Wow. That must be what kings meadow school is named after! I bloody love these videos! Thanks again Eddy. For imparting your knowledge which is second to none!!!
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Yes it is. Glad you’re enjoying them Amy 😊
@HappyGeordieAngler
Ай бұрын
loving these videos eddy the historical side of your videos have been awesome keep it up !!!
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers bud 👊🏻👍🏻
@THENORTHSACE73
Ай бұрын
Eddie I worked at south shields colliery.my job was was a railway guard /shunter taking coal down to the staithes at the mill dam ...age55 now I am .last of miners ❤
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Oh wow. I hope I did a little of the story justice
@richardjames3356
Ай бұрын
Fascinating railway system from Westoe colliery.
@DarthDainese
Ай бұрын
I used to live in Wallsend, and watched a few ships get launched doon at Swan Hunters one of which was HMS Illustrious. Newcastle and the Tyne has changed massively just in my short life, I'm 46
@kaybee2930
Ай бұрын
The history we have here in the North East is amazing
@useyournous
Ай бұрын
class presentation Eddy man, much appreciated. Dunston born and bred.
@tunnellee
Ай бұрын
Fantastic piece of local journalism again 👍
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers Lee 👊🏻👍🏻
@realld50
Ай бұрын
Love these videos, Eddy. You're my personal guide to the Newcastle/North East area. Appreciated from Montana.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Thank you 🙏
@LeeStewart
Ай бұрын
I can recall The National Garden Festival in 1990. I was only a child but I do remember being on the Staiths with a giant ball of rope as the attraction. Those were the days!
@jamiefender6909
Ай бұрын
Superb as ever building up my historical knowledge from the past.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers Jamie 👊🏻👍🏻
@BUY.YOUTUB.VIEWS.314
Ай бұрын
You have a natural gift for connecting with your audience.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers John 🙏👊🏻👍🏻
@jimmycburfield5997
Ай бұрын
Quality video! When I walked Hadrian’s wall I found this as equally fascinating as all the amazing Roman sites along the way. Amazing heritage
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
It’s on my list yo walk it Jimmy 👍🏻
@jimmycburfield5997
Ай бұрын
@@TynesideLife Port Carlisle at our end has a similar vibe! I’d love to see you vlogging Hadrian’s wall!
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
@@jimmycburfield5997 so has Scaryport 😅
@chriswarburtonbrown1566
Ай бұрын
Another fabulous video Eddie, many thanks! I subscribed. Pit mining with staithes goes back to at least 1500 on Tyneside. Origin: Old English staeth, meaning shore or landing place.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Brilliant insight thanks Chris 👍🏻
@SAM-zt2uy
Ай бұрын
Fascinating bit of industrial heritage.
@Mr_Linka
Ай бұрын
Two/three summers ago the staiths were open to the public during the school and bank holidays, but due to more vandals they closed them again, I’m surprised they’ve been re-opened… I’m local to this area, about a ten minute walk from there, I walked along the path with the dog a few hours ago.
@ianjames9166
Ай бұрын
Fascinating, Eddy, I learnt a lot there. Every time I see coal staiths I'm reminded of "Get Carter". I think I'm right in saying that was filmed at Blyth staiths though. It's great that the Dunston staiths are protected and part of the Derwent Way trail. 😀
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers Ian 👊🏻👍🏻. Yes that was the Blyth Staiths in Get Carter
@doddsy799
Ай бұрын
Fantastic video Eddy. We need to keep this information alive, and your channel serves as the perfect medium to do so. Look forward to the next vid.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Thank you 🙏
@BRidgefrog
Ай бұрын
Hi Eddie, not sure if it’s of much interest but would love it if you could make a video on the old co-operative building next to The Gate where I work. From the 1800’s, lots of history, tunnels beneath it leading around newcastle, right by gallowgate. Can be eerie in the building working night shift.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
I’ll look into it, cheers Aidan 👍🏻
@alanhindmarch4483
17 күн бұрын
I love the Coal and Railway History of the Northeast where it all began. Like you, I have never been able to understand why these mindless idiots think it’s cool to destroy anything and what they actually get out of it. Thank you for another great video.
