Newcastle Upon Tyne 1987

[@TerenceCooper-w2o]

Much happier times. You walk through Newcastle now and there’s a beggar in every doorway, everyone looks fed up and people with their faces in a mobile. Please take me back to the 70s and 80s.

[@hallgos7319]

I couldn't agree more and count me in to go back with you.😉

[@MichaelCook84]

Walk through newcastle now and its like half of Africa has moved there.

[@hallgos7319]

@@MichaelCook84 The Middle East and Eastern Europe, too. Deplorable.😞

[@Fatty2-sj8vr]

Aye I think it's depressing nowadays. Even more so since the pandemic ended.

[@NilsAlmquist-d9k]

If only we had a time machine.

[@davidknowles7466]

Born and bred in Newcastle I was 17 when this was made 😢 yeah it made me cry remembering the innocent times that were the 80s

[@MindyerownBusiness-s4d]

Best place to grow up, still better than most uk cities but will no doubt fall to demographic change like other places within next decade or 2. Shameful what we are leaving for future generations

[@Wolfways]

I miss the 80's so much. Especially Westgate Road.

[@michaelthompson6090]

Was a great city back in day, all. Peacful British people. Who were proud of there cjty

[@Mistressofthegroove]

I was 20, worked at BT at Manors at the 'telephone exchange' and I remember all of this like it was yesterday and would do anything to go back in a time machine.. we were having the best times of our lives and we didn't even realise it.

[@RLukeDavis]

My mother and grandmother both worked there, that's why I went too. It offered employment to all manner of Geordie lasses ❤

[@paulcrombie9623]

My mam died that year I was 23 then, in my fifties now, this brings back memories which I seemed to have blocked? Thank you, it is all coming back to me now, but in a good way, thank you, it has helped.

[@chrispegman5462]

I was a 20 years old Geordie lad when this was filmed. In November 1987 I moved south for work and am still down south to this day. To say this film makes me nostalgic is the under statement of the year.

[@Lat265]

You're a southerner because you have worked and lived most of your life down there.

[@lewymartain8267]

I was 20 yrs old when this was made. Had me in tears of such brilliant memories, Some sad but some that would give life to go back. Your right you dont realise what a brilliant time this was. Excellent Music and video.

[@hallgos7319]

Nostalgia-tastic footage to be sure.👍

[@blamppost2516]

How do you think i feel being born in 2004

[@markrae1317]

Me too.1987 was my last year living in the Toon before moving to London. Loved everything about it apart from not having a job. Was nearly eight months on the dole in Newcastle, but found temporary work in London in just under three hours. Thanks, Maggie - thanks for nowt...

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

now its like afghanistan or the khyber pass . . . .Tragic . . . .!!!

[@Mistressofthegroove]

I was 20 too, working at BT at Manors at the time.

[@geordie_mech]

The memory of town being heaving with happy shoppers, enjoying the geordie sunshine and finishing off with a Wimpy's fish and chips. I just loved growing up in my city. Some epic memories. Thank you for your videos

[@lornaburgess9762]

Loved Wimpys beat Maccy D hands down.

[@kingshearer2]

did they do fish and chips ? I thought it was a Burger joint next to Woolies.

[@SotonCueMan]

1987 - I was 18 and in Newcastle as a first year student at Newcastle University. Damn this brings back so many good memories....

[@uglycustard4488]

Made me cry I want to go back to 1987 where my life was so much happier

[@geordieblack4580]

I know the feeling. Astonishing to think that 30 years have passed.

[@hallgos7319]

If i had access to a time machine i'd be quite content to live in a recurring time loop spanning from about the late '70s to '87. Happier times make no mistake.

[@shaunstephenson]

Same! Better times for sure but made me realise how much I miss home too

[@Youngy-mj1pv]

Billy Bob never been to Newcastle

[@clangunn2726]

Yep we had nought but people were happier and more sane

[@mofo1739]

I was 19 and was in my third year of my apprenticeship at the old Byker bus depot on shields road . Great times and so many good memories of this era .

[@No.1shopkeeper]

Fantastic memories, I was 20 in 1987 and loved life, loved going to town to see the match or to buy new clothes and for a night out with friends. my favourite bar was Cordwainers in Nelson Street. Christmas always seemed to have a very special atmosphere as well, the darkness coming early in early, the Christmas lights and displays, The noise of the Starlings starting to gather and Fenwicks window seemed more magical back then. Thanks for this video. Great memories of a great time, with great people, in our great City.

[@John-nb6ep]

Were things really more violent or rougher back then?

