem (we took them as we were superior in our finishing skills) makes sense to me like! Great stuff!
I've always thought it was as the older gentlemen said: Make 'em and Take 'em. Ship building was huge in the wear valley but the complicated and higher wage job of rigging was done on Tyneside. The bit about 'Marra' was fascinating. Never heard that before.
Although I come from the south I was a Newcastle fan as a kid. Later in life I wanted to experience life in the north east so I went to study at Sunderland uni. Now I genuinely have a soft spot for both teams and north east football in general. The passion for the sport throughout the region is infections and cannot be replicated anywhere else to the same degree imo.
I'm currently having my post graduate medical studies @ Newcastle. Lovely city with great friendly people. Struggling a bit with the accent but I'm gradually getting a hang of it.
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You picked a right bunch of wallopers to interview there like Eddie 😂
Lost for words with the fella in the grey tracksuit….shame he kept interrupting the man who actually knew what he was talking about
Despite being a proud Geordie, I worked in Sunderland and went to uni there for 15 years. I loved it in all honesty, great laugh and banter. We love to hate each other, but when the chips are down, we'd be there with each other!
I met a lovely guy back in '74 from Sunderland when he came to Luton to work, he met my dad who happened to be from Newcastle and they hit it off straight away, infact my dad idolised him, we fell in love but I was only 16 and he was 21 and my parents said I was too young to get involved with him seriously, so when his work in Luton was finished (roughly 3mths later) he said he would come back for me when I was 18, we never stayed in touch so I didn't think he would come back for me, but when I was nearly 19 my dad came back from the Luton Labour club and told me Norman had turned up asking after me, my dad broke the news that I was now married and his face dropped, I was gutted and tried to find him but with no luck. I'm many years divorced now and I often wonder what happened to him. 'The love I lost.!! I've always regretted not waiting for him 😢
That lad from Sheilds made me chuckle 😃 another fantastic video Eddie 👌
The word knacker is best described as lad in the white trackie called Ra 9 game r 😂
I was the interpreter for a lad from Sunderland and I was from Wallsend. As a soldier SAS I had to speak with the Queen Mother and they sent a Scotsman to be my Interpreter. The queen Mother said she loved my Geordie accent.
im a walker boy & Sunderland folk are the same as us, football caused bad blood , but i respect people from Sunderland , i think some Geordies could start a fight in an empty room
Don't forget most of the Naval Fighting Ships were built on the Tyne.
Great stuff Eddy. I once worked with a Sunderland lass, she was harder than any man I've ever known but took a shine to me. She took me back to her parents place to pick something up and her dad was a legend. She told him that I was a Geordie and in his best disgraced voice he told me. Well, you know why we hate the Geordies? I said, "no" he said, we built all the ships and you took them i.e. Sunderland yard Mackem and the Geordie lad's Takem (we took them as we were superior in our finishing skills) makes sense to me like! Great stuff!
I've always thought it was as the older gentlemen said: Make 'em and Take 'em. Ship building was huge in the wear valley but the complicated and higher wage job of rigging was done on Tyneside. The bit about 'Marra' was fascinating. Never heard that before.
Seriously great rivalry, proud of our sunderland heritage.
Eddie you’re top class man! The way you felt with him was spot on! N yeas would love to here more about the battle! Keep up the great work
The lad that answered "Sunderland" when asked where's does it come from, made me chuckle.
That South Shields lad knows the score
Although I come from the south I was a Newcastle fan as a kid. Later in life I wanted to experience life in the north east so I went to study at Sunderland uni. Now I genuinely have a soft spot for both teams and north east football in general. The passion for the sport throughout the region is infections and cannot be replicated anywhere else to the same degree imo.
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Yet again learned loads! I always thought the term Mackem was a recent thing and linked to football rivalry. Thanks Eddie
The 84 year old bloke was great for his age but he should curl up in embarrassment for not knowing the answer.
I'm currently having my post graduate medical studies @ Newcastle. Lovely city with great friendly people. Struggling a bit with the accent but I'm gradually getting a hang of it.