Sunderland Oak, 1961

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3 жыл бұрын

Sunderland Oak, a short film about Shipbuilding on the Wear, made in 1961. This is the full version. It starts with our famous Wear Tug Eppleton Hall steaming upriver. She passes Thistledhu at Strand Quay, originally launched from John Crown's, 6th May 1955, Hull No 238. She was in for repairs. Basil Mavroleon's Luxury Yacht Radiant II is fitting out in SP Austin's (now part of A&P at this time) Drydock. She was launched from the yard, 29th March 1961, Hull No 819. The launch of Australind from Bartram's is next, 2nd May 1961, Hull No 389, with the Wear Tugs Ryhope and Prestwick. Avisfaith under construction and her launch from the yard, 28th June 1961, finishing with some of the Bartram's Lads having a few pints and finishes with a singsong in the Regale !!.

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@michaeltaylor1026 9 ай бұрын

i was born in Sunderland in the 60's and brought up in Barclay court just by the bridge and the ship yard, so very emotional to see life back when i was just a bairn. thanks for sharing

@mariadacre9647 4 ай бұрын

So was i except i was born in Churchill st near Mowbray park and this brought back great memories. Btw this is my girlfriends channel.

@2011littlejohn1 Жыл бұрын

I was 19 when this very evocative movie was filmed and a possible employment choice at 15 was working in a shipyard. My brother and father both worked in these places. Looking at this I'm convinced I made the right choice and joined the RAF as I would have maybe survived a week. It's a shame that a changing environment is a double edged sword; when they closed the yards they took away the economic guts of the town so the more pleasant conditions are maybe a questionable compensation. The North East had some amazing engineers I'm sure they could have adapted.

@th8257 2 ай бұрын

I guess that's the whole problem - they didn't adapt. And that's really the story of Britain's decline over the past century and a half. We were so inward looking that we had no real understanding of just how far behind we had fallen.

@tonybreeze8516 8 ай бұрын

As a young student I worked on the Sunderland green buses as a conductor (double shifts and no tax) and I used to drop off the shipyard workers while cheerfully singing the song, “Monday, Monday” … of course I never dreamed that this was the end of an era for the town as the foreign yards took over.

@custa73burner Ай бұрын

I worked in the yards from 1973 till the bitter end.

@farralad734 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant..as a lad wi ship building in his blood and a river wear vlogger i found this so informative 👏 thank you 😊

@simonbroberg969 2 жыл бұрын

Bits of history and what the people that spoke using their music, will stay with me until I am dead.

@dieseldavetrains8988 3 жыл бұрын

Life was much more simple and less complicated then, employment was dictated by the order book of the shipyard. The shipyard was the heart and soul of the town. Associated businesses lived and died by the yards success. You can see the pride and satisfaction in those men's eyes when the ship is launched. The "Australind" traded for many years on the Australian west coast, didn't know it was built there. Another classic video, thank you Anthony.

@ashleycohen2258 Жыл бұрын

Killed by Maggie

@th8257 2 ай бұрын

And a lot worse in some ways. No escape. No chance for anything different.

@TheStobb50 5 ай бұрын

Thank you totally invaluable piece of history, I was one year old when this was made, the town is totally unrecognisable now, when I go back to Sunderland these days I walk about with complete disbelief some good some bad again, thank you for taking the time to look at this video

@1258-Eckhart 11 ай бұрын

On 8th September 1968, the MV Avisfaith (seen here being built) was in the Pacific off southern Mexico and was able to report the formation of Hurricane Naomi, which tracked northwards through Mexico and into Texas, before easing off.

@mikebreen2890 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful.

@graemedouglas3995 2 жыл бұрын

You could build a ship a week in the east end and the estates around the town from the gear that was pinched from the yards

@TheTmny876able 10 ай бұрын

Biggest shipyards in the world at that time ! my granny worked there during WW2, when i was a kid at the time the noise was ridiculous, dame dorothy st school opposite my school, and the steam trains and i lived opposite Earnshaws bakery i have hearing trouble but to be expected. but it was a way of life young people would not put up with it now, it is so quiet in Sunderland and cleaner.

@bernadettemurray8260 Жыл бұрын

My dad was a welder, my grandar a rivet catcher.

@MSkallywagg 3 ай бұрын

Almost no H&S WOW just WOW

@kevingray3550 3 жыл бұрын

I believe that the Bartram's yard was the only yard in the country that launched directly in to the North Sea rather than a river. It certainly was the only one in Sunderland . Although long gone you can still make out its location on Google Maps to the South side of the river.

@integrale1964 Жыл бұрын

Bartram's and the lesser known Sunderland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, which was next door just to the North, were the only Shipyards to launch their ships directly into the sea.

@rmbteesside Жыл бұрын

Think it could be my dad gowie scott at 8.30 , he was a plater down the yards at that time.

@integrale1964 3 жыл бұрын

Bartram's and the lesser known Sunderland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, which was next door just to the North, were the only Shipyards to launch their ships directly into the sea.

@dougpatterson6987 2 жыл бұрын

Whee’s the fond hoower singing.

@tomp4533 Жыл бұрын

Does anyone have a copy of the full documentary or a link to it. I'm particularly interested in the clip filmed in the Regale Tavern after the launch as it features family members who are sadly no longer with us.

@DonWood 10 ай бұрын

Anthony can you tell me who the singer is at the beginning of the video. Thanks for sharing this video it’s wasted a pleasant hour researching stuff 👍

@andrewmccormack5884 9 ай бұрын

1961 the year I was born in Sunderland…ha way the lads

@th8257 2 ай бұрын

Why did you feel the need to tell us that? We were all born in some year. Nobody cares.

@josephrobson1734 3 жыл бұрын

@grrr.9998 Жыл бұрын

Can you imagine a tory trying to do a man's job? Hahaha 😅

@th8257 2 ай бұрын

You forget mate - quite a lot of the people back then were Tories, or worse. There's always been a far right streak in Sunderland - like those nut job "metric martyrs" a few years back.

@johnmurray5573 5 күн бұрын

@@th8257Mr Thoburn RIP was a far better man than you