He was a MACKEM not a GEORDIE

I REMEMBER IT ALL WELL BUT WITH DIFFERANT STORIES. I REMEMBER FRO EARLY 40s TO DATE. WHO THE HELL ARE THIS MACKEMS ? MY MATE AND I HAD NEVER EVER HEARD OF THE NAME UNTIL I CAME DOWN TO THE NANCHESTER REGION, I WILL NEVER CALL MY PEOPLE MAXKEMS. WE ARE WEARSIDERS. I STARTED IN THE SHIPYARDS THAT BRINGS MEMORIORS OF THE EFIL THATCHER YEARS. I REMEMBER THAT EVER YEAR THERE WASA RACE ALONG FAWCETTE STREET TO BEAT THE CLOCK CIMING. THE FIRST ALIMINUIUM BRIDGE IN THE WPRLD WAS BUILT IN THE DOCK. I SWAM IN THE SEA 6 DAYS A WEEK. THE GREAT SIR JOESPH SWANN THE INVENTER OF THE LIGHT BULB WAS BORN HERE AND THE AMERICAN EDISON OBTEND THE USE OF OF IT FOR JUST NORTH AMERICA.

It’s heartbreaking. The family really need closure and if anybody knows what happened to Robert please come forward to help them. I can’t imagine what it must be like for them. I didn’t know Robert but I hope somebody somewhere can help them.

I'm from Sunderland & never heard the CLEM word & meaning other than in the plural & what it means. I'm 60 & only left 14 years ago.

Been there today and it is full of Africans. How sad.

Marra, I'm from Sunderland, lived in High Garth at the time Nikki went missing, she was found opposite my flat. But you talk too fast, even for me. Slow down, but good documentary though nonetheless

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SUNDERLAND. THE NAME ' MACKEMS ' IS A NEW NAME. I NEVER EVER HEARD OF IT UNTIL I WAS DOWN IN THE MANACHER AREA. MY FRIENDS, THAT I GREW UP WITH ALSO ASKED ' WHO THE HELL ARE THESE MACKEMS ? WE WERE ALWAYS CALLED THE WEARSIDERS OR THE BLACK CATS. WE ALWAYS IGNOR THOSE WHO REFER TO US MACKEMS. I WORKED IN THE SHIPYARDS IN THE 1950s AND NO ONE HAD HEARD OF A MACKEMS. IT WASA WORD WE HAD NEVER HEARD OF. SO, I AM A WEARSIDER AND WILL ALWAYS WILL BE. I LIVED DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND THEREFORE MY MEMERY IS AS SOUND AS A BELL. SO THE NEWCASTLE SUPPORTER MUST BE CALLED ' THE CASTLE PEOPLE '. OKAY? BUT I CALL THEM ' GEORDIES ' WHICH THEY RIGHTLY LOVE. OUR FAVOURATE SON WAS THE MAN THAT INVENTED THE ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB. HE WAS BORN OPPOSITE SUNDERLAND UNIVERSITY ON WEATHERAL GREEN..... HIS NAME SIR JOUESPH SWANN. HIS MAIN FACTORY LATER ON WAS IN NEWCASTLE WHICH STILL DESPLAYS HIS ORIGINAL LIGHTS OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT STORE CALLED H&M THAT NOW OCCUPIES IT.

No more thoughts for the poor bloke persecuted and prosecuted wrongly and lives in hell now!

What a fantastic series of tales. Thank you.

John Humble was a mackem not a geordie

BY THE WAY, I CAME FROM SUNDERLAND. WE ARE NOT GEORDIES.

BECAUSE OF THIS DICKHEAD AND HIS TAPES, I WAS PULLED IN 3 TIMES FOR THE YORKSHIRE RIPPER. I LOOKED LIKE THE RIPPER AND MY MOTHER LIVED ABOUT ONE MILE AWAY FROM WHERE THE THOUGHT HE CAME FROM FROM BECAUSE OF THE TAPES. THE RIPPER NEVER CAME FROM THERE. I WISH THAT I COULD HAVE MET UP WITH THIS FRAUDSTER. BUT SAYING THAT, I DROVE WAGONS AROUND THE SAME AREA AS THE RIPPER WHILST COLLECTING PRODUCE FOR MY BUSINESS. ALL 3 POLICE UNITS AT THE TIME WERE NOT CONNECTED. CHESHIRE, WEST YORKSHIRE AND WEST MIDLANDS.

