Vinnie Sullivan
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Documentarian & Tour Guide 🦢 🚶♂️@PubHistoryTours 🚶♀️ @Britains___Pubs @Lost___London
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Accents: The Black Country (West Midlands) The Black Country dialect is one of the oldest and most historically preserved speech patterns in England. It is spoken across the industrial region west of Birmingham, covering the metropolitan boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, and Wolverhampton The dialect retains strong roots from Early Middle English and Old English (specifically Mercian English), having largely resisted the Great Vowel Shift that altered speech in other parts of the country. ⏳️ Britain's Lost & Living Pubs
Vinnie Sullivan86,620 views • 3 days ago
The Old Cornish Accent: This video is a wonderful view into the old Cornish accent and spirit. This fascinating interview of 77 year old Cornish maid Emanda Billings in 1964 is a great insight into the everyday life of our recent ancestors. She was born in Victorian England (1800s), a world in which we've lost all connection. The Cornish accent (also called Anglo-Cornish or Cornu-English) developed as local Celtic speakers shifted to English between 1300 and 1750, adopting regional West Country English while keeping a strong Brittonic language substrate. ⏳️
Vinnie Sullivan354,976 views • 13 days ago
Accents: Northumberland ⏳️ The old Northumberland accent and its wider Northumbrian dialect originate from the early medieval Anglian speech brought to northern Britain by Germanic settlers in the 5th and 6th centuries. Northumberland's geographical position and its troublesome border history with Scotland kept its rural speech isolated, preserving conservative Germanic and Old English pronunciations that faded elsewhere.
Vinnie Sullivan227,855 views • 10 days ago
Take a brief moment to appreciate the old Somerset accent which comes directly from the West Saxon dialect of Old English, dating back to the 6th century when the Kingdom of Wessex was founded. West Country dialects are gradually softening and fading in everyday use, especially among younger generations. ⏳️
Vinnie Sullivan220,064 views • 24 days ago
🚨 Pub News: The World's End in Tilbury, which was a historic 300-year-old Grade II-listed pub that's served generations has been torched and destroyed. Britain's Lost & Living Pubs It was one of the few surviving pubs in the whole of Tilbury, which is a highly populated area. Pubs were supposed to be cheap places to bring people together as opposed to overtaxed, overpriced bars. Now, people sit in their homes or aimlessly roam the streets. If this is proved to be deliberate, due to the cultural significance of Britain's pubs, I would class this as terrorism. So far, all I know is that there has been an arrest (or arrests). Crews from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service were called to the The Worlds End Pub in Tilbury, Thurrock, external, at 15:30 BST on Wednesday (23/09/2026). It had a wonderful, decorative interior. Not too long ago, Chelsea Dan took the time to have a day out in the area just to visit this gem. People around the world have little idea how much our pubs mean to us and what their decline represents within our hearts and minds.
Vinnie Sullivan194,467 views • 23 days ago
Mary Gray from Scotland (originally from Newtyle) lived to the remarkable age of 112 and yet, somehow, she was still active and visiting friends during this interview in 1982. This kind, charming relic of a woman was born in Victorian Britain, yet sat for this interview during the decade I was born. She then went on to see the turn of the millennium. She was celebrated as Scotland’s oldest woman at the time of her passing in 2014. It's insane to think of how much she's seen. Absolutely incredible. ⏳️
Vinnie Sullivan21,957 views • 3 days ago
When football was no-nonsense.. West Ham vs. Man City ⚽️
Vinnie Sullivan2,823,697 views • 11 months ago
West Ham's Inter City Firm (ICF) reached its peak during the 1980s. ⚒️ The name derived from the lads traveling to away matches via British Rail InterCity trains rather than cheaper supporter coaches, which helped them evade police cordons and project a distinct, well-dressed image. Hooliganism was a way to vent built up frustration among many people who wished to challenge themselves against rival firms. People try to relate them to the riots, or crime of today, but in reality the firms of the past tended to target each other instead of innocent people, cars, and buildings. Whatever people say about Britain's Hooligans, they were, and in some cases are, a tribal issue. In reality, (contrary to mainstream opinion) most are fantastic lads who made up the bedrock of East London and its suburbs. Some would say that people were more united, and felt safer during the hooligan heyday than they do in modern times. ⏳️🍻
Vinnie Sullivan43,224 views • 6 days ago
Brace yourself for this one. In the final, heartbreaking scene of All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), Burt Reynolds (voice of Charlie) reportedly required over 60 takes to finish the scene because the child actor Judith Barsi (Anne-Marie) was murdered by her father before the film was completed. Burt broke down every time but felt the need to finish due to its symbolism to her spirit and her legacy. I can't even finish watching it, let alone have had to perform the scene. This would be a hard scene for any dog lover even without the added tragedy. With it, it's a life changing watch. I dred to think how many takes I'd have needed. If I had, as I imagine it did to Burt, it would haunt me until the end of my days. 💔🌹#RIP
Vinnie Sullivan1,131,268 views • 6 months ago
Today, it's crazy to think that boxing used to be in the school curriculum. London, 1930s ⏳️
Vinnie Sullivan1,072,826 views • 7 months ago
Footage of Leonard John "Lenny" McLean (1949–1998), the infamous English bare-knuckle boxer, bouncer, and underworld enforcer turned actor. Raised in East London, Lenny would often be seen on the doors of clubs and pubs. Known as "The Guv'nor" and labelled "the hardest man in Britain," he fought in thousands of unlicensed bouts. For those who don't immediately recognise him, he achieved mainstream fame playing Barry the Baptist in the 1998 film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Lenny was of a different stock, of a different time. I'm not saying he didn't have his moments bullying people, but unlike the villains of the past or present who use knives and guns, Lenny was willing to take on the world with his bare hands. Lost London Pub and History Walking Tours Britain's Lost & Living Pubs Bygone Britain
Vinnie Sullivan353,183 views • 2 months ago
I am by no means a fan of the Krays. In fact, like many, I believe them to have been perverse, psychopathic bullies. But, despite their many downfalls and growing up in a very poor, working class area, they still spoke and carried themselves better than modern "villains". Not because they were good people, but because people, and society had far higher standards than what we know today. I've no doubt that if they were alive today they'd speak just as badly as modern "gangsters". But because they lived before such times, they sound, to us, more intellectual than they really were. A prime example of the cultural significance of language and what we consider societal norms. ⏳️ Pub and History Walking Tours Lost London
Vinnie Sullivan374,547 views • 3 months ago
We live on the same planet, but a completely different world.
Vinnie Sullivan17,336 views • 4 days ago