Lost for words with the fella in the grey tracksuit….shame he kept interrupting the man who actually knew what he was talking about

Btilliant Eddie, some good laughs. I'll just leave it there...😄

Despite being a proud Geordie, I worked in Sunderland and went to uni there for 15 years. I loved it in all honesty, great laugh and banter. We love to hate each other, but when the chips are down, we'd be there with each other!

You picked a right bunch of wallopers to interview there like Eddie 😂

I was the interpreter for a lad from Sunderland and I was from Wallsend. As a soldier SAS I had to speak with the Queen Mother and they sent a Scotsman to be my Interpreter. The queen Mother said she loved my Geordie accent.

I met a lovely guy back in '74 from Sunderland when he came to Luton to work, he met my dad who happened to be from Newcastle and they hit it off straight away, infact my dad idolised him, we fell in love but I was only 16 and he was 21 and my parents said I was too young to get involved with him seriously, so when his work in Luton was finished (roughly 3mths later) he said he would come back for me when I was 18, we never stayed in touch so I didn't think he would come back for me, but when I was nearly 19 my dad came back from the Luton Labour club and told me Norman had turned up asking after me, my dad broke the news that I was now married and his face dropped, I was gutted and tried to find him but with no luck. I'm many years divorced now and I often wonder what happened to him. 'The love I lost.!! I've always regretted not waiting for him 😢

The word knacker is best described as lad in the white trackie called Ra 9 game r 😂

“Most people in Sunderland don’t have a clue” never a truer word said😂

im a walker boy & Sunderland folk are the same as us, football caused bad blood , but i respect people from Sunderland , i think some Geordies could start a fight in an empty room

Seriously great rivalry, proud of our sunderland heritage. Greatest shipbuilding town, mines, engineering, ropery, glass making, Venerable bede. Not bad for a little place in the North East of England

That lad from Sheilds made me chuckle 😃 another fantastic video Eddie 👌

Eddie you’re top class man! The way you felt with him was spot on! N yeas would love to here more about the battle! Keep up the great work

I've always thought it was as the older gentlemen said: Make 'em and Take 'em. Ship building was huge in the wear valley but the complicated and higher wage job of rigging was done on Tyneside. The bit about 'Marra' was fascinating. Never heard that before. Would LOVE to see a video on the civil war era.

I’m from Sunderland originally and left many years ago. I have to say watching this it is a rough rough place. On a positive note the blue sky looks nice

Although I come from the south I was a Newcastle fan as a kid. Later in life I wanted to experience life in the north east so I went to study at Sunderland uni. Now I genuinely have a soft spot for both teams and north east football in general. The passion for the sport throughout the region is infections and cannot be replicated anywhere else to the same degree imo.

that guy recording you was doing my head in haha

I'm currently having my post graduate medical studies @ Newcastle. Lovely city with great friendly people. Struggling a bit with the accent but I'm gradually getting a hang of it.

Your'a an historical fountain of North East knowledge Eddie. another great video. you must have scouted around to find particularly thick members of the Sunderland youth!

Don't forget most of the Naval Fighting Ships were built on the Tyne.

Great job Eddie. Entertaining interviews, and for the most part, the punters hadn’t a clue.

Great video with loads of humour as usual. I've only ever heard 'yee mackem, and we'll takem' story. Fascinating that there really isn't any concrete reason for Geordies or Mackems at the end of the day. The 'marra' story was very intesting to hear and laughed as he cut off Mr. a few too many sherberts to tell it, brilliant stuff. Also loved the honesty of the lad from South Shields. Would love to see a video on Civil War.

Great stuff Eddy. I once worked with a Sunderland lass, she was harder than any man I've ever known but took a shine to me. She took me back to her parents place to pick something up and her dad was a legend. She told him that I was a Geordie and in his best disgraced voice he told me. Well, you know why we hate the Geordies? I said, "no" he said, we built all the ships and you took them i.e. Sunderland yard Mackem and the Geordie lad's Takem (we took them as we were superior in our finishing skills) makes sense to me like! Great stuff!

Thanks Eddie for these video clips great to hear what people think and hopefully you do a few more videos soon safc

Yet again learned loads! I always thought the term Mackem was a recent thing and linked to football rivalry. Thanks Eddie

We haven't had a derby in ages so would love to hear about that battle if u get around to it Eddie!! Grand content as always lad

I love being a Mackem, I'm 47 & it's something I've always heard being said. I recall it mostly through football, being a fan of the red & whites, however I had heard the shipyards reference as my Dad worked for Doxfords in the late 70's and that would have been my answer. I also really enjoyed the explanation of Marra, which makes a lot of sense, though I have never used the word. I always thought it more of Durham word.

