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Mackem00 said:
The bloke just loves a piss and moan either way tbf.
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Binns was up there with John Lewis for the stuff it sold. Bars were chockful every weekend.

Holmeside was full of clothes shops and other decent places. It was a proper Town.
Mackem00 said:
The bloke just loves a piss and moan either way tbf.
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I was in Sunderland at weekend after match with some Plymouth fans and it was great crack.
 
Harry Angstrom said:
Binns was up there with John Lewis for the stuff it sold. Bars were chockful every weekend.

Holmeside was full of clothes shops and other decent places. It was a proper Town.

I was in Sunderland at weekend after match with some Plymouth fans and it was great crack.
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You could leave your front door unlocked as well. Summers were always sunny.

The town is certainly moving in the right direction imo.
 
Harry Angstrom said:
It isn't rose tinted specs. Town was a fully functioning hub for people to come into from quite a way away.
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I was just joshing. Pretty much every town was like that. It's a shame how it's gone but it is what it is. Positive steps are being made but some will just continue to piss and moan. Imagine being embarrassed to take friends/colleagues for a few drinks/food in Sunderland tho? That's the shit I'm talking about from him. :lol:
 
Mackem00 said:
I was just joshing. Pretty much every town was like that. It's a shame how it's gone but it is what it is. Positive steps are being made but some will just continue to piss and moan. Imagine being embarrassed to take friends/colleagues for a few drinks/food in Sunderland tho? That's the shit I'm talking about from him. :lol:
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I agree the place is on the up. The Fire Station is one brilliant example.
 
Mackem00 said:
Imagine being embarrassed to take friends/colleagues for a few drinks/food in Sunderland tho?
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My missus actually came out with that line a few years ago when it was the North-East branch of their homeworking group who were organising their annual get-together.

She was fretting that it wouldn't be up to the standards expected by some of the London- and Manchester-based staff.

I told her to stop being pathetic and get her head out of her arse - it's not the surroundings that make a great night, it's the company you're in.

When I picked her up at the end of the do I asked her how it had gone - Quelle surprise. they'd all had a great night. The ones she was worried about said they'd had a whale of a time and compared it favourably to Newcastle which, according to them, was too far up it's own backside a lot of the time, full of people too bothered about where they were and what it looked like to actually just enjoy the night out.
 
Jap Stammer said:
My missus actually came out with that line a few years ago when it was the North-East branch of their homeworking group who were organising their annual get-together.

She was fretting that it wouldn't be up to the standards expected by some of the London- and Manchester-based staff.

I told her to stop being pathetic and get her head out of her arse - it's not the surroundings that make a great night, it's the company you're in.

When I picked her up at the end of the do I asked her how it had gone - Quelle surprise. they'd all had a great night. The ones she was worried about said they'd had a whale of a time and compared it favourably to Newcastle which, according to them, was too far up it's own backside a lot of the time, full of people too bothered about where they were and what it looked like to actually just enjoy the night out.
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Brilliant post and so true.
 
Jap Stammer said:
My missus actually came out with that line a few years ago when it was the North-East branch of their homeworking group who were organising their annual get-together.

She was fretting that it wouldn't be up to the standards expected by some of the London- and Manchester-based staff.

I told her to stop being pathetic and get her head out of her arse - it's not the surroundings that make a great night, it's the company you're in.

When I picked her up at the end of the do I asked her how it had gone - Quelle surprise. they'd all had a great night. The ones she was worried about said they'd had a whale of a time and compared it favourably to Newcastle which, according to them, was too far up it's own backside a lot of the time, full of people too bothered about where they were and what it looked like to actually just enjoy the night out.
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My point/s exactly.
 
I was in here yesterday nice food and lovely staff.



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Shandy drinker said:
In some people’s minds Metro made it easier to travel to Newcastle despite there being a fully functioning train service then
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Of course it does. Trains ran 2 an hour if that, metros run 5x an hour and are quicker. There are also more stations. Previously you would have had to get a bus to Sunderland Station from say Pallion then wait for a train. Now it takes just over half an hour by Metro.
 
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