Me and my 3 sisters were in the jazz band in the 70s was brilliant . Don't see them now❤❤❤

I was born in Stella and went to Blaydon west school, I used to walk past pumphreys roasting rooms smelling that lush Coffee every morning walking to school, had loads of fun when a was a kid there playing in Stella woods, it had a mint BMX track that went from the top near the loning al the way doon to the bottom of the hill, and in the winter you could sledge doon Summer hill, I spent most of my time playing there, happy days collecting conkers an that it was mint, then i moved to Hazel road and played doon the dene, and Blaydon burn on our motorbikes, what a great place to live so many happy memories. Thanks for all those photos and memories, I love the video well put together and loads of work must have went into that nice one👍

End of our street - I was in school when they filmed this. The area was chosen because of the magnificent views of the Tyne which sadly never made the cut, odd that.

Happy days cold water but hey when ya young it doesn’t matter 😂😘

Love watching old blaydon, shame how much it's changed!

I remember when Stella towers were demolished

I was there as an 8 year old.

Was that held on the Winlaton rugby ground, and I think the locals were The Winlaton Vulcaneers am I correct as I used to live in Tyne Bank.

What a gem. I was born in Lincolnshire but my Mum and her family came from Blaydon and Winlaton so after many visits in my youth I am very familiar with the area around this time. Such happy memories yet so sad in a way looking back and now living in the divided, confused and uncertain world of today. I'm still around but I doubt that lovely shiny mini is!

Brilliant memories of living at Bleach Green. I was 10yrs old when this video was made. Thanks for sharing this video.

Strange not one of the cast was a geordie

Yvonne. You mentioned Hawkeys Lane baths. I’m a North Shields kid from Balkwell Green and we used to go there regularly as a gang of about 12 of us aged 8 upwards. Great times. I have to say that the water in Hawkeys Lane pool was the coldest you could ever go into. Literally ice cold. It was a pleasure to walk to Tynemouth and sneak into the outdoor pool there. Salty air. Salty water. Sun on your back and not a bloody care in the world. Such a pity when they decided it was no longer viable and closed it..

Aargh Dennis what happened to those days I can still remember the jazz bands in the 70s but it was dying slowly abit like the fabric of local society

I much preferred it to Hawkeys Lane baths. I remember beauty parades and knobbly knee competitions. The fountain was magical

It's criminal what's been stolen from us

That's where my mate Terry o'Neil lived I can see his house. All the best Terry 👍

Love the content,grew up in Beech terrace,but pictures are way too fast.

This footage is amazing, I'm so surprised to see how Blaydon used to look, I can't get over how industrial it was!

Brill clip of Ryhope Allstars on here and still going celebrating 60 years this year :-)

1.15 to 1.31 ; two likely lads!

Oh wow! Thanks Dennis!

Slow the pictures down so people can reflect, good stuff though.

I remember the pool very well, but where's the rest of that fillum man?!

Great footage. Remember going to some finals in Whickham park as a kid - mid 70's

Lawrence Avenue, Blaydon. I often walked down it to school.

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Interesting video Dennis! I recently uploaded a video to my channel that my father filmed on 8mm during the 1963 May Day march in Newcastle Upon Tyne, it also contains some footage of marching jazz bands (Pewal Hussars and Ryhope Allstars). If your interested it is the one called Newcastle Upon Tyne 1963 - May Day March. Have subscribed.

1:38 Is that Bella Shaw?

I remember the view from Summerhill very clearly, as well as that across the Stargate football field towards the power station and the retired miners bungalows at Hollybush and Runhead, the bus stop at Runhead, Oh and the colliery houses at Stargate as well. I knew that area like the back of my hand.

Nice bit of history captured there. Cheers for uploading 👍

At 0:57 the Stonies field at the top of Stella Woods and Road heading down to Summerhill Bank just after, I remember that View to the power station and can remember it being Demolished in the early 90s, Happy Days

It was blinking cold. Super film.

my dad did jobs for the chip shop owner at the start of film and borrowed his car for trips to seaside and the street with the bike seen was above my first school and sweet shop.happy happy days.

I went to the priory school and we used to have ourt swiming lessons there IN APRIL. 1948

Hi Dennis, i'm creating a university project based around tynemouth pool and i would like to use snippets from your video to provide an insight into what the pool use to look like. would that be possible? Clinton - email address - [email protected]

Brings back memories

This could be a brilliant historical vlog....the footage is excellent as too the musical accompany, very relevant to me as I grew up here 70s, 80s ad early 90's, it just needs to be slowed down!!

I remember the carnival day very well. I sat on the footbridge over the rail crossings at the Spike to watch it all. This really jogs the memory.

cheers for sharing this footage

That was bloody brilliant, never seen the old railway bridge at Swalwell before. tks marra

Classic show, still hilarious now.