Facts about Sunderland

[Lammy]

The pilot episode of the Teletubbies was actually filmed at Tunstall Hill

England's first ever stained glass window was made in sunderland for st.peters church 674AD

The basement room in the Rosedene has the biggest sex swing outside of London

Bollocks - Really?

 

[Butcher's Coat]

Farringdon was derived from the name of "Farnton" of which was an estate and manor which saw one family line occupy the land from the middle ages to the 1950s.

Nowt to do with the Farringdon in London by the way

 

[EDGE]

Correct, it was called the Penny Well Spring!

Worrabout Springwell?

Southwick Town Hall is still standing.

Dinnit mention Town Halls man.

Pallion is a shortened version of Pavillion.

 

[Deleted member 27897]

Nowt to do with the Farringdon in London by the way

Definitely not, I used to think so until I found it on a 16th century map of County Durham.

 

[scott934]

The name Sunderland derives from Sundorelande, which literally means separate land, as it's split by the River Wear.

Or something like that.

I thought it was a sundered land. Basically with the same meaning.

 

[shepherd88]

Topper thread, so basically Sunderland is the greatest town/city ever? Well behind Durham

 

[pillars of hercules]

Invented in Gateshead (by someone from Sunderland)

Was a joke about shattering mate.

Different versions of the light bulb were already around at the same time but Swan got his patent in first.

 

[GingerNick]

people cannot pronounce the word curry correctly - fact

 

[Baghdad McBadLad]

We enjoy blue pope and putting dogs into prams - Bob Mortimer

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

Nowt to do with the Farringdon in London by the way

Sunderland is like a mini London. Hendon, Mill Hill, Fulwell, Deptford, Barnes, East End, Farringdon.

 

[John Steed]

Penshaw Woolies in fact ate chicken and pork. Regularly

So the rumours of them being connoisseurs of venison were untrue.

 

[Butcher's Coat]

Sunderland is like a mini London. Hendon, Mill Hill, Fulwell, Deptford, Barnes, East End, Farringdon.

IIRC - Farringdon means "fern covered hill".

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

IIRC - Farringdon means "fern covered hill".

-don can also mean valley or dene, as in Hendon.

 

[the boot]

So the rumours of them being connoisseurs of venison were untrue.

Penshaw lads. Crazy.

 

[Butcher's Coat]

-don can also mean valley or dene, as in Hendon.

As in "Hending-by-the sea"?

people cannot pronounce the word curry correctly - fact

Kerry?

 

[CEF]

Was a joke about shattering mate.

Different versions of the light bulb were already around at the same time but Swan got his patent in first.

Worse versions. Swans was the best.

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

As in "Hending-by-the sea"?

How the posh people of Cleading say iirc.

 

[chr1s1973]

Ulysses S Grant lay the foundation stone for the museum in town.

It was the first place in England where the Cholera epidemic was reported in the 1800's

As a result of the Victoria Hall disaster, emergency exits were made to open outovers

I didn't know that. That's cool.

 

[Mr Redknapp]

The old wearmouth bridge was once the longest single span cast iron bridge in the world.

Designed by revolutionary Thomas Paine?

 

[bobpc30]

[QUOTE="Stubbs ftm, post: 29251111, member: 28245"]Ulysses S Grant lay the foundation stone for the museum in town.

It was the first place in England where the Cholera epidemic was reported in the 1800's

As a result of the Victoria Hall disaster, emergency exits were made to open outovers[/QUOTE]

Never knew that.

The word "Pen" found in both Pennywell and Penshaw is an old celtic word for hill.

The name Southwick derives from the Vikings.

They are still there with their pagan gods and what not.