@WOLFIE-96B-UK
Ай бұрын
I'm really enjoying your videos about the history of Newcastle. I find them fascinating 👌
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers mate 👊🏻👍🏻
@user-pf2xb5wx2w
Ай бұрын
Thank you for another great presentation - Back in the early sixties, I had to use Dunston and Blythe staithes when delivering engineering products to Stevenson - Clark colliers tied up alongside - When a vessel was unladen and the tide was high, it was a fairly easy and safe climb onto the deck using the ship's gangway, but when the coal was fully loaded on board and the tide was low, it it was a long, dangerous and precipitous descent down a rickety wooden builder's ladder temporarily lashed to the timber structure with rope - I often wonder about the staithe workers who must have made those terrifying climbs many times,during the course of their working days.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing Dave 👊🏻👍🏻
@alancawthorne9227
Ай бұрын
Really informative Eddie, there were loads I didnt know so thanks.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers Alan 👊🏻👍🏻
@alanwalker3586
Ай бұрын
The links to the other organizations you gave during the video really useful, wasn't aware of the other organizations and their offerings! keep it up!
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
👊🏻👍🏻
@jack80kiwi
Ай бұрын
Thanks for that . I saw the Staiths in 1990 when at the Garden Show, all the way from New Zealand. I was born in London but my family were all form Swawell and Wickham . Dad was a miner till the war, as was Grandad and my uncles . When ever I visited I felt as though I was going home, between 1996 and 2005 I had been back six times to find family members . Found a few but there were lots more I didn't find.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing 👊🏻👍🏻
@jimmyoconnell6167
Ай бұрын
My old home town dunstom used to make a fortune penny for the guy from the sailors back in the 60s
@anthonywhite2957
Ай бұрын
Unbelievable ! Was walking the Tyne yesterday and looked at them and thought il have to look them up !! But no bloody worries Eddy is here 👌
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Thank you Anthony 😃👊🏻
@CaptainChuckles
Ай бұрын
Eddy here is one for you ! Just downstream from Vickers works there used to be a small Island in the river dont know when it dissapeared ! But in the late 60s / early70s there was a Council rubbish site called Paradise Island Works where the bin lorries went. Bit of investigating for you there matey ?
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Do you mean the island that the Blaydon Races was on?
@user-butters74
Ай бұрын
Eddie it's fascinating to hear your knowledge and the history of dunson and all over the north east area.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers Paul 👊🏻👍🏻
@livingonthetyne
Ай бұрын
Been waiting for this one great work as always Eddie!
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers Matty, I was going re film it as I missed a few things but I thought what the hell 😅
@owenbell307
Ай бұрын
A nice little watch before I go to work. Cheers for all your content Eddie!
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers Owen 👊🏻👍🏻
@geoffburlinson8909
Ай бұрын
Brilliant video Eddie. Really appreciate all your hard work putting these together. Newcastle is steeped in history, fascinating facts that i know little about. Thanks for educating me. 👍👍👍
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers Geoff 👊🏻👍🏻
@richardjames3356
Ай бұрын
Remember walking along it as a kid when The Garden Festival was on in 1990. Shame I never got to see them in action. If I'm not mistaken, Dunston Staith was for export of coal from pits along what is now The Tanfield Railway. Shame it's never been repaired after the little knackers set fire to it. There's a very good podcast by Nick Richardson on the coal mining industry on the 'Railway Mania' podcast series (youtube doesn't like me posting external links). Something I never knew is that the staithes were all different, as some coal is harder than others, meaning some needs more careful handling (ie more shutes and conveyors) so it doesnt all break up into tiny bits. Also of interest is The Bowes Railway (see the video 'Bowes Line' on youtube). Loaded wagons of coal descending down to the river by gravity (albeit attached to a rope), the momentum of which pulled the empties back to the top of the hill. Their staith was at Jarrow. Possible future video, Eddie? Not from a mining family myself, but have found it fascinating since I was a kid. Nothing but respect for the men who toiled away in darkness hundreds of feet below the ground to power the nation.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing all that Richard and yes it’s part of the Tanfield line. I may do separate video on this 👍🏻
@laikatravels
Ай бұрын
Very interesting 👍
@Flukey_1970
Ай бұрын
Great stuff keep em coming 👌
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers Martin 👊🏻👍🏻
@michaelrobinson7143
Ай бұрын
Great Eddie thank you.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
👊🏻👍🏻
@paulferri3441
Ай бұрын
Another brilliant video Eddy, great to be informed about our wonderful history in our area.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers Paul 👊🏻👍🏻
@davidsanderson5904
Ай бұрын
Cracking video, Eddie!