As bad as he was this Humble did not cause the death of 3 more women, the incompetence, arrogance, sexism, etc, caused that and to all the others. Several witnesses had already described the attacked as black haired, swarthy looking, bearded, deep stirring eyes, and a BRADFORD/Local accent! If they had listened and followed up on other vital evidence the Ripper would have been caught by the summer of 79 especially as he was interviewed 9 times. Obviously, Humble deserved to get 10 years in prison.

What I don't understand is: HOW no one in Humble's family, not his brother nor his wife, recognized his voice on the tapes?! Apparently the tapes were played everywhere in public constantly, even in supermarkets and on the radio. Everywhere there was a PA system...and even broadcast from police cars in motion. Humble's voice must not have been very "distinctive"? Given how easy it was for 3 people to identify Stephen Young from a MUCH SHORTER clip played on Crimewatch UK, two of whom were supposedly his family members. Stephen Young, was the insurance agent who murdered Harry and Nicola Fuller.

terrible reporting.., this narrator is so incoherent and struggles to speak properly. How sad for the memory Nikki.

Great stories, keep it up

Ian do you know why Nancy Revell chose the address for Gloria in one of her books. I’ve read all of the Shipyard Girls stories. The thing is Gloria’s address is my house. Can you imagine my surprise when I read this. Gob smacked dosent come into it. Did Nancy Revell know somebody who used to live here in the past. I’d really like to know.

Ian. You talk about the books by Nancy Revel. The Shipyard Girls. Do you know if the places she writes about have any real significance to her. One of the girls Gloria came out of the Royal. Infirmary. She gave her address to the taxi driver and it was my address. Do you know if it was just plucked out of the air or did it mean something to her. I’d be interested to know.

That Jacky Whites is nowt like the old one. It was a bit minging but it was a lovely place. You could buy all sorts. The cafe was a special treat. A plate of chips and a glass of still orange Happy days.

even though im a manchester united fan ,i remember this day very well ,we were all supporting sunderland on the day and ive seen the documentary on you tube about the final victory and if ever the kids of today need to be shown what the fa cup means to a community then that is it ,great days and memories

I remember this .was on durham road by the old Royal Infirmary hospital.. when the bus drove past.. I was 3 months away from being 4yrs old.

I've been to the Bis Bar and Pinnochio's. My favourite food was a pork dip from Ibbotsons....

Very true about watch batteries, I made the mistake of popping into a Jewellers opposite Debenhams, the cheeky wanted £20 and when I said I will think about it, he said "It will be same next time". Admittedly my watch is Casio which cost about £16 so I was presumably not the calibre of customer he was interested in. Jacky Whites is tucked into a corner so it not that Noticeable. I went in the first time and I didn't realise how much was there.

you have missed so many that was a big 80s time, sams, the continental, even the lesiure center traks, then it changed its name, the beehive, the one across the road i cant remember, i could go on forever, so could you if you did the video justice

the blue monkey was around 99 to 2001 ish, i worked in the shell garage on chester road night shift, had many a person, ask where it was from out of town, it was not my scene, but it was closed and re opened and shut again i think, i could be wrong

dixons, i was beaten up badly coming out of there in 83, tried to chat a girl up, her boyfriend was banned, she told him, we left, was badly beaten by the barclay court gand, i got to wheatsheaf police station, is was open then, he was arressted, i got bit of compo, he got a year, i got 1200 quid, not bad money in them days

wooo the upper deck, bucky walker drank there, not a nice one, do not look at him

Youse to go Railway in Hendon great pub tripe on bar but I don't eat it but atmospheric and the best beer I've ever tasted. Even my son in law says the same, and he worked at managerial level for his working life, by he could sup!

Hi ian thanks for that...i was born in Sunderland but now live in North Doncaster...its a shame to see so many shops shut!

This video really misses out some fairly huge bits of information, particularly about why Humble did it. The borstal he was sent to was Medolsmley Road detention centre. The centre is now absolutely notorious because of the physical and sexual abuse that staff inflicted on the young inmates - police now believe that a number of the staff were part of a wider paedophile ring. Many have since been jailed. Humble was seriously abused in there and it left him with a burning hatred of the police. Humble actually went to a police station at one point and turned himself in, but wasn't believed. The FBI had also been asked to listen to the tapes and had warned George Oldfield that they were a hoax (as did several other officers in the UK). It seems though that Oldfield was such a monumental egotist that he ignored all of them.

