Sunderland: The Jewel in the Cap - Part One (1988/90)

[@eddiesanderson7370]

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

[@paulharris2598]

Brings back fond memories for me . Spent time in the East end in the early 80s . Boars head , Wear garth . I have the upmost respect for all the people i met in Sunderland . I was in the Merchant Navy and we would call at the Port of Sunderland . I live in Bude in Cornwall , But have always remembered my visits . Thank you Julie Branton , for our time together ,you will always be special . Wishing you and your family the Best Always x Paul Harris.

[@adamswitlak1242]

As a shiplover from Poland I find this film one of the saddest on YT. The wiev of falling cranes is heart breaking. How was it possible?

[@lewisner]

Thatcher did a deal with the EU where they gave her something in return for closing Doxfords and Austin & Pickersgill. When the yards closed, the supply industries closed too.

[@RAPIDNISMO]

The money wasn't in it any more, once the ship yards were knocked down nissan moved in a couple of miles away

[@zeddeka]

​@@lewisner​​??? it's nothing to do with the EU. Weird that you think it is - you clearly know nothing about the history of your own country. The whole reason we joined the EU to start with was because Britain's economy was in the pits and joining the EU gave a massive boost. Britain's industry had been in decline since the 1870s. Massive underinvestment. Rigid unions. Outdated skills, equipment and methods. A captive market in the Empire that disappeared when the Empire did. You need only look at a map of the old yards in Sunderland to see just how much had disappeared over a century ago - decades before we joined the EU. If you want to understand why Britain has no industry anymore, you need only look at the utter shambles our car manufacturing was, and read what the American steel magnate Andrew Carnegie said 120 years ago - that "Britain was being made a back number because we were using equipment and methods that were 25 years out of date even then." Stop blaming foreigners mate. The problems were entirely British made. Thatcher's experiment with monetarism was the last straw.

[@quatz1981]

Tragic what happened to our little city.

[@GOLDSMITHEXILE]

"diversify your economic base"...??? as in get rid of everything except banking and finance?

[@chrisyboy666]

Born in Washington...All my family born and bred in Sunderland witherwack.....place is fucked 2020 still not recovered.

[@Mackembri62]

Am from RED HOUSE(1965-1978)love my city but WTF

[@MSkallywagg]

I worked on this film as camera assistant

[@eddiesanderson7370]

Would love to hear some anecdotes about what it was like working on this doco. I showed it to my parents this afternoon (Sunderland born and bred, now in New Zealand) and they loved it

[@simonwade111]

13:05 Harry Fitzsimmins of South Cliff on Roker sea front. A milkman in his younger days, I wonder if he's still around.

[@LukeTG1TTV]

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

[@samthurlbeck]

Thanks for uploading this. Really interesting 👍🏻

[@msssteamchannel9376]

It’s really upsetting what’s happened to my city For example 13:12

[@Prince_of_Winterfell]

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

[@f-wingkingunclejohn6199]

I'm a Mackem living in Essex and I'm a Sunderland fan and everyone knows it. I'm loud and I'm proud and I'm part of the Roker Roar. Haway the Lads and God bless Sunderland. FTM.

[@paulwilkinson7977]

S.M.B..SIMPLE AS THAT ..😊

[@stevesayer4045]

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

[@dancrowley5128]

Its on the way back i think 🤔

[@DanielHarold]

What was the benefit to closing the yards and pits

[@RAPIDNISMO]

The money wasn't in it any more, nissan moved in s couple of miles down the road and we were somewhat set, my grandad worked in the yards

[@markw.loughton6786]

Pits had to go, it was essentially a dead industry once nuclear came along. What you will find is gas will be the next big industry to go in a few decades it's cards are marked.

[@vikingchristian5985]

Cheaper to do it all abroad😕

[@zeddeka]

to have a business you need customers. Sunderland ship building didn't have any enough customers to make it viable. Coal is not a crop. It doesn't grow back. Once it's gone, it's gone. And as time passes it becomes more and more expensive to extract. It had run its course. On top of that, people no longer wanted to work in those industries. They were highly dangerous. Sunderland had among the highest levels of premature deaths due to industrial diseases in the UK.

