Wearson
Midfield
Named their pub after the young lad .
Facts about Sunderland
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Named their pub after the young lad .
the boot
Winger
shadowplay
Winger
What do I win?
Summer Bee
Midfield
Thought Warden Law would count
Tex
Striker
Sadly predictable that a thread with potential for education and enlightenment is shitted up by ‘hilarious’ would-be comedians.
How abjectly boring must your life be to spend time thinking up spurious factoids and posting in this thread in he hope that some stranger on the internet might think you’re funny and validate your pathetic life by giving you a ‘like’?
a1970man
Striker
How do you check if something is a hamlet?
I thought a hamlet was just a few houses without any of its own amenities (like a church) otherwise it's a village.
Just curious
the boot
Winger
A hour with me. I’m very interesting.
It’s only one road with houses ether side that is separate from any other settlement. Like you say without amenities. Normally a farm and it’s workers houses.
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Some Random Guy
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Lord Potts
Striker
In the 1960's Austin and Pickersgill won and international competition to build a replacement for the WW11 Liberty Ships that had been mass produced in the USA during the war. The ship was called the SD14.
The Liberty Ships design had in fact been based upon a proto-type prefabricated ship that had been built by Bartrams of Sunderland in 1940.
The Liberty Ships design had in fact been based upon a proto-type prefabricated ship that had been built by Bartrams of Sunderland in 1940.
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Summer Bee
Midfield
Future war ships
Lord Potts
Striker
Liberty Ships were cargo vessels that carried the supplies across the Atlantic. U Boats had depleted our merchant marine . The Liberty ship was as important to the war effort as the Sherman Tank and the Spitfire.Future war ships
Butcher's Coat
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Shelter Deck 14,000 tons.
Summer Bee
Midfield
It was because you put ww11 mate
Lord Potts
Striker
OK WWIIIt was because you put ww11 mate
The only war ships that I know of that were built on the River Wear were MTBs (Motor Torpedo Boats) . The "hanger" in which they were built at A&Ps was still in existence in the 1970s and was used as the carpenter's shed. MTB's being built out of marine plywood.
By the way Sunderland built - was it 2/3rds or 3/4's ? - of the UK's merchant shipping during WWII. Me dear old dad who was a boy in the yards throughout the war told me that that for two years German U boats sunk everything that they built when it was only a few miles out of the Wear.
He was a welder all of his working life - cutting edge technology in the 1940's. When he was called up towards the end of the War he was told he would be needed to build the country after victory and that his occupation was therefore reserved. Other lads were sent to finish the war.
I thought it was JL Thompson on the Wear. I stand corrected
Summer Bee
Midfield
I enjoy reading stuff about the shipbuilders, my granddad was one at either Austin & Pickersgill or William Doxford & sons, can't remember which, but I think it was the latterOK WWII
The only war ships that I know of that were built on the River Wear were MTBs (Motor Torpedo Boats) . The "hanger" in which they were built at A&Ps was still in existence in the 1970s and was used as the carpenter's shed. MTB's being built out of marine plywood.
By the way Sunderland built - was it 2/3rds or 3/4's ? - of the UK's merchant shipping during WWII. Me dear old dad who was a boy in the yards throughout the war told me that that for two years German U boats sunk everything that they built when it was only a few miles out of the Wear.
He was a welder all of his working life - cutting edge technology in the 1940's. When he was called up towards the end of the War he was told he would be needed to build the country after victory and that his occupation was therefore reserved. Other lads were sent to finish the war.
Lord Potts
Striker
As the men were laid off when the order books were empty I think that a lot of blokes in shipbuilding worked for a few yards during their time. My dad worked at A&P , Laines, Thompsons and Bartrams . I don't think he worked at Doxfords for some reason.
Summer Bee
Midfield
I think my granddad was at the same one for years. He was apparently well known, and well liked
Lord Potts
Striker
Well Doxfords were a bit specialised because they also built marine engines. I remember their "Seahorse" in the 1970's was very well known . When our family lived in Marley Pots you could hear the sound of an engine on the test-bed at Doxies . It was a bit like someone playing Reggae at full blast a mile or so away with the base running through giant woofers.