No mention of the Picture House in High Street West which was located on part of the site that's now occpied by Primark .It opened in 1912 & specialised in showing Westerns and because of that it was known by everyone as the "Ranch". It was also known for its sliding roof that could be opened in the warm summer months too cool the auditorium. Other than to let out all of the cigarette smoke and let some fresh air in I don't know how many times the searing heat of a Sunderland summer actually called for the roof to be opened. The Picture House closed in 1966 and was demolished to make way for the town centre's original shopping precinct which was later converted into a shopping mall and re-named The Bridges. As a kid I visited the Odeon the ABC the Royal and the Havelock and have memories of them all and the films that I saw in them but I never visited the "Ranch".

It'saveryinterestingvideobutyouspeakfartooquicklyandit'snoteasytoalwayshearwhatyou'resaying

The fact I lived less than 6 miles away from this monster when I was 2 years old is horrible

I drove around Sunderland a lot back in the 1960s when I was younger, delivering to my Dad's several bakery/grocery shops and I never actually noticed many of these ornate buildings. Driving, one rarely looks up much and the concentration is on the road ahead and other traffic and in those days that traffic was often heavy! I thank you Ian for bringing these wonderful buildings to my attention.

Moved South in the 70s for work,been back a handful times since & my home towns had the heart ripped out of it, barely recognisable now & been totally trashed .

It starts with the primary caregiver. This woman had no idea that her child had not gone home until she got back and her other child told her. That's not good enough. And poor Nikki went through God knows what, because children as young as she was think in the moment. They are easily distracted and manipulated.

and now its starting to look alot like afrikkkka

Nice video Ian! I remember a few of those places from the early 70s - Biz-Bar, Pinnochio's and I think, The Melting Pot! But as I recall it the Melting Pot was then an Indian restaurant at the top end of Blandford Street? They did good Indian food, and it was a nicely appointed room. Biz-Bar was a hangout for many young teens in the 1960s even. Pinnochio's did a great Canneloni and me and my girlfriend - now my wife for the past hundred years - went there often in the evenings, but I remember it being about where Chillino's is in your video, although I cannot swear to that!

Fastline, underneath Debenhams now. Long gone😢. Chilli and chips, absolutely delish😅😅😅

How very sad 😢

The Picture House was called the ranch due to the amount of westerns it showed

I was one of the upper deck leerers hehe happy days

This John Humble guy was a nut, and he was obviously guilty of wasting police time. But for me the more serious accusation of perverting the course of justice was wrongly holding him responsible for the police's own huge incompetence. There were good reasons why they should have treated his hoax letters and the tape with extreme skepticism. They even had clear testimony from a survivor who insisted her attacker had a Yorkshire accent not a Wearside accent - but they just discounted that and chose instead to attach more credibility to cranky communications from a random stranger! If he got 8 years for this, it was 1 year for the actual deed, and 7 for making the police look bad.

Great video...

Thanks for bringing back happy memories .I recall the Mowbrey deciding to have a happy hour from 5.30 until 6.30 .This drew in the crowd that spent their afternoon enjoying cider in Mowbrey Park. I overheard the bar manager discussing with the barmaid about the behaviour getting more boisterous, the manager said don't worry its 6.30 now they we all go shortly. Alas for him he didn't realise they had stashed pints under tables and behind plants ,led to a evening the resembled the muppet show

Great memories of JW in the 80's - 90's when i found myself living in Sunderland for 5 years, now some 32 years later this video brought it all back to me, many thanks for posting.

Alan Mardghum from Wearmouth recaps the foreseen truth. Cortonwood indeed was the trigger in Match 1984 !. All lost their jobs, NUM , deputies , TA's , Gaffers - what a scam Thatcher made !

I am originally from Darlington but lived the last 30 years in New Zealand, was back home with my kids last October and took them to a Sunderland game. First time I have really been to Sunderland , It was a lot better than I expected and had a great day.

That was great Ian. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm a member of Sunderland History and Memories, bit I think there is, as you point out, a place for the present. I watch Joolz Guides, I always felt, Sunderland could do with a Joolz. Sunderland is full of history and it's not all in the past. Thanks, more. Best wishes, Kevin

Thanks Ian from a Sunderland lad (this is my girlfriends channel btw).