Going Places The Story of Sunderland Transport

[@paulkemnater9216]

awesome movie! great thanks for posting it!

[@druidwulf]

Glad you liked it Paul, it looked (& probably was) a much simpler time

[@paulkemnater9216]

@@druidwulf yes, indeed ;-)

[@kalaraci8987]

It was great watching this put pictures to my granddad's story's of when he used to work on the trams and buses as a conductor

[@grahamcannell9692]

.Thanks for posting this, I can say it is the best thing I have watched for ages. I particularly enjoyed seeing all the people in overcoats on the beach

[@druidwulf]

@@grahamcannell9692 I know what you mean, I was particularly surprised to see Roker beach so packed

[@bebobbebob8275]

When life was not necessarly easy but much simpler. The way Sunderland's centre was crowded with people is amazing and so colourful. Not the dreariness we endure today.

[@winlinuser]

Excellent find. Thank You!!!

[@curlysue3620]

Somewhat before my time. Left Washington in 1984 to live in Germany. Only place I was confident in spotting was Seaham Harbour. Football crowds was massive. Shame no local used for voice over. Thank you for posting.

[@jerwiffy]

Marvelous thankyou

[@lewisner]

This should be shown in all Sunderland schools as a reminder of what a great place it was.

[@zeddeka]

Sunderland has always had an awful lot of problems - including back then, when crushing poverty was just as evident as it is now. We have huge problems now. But we also did back then, too.

[@DavidRobinson-rj2sp]

WOW!!!!! This has triggered some memories. It's amazing what's locked away in the biological hard-drive that just takes a little prompt to be able to recall it.

[@thproductionwensleydale624]

I used to be a student at the University of Sunderland and all I have ever seen is the Tyne and Wear Metro as well as Network Rail. But if there was still trams about it would have been a thing of beauty. What a find mate!

[@user-jt1jv8vl9r]

My grandfather was a Ships plater (a trainee in the 1911 census) and lived in Sunderland his whole life. His father before him was a Ship Wright and his father in law also. In fact half of my family are from Sunderland. A (in my mind at least) famous relative being Fred Stewart; involved in Sunderland FC and director in the 1970s. Died 1982.

[@alanbeaumont4848]

2:13 "but the youngsters always have a wonderful time" - playing on the beach by the sewage outflow pipe! Hope they'd had their polio shots.

[@lewisner]

My late mother used to warn me , when my dad took me to Hendon beach , that the water was full of "dead sailors" from the sewage outflow.

[@MacR04]

I’m 16 and have lived in Sunderland all my life and it’s weird to see how places I visit daily used to be

[@procta2343]

see if you can find a video on sunderland back in the 80s early 90s you will get a surprise, I am from sunderland too 34 years old. I just say remember the ship yard cranes, all vanished back in the 90s , your grand parents will have worked in the ship yards or the mines.

[@williamanderson8932]

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

[@and3583]

Great memories 😊

[@mehcol]

I'm a proud mackem

[@druidwulf]

And so you should be, even though I moved to Salem Oregon in '99, I'm still a proud Mackem =)

[@williamanderson8932]

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ .

[@davids8449]

Notice how well the people are dressed. I can remember dressing with collar and tie in the 1950s 60s now in 2021 we a prime minister living at no 10 with a illegitimate child and not married

[@user-jt1jv8vl9r]

People didn't have money and yet were far better dressed than we are today.

[@williamanderson8932]

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️.

[@hh-us5pw]

18:48 - grandad Tom

[@Keithbarber]

One reason trams (and trolleybuses) were removed in London was fire brigade argued their equipment was an obstruction- did that apply to Sunderland, and elsewhere as well?

[@spiderrock215]

why 2 not like this ?

[@lewisner]

Mags.

[@williamanderson8932]

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️.

[@davidsnowdon7328]

This is God's Country

[@druidwulf]

@davidsnowdon7328 Exactly. English by birth, Mackem by the grace of God 😁

[@MICKGWEST]

WHAT ABOUT THE SHIPYARD OF BARTRAM AND SON THAT LAUNCHED INTO THE NORTH SEA. I WORKED THERE THROUGHOUT THE 50s AND 60s. WHAT A TIME THEN. UNTIL THATCHER DESTROYED IT.