Peter Bell

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@claremaidofthewave251 3 ай бұрын

Loved this too! So many great historical videos thank you. The transition between pictures was well paced and the atmospheric soundtrack. Loved seeing the clothing. ❤

@claremaidofthewave251 3 ай бұрын

Loved this, thanks for producing it. ❤

@Ratisha_Official 4 ай бұрын

I never saw the Handyside but some photos the design looks similar to st Cuthberts walk in chester-le-street. With the indoor street style with the bend and glass roof. Shame they got rid of all the history, would have loved to see the mayfair or handyside or still be able to go to Green Market.

@peterbell3657 4 ай бұрын

@@Ratisha_Official Thanks, aye they were all of their time.

@jean2740 6 ай бұрын

Gone is our city ,😢😢😢😢

@jeanettebirkett776 7 ай бұрын

The Handyside arcade. Half of Old Eldon Square. The Mayfair. The Broken Doll. All lovely places gone.

@VonStromberg 7 ай бұрын

Somebody said it earlier - walking into Handysides' on a Saturday - a mist of cigarette smoke, hairies and patchouli oil. We were Teds but it was the place to be and what a great feel it had ('79 -82)

@G6JPG 7 ай бұрын

I don't think the soldiers were from WWW 1 - one too many Ws!

@billwinward9324 7 ай бұрын

Who today knows of Ultimate Thule?

@eljayr517 7 ай бұрын

Should never had demolished it, look what's happened to Eldon Garden !

@MarksWorldOfAdventure 7 ай бұрын

I never got to see this

@pulchralutetia 8 ай бұрын

Everything destroyed in the name of 'progress'.

@ronniescott3851 8 ай бұрын

Ah the hippy arcade

@joycekastamonitis2187 8 ай бұрын

Where was the coffee pot in Whitley Bay? I was born and raised there and don’t remember it !

@nolslifegren 8 ай бұрын

Any city would kill for an authentic Victorian Arcade these days it would be seen as a hotspot for tourists etc . Shortsighted planners and maybe greedy councillors on the take

@marksmith334 9 ай бұрын

Girls in cheesecloth shirts, love them. Everyday was no bra day.

@marksmith334 9 ай бұрын

Handyside arcade conveniently caught fire. Retro shops before they were retro shops. Three Bulls Head had a really uneven floor and served drain cleaner Bass. The Haymarket was and still is my favourite pub of all time.

@jamesclark1682 9 ай бұрын

Ahh. Remember it well. Rock and punk fans mixed. Bootleg records and posters. I think flip had its original small shop there. USA boiler suits and Brookes boots, Averex tee shirt s.All very Tom Cruise top gun. A lovely building. The time when the Trent House was a proper safe pub great music and pool. The Jukebox!!!!.

@peterbell3657 9 ай бұрын

Great memories, thanks James.

@lornaburgess9762 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking me back to 1970 when at aged 16 I got my engagement ring trom Frank Fagelmans. It cost £18 Which to my apprentice boyfriend was a lot of money .

@peterbell3657 10 ай бұрын

No problem Lorna, thanks for your comments, did the engagement ring lead on to a wedding ring?

@RadioJonophone 10 ай бұрын

Music: Hurts so Good Blues by Unicorn Heads. Ah, I see you mentioned that in the closing credits. I bought a broadcast quality portable tape recoder and some pro mikes from that Sony store. Way at the back, upsstairs was Ultima Thule, a second had craft, ceramic, nick-nack store.

@peterbell3657 10 ай бұрын

Cheers mate, good memories.

@rrstows3522 11 ай бұрын

Always thought Newcastle was better before Eldon Square. This brings back memories to me.

@peterbell3657 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comments mate.

@Boppinbob1 Жыл бұрын

Great blues soundtrack❤

@peterbell3657 Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, pleased you liked it.

@peterbell3657 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bobby, pleased you liked it.

@MsLorenzo2012 10 ай бұрын

Who made the blues on the soundtrack? Not the animals?

@YourBeingParanoid Жыл бұрын

Beautiful video showing how far this city (as well as Gateshead) has grown over the years - only slight nag is that it didn't finish with a photo of the castle (The Keep), as I thought it was going to.

@fmrsolutions Жыл бұрын

I got my first bike from Herby Ray - a purple Hopper with stabilisers - c 1960. Later in early 70s, I bought Miles Davis' Kind of Blue LP in Jeavons. I bought it on a recommendation, never having heard a single note of jazz before. I persuaded the Arcade cafe owner to play it, because I was very keen to hear it. Sure enough, "So What" was soon filling the arcade. It's still my favourite album by any artist.