Would love to hear about that civil war battle Eddy! Keep up the great vids

You should do a video on the civil war and the history behind both Newcastle & Sunderland in that would be great to hear your perspective because the videos that I've watched so far you are sound so keep producing excellent content for us all to watch 👊

It was interesting listening to the explanation about the origins of the term "marra". The miner's version of the 'buddy-buddy system" ;) Another great video. (Love your new sidekick 🤣) You could always try contacting the history and or anthropology departments at the Universities of Newcastle and Durham to see if they have anyone who can point you in the right direction. 🙏 (Personally, I think the original Geordies were the miners from Durham and Northumberland before being appropriated by the people of Newcastle.) " Mackems, Geordies and ram-raiders: documenting regional variation in historical dictionaries" Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2015

I'd be well up for a Battle of Boldon Hill Video Eddy, would be great in fact. 👍Look forward to it.

07:58 - Definitely a contender for the worst chat-up line of the year 😂😂

That gent at 6.40 ish minutes in this video was amazing and I had heard the Maccum n Taccum as he said as well. Loved the marra explanation from him. The more you know right

Thanks , thoroughly enjoyed that. Bit of background: Supported Sunderland for about 50 years then saw the light (dismayed with the Premiership and EFL basically) and so have been going to support Gateshead for about 12 years now. I am from Washington originally and definitely NOT from Sunderland. Used to work and drink in both Newcastle and Sunderland and didn't hear the term 'Mackem' as applied to a group of people until the early 70s when, and I think you will like this, it was used among posher people I knew from Sunderland as a derogatory term for folk from the dock areas like Hendon. As for 'Geordie' : back in the 50s and early 60s just about all of us from north of Durham used the term for ourselves reflecting the Radio programme 'What Cheor, Geordie' and songs like 'Wherever ya Gan ya Sure To Find A Geordie.' It was always easier than trying to explain which pit village or town we might have come from. But in contradiction to that I find the miners' lamp stuff interesting. I was brought up to believe that miners North of the Tyne used 'Geordie' lamps and Durham miners used Davy lamps. Loved the bit about 'marras' , great story .

My father (1926 - 2012) was from Sunderland but moved away when he was about 10yrs old. He always said that he'd never heard "Mackem" when he lived there and folks always referred to themselves as Geordies. Either he had a bad memory or the term is more recent than we think?

Fantastic informative thanks.im from South Shields and it's Newcastle and Sunderland 50/50....here

The lad that answered "Sunderland" when asked where's does it come from, made me chuckle.

I lived in Newcastle for 10 years as a football consultant for Newcastle Utd. Originally from Leeds so I learnt a lot about makhams and takhams. Most I learned from managers and players at Newcastle and Sunderland

Really interesting stuff this. I'm quite fascinated by the whole north east history and the rivalry between the cities putting football aside

That was fantastic Eddie. Thanks , i smiled the whole way through. Brave man at times . Class

Great video Eddy, I live in Washington but I’m a Toon fan. Always worked with a mixture of Geordies and Mackems and had some great banter over the football. Sunderland folk are lovely people. TBH I don’t even know where the name Geordies came from 😂. The Scott’s say we’re just Scottish with our heeds kicked in 🤣

Loving the historical content Eddie, would love to learn more about that battle on Boldon Hill 👍

I arrived in Sunderland around 1956 and was unaware of the expression mackem and takem (which then got abbreviated to makem) until about the 80's. I realize it was a reference to a slight speech difference between Sunderland and Newcastle but initially all the people in the North East sounded the same - though to this day I have great difficulty with Pitmatic. I believe the local dialect features many Danish words due to the various contacts with invaders and settlers from the 600's. I once was doing a gig in Newcastle and the pub was full of guys in football strips (Magpies) and I said to the crowd, ''Please join in and singalong; we're from Sunderland and need all the help we can get.'' The bass player went white and as we survived pleaded I never do that again. :) I liked the Hollywood star crack you made just after the drunk guy promoted his channel. I find all speech difference fascinating which is just as well, as I currently live in Prague.

My understanding of where the term Mackem comes from is from the shipyard industry and also the wider use of the term Geordie in the North East came from George Stephenson's lamp otherwise known as the Geordie lamp so this video confirms my understanding.

