Vinnie Sullivan
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Documentarian & Tour Guide 🦢 🚶♂️@PubHistoryTours 🚶♀️ @Britains___Pubs @Lost___London
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Listen to how well spoken, curtious, and intelligent the working children of a rag-and-bone man were in 1960s Britain. Some claim that it was only upper-class children who spoke eloquently. Well, the notoriously poor rag-and bone-men walked for miles carrying heavy sacks, earning mere coppers by selling scraps to paper mills and soap makers. They often survived by eating discarded food scraps. Yet here are their children, who, despite having grown up with all kind of hardships, set a better example to society than entire swathes of those living in today's world of overt progressiveism. So poor was the job of a rag-and-bone man, that the children here are talking about the teasing they receive as a result. Had schools, and much else not been so dumbed down and ruined, this is what the entire country could have been like. Be they rich or poor. I wonder what they'd think of people's linguistics abilities today?
Vinnie Sullivan143,046 görüntüleme • 2 gün önce
Then, suddenly, you wake up in an English summer in 1986 only to realise that its all been a bad dream. ⏳️
Vinnie Sullivan517,954 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
Observing our old train stations really highlights how ugly the new ones are. Ulverston ⏳️
Vinnie Sullivan37,470 görüntüleme • 3 gün önce
When football was no-nonsense.. West Ham vs. Man City ⚽️
Vinnie Sullivan2,819,161 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce
The man who incubated a duck egg in his underpants, 1981. Say what you like. It worked. 🦆
Vinnie Sullivan491,262 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
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 Sullivan1,129,733 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce
Today, it's crazy to think that boxing used to be in the school curriculum. London, 1930s ⏳️
Vinnie Sullivan1,069,616 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce
The sportsmanship of British athletes is second to none. 🍻🚬
Vinnie Sullivan601,394 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
In this scene from Clarksons Farm, Jeremy Clarkson discusses a point I've made many times concerning the loneliness and isolation brought about by the corporatisation and homogenisation of rural areas and, importantly, the death of the pubs that bring people together. This year, I hope to visit Clarksons Farm and Pub in the beautiful cotswolds in order to pay my respects. Britain's Lost & Living Pubs Pub and History Walking Tours
Vinnie Sullivan821,978 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce
The cultural/architectural decline of London: This vandalised phonebox is/was in honour of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, who designed Britain’s iconic red telephone boxes during the 1920s/30s. It symbolically sits in front of the hotel that his grandfather designed. Now look at it. What sort of a mindset would want to sticker, graffiti, and vandalise what is essentially a symbol of London, and of course, Britain? This phonebox wasn't in use but purely a tiny museum dedicated to the birth of the red phone box. I hope that whatever your political laning may be, you agree that this is a diabolical shame. 🤝 Pub and History Walking Tours
Vinnie Sullivan67,547 görüntüleme • 14 gün önce