Off Topic County border changes

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May be all my family and friends in Washington were Sunderland supporters
And I didn't realise there was so many mags
Although this was in the 60 s

There was some sort of study by safc around 15 years ago and it was said there were more sundland supporters in washington (season card holders) than any other place outside ofsundland.
 
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There was some sort of study by safc around 15 years ago and it was said there were more sundland supporters in washington (season card holders) than any other place outside ofsundland.

So they have more than 10 then?






I'll be off for a bit.... :)
 
When i last lived for any period of time in the NE 98/03.

I worked at all off nissan and its partners. Unipress. Autrans. Johnson controls etc.

There was loads of the ****ers.
 
Billy mate, when I was a bairn we used to go up to the railway station at Marley Hill. I can't remember much about it though, is it still there?
 
Does anyone actually come from inner Sunderand?

I can name maybe 10

Its like The Hills have Eyes. Round here.
 
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Well then no offence like but I hope that was before my time! I don't think I remember playing against Tanfield at anything anyway
What year did you leave mate?
I left in '83, played lots of sport with Blackfyne, English Martyrs, Moorside, South Stanley.
Not just football but cross country & athletics too.
Got a bit tasty at times.
 
What year did you leave mate?
I left in '83, played lots of sport with Blackfyne, English Martyrs, Moorside, South Stanley.
Not just football but cross country & athletics too.
Got a bit tasty at times.
I left in 96. Sport must have gone downhill by the time I got there. I remember playing football at a few of those places but there was one year we didn't even have a football team and I don't remember us ever doing any athletics or cross country against other schools. There were a few games of rugby though.
 
Lucky mostly, my parents are fantastic - sadly many parents just didn't really value education, viewed it more as a sort of childcare. My eldest brother has a PhD in Physics and my middle brother got a first in computing (or something to do with computers) and does well.

Quite a few of the cricket grounds were built on in the local area, a waste as there's plenty of space between villages! I know Lilac Crescent - the polling cards that get handed out prior to local elections used to be distributed by my mum, me and my brothers (paid for our holidays each year). Gibside and the walk to the monument are still great on nice days, I rarely get up there nowadays though.

I used to play in Ryton (we moved to Crawcrook when I was in my teens) and got to paly against the Pratt brothers (for any Durham cricket fans) as Andy played for Greenside (where the pool table cost 20p a game). Happy days.

Can't believe you were from one of the other villages, no-one has ever heard of any of these places even in Newcastle etc.
You weren't that tw*t of a bowler that ran me out (backing up) in the Hookergate v Benfieldside U15's in 1968? - been looking for him ever since <grr>
 
You weren't that tw*t of a bowler that ran me out (backing up) in the Hookergate v Benfieldside U15's in 1968? - been looking for him ever since <grr>

Twat yes
Bowler yes
But I wasn't born until 1981 so I'm going to say 'no'

I never actually played for the school as most years there wasn't a team when i was there. Ryton U15's, U16's and the B team (or C team). We weren't very good but travelled all over the place for games. I bowled to Andy Pratt when he was was in his young 20's and Garry Pratt in his late teens a handful of years before he ran Ponting out :) Love to say i did well but truth is they creamed me all over.
 
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Twat yes
Bowler yes
But I wasn't born until 1981 so I'm going to say 'no'

I never actually played for the school as most years there wasn't a team when i was there. Ryton U15's, U16's and the B team (or C team). We weren't very good but travelled all over the place for games. I bowled to Andy Pratt when he was was in his young 20's and Garry Pratt in his late teens a handful of years before he ran Ponting out :) Love to say i did well but truth is they creamed me all over.
Aye I thought it was a chance in a million that it was you :emoticon-0100-smile when I played there they had this weird wicket - it was something like compressed cork or something. They also had them at Moorside and Blackfine they were terrible when you weren't used to them. You would be going forward to a good length ball and once it pitched whoosh it was round yer lugs and that was before helmets were invented. I wore specs as well so my face could of been in an even worse mess than it is now! <laugh>
 
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