So glad to discover your chanel. Thankyou

Inthe 70s we used to sing we are geordies, at sunderland games. Its due to the shipyards, when we went to to the docks in NEWCASTLE and take their jobs and take their money...

what a hoot that lad was with the cans, always wanted to be in every shot!

Hello bro, I used to live in Sunderland for 5 years. Unfortunately I'm french but I really love this city. A day I'm coming back for long. I really appreciate to have news update from my heart city. You made a good job. God bless you cheers hope meet you then around a tea cup why not . If you're agree say 100 % percent. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

As always Eddie a great video. I'd love to see one on the Battle at Boldon Hill. I live quite close to it. Pity Rocky 4 got involved

The combed forward hair and gormless face, identifies them before they even open their mouths.

Best fans ever to come to anfield we’re Sunderland there max up there.

Good video, originally from there, left after 4 years in the merchant navy in the early 70's been living in the USA since then. My first years here got mistaken for german and dutch as the accent is so gutteral, I found my accent changing over time just so I wasn't constantly repeating myself, but if I am around anyone from that area it comes back instantly!

Great video by the way love it 😀

Grew up in Stanley so had a few Mackem mates, me Dad raised us as Newcastle fans though as he grew up in Gateshead and prides himself as the only true geordie in the family being born across the water in Newcastle. He’d have been livid known I knocked about with a few Mackems and they had to tuck their shirts in and zip up before they came in my house!

Thanks for another interesting video Ed.. It's got to originate from ship building surely. The one thing that struck me was the majority of the people you spoke to were as thick as mince or short of a full shilling.

Really enjoyed this insightful vlog Eddy 👍. The shipbuilding story is most likely & plausible for the word Mackem.

Great video Eddy, very interesting stuff.

Micky at 2:12 said what I'd always heard. Good video, mate!

My grandad was born in Sunderland moved to Scotland in the 50s and met my gran had a massive family died in 2010 never lost his accent guy was a legend , been to Sunderland few times when I was younger bit of a rough area my grandad always said he grew it rough was born in the 30s so dosent surprise me ❤

Excellent video Macum and takum We have Marras in west Cumbria I’d love a one on the civil war battle Quality stuff “I don’t like talking either” lol quality! Credit to the Sunderland public I thought there were some real super stars there.

I come from a mixed family- my eldest brother, my Parents and my uncle and cousins all support Newcastle and my younger brother, myself and next brother up in age all support Sunderland- grew up for the first few years in Hebburn and My Mam is from Jarrow- but then we moved to Washington in the early 80’s- none of us including my parents were born in Sunderland or Newcastle- mainly South Shields… when I left school I worked in Gateshead and Newcastle and found the people spot on… never had an issue… always had a bit of banter with workmates and loved a night out in Newcastle… weirdly when I get the train back up to the North East and see the Tyne Bridge etc it feels as much home as Sunderland does for me cos of the memories! I’ve always been referred to as a sand dancer, but I always knew the story of Mackems being to do with ship building and also how the people of Sunderland say make (mak)… usually more to it than that but there must be some truth in it with so many people also being passed down this story! All the best to all you people of the North East whichever side you come from or live - smashing bunch of people in this part of the world 👍👍👍

Great question eddy. I was adopted at 6 weeks old, by a makem family. Dad from whitburn, mam from silksworth. Lived in dunston most of my life. And my understanding from my parents, is the dialect. And, coz people mak things, and people tak them. I,e wee,s keys are these keys etc etc. By the way NUFC through and through.

Great video love to see the battle between Sunderland and Newcastle roundhead and the Royalists Mike UK

Off to pilgrim street for interview today love watching these videos mate

Very interesting eddy enjoyed that

Being a bit of a history buff i have done a little past research into this and the word 'mackem' imo comes from the shipyards, on Wearside they built smaller ships and churned them out at a very good rate to aid war effort (WW1 & WW2) they were indeed then taken to Tyneside yards to be fitted out so the phrase came from Tyneside as in 'you makem we tak em' I don't believe the consonant C was used in those days. as the Tyne was building the bigger ships some of the smaller yards had room to fit out the smaller ships from the Wear yards.

When I was in hopital in Sunderland, I asked the same question. One chap informed me that people (on a Friday night) would congregate outside 'Mackeys' (a shop in the high street)......... hence Mackems.

The shields lad is a pure legend 😂 Went to Sunderland only a couple of times in me life , both times genuinely felt like I was on enemy lines 😬😅

If ever you need to describe a mackem , every single one of them looked exactly like.. Bless em

By 'eck Eddie, I bet you were ready for a pint after that?!! Well done on keeping your cool with yer man Jack the lad!

