Great lady never herd of her before.And I’m from Newcastle
@abitrich6827 күн бұрын
Great documentary. The Metro system will be great when it's finished and actually connects all parts of the city
@nihilichen13 күн бұрын
It hasn't been expanded since 2008, so have fun waiting. They want to bring it to Metrocentre but they've had the government fund plea open for an insanely long time with no funding.
@gopherskАй бұрын
Dandy. My grandparents came from NewCastle on Tyne. Love the language.
@OriginsReborn2 ай бұрын
I remember in 1977 the newly arrived Metro Trains being tested on the track near Four Lane Ends. We used to race them on Balliol School field as the track ran alongside. We had the edge in the first 30 yards but then the Metros zoomed past us! Happy times seeing these bright shiny yellow wonders for the first time!
@melanierhianna3 ай бұрын
The line to Kenton Bank Foot wasn’t new. It was the Ponteland branch built in the Victorian Era. It still existed as a link to the Callerton ICI depot even after the metro took over to Bank Foot. Admittedly since it did not get electrified by the NER unlike the coastal loop, it didn’t have much passenger traffic and closed to passengers in the 1930s. They were still using Ponteland station for goods and storage though in the 60s.
@CM_Railways3 ай бұрын
what song is featured in the credits?
@ianmacdonald54494 ай бұрын
That line of windows was the drawing office I worked there up until 1995. Some good memories of working at Swans.
@jontalbot14 ай бұрын
It was the only time in Britain where there was an integrated public transport system with through ticketing. So naturally the Tories put an end to that with the stupid 1986 Transport Act. The party that doesn’t believe in government making sure it doesn’t work.
@melanierhianna3 ай бұрын
Except for Leeds, Manchester, London and so on where you can use smart cards to do through ticketing.
@melanierhianna3 ай бұрын
No thanks to the Tories though.
@jontalbot13 ай бұрын
@@melanierhianna But it is not integrated. That means when you got off the bus, the metro was there and when you got off that the train to Sunderland was waiting. Public transport on Tyneside until the 86 Act was planned as one not each operator working separately. That was deemed to be socialism and a terrible thing ffs. We have 40 years of this bs dogma in transport and everything else
@jontalbot13 ай бұрын
@@melanierhianna The other aspect of the change in the law was to remove subsidy. The system in Tyneside was cheap to the user cos it was heavily subsidised. So you got a frequent, reliable and cheap system for users. Result? Heavy usage, fewer cars on the road, greater mobility for people on low incomes, less pollution, less spending on road traffic infrastructure, fewer deaths and accidents. Most people don’t think about or understand transport policy but the 86 Act was pure vandalism
@letyourmindbefree27754 ай бұрын
That is a good route 🚴♂️
@letyourmindbefree27754 ай бұрын
History. Its a shame its turned out the way it has.
@mm_22884 ай бұрын
💥
@mm_22884 ай бұрын
👌♥️
@letyourmindbefree27754 ай бұрын
Home ❤
@ArthurHARPE-zl7mh5 ай бұрын
BI
@Lighting_Desk6 ай бұрын
Still a classic. Shes not perfect but she is iconic.
@Juliukas1016 ай бұрын
That music from 00:21:00 was also used in Prisoner: Cell Block H.
@apriliatuono20566 ай бұрын
WEARSIDE not tyneside.
@HRHooChicken6 ай бұрын
Industrial sites are flattened and filled with houses to cram as many people into England as possible. Don’t worry, I’m sure this site will also bring in many depressing and low paid office and retail jobs 👍🏻
@lanehewitt76856 ай бұрын
A God.
@dandwyer88456 ай бұрын
What a beautiful humble story
@melaniecoyde54527 ай бұрын
can someone please upload this movie, cant find it anywere
@themaestro76003 ай бұрын
Full film on youtube
@melaniecoyde54527 ай бұрын
can someone upload this movie please, cant find it anywere
@danbrooks36977 ай бұрын
Terrible....
