Men of the Tyne - Community Documentary
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- Опубліковано 22 лют 2015
- 'Men of the Tyne' was a four month project commissioned by The Customs House involving Tom Kelly, a local poet and playwright, Andrew Hagan, a local filmmaker and the team from The Customs House. The project documented men's memories of life working on or near the River Tyne and the changes they've seen over the years. It involves delivering workshops across North and South Tyneside.
Filmed and Edited by Andrew Hagan
Additional photography by Peter Dixon
Anyone interested in taking part in the project or finding out more aboyneside and interviewing the various ex-workers of the Tyne from Fishermen and Tug boat pilots to Designers and Welders who manufactured the ships, and chronicling their stories to produce the documentary.
The Customs House is part of South Tyneside's long and proud history, for more information on all the latest news, offers and listings visit www.customshouse.co.uk
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Me dad started work in swan hunters when he was 14 year old as a riveter’s catcher then he went riveting when he served his time. And when the riveting phased out he served his time again as a welder. First spot welding then full welding. He worked there all his working life and retired at 65. He died in when he was 67. Poor bugger never had a proper retirement. I am now 71 myself and still miss me Fatha RIP DAD.
I've been using this clip as a teacher with A Level Geographers for some years now and just wanted to say thanks to whoever put it together. There is no better resource to explain 'sense of place' and the feelings and connections people have to places, and how this can be changed and affected by globalisation - many thanks! So great to hear these stories about the Tyne.
Same story for the Consett iron company nearby.
Everyone worked there,now it’s all gone.
My dad started his apprenticeship at swan hunters in 1954 he worked there every day until he died in 1982 this documentary is very sad hats off to all the guys wherever you are living or dead who built the most awesome ships in the world
Fuck I long for this sort of thing, I’m Hebburn lad and moved to Australia been here for 6 years ( age of 23) and sometimes i just want to hear that Georgie voice and history, I’m so proud of my life being from the north of England.
Are you Jason and Hannah's brother am from Hebburn too moved to Shrewsbury in 2003
I lived in Thrift Street as a Kid. At the bottom of our Street was Smiths Docks. Hundreds, if not Thousands of Working men tramped quietly past our house in the grey of morning, speaking quietly and trying not to make too much noise with their Hobnailed Boots. As we played in the street we watched the ships grow, heard the Whistle from the Docks and the foghorn in the morning...We could see the White Clock tower in Smiths from our front door so we always knew what time it was. The sirens on the cranes along with the screeching of the Seagulls and the Thrashing of heavy machinery in the Docks are the symphony that I remember from my childhood. I left in 1977 to join the Army and have only been back maybe 5 or 6 times since then....Watching films like this one tug at my roots...I think I need to visit one more time before I leave this earth.
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I am a total newcomer to Tyneside introduced to it because I am a Joe McElderry fan and I fell straight away in love with the river and its history I feel the romance of the area.
Shame so much of its industry has been lost my husband was a seaman and would have loved to have seen the Tyne as it was. Thank you for this video it must pull on a good few heart strings. Best wishes to everyone in Tyneside it's a wonderful place.
What? You moved to Tyneside because of a little Geordie kid winning the X Factor!? Or did you marry him?
You must have heard of Sting ?
That brings back mixed memories. I remember when ships were tied up 3 abreast as I went on my uncle's ship as a kid. As a teen I worked for wailes dove bitumastic (hebburn) as a contractor and cleaned and bitumened tanks up and down the tyne. The characters I worked with were hardened ex - seamen some of whom had been torpedoed during the war but had hearts of gold and brilliant senses of humour. After that I joined the merchant navy as a cadet for Stag Line North Shieds( you can still see the building across from south shieds with a stag on the gable end). Both the merchant navy and shipbuilding were decimated by Maggie with no chance being given to reopen yards as property speculators moved in to build over certain yards and others landscaped. I live in the midlands now but the first place I come to see is the Tyne as it is so much more than just a river
You are deluded if you believe Maggie was responsible. This was partly and own goal. The greed, myopia and sheer intransigence of the unions created an environment that was not worth investment. If you don’t think so, tell me how many trades it took to fit a port hole. In South Korea is was none.
I grew up on Victoria Street across from the main gate where Smith Dock workers (including my granddad and uncle) would go each morning. I remember there was a man stood outside the main gate selling The Shield’s newspaper and each Friday he would have the latest comic books from the USA - Superman, Batman, Hop-along Cassidy etc. - for sale. Granddad would have me pick out one for myself and one for my cousin (I got to read his before he got it). I loved growing up on the Tyne. I lived there from 1945 until 1968 until I emigrated to Canada. How little did I realize that within just a few short years hence the Tyneside that I knew would no longer be. I loved my childhood. From playing by the riverside near the end of the wood yard to the river’s edge. My life with my friends would have put a smile on the face of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. The years as a teenager swimming in the old public pool in Tynemouth and relaxing on the beach with all of my street friends. The teenage dances with the advent of rock’roll (Elvis, Little Richard,, The Everly Brothers (not a Beatles fan). Great times. I would not have changed my child/boyhood for anything. I did the best thing my dad told me by emigrating to Canada. I have a better life but boy, do I relish my having grown up in North Shields. Lots of very fond memories. We’re told that at the moment of death our past flashes before our eyes. If that happens I have much to look forward too!