@peterbell3657 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments, fond memories from the 60s &70s, was a great place to be back then.

@johnhogg3496 Жыл бұрын

Great memories of visiting the Handyside Arcade in the late 70's early 80's. Bought many a poster at the Kard Bar....mainly my Zeppelin posters! Me and my fellow band members frequented here then onto Windows on a Saturday afternoon. Brilliant memories

@peterbell3657 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments, aye the old place is gone but the good times we had there live on in our memories, cheers mate.

@shaunbrennan5882 Жыл бұрын

Spent many a Saturday there. Down to the Haymarket and we'd hide at the back towards the stairs and the bogs. Only about 15-16. Pints of Black and Tan. Back to the Handyside at 3 pm because the pub shut. The Farmers, Trylions, The Mayfair on a Subday night.

@peterbell3657 Жыл бұрын

Great memories, thanks for your comments much appreciated.

@shaunbrennan5882 Жыл бұрын

@peterbell3657 no worries Peter. Thanks for posting.

@emmaa1803 Жыл бұрын

My childhood memories were the best here, my grandad frank had the petshop and my dad Bobby had the joke shop, video shop and antique shop, was an icon why it was pulled down I don't know. 😢

@peterbell3657 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments and memories Emma, it was demolished to make way for the Eldon Square shopping centre.

@emmaa1803 Жыл бұрын

@@peterbell3657 I know and no one uses eldon garden, so should have been left alone there's no characteristic places anymore.

@peterbell3657 Жыл бұрын

To be honest Emma, I think the Handyside Arcade was of it’s time, but during the 60s it and Percy St was buzzing, the music scene was amazing and people in general were so upbeat, it’s a shame that the atmosphere can’t be bottled, but we still have the memories of great times back then.

@emmaa1803 Жыл бұрын

@@peterbell3657 I have some amazing memories, my grandad pet shop gave me so many memories with all the animals.

@markphelan6992 Жыл бұрын

My friend's dad, Greg Burman made guitar amps there and we used to run around on the balcony, we were about 6 or 7

@peterbell3657 Жыл бұрын

Great memories Mark.

@jimmyoconnell6167 Жыл бұрын

Saturdays smoking cannabis

@peterbell3657 Жыл бұрын

Saturdays would have been even happier for you back then Jimmy lol.

@Kalatrobe Жыл бұрын

Ah, the nostalgia! I worked as a Saturday girl in Rivendell, Handyside Arcade, 1986/7. Hugely enjoyed it. So many interesting shops & people there. Loved the secondhand clothes, Spiritual Sky products. In 1981, aged 11/12, my friends and I would go to Handyside to buy 'Bods' -- little wooden Buddha-shaped ornaments for our hair. Even better if said hair was crimped! It was a lovely building architecturally-speaking, and a crying shame that they tore it down. Thanks very much for the footage, Peter.

@peterbell3657 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments Kate, much obliged, aye happy carefree days.

@shaunbrennan5882 Жыл бұрын

Loved Rivandell. Used to get me DnD shit from there. Great times alright. I really liked the owner can still see him now.

@Kalatrobe 5 ай бұрын

Yes, the owner was Paul Drummond-Jackson. A very cool dude. He got back in touch with me very recently as it happens. Vive Rivendell! ❤ @@shaunbrennan5882

@PaulVfx-t9l Жыл бұрын

Fantastic images bringing back some great memories, especially at 5:12 'John Robertson' Fishing Tackle. I remember every Saturday morning a 50 yard line of men waiting for the shop to open so they could buy their fishing bait for the weekend. Also had the privilege to work there for a short time before I started my engineering apprenticeship. Thanks for the memories.

@peterbell3657 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments Paul, much appreciated, aye as a young lad I recall collecting bait from John Robertsons on Saturday mornings, happy days, cheers mate.

@dougquaid Жыл бұрын

Arh, I can still smell the patchouli….

@frankparsons1629 Жыл бұрын

The amount of medieval timbered fully jettied houses, makes your heart bleed (especially those at 6.20).

@johno4521 Жыл бұрын

Who remembers Jeavons music shop, and Herby Ray's cycle & motorists' shop? (a rival to Halfords right next door)

@sicks6six Жыл бұрын

never understood why most of the shops were never open, the upstairs was totally empty. kard bar & Fynnd downstairs, right in the city centre but deserted, I did give it a special atmosphere being deserted, spooky.