I wonder if Amanda got her own busines and own car. Crazy to think she must be in her 50's now.

Its on the way back i think 🤔

What a disgusting betrayal of our town, makes me sick to think of these families and where they are now

What a horrible little cow that Amanda was married at 18 pupped up at 19

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There's gonna be f#ck all left. There's too many c#nts ruining this world for selfish greed!

The problem wasn't Sunderland or shipbuilding, the problem was, as always, the politicians. Making is the basis of any sound economy, and Britain had a head start. However, it was wasted by political mismanagement of the country, lack of investment and sabotage in the form of certain political dogmas. If Germany and Japan could start from nothing (having lost the war) and become great makers of these things there was no reason Britain could not have continued.

So Many UKIP type fruitcakes in the comments saying shipbuilding ended in Sunderland because of the EU. They clearly know absolutely nothing about the history of Sunderland, or British shipbuilding. British industry had been in massive decline since the 1800s. Let's have a look shall we at what happened to shipbuilding in Sunderland, bearing in mind that we joined the EU in 1973: 1840 - Sunderland had 76 shipbuilding companies. 1873 - William Pile's closed, had been founded in 1846 1883 - 1885 The Sunderland Engineers strike of 1883-5 1884 - 1887 - depression which destroyed demand for ships 1908 - 1910 - another depression which further damaged demand for ships 1914 - only 16 shipbuilders left in Sunderland 1914 - 1918 - WW1 created a temporary boom in demand for ships 1930s - another depression, huge fall in demand for ships. Those yards that survived went for 4 or 5 years without launching one ship. The depression had a deeper impact as fewer men wanted to join the industry and many left to join other professions. In later years, this meant that there were fewer skilled workers and managers in the UK industry. 1933 - Robert Thompson Jnr’s yard closed 1939 - only 8 shipbuilders left in Sunderland 1939 - 1945 - another temporary rise in demand for ships because of WW2 1945 post-war period - shipbuilding at Sunderland badly affected by strikes 1950s - 1960s - further yard closures as WW2 demand for ships ended, end of passenger liners & rise of aeroplanes. 1954 - S.P. Austin and Sons merged with Pickergill's 1961 - . Doxford’s,Thompson’s, Laings and Greenwell’s forced to merge because of their financial state and form the Doxford and Sunderland Shipbuilding and Engineering Group 1964 - George Short's close, had been founded in 1850 1967 - Only two shipbuilding companies left in Sunderland 1973 - Doxford and Sunderland Shipbuilding and Engineering Group taken over and re-named Sunderland Shipbuilders Ltd 1977 - British shipyards nationalised because they were in such a poor state 1980 - last two remaining shipyards forced to merge 1988 - last shipyard closed As anyone with a brain can see, the writing was on the wall for Sunderland shipbuilding well before we were born. As with the rest of British industry, the major damage was in the late 1800s into the early 1900s, something we spiralled down and down from. The two world wars played their part, but perhaps the watershed was the 1930s depression, when many people decided to leave industry and try and find jobs elsewhere. The rise of the aeroplane further destroyed demand for ships. The whole reason we joined the EU to start with is because Britain had fallen further and further behind. Sunderland shipbuilding was on life support long, long before the EU ever existed.

Every kid in the north east had them curtains at 7.20....... i'm from Boro and have mutual digs and piss takes with the mackams but seeing there proud history destroyed is nothing short of scandalous, the towns gone to shit and i'm not saying that boastfully, the government spit them out and they're only just clawing it back

Dave Turnbull looking like a film star!

When I left school I was on the doll 4 one year , I moved down south and go a seasonal job in Cambridge,then went too college to be a chef .stayed in Cambridgeshire,then moved back to Sunderland, I worked around the north east my last job was working on the BOAT the TOXEDO royal a floating night club with restaurants stayed there for about 8 years , then I immigrated to Spain ,I was cheffing all the time, married a Finnish girl lived there and I got divorced,moved to canaries working for the fins ,now Iam back in the uk I got jobs but unfortunately Iam disabled not working any more , the funny things I have no qualifications from school ,only my qualifications from college for catering ‘’it’s a funny life’’ god speed too all ps ,I can speak three languages yyyiiii

Absolute shit hole !!!

