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23rd January 2011, 03:35 PM
#1
Memories
Big River. Based on the Tyne, but could be any industrial towns and rivers of bygone days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuU6ML6DW-k&feature=fvw
"Across the seas where the great waves grow, there are no fields for the poppies to grow, but its a place where Seamen sleep, died for their country, for you and for peace" (Billy McGee 2011)
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23rd January 2011, 07:11 PM
#2
Emotional
JUST SHOWED THIS TO HER INDOORS,
Being a Geordie and away from her Wallsend / Newcastle home, she was quite emotional.
Thanks K.
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24th January 2011, 05:25 AM
#3
Great clip thta one, brings back some great memories. My G.F. and G.G.F. were from Sunderland as as a young lad I used to go there for the summer. Often taken down to see ships being launched or to watch the ship building from a little distance. So sadly all those wonderful times are now gone as is most of the U.K. ship building.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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24th January 2011, 02:49 PM
#4
That brought back some memories.I spent a year in a Stevie Clarke collier.I was the only one who wasn't a Geordie. I enjoyed every minute of it. Learned what a great crowd Geordies are. Made a lot of friends up there,lost contact long ago unfortunately PS.I also learned a lot about good beer.
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8th February 2011, 02:05 AM
#5
ports of the ok
i was watching a show on tv awile ago called COASTS very interesting it showed how the decline in shipping as affected the different ports plus the ship building but the rivers seem to be a lot cleaner it also showed places that i had been to when i was at sea also places i went when i was a kid lou barron
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8th February 2011, 12:55 PM
#6
phil crawley R716769
I spoke to a very old man in a pub in Newcastle years ago, he was convinced that kaiser bill and hitler were the two greatest men that ever lived, I asked him why, he said they were the only men who ever brought work to Tyneside.
Phil Crawley.
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