I grew up in Wallsend... I live down south now and when I go home now I feel like a stranger as everything I ever knew as a kid including the house I grew up in in Headley place is gone such a shame I love Wallsend but the Wallsend I remember
Wallsend hasn’t changed that much!
I lived in Headley place myself 82-90 and the house I grew up in is also gone. You must have lived near the forum like myself, the top end near the Duke of York pub is still there.
Around 1983 we were standing waiting at the gate hometime,A welder known as Rudyard Kipling commented ",ONE DAY THIS WILL ALL BE GONE" Everyone laughed at him but me .I took notice and took my redundancy eventually going to work on the Oil Rigs There was no investment in the yards we used 1800,s tools .
must be sad for any of the old boys that remain in the area today
Some good memories, it's sad to see the decline of such a great river.
An excellent video.. and so true!..
I remember those days so well..
the saddest part of it.. there’s no recognition, by Councils.. of our history!.. and a history it was!.. we lost more Merchant seamen from the Tyne, than any other country in the world!!..
The gentleman who skulled across the Tyne.. please tell him I did that to.. at only 10 years old.. and fast I was.. even took the tug boat men over to the “Maximus”..
I live in Perth, Western Australia now.. and no matter how long I live here.. my heart will always be by the Tyne, and it’s memories.. such good people!
Remember our tradesmen were highly sought after everywhere in the world.. our own Government sold its own people out..
God Bless you all..
Roughly1990 I took a ship into smiths dock for refit. The day before our crew paid off we went to the pub outside the gate called the Wolsingham I think. We got our drinks and the barmaid asked us to sit in the corner out of the way. We did even though the pub was empty. The barmaid then put opened bottles of brown ale and schooner all along the counter 3 deep. The yards whistle went and 30 sec. later the bar door burst open and dozens of workers piled in drank the beer and left 1/2 your later, no money changed hands. We were puzzled and asked the barmaid what about payment. She then explained that every man stood in the same place every day, under the counter in front of him was another schooner filled with bottle caps that he had drank. Friday was early finish day and pay day and everyone would square away their bill. I asked what happened if a man didn't pay the answer was no brown ale on Monday, no one ever defaulted. How times have changed.!!!
The pub would have definitely been the Wolsingham House. Sadly been closed for more than 20 years.
The wool or a bit further along The New Claradon (the clary)
In 1997 as a young student I got a summer job as a labourer with a construction company called Brims. We were installing a huge machine base in the Austin & Pickersgill engine works. I was amazed to see how they put together these huge ships engines which you could walk around inside. For a reason I can't remember, one time later I found myself in Jarrow working mens' club one lunchtime and was talking to a group of retired shipbuilders who were having a bit of a laugh with me when one of them said to me very seriously "the Tyne is finished, it is the end of the Tyne for shipbuilding" Then he said "do you know what they are going to do with it"? When I said no he replied "They're going to fill it in with concrete and make a motorway all the way to Newcastle" Whereupon the whole gathering burst out laughing even though they knew that the Tyne was dying as a shipbuilding river.
I'm now retired but I've never forgotten those days
Just watched, fantastic . Many memories of my few years at Neptune.
Wonderful video. Thank you.
Absolutely brilliant well done
Brilliant cheers 👍🏆🇬🇧
I started in Fisher Street training school in 74 and spent most of my time in the Neptune yard worked on HMS Newcastle Cardiff and York to name a few and finished on Largs Bay. I moved to Shrewsbury in 2003 and I'm still upset at what the government did. My late great dad Paddy (Padeye) Joyce was and still is the best Caulker Burner the river ever had and to say he was peed off when the shut Swans is an understatement. It bit be a lump to my throat when I watch anything to do with the way we were treat
One of the best videos on here.
I was studied in Southside marine
I'm part of that history ❤
A brilliant video.
Will say one thing, I worked in the shipping industry for 21 years, But I remember when Swans Hunters got took over by a Norwegian Guy.. I was working at the Wallsend Appledore next door, There was to many strikes going on at the time same with the Howdon yard, It's a shame what has happened to the ship building & ship & repair.. But the men at couple of the yards did kill the shipping industry on the Tyne.. Men were going on strike time & time again.. It killed it for the future generations.. The last ship I worked on was the HMS Westminster..
MY DAD WAS A DOCKER IM 72 AND STILL HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD DAYS IT WAS ONLY A FEW MINUTES TO SPILLERS THAT WAS MY PLAYGROUND FOR ME AND MY BROUTHER
Aye home sweet home❤️
Excellent video
I was born in the terrace houses over looking Swans when I was 13 years old sold the papers on the ferry landing for 3 years the river would be thriving city boats tankers fife banana boats started swans traing center 1972 oh happy times look at Wallsend now😢😢
Lived on the Caer Urfa for years On the south coast
i remember when i was young there was jobs and work for every one smiths swans hawthorns readheads brigams the middledocks tde wallsend slipway and many many more all the way down the river tyne shore
All the shipyards on the Tyne should have been converted into trough making works to supply the House of Common criminals in Westminster....They would never run out of work...In fact they would have expanded.
how on the tyne is all mine man
how.
permission to come a board sir.
I just made a video about Swans :)
Easy really, Tyne build a ship for £10m, workers earning £10 an hour and work 40 hours a week. South Korea build the identical ship for £1m workers earn 50p an hour and work 60 hours a week
NO CONTEST
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