Watching all these bureaucrats talking about all these stupid, ill conceived plans for the city now; you just shake your head and think ‘you all failed miserably’.

The lies of the politicians as they de industrialise the UK and rob its people of work.. Great film thank you

Was there 1988 to 1993; it’s a dump, was then. Is now. Not much more to say. Really.

Martin Brennan was my uncle who was head master at St Adans catholic school in Sunderland

A lad stepping into a beat without permission and taking one or Two for the pot using a legal methods I've no issue with. But gougers goin down with nets and devastating fish stocks for a profit should be thrown in jail. Scumbags in my eyes. From a blue collar Joe.

What a fantastic video - really well done and capturing a vital part of local history. Really nice as well to see Mr & Mrs Quinn there - they were always a really nice Dunston family. Hopefully someone will also be able to do a video about the old CWS flour and soap mills in Dunston.

I caught thousands of salmon on the Tweed poaching from a boy until a later life I was also a salmon fisherman in the north sea how can anyone claim to own a fish

I lived there but no jobs and a lot of poverty I left there when I was 16 1/2. Went to London. Then joined military at 18. After that I worked and worked settled there bought property then became self employed the last 25 yrs. Now proud owner of couple of businesses. I like seeing sunderland on here as I have a lot of relations there unfortunately I don’t keep in touch any more nearly 40 yrs it seams most of there is new not much of old Sunderland left. I now settled in Lancaster and enjoy this area. One day I might vist it’s on a list of places

Would be grea t to do another episode now.

When it first got put up it was subject to ridicule by some people, me included. But a few decades on its pretty iconic. It's not a art master piece but it somehow works and attracts a lot of tourists. I've never seen it in person but I will one day!

What a superb series. Thanks.

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Do you know how sick of this slavery crap people are?

I am a 63 year old white male and growing up in east arkansas, I chopped and picked cotton or whatever was planted that season along with cousins aunts and uncles. Have You?

I said "New opportunities!", sorry i thought you said "burn it to the ground and wank on the ruins".

Born in 88, actually really interesting to see how the city was when I was born.

GARY NUMAN 🙏🏻 4 GLASTONBURY.

Gateshead flasher

Simple and kind to animals - qualities of a great person.

Tragic what happened to our little city.

Io sono Sambare

Well, goodbye mr gormless and take that pile of scrap with you

looks nice

You will always be Logan’s girl in Logan’s Run. I loved you in that film.

Iv had a few fish and I'm not involved in crime and I have two jobs!

I can listen to her for hours...what a sultry beauty..

Shes beautiful in vintage clothes modern dresses or in her underwear.

Delightful Beautiful Woman

What a load of self-important crap. Know any Russian serfs , maestro , any Asian coolees , Indian tea plantation “slaves” ? Or are slaves of interest only black ones ?

Hoping to go to the University of Sunderland in September this year for my master's degree, a really interesting documentary.

Sunderland had everything now what we got no trades no ship building no coal mines. Just name Sunderland.

Great doco, gives a good look at what happened in my home town in the years after we emigrated to New Zealand. I showed it to my parents this afternoon (Sunderland born and bred, now in New Zealand) and they loved it

Thanks for uploading this. Really interesting 👍🏻

I love the statue to it makes us remember the people have lost their lives before under the Pits. Ie the coal. Miners. The. Shipping industry. The angel. Is screaming. Don’t fort get.! Blessed ❤️❤️❤️🙏

It’s not a monstrosity it’s art and Angel it gives hope an angel is an angel .? Statues are stationary so if you wanted it to move then I’m sure you would complain about this I think it gives hope and to remember all the people that lost their lives before it’s modern Art! And you will feel energy for the Earth and yes it does serve a purpose in a sense for the birds and what are birds messengers. ? ❤️🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

I went to school with Ian Sharratt during this time, I was the year below. Top lad, really nice guy. Brings back some memories watching all this.....

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Get over it ! None of you were ever slaves.