Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:04 pm Post subject: Scary Sunderland documentary
This will only be of interest to peeps born in this town (city?) although I don't have an interest in football as a time capsule of life back then its perfect..
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 7:00 pm Post subject: Re: Scary Sunderland documentary
Robert DeNiro's Eyes wrote:
This will only be of interest to peeps born in this town (city?) although I don't have an interest in football as a time capsule of life back then its perfect..
Scary I went to a club in Chester-le-Street just after that to see the whole team and got Ian Porterfield's autograph, seems like yesterday. was only 9 years old, the club mad an exception cos of the event _________________ http://www.withintheshadowofthetree.com/
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: Scary Sunderland documentary
Robert DeNiro's Eyes wrote:
This will only be of interest to peeps born in this town (city?) although I don't have an interest in football as a time capsule of life back then its perfect
City!
Although back in 1973, it was a town. It became a city in 1992 as part of the Queen's 40th Jubilee celebrations, which was oddly enough the first time since 1973 that Sunderland ended up in the FA Cup final.
It's now the biggest city in the North-east, although this claim is disputed by some people (these are known as "Geordies"). But The Times says it is, so there. _________________ "It's ok to be different, it's good to be different, and we should question ourselves before we judge others." -- Johnny Depp
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: Scary Sunderland documentary
oddbodd wrote:
[ It became a city in 1992 as part of the Queen's 40th Jubilee celebrations, which was oddly enough the first time since 1973 that Sunderland ended up in the FA Cup final.
It's now the biggest city in the North-east, although this claim is disputed by some people (these are known as "Geordies"). But The Times says it is, so there.
Hi oddbodd, well Im not a "geordie" but as a born and bred mackam I will never get used to it being a city. It will always be a town to me, when I get on the bus I always say "to the town" much to the puzzlement of our many Polish bus drivers. Also note I said town not toon as our geordie friends may say.
Have to admit I used to laugh at the irony when Geordies used to wind up us mackems about Sunderland not being a city but then constantly referred to the "City" of Newcastle as The Toon.
I know when Sunderland was a town it was the largest town in Europe so now that its a city logic dictates that it is the largest in the North East. However that is probably only because Washington was added to Sunderland. Which I know annoys quite a few Washingtonians, especially the Toon supporters among them.
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