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers David 👍🏻
@scottcarmichael4751
Ай бұрын
Great video eddy ur full of knowledge well done
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers Scott 👊🏻👍🏻
@marktighe4026
Ай бұрын
Enjoyed that pal 👍
@daveyeddie8176
Ай бұрын
Good vid Eddie, stirling work.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers Davey 👍🏻
@northeastpyro8796
Ай бұрын
Awesome I walk past here all time
@jamespalmer3716
Ай бұрын
i done the scaffold on there when they were sorting it out after it was set on fire. bang in the middle of summer. great job it was.
@TheSpragz
Ай бұрын
I’m a Dunston lad. Brilliant video 👍🏻
@Novacastrian
Ай бұрын
I agree with you Eddie,what processes people to set them on fire,I hope it will be better protected in future!
@ashleyhoward8926
Ай бұрын
In 1990 a fire main was installed throughout the entire length of the staithes. If it had only be maintained, it would have been used to extinguish the fire in 2003 which led to a partial collapse. Cost-cutting, actually cost a large part of this listed structure, the largest of it's kind in Europe.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
I didn’t know about the fire main, thanks for sharing 👍🏻
@andrewgoodwin-de7kg
Ай бұрын
Hi just seen this video as a random choice on youtube. Very interesting. Having worked in the area many times i have seen this construction but not known the significance of it. Thank you for this and will look out for more.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers Andrew 👊🏻👍🏻
@danielwardle7997
Ай бұрын
My home village eddie lived just round the corner walked on this many times shame that nakkas have tried to burn it down so many times very Intresting stuff mate 👍
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers Daniel 👊🏻👍🏻
@martinholroyd7605
Ай бұрын
Film star Dunston Staithes...Get Carter ( iconic film ) fascinating video Eddy..nice one 👍
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
That was Blyth Staithes Martin 😬😅
@martinholroyd7605
Ай бұрын
@@TynesideLife Oops !!! I stand corrected 😂👍
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
@@martinholroyd7605 😅
@alancurry4161
Ай бұрын
Great Eddie!
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers Alan 👊🏻👍🏻
@nickduffy8482
Ай бұрын
Very interesting Eddie, my son lives right next to the Staithes on the Gateshead side and next time we are there I’d like to do the walk that follows up the Derwent. Those men would need to be well paid for the back breaking work they did day in day out!
@geordienufc3132
Ай бұрын
I used to play on there way, way back in the 60's when I lived in Lobley Hill. Does my memory serve me right in that I've always thought the wood used to build the staithes was imported from Australia which is part of the reason the burned section was never rebuilt? I was wrong my memory did fail me, they used Baltic pine to build the staithes
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
I’m not sure where the wood is from mate but it hasn’t been rebuilt as it’s now owned by a charity and there just aren’t the funds just yet
@ashleyhoward8926
Ай бұрын
You are quite correct, Australian redwood I believe, which is now a protected species, so no longer harvested for export to UK. It i sextreme;y well suited for use in the salt water river bed.
@kevin4havis
Ай бұрын
Nice one Eddy. interesting as usual
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers Kev 👊🏻👍🏻
@Qoonutz
Ай бұрын
Another history lesson. I love it!