[@jeromybyatt3997]

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

[@farralad734]

My grandad worked shipyards after ww1 my other grandad fireman ww2 great granda ww1 shops roker avenue massive memorial Bishop wearmouth cemetery...100%mackem 👌...although I was called geordie in army ffs

[@adammassacre4715]

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

[@anthonyprior6219]

pure gold

[@postwar46]

So many ships were built in Sunderland. The people were in the ships, and the ships were in the people: and when a vessel was completed, the workers and their families assembled to cheer yet another fine ship launched. All their skill and daily perseverance through sweat and toil created yet another great product of the town. Well may the stuffed shirts from Whitehall announce the changes in 1988 which so violated the community. My heart sank to see those cranes so methodically blown up, and fall to earth; It makes you wonder what deals were done with Europe at Governmental level to flatten this town, and replace their tradition and livelihood with a Japanese car factory. It is all very sad that the nations elected government decided to do this. The UK is a great country , and with it's release from European obligations, I hope that it will again rise as a manufacturer fired by communities.

[@zeddeka]

You a paranoid lunatic mate or just a russian troll? "Deals done with Europe to flatten the town"? If you believe that, you need to see a psychiatrist and you also need to learn about the history of Sunderland. Britain's industry had been in decline for well over 100 years. Chronic underinvestment, terrible labour relations, outdated methods, skills and equipment. Go and look at a map of old Sunderland and see how many industries had to shut down decades before we joined the EU. The whole point of joining the EU was because our economy was a basket case and joining the EU gave a massive boost. Stop blaming foreigners. The problems were all British made.

[@ukdashcamguy500]

Brian mills. Demolished.

[@tjcne8668]

Blew up the shop yards so we could slave away it Nissan..... Trust me no one is better off, your plan failed... And you doomed our city in the process...

[@tjcne8668]

Ship yards*

[@markw.loughton6786]

The Scotsman and the cockney have destroyed the city. and that unfortunately is the legacy of the miners who vote them in. Sunderland should of turned itself into the technological city once those industries died. But nope, Sunderland Council thinks high rent in shops and offices is the answer.

[@MadeiraMakem]

what happened to the two lads, one wanted to be an accountant, the other a computer annalist ?

[@media19content]

One is working in computers and the other is working in Sunderland for a Nissan supplier

[@Taylorslade123]

Media 19 could you please tell us how Amanda and her mother are now?

[@sezza8516]

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

[@WestWing99]

Don't forget the matching duvet covers to go with those curtains. 😅

[@greetb9330]

People make a place and Sunderland people are fantastic. You would not call the above progress you would call it change and not all change is inherently good. It takes many years for a City to find a sense of purpose and a good deal of blood sweat and tears to make it so. it takes minutes to destroy the machines that helped those people be who they were. Arrogant politicians who knew "better" eh?. Look across Britain, specifically NORTHERN England and look at what was left behind, what filled the vaccuum left when "progress" dictated some industry would soon be "obsolete". A lack of strategic nous for short term gain, the price of capitalism. Good luck Sunderland and it's fine people.

[@JCannMedia]

Can I have permission to use some of this footage in a 5 minute documentary for a college course?

[@media19content]

Can you let me know a little more about the film you're making? And where you are studying? Thanks

[@JCannMedia]

My apologies for the late reply, I am studying at Newcastle College, and wish to produce a non-profit profile piece documentary for my factual module, based on my Grandad who was a worker in the shipyards around the area. The film focuses on the impacts of life for him after the decline of the shipbuilding industry.

[@JCannMedia]

As well we are only using a few seconds of footage, the crane falling at 2:16, we will be happy to credit you in our documentary.

[@no.7593]

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.

[@Meadows-tg3tv]

Ferry’s went to the eec

[@ukdashcamguy500]

hendon.. never had a good name. Well its a million times worse now.

[@RAPIDNISMO]

I can agree with that

[@ukdashcamguy500]

Btect at mari... Well that kids furked if he does that... I did.. Waste of space that place was.

[@quatz1981]

Yeah i had the option of going there or to college, glad i chose college.

[@silicononsapphire5102]

Gobshites. Open Pallion.

[@stewartw.9151]

Westmoor Road - that is where my Dad had his bakery and I worked there for a while! But in the 1960s business was good and everybody made a living. Politicians and foreign competition killed Sunderland.

[@Meadows-tg3tv]

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