I’m not from Newcastle area, but my parents were, and they moved up to Eyemouth in 1971. My dad passed in 20013, he was 92, and he was born in old Byker. He fought in ww2, and when he came back worked as a miner and then driving machines on the demolitions & building of roads etc in the 60’s. He would’ve known all these areas very well. It saddens me that old Byker was totally destroyed, and all these other great old streets, in the name of progress. It’s like going back in time watching these films. It’s a world all its own, a place and people in time, now all but forgotten. It’s sad. I think more films should be made of the streets as they are today- because one day everything WE know will be destroyed the same way.
@Maggy47
Жыл бұрын
I vaguely remember gateshead I was 14 when the video was made the joke shop and dolls hospital thank you for this 🙏
@Occident.
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Around 1968. Just before the planners destroyed my canny toon. Demolished 6 Blocks of the brand new Chandless estate to make way for the monstrous fly over that still blights our town.
@colincharlton9339
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It looks better than , then it does now!!
@alneal100
9 жыл бұрын
I remember the joke shop in Gateshead, down by the bridge.
@BABYCHAOS26
3 жыл бұрын
The Five Bridges Hotel when it was brand new and modern. The Rolling Stones stayed there once in the 60s. Now it’s a ruin
@Paggerd
Жыл бұрын
Ah the good old days
@chazsach6594
Жыл бұрын
From an era when WE built things.
@zeddeka
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And were rapidly going down the pan because we were so much worse at it than other countries
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