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"Man lernt nie aus," as my friend would say (every day's a schoolday)!Just about everyone in the north east called themselves Geordies apart from a tiny few in Newcastle who called themselves Novocastrians. You would also get Northumbrians and Wearsiders. Makems or Mackems wasn't used. To my knowledge that began as a Tyneside term of abuse based on the Wearside speech of mak and tak, different to the Tyneside mek and tek, and Mak and Taks predated Makem. Others may have other explanations. Eventually you had the Fulwell end chanting of Geordies - Makems. The appropriation of Geordie for a native of Newcastle only was cultivated by John Hall era Skunks
Wherivvor ye gan ye're sure te find a Geordie
Wherivvor ye gan yer native tongue ye'll hear
In any place across the sea
It makes nee odds where it might be
Ye're sure to hear a Geordie say 'Wot Cheor'
From canny Newcassell, Sunderland and Gateshead
From Tyne and Wear ye'll meet them ivvorywhere
There's not a place that ye can name
But somebody wants the news from hyem
Whereivvor ye gan the Geordie will be there.
Alan Price was red and white but got involved at Fulham...
Agree it wasnt, it became a thing in the 90's when John Hall tried to ethnically cleanse the region.Probably unacceptable to admit this but my first ever 'gig' was a city hall Lindisfarne thingy
I can't have been more than about 12
Don't think disliking geordieism was as much of a thing back then
Call ya self a Sunderland lad ??Really? I'm only 30 so I've never known anyone in Sunderland to call themselves Geordies.
I'll have to look at the 73 final. Never actually seen it.
Aye. But I was born in 1991 so I don't really feel a connection to the 1973 team, all of whom will have retired from football before I was even born!Call ya self a Sunderland lad ??
I was born in 1961, i wish i could see the films of the 36 & 37 teams when we won the league and FA Cup. But unlike now you cant see full length DVD's or You tube clips of their games. Where as 73 is quite easy to view.Aye. But I was born in 1991 so I don't really feel a connection to the 1973 team, all of whom will have retired from football before I was even born!
Sadly I'm too young to remember Sunderland being good.
So am i, I still havent seen us win the league or see us win at Wembley when i am actually in the groundAye. But I was born in 1991 so I don't really feel a connection to the 1973 team, all of whom will have retired from football before I was even born!
Sadly I'm too young to remember Sunderland being good.
I’m unapologetically a Geordie and a Sunderland fan.
How many hands have you got like?I play this one on my guitars often.
This was a staple of my youth.Great Christmas shows.
As I usually do I googled everything to death when I heard about this documentary, so I knew about Genesis (loved Peter Gabriel's comments). Also came across Elvis' interpretation of Winter Song.Good programme that, some interesting contributions from people I'd never have associated with Alan, like Elvis and Peter Gabriel.
2 of the acts near the end are on at the Fire Station next month! Voices Of Virtue are on with Smoove & Turrell and I think Marty Lake Poet will be the first ever artist to play there.
Mark Knopfler has aged rapidly, mind.
Well said. Really enjoyed watching that.Good to have a new Friday night music documentary on BBC4 again and a really good one that captured Alan Hull's brilliance, as well as his politics, humour and stubborness. Lindisfarne were just there when I was a bairn, part of the air and almost taken for granted.
Its a decent game. The main thing you'll probably notice is despite them being one of the best teams in the country we didn't put 10 men behind the ball and try and counter. It's brilliant, if anything we are more on the front foot then them. These days the game would be parking the bus from the first minute.Aye. But I was born in 1991 so I don't really feel a connection to the 1973 team, all of whom will have retired from football before I was even born!
Sadly I'm too young to remember Sunderland being good.
Completely agreeI was about 18 before I heard the term mackem. It wasn’t used until early 80s and definitely not used in Sunderland.