Thanks for another interesting video and thanks for doing your civic duty - yes, I saw you on a 'Litter pick' this morning! 😀

I was on holiday in Cyprus this year, met a footy fan from Sunderland, having banter as I am Ipswich town fan, I asked him this. He said ship building, also. Makem and Tackem, sea trials

My understanding of the term Makem and Takem came from when shipyard workers from the wear built ships on the Tyne and took their wages back to Sunderland Sunderland

Great video!

Great video Eddie 👍

I was told as a child that the mackem and tackem, from make them and take them, was from the shipyards, because in Newcastle or Northumberland we would say mek ‘em and tek ‘em instead. Down to small difference in the dialect?

This proves there is no no go area for wor Eddy! Classic man!

People from Sunderland were known as Jamie's in the 1800's. It was Geordies from Tyneside Jamie's from Wearside. The battle of Boldon Hill was of course won by the Wearsiders as usual

Aye shipbuilding defo, the Wear is a low berth, not deep, so make them/ Mackem in Sunderland and tow or Takem up to the Tyne, a deep berth finish them off and the Queen would come up and launch the ship's and Geordies would line the quaysides and clap n shout, " aye yee Mackem and we Tackem" tacking is also a welding terminology! Gr8 video mate as per!! Am up for the Chelsea game will come looking dude😎

Hope you had a bath when you got home Eddie 😉😂😂🤍🖤👍

Eddie great video I actually live in sunderland with my lass and kids gutted I didn’t see you in town would have loved a chat

God bless Comprehensive education...

Love goin away to newcastle its my fave away game outside of United ,such a nice part of the world ^^ that bridge youare stood on ,people dont see stuff like that on TV they see a statue & stock footage of backstreets - NEVER felt threatened there like when you go to the fan murderers at Klanfield

Love history please about the Boldon Hill battle

Great video....civil war video for sure 👏

i heard ages ago that makem had something to do with what the locals of Sunderland built as in the word, (Make' m) so i was close what the old man said about the shipbuilding

😂😂😂 Eddie you're hilarious, you know how to get those views bro . 83k 😂

Another cracking video, you going World Cup? That would be awesome! 👍😎

Tyneside Life goes Wearside. Love it! I'm from Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia and just like Sunderland in the UK, Lake Macquarie is also leading the world in being a place just south of Newcastle that a lot of people don't know about 😉 I feel a kind of affinity with Sunderland, and as Lake Macquarie is often shortened locally to "Lake Mac", I'd like to think we can consider ourselves as "Lake Mackems" 🙂

Fascinating again. I heard the term "marra" a lot when i was at college in ashington.

Al from Brisbane love what you do

I live in South Northumberland and av nivva been in Mackemland in me life . Me owldest Daughter used to live in Houghton le Spring , and I never went to her house but met up in Newcastle.

The south sheilds lad was spot on👌

Learned where "marra" comes from now. Up my way in Northumberland we use that word a lot

Ahhh so Many memories in that place.

Mixed feelings and emotions about this place can’t work it out if I love it or hate it I have good memories of this place growing up but think it’s all over for the place now like a forgotten land the people are lost souls

It stems from the ships being build on the wear and sent up to the Tyne to complete fitting out and sea trials. It became prevalent in the 1970,s as the ship building industry came under pressure to survive (intense rivalry between Austin and Pickersgil & Swan hunters, the term was given to the Mackems by the Geordies as a ridicule on the wearside accent "we mak em and they Tak em". It is well known that in the seventies the Sunderland away football fans used to sing The Blaydon races etc and similar songs indicating they consider themselves Geordies, probably because of the lack of any different name or identity at that time

I learned that Sunderland has shipbuilding in their history since the 1300's. In the 1800's one third of all uk ships were built in Sunderland. However, by the late 1800's early 1900s, with the introduction of metal production on the rise, Sunderland's shipbuilding took a decline due to rising competition. For me, it doesn't make sense why the term mackem suddenly became known at the time of their shipbuilding decline. You'd think the term would be evident alot earlier. That said, there's no other potential reason for it so perhaps it's true. Either way, it's interesting! Loved the bit about marra, as well. As a geordie, I've always thought the term mackem was a negative connotation but they see it as a term of endearment. Love the history, love the healthy rivalry. I've friends from Sunderland and we all miss derby days!

Wow , this scrapheap challenge walking dead crossover looks class.

Enjoyed that 👍🏻

haha on tred mill at gym and burst out laughing at lad from South Shields in bus stop what a belta..