catmag 336 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk...d-tyne-20190643 It's a very bizarre feeling after dealing with this in the early hours of this morning at work to later discover that it happened a couple of streets away from your parents house where your son stayed last night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 Oh and can someone tell the BBC that Washington is not in Sunderland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWalrus 0 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 (edited) Oh and can someone tell the BBC that Washington is not in Sunderland Seems to have taken everyone by surprise, judging by the people who they interviewed on Look North. Edited November 3, 2012 by BigWalrus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gejon 2 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 20 Awful isn't it? One of the girls at work came in on her shift at 8am and she found out about it. At this point we didn't even know the lads name. Her 20 year old son had been out the night before and not come home. It was ages til she managed to get in touch with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21756 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I lived in Washington for a few years as a boy. Horrible place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6961 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Aye. I work with the bloke who lives in concord. Few years ago he walked past a group of kids nicking a car, so put his head down and kept on walking. He got brayed with a crow bar for his trouble. Got 2 big scars up the back of his head to show for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9103 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Aye. I work with the bloke who lives in concord. Few years ago he walked past a group of kids nicking a car, so put his head down and kept on walking. He got brayed with a crow bar for his trouble. Got 2 big scars up the back of his head to show for it Anyone convicted of violent crime should be sterilised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 I lived in Washington for a few years as a boy. Horrible place Not all of it is. I lived there from the age of 7 til I left home and our village was pretty quiet. Just like anywhere it's got it's fucking horrible areas but it's not all bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44090 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Aye my sister lives there. Lives on a nice street, loads of kids for my nephew to play with (and niece once she's old enough). Seems ok to me. Definite mackem smell about the place though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Oh and can someone tell the BBC that Washington is not in Sunderland Doesn't the sign as you enter say it's in Sunderland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 Doesn't the sign as you enter say it's in Sunderland? Boroughs don't count. They don't use them in addresses or anything, therefore they're not important. So no, it's not in Sunderland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gejon 2 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 A man has been charged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21756 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 where did you live cath? i was in the rough part of oxclose, near blackfell. couldn't get out of the place quickly enough. it's like a milton keynes of the north. no high street or soul - the galleries ffs. and the road/district system - wtf? the majority of kids in my school were rough as fuck. moving to ponteland was like a different world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 where did you live cath? i was in the rough part of oxclose, near blackfell. couldn't get out of the place quickly enough. it's like a milton keynes of the north. no high street or soul - the galleries ffs. and the road/district system - wtf? the majority of kids in my school were rough as fuck. moving to ponteland was like a different world. Oxclose too for me but right near Holley Park school. My parents still live there and it a really peaceful, friendly estate. I guess I'm just used to the layout of the town as I moved there so young. I'm moving back to Ayton in the next few weeks and again it's a quiet estate with no bother. Did you go to Oxclose comp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34717 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 What's with all the numbered districts? Have they still got them? I haven't been since me Mam used to go to Savacentre when I was about 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 What's with all the numbered districts? Have they still got them? I haven't been since me Mam used to go to Savacentre when I was about 10. Nah, they eventually changed all the road signs and now use the name of the villages instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) I'd just like to confirm I was not involved in this, in spite of my reputation as a radgie bassa and resident of Washy. Edited November 5, 2012 by Ketsbaia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21756 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Oxclose too for me but right near Holley Park school. My parents still live there and it a really peaceful, friendly estate. I guess I'm just used to the layout of the town as I moved there so young. I'm moving back to Ayton in the next few weeks and again it's a quiet estate with no bother. Did you go to Oxclose comp? i did, aye - did you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34717 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I bet you didn't speak with that accent back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21756 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 to say my north eastern twang has faded is an understatement. but i never had much of an accent tbh. neither of my parents are from the north east so i always had a slightly posher voice at home and adopted a rougher accent at school in an attempt to avoid getting beating from the local hoodlums. i didn't have a high success rate. welcome back alex btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34717 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) Perhaps this was just me but did you ever do that thing when you were talking to charvs and you knew trying to act hard wasn't going to work if they were older/bigger or whatever, so as a last resort tried to sound thick as fuck? Remember doing that at a house party once prior to making a sharp exit. Edited November 5, 2012 by Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21756 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 i generally tried to avoid eye contact and keep my head down. i had a bit of a torrid time growing up in washington. took many a beating from the local scum for not conforming to having a step haircut (shaved bald around the back and sides), wearing shell suits and adidas gazelles. long hair and dr martins didn't go down well in washy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34717 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I was a fast runner, which always helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21756 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 i remember hiding in a bush in lambton village once after being chased by a group of local charvs. spent the next 20 minutes trying not to make a noise as i listened to them tying to find me before making my exit in the shadows. definitely a low point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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