@lorenheard25618 ай бұрын
Catherines' books got me over many a lonely time!!😊❤❤❤🕊️🐦🤗
@robertricketts54678 ай бұрын
A comedy treasure
@PeppaPaigey8 ай бұрын
This is my Nana she was amazing 🤩
@Liamisinthehouse8 ай бұрын
Get off the metro now!
@sglenny0018 ай бұрын
Why
@leonardpattison28168 ай бұрын
Top Pie that man
@CD-pj1qf8 ай бұрын
This was my grandmother, but I never knew her. She seems like she was a kind lady. One day, I'll visit the Angel of the North because I've read that she was scattered there.
@PeppaPaigey8 ай бұрын
She’s my Nana who are you?? X
@PeppaPaigey8 ай бұрын
I would love for you to get in contact as that would make us cousins! ❤
@stevecharlton-wood44339 ай бұрын
I’ve watched and listened to Bobby’s recordings and re-told his gags to others for years, and yet I’ve never seen this particular clip before, so thank you so much for posting. I recall years ago my grandad once played dominos with Bobby for a 10-bob note, which my grandad won and got Bobby to autograph, alas I don’t know what became of it… but knowing of my grandad he’d probably spent it at some point! I would have loved it to have been kept in the family, as Bobby was obviously a North -East legend who we’re still proud of to this day.
@wagamamahemmeroids9 ай бұрын
This is so cool. It's crazy to see that most of the stations even look the same today - those white and yellow modular wall panels will always be nostalgic to me
@IanEckert19779 ай бұрын
I Got My Photograph With Jack Charlton When I Was A European Cup Winner With South Shields Football Club In Maastricht Holland In 1989... ...Knocked In2 A 5 Week Coma...
@dondamon46699 ай бұрын
Bobby must of hated being associated with jack a complete clown
@dondamon46699 ай бұрын
Reminds me of the Nevilles!!
@raedgaj38789 ай бұрын
Eeeh Am Home ... still got it :)
@redcalx95689 ай бұрын
The farmer from Sean the Sheep at 1:08
@user-xq2zn8bu9q9 ай бұрын
What a great video, thank you for sharing.
@mervynhardy61619 ай бұрын
I'm Sunderland to the core and freely admit that Jackie Millburn was one of the nicest men that ever walked.
@RogerRoving9 ай бұрын
Smashed up by Margaret Thatcher. Hateful, hateful woman.
@stephenholmes10369 ай бұрын
Jack Charlton my hero on and off the pitch.
@Boxersteavee9 ай бұрын
"smoothly, quickly, and reliably"... Well it definitely doesn't now.
@section4515 ай бұрын
The rolling stock needed to be replaced a decade ago, but the usual story no money forthcoming. They can't get spares and had to start cannilbalising the existing trains.
@ChubbyChecker18210 ай бұрын
Two GREAT men. Rest in Peace 🙏
@TheCardiffgirl10 ай бұрын
I really loved this......thank you so much for sharing.👍
@Lensman86410 ай бұрын
Marvellous! I lived in Whitley Bay from 1969 to 1982, then North Shields and Longbenton so I'm very familiar with the pre and post Metro systems. I spent my youth on the Metro until leaving Tyne & Wear in 1987. This is a very interesting and historically important film and the transfer quality is excellent. Thank you for posting it! 🙂
@sglenny0018 ай бұрын
In your opinion do wish the metro never came to whitby Bay also how do wish it to expand 😊
@FozzQuaker8 ай бұрын
@sglenny001 I think the logical expansion at this point, is connecting Washington from both Pelaw and South Hylton on the Leamside Line
@thebyronicmann829210 ай бұрын
Sounded like Mary Mungo and Midge at the beginning.
@davidwaddington941410 ай бұрын
Sir Bobby Thompson to us.
@kevwoods682710 ай бұрын
As funny as a funeral 🤣🤣
@paulcrombie962310 ай бұрын
You have to be a Geordie born and bred to understand his humour, if you don't get it then you don't belong here!