anyone seen what their digging up in the east end??

tunstallhill · 5th April 2011, 10:09 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-12961131

following the photos on the facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=...93192617364390

dunno how to put the pictures from FB onto a thread on here, but there is a couple of great pictures of a cobbled street from 1740. interesting if your into that type of thing. would mind a look down if i wasnt at work

Stevie Freestein II · 5th April 2011, 11:44 AM

Proof, if needed, that Sunderland is older than the USA.

David M · 5th April 2011, 11:47 PM

Couple of things.

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In between you can see these cobbles, clearly there from a street, you can see the camber... we think it looks tailor-made for horses to walk on.

Firstly, if that's the standard of English that can get you a job at the BBC, I must send off my CV.

Secondly, on photo 2 - that's an awfully good kerb. Maybe current council workers can take note!

Nuggsy · 5th April 2011, 11:51 PM

Fuck me, that unearthed street is in better nick than most of the ones down here

Doctor Diesel · 6th April 2011, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Nuggsy

Fuck me, that unearthed street is in better nick than most of the ones down here

You're not wrong. It IS a good kerb aswell.

Why are they all wearing hard hats though? Is the sky going to fall?

Tex · 6th April 2011, 12:42 AM

They're.

You're welcome.

I'm Spartacus · 6th April 2011, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Stevie Freestein II

Proof, if needed, that Sunderland is older than the USA.

A lad at work was visiting relatives in the us and one of them was spunking up about how his house was over 100 year old and no one owns a house as old as his. Geoff said most the houses back where he lives in fulwell are at least that old and a church down the road was started about 700, the kid butted in and said no way is there a building 700 years old where you live and Geoff said you're right, they started it about 1300 years ago, 700 ad ish!

Class!

tunstallhill · 6th April 2011, 07:51 AM

gonna go and have a look at it at the weekend if you can just walk up to it. can imagine it just been fenced off like. anyone got a good link to an old map to see where the street used to be?