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
😃
@jimfell7147
Ай бұрын
Many thanks for all you are doing bringing our incredible history to life. Hopefully the useless articles who think destroying or defacing our history get what is coming to them. My grandad worked on the colliers for years, remember going down to the quay in N. Shields with my nana to give him his bait and tea flask, the days when real men were about and even better women ran things. Huge thumbs up, how about a bit on the N. Shields fish quay?
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers Jim. I’m hoping to go out in a fishing boat 😅
@martylawrance3698
22 күн бұрын
Interesting what you said about the arson attacks, unfortunately they are nothing new. As a young fireman in the 70s I attended a few fires on there. In those days the only access was from the Excelsior Club end, which was roughly where the only fire hydrant was. It was half a mile to the end of the staithe, which is a long way to run hose out 😀
@TynesideLife
22 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing Marty 👍🏻
@Steph-wq9it
Ай бұрын
Another great educational video Eddy thank you. I’ve always been interested about these sort of structures made out of timber. How on earth do they not quickly decay, open to the elements & sitting in the river, Whereby a newly fitted window made out of timber can be rotting after 5 years?😮
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Thanks Steph. Apparently it is made of Australian Oak which was imported and can withstand salt water
@Steph-wq9it
Ай бұрын
@@TynesideLife Thanks Eddy, I’ll add that one to my armoury of knowledge. Normally stuff that doesn’t interest the general population I’ve been told 😄
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
@@Steph-wq9it 😅
@ogo2l
Ай бұрын
Where were the staiths in the Iconic film "get carter" ? Sorry to hear of the fire. Fire's usually happen when property deveoplers are interest in the land like the "crooked pub" that burned down and was buldozed. Great video about something that I thought was all gone.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
They’re in Blyth mate 👍🏻
@Paulburnard
Ай бұрын
Great Video Eddy, do one on the history of the Town Moor please.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
I’ve done one Paul. It’s video number 2 in my Stadium series 👍🏻
@Tacsmoker
Ай бұрын
as a kid id look down on the staiths from my home and watch the Bessy Surtees (ship) delivering coal,,, as a teenager i went to the school next to the staiths... i still havent friggin been on them.... cant wait to go on it and feel that river air breeze past my ears
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing bud 👊🏻👍🏻
@frankiehill-os1ww
Ай бұрын
Bessie Surtees was a barge which carried ash from the Stella North and South power stations further up river
@Tacsmoker
Ай бұрын
@@frankiehill-os1ww i didnt actually look in the sacks.. sorry mate lol, it was over 50 years ago,, heeds a bit knackered noo
@tazmusic101
Ай бұрын
eddie will you do a video on the battle of newburn also stevensons birth place is up that way just a thought great video kidda
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
I’ll give it some thought, cheers 👍🏻
@roythompson4621
Ай бұрын
And also Addison Colliery, where Alexander Graham Bell made the first ever underground phone call from Hedgefield House to miners down the pit.
@tazmusic101
Ай бұрын
@@roythompson4621 yeah that would be good as well
@jamesmoore6125
Ай бұрын
Shared!
@davidmarsden9800
Ай бұрын
This looks like the one from "Get Carter" when Michael Caine chases Ian Henry at the end of the film.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
It was the one in Blyth in the Get Carter film Dave
@ianbell6680
Ай бұрын
Just doon from there is Scotchy bridge right next to that is an old railway bridge that is closed off to the public but not to the bad lads that used to skive school and sneak across and pinch the fresh made pies from tindale and stanton, Yummy
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
😂
@ronaldwood9247
Ай бұрын
I divvint really knaa much aboot the Dunston Staithes despite living there in the past. Mind ye, the Dunston Excelsior is where I first seen the strippers as a 14 year old with me fatha, and realised my art teacher was on the committee. I was ducking with my beer and me fatha said "divvint be daft, lad" and Mr Forbes acknowledged me anarl. I was telling my mates at Whickham Comp. and I divvint think they totally believed me until Forbsey walked up and said, "that blonde was a looker wasn't she." 🤣
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Brilliant! 😂
@ronaldwood9247
Ай бұрын
@@TynesideLife He lived in the Rocket anarl, which surprised us.
@marcusoreallly
Ай бұрын
Coal. So many humans busted their asses to help people have electricity and warmth. Much respect to the generations before us.
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
☝️👊🏻👍🏻
@thegeordiefellwalker8878
Ай бұрын
i still remember the bessie Surtees coal barge going up & down the tyne when i was a kid. happy days 👌👍
@user-cg4ws1wi8f
Ай бұрын
Spoil hopper from dunson power station, diesel driven.
@ashleyhoward8926
Ай бұрын
It wasn't carrying coal, quite the opposite. It led ash from the power station out to sea.
@user-cg4ws1wi8f
Ай бұрын
@ashleyhoward8926 I think there was three, always getting pulled for speeding !
@paulguise698
Ай бұрын
Hiya Eddy, I'll watch this vlog later, did You watch Fact Feast? this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Hi Choppy, yes I did mate. Interesting stuff 👍🏻
@guineagirl5078
Ай бұрын
Were these in Purely Belter?😊
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Ooh I’m not sure, haven’t watched it
@johnpaulgleason7929
Ай бұрын
Yes they were :) one of the few films to feature them
@unionofsouthafricasuperfan6333
28 күн бұрын
I volinteer on the Tanfield railway were the trains came down to the staiths from stanley and county durham and the line is technically the oldest in the world built in 1725 originally as a wagonway and it even includes the worlds oldest single arch railway bridge and its aproaching 300 years of the railway in 2025 and without this newcastle and the areas surrounding would have never developed as there was no way to get enough coal to the factories for there to of been an industrial revolution
@TynesideLife
28 күн бұрын
Oh wow, thank you for letting me know about this 👍🏻
@davidsmart285
Ай бұрын
which came first the teams area next to dunston or the title of pouring coal onto boats teeming,
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers David 👊🏻
@ih8utoob51
Ай бұрын
Eddy didnt newcastle export a lot of saltpeter
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Not sure Sean. I’ll look into it
@Tacsmoker
Ай бұрын
we were the people who had the stuff that tanned and bleached materials... so im guessing along with all the urine we also imported the "leave it alone powder" ;-0
@wallygargett6175
Ай бұрын
Eddy that’s fantastic news very interesting thank you. Have a piece of cake on me
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Have you bought me a cake? 😅
@wallygargett6175
Ай бұрын
@@TynesideLife the wife said she would make you one. You have been a very busy man. Keep it up Eddy
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
@@wallygargett6175 😃
@spssy
Ай бұрын
Finally it's reopened..
@MrGazzamoore
Ай бұрын
Would actually say it's in the teams
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
It’s at the end of the river Team but I’d say Dunston is not part of the Teams, that’s the other side of Dunston. I could be wrong
@MrGazzamoore
Ай бұрын
@@TynesideLife if only Harry clasper was here to confirm lol
@alexrobinson2281
Ай бұрын
Days gone by when men wanted to work , not like now ☹️
@redl1ght1
Ай бұрын
Nah ,get back to the footy lad 👍🏻Ya match reaction with the fans by the ground are missed . HWTL 🏴🏳️
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
😂
@markillingworth1972
Ай бұрын
Very interesting , I look at this everyday from across the river , I always thought it was open to tourists anyway what with the cafe that’s there , must’ve read it wrong somewhere .
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Hi Mark, no there’s only certain days in the year but open on Saturdays through this summer too
@Serioustwister
Ай бұрын
Really enjoying the subtle move away from predominantly football content. Don’t get me wrong I’m a die hard toon fan, but I love the history of this city too. And nobody gets it better than this guy. Eddie you are becoming a brilliant documentarian! I don’t live in the NE anymore so I love watching your content to bring me home! 🖤🤍
@TynesideLife
Ай бұрын
Cheers Jimmy 👊🏻👍🏻
@rich_devoto
Ай бұрын
Agree with Jimmy, Eddie. Far better leaving the NUFC stuff to young Mr Pearson and pals - your local history content is far more interesting! Particularly to those of us who prefer our football in red and white 😀
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