[@beefy8269]

Even the Stinker Starlings are gone

[@beefy8269]

​@@John-nb6epWell speaking as a 20 something Native of the Toon at that time there was fisticuffs on the street corners but rarely anything other than black eyes and minor contusions and a £20 fine for public disorder on Monday morning. But that's been the way since the dawn of time , young stags rut, young men fight

[@8NEXTONE8]

Wow I loved this, it's great to see what our parents remember. Thanks for sharing

[@gil7toon420]

I was 17 then, used to love going from Morpeth into the city with my mates shopping for Kappa, Taccini, fake Lacoste, Mackenzie then out in the night starting with trebles for singles. as great crack - moved away years ago but my son will go to Uni there next year so hopefully relive my youth!

[@sicks6six]

everyone looks like they are in either a Flock of Seagulls or Bananarama. was a great time in a great city,

[@gedman9527]

That was the look haha loved it 😀😀😀😀

[@ianinkster2261]

Look at the smile on the street artists' faces. I've not seen a smile like that since 1987.

[@TheGreatest1974]

Brilliant time travel! I was 17 then tearing around on a Yamaha RD125LC. Recognise all those great 80’s cars! Where’s the time gone... seems a happier time than now and if I could go back then forever I would do it in a heartbeat.

[@hallgos7319]

I miss the '80s with an absolute passion. Not a flawless decade to be sure but a far better time than now.😞

[@TheGreatest1974]

@@hallgos7319 most definitely! I pity young people today who are growing up in this world never knowing the freedoms and carefree nature of our lives, before terrorism, bombings, mass immigration, and joblessness and widespread hard drug use, we knew a totally different world before 1997 when Tony Blair admitted he FORCED multiculturalism on the people of Britain, and every successive government since then has blatantly done nothing to stop it. Our country is WAY worse now than it was then.

[@d4rksydecaff]

Absolutely lush man... back when people where a pleasure to be around and the internet never gave so many people false ego's because of how many likes they get on a daily basis..

[@hallgos7319]

Well said and i couldn't agree more.

[@thebean9255]

Aye, and not a homeless person in sight!

[@graeme4540]

Yeah fuck the internet who needs it. Ohh wait a minute........

[@Youngy-mj1pv]

Billy Bob never been to Newcastle

[@twangbarfly]

Nearly liked your comment... but didn't want to inflate your false ego :-) only joking - great comment!

[@OriginsReborn]

3:34 Never saw this lass for 37 years and then there she is on film! I used to work for Swift Meat company on Marlborough Crescent and she used to walk past most days. ALWAYS wore a mini skirt ..and they weren't even in fashion!! Great to see her again! 😃

[@lewymartain8267]

Hear I go again. I've lost count how many times ive watched this now. Tears still keep coming of a Simple and happy life. Looking at the Posts makes me so happy knowing im not alone with my Happiness but sadness for loss also. It makes you think of the Great people that were in your life then who are sadly not hear now. Eldon square was the Metro centre of Newcastle and you went to Tiffany's happy as hell not a thought of "will someone get shot or knifed tonight" or will I. Ok im going to mention it because i was into heavy mental in the early 80s so hears to Patolli and the hippy arcade. lol, I miss you mam and little sis.

[@hallgos7319]

The Odeon cinema. Another cherished part of my childhood crushed under the ruthless foot of progress. Gone but never forgotten.

[@kingshearer2]

Not really progress though, they've just build some sort of tented village. Newcastle City Council is a joke.

[@darrensmith4279]

@@kingshearer2 get a life

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

@@kingshearer2 proper joke ..They wasted over 10 grand on sending a spear back to Nigeria...took out the Hancock museum ..-figure that one out . .. .lol .

[@lesigh1749]

@@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361 They don't even call it the Hancock Museum anymore, it's the Great North Museum or some such nonsense these days. Apparently, Hancock wasn't a fit or proper person to be remembered even on the Museum he paid for and built for the city and generations of people.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

@@lesigh1749 I know what that MP did for the city .....-a disgrace . . .!

[@Cartamandua]

Newcastle in the 1980s had so much energy. It was a unique place to be. Now it's like any other global city.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

sad but true .... a Dump ..-ing ground . . .

[@ZeldaFitz]

I totally agree

[@MichaelCook84]

It's horrible now. Like an extension of Africa.

[@hallgos7319]

This morning, I watched this footage again but this time with the soundtrack muted and substituted with Black's '87 classic, 'Wonderful Life' playing over the video. A most bittersweet experience I must admit.😢

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

;Black; . . .how ironic . . .. !!!

[@NilsAlmquist-d9k]

If only we had a time machine to experience this again.

[@kingshearer2]

I'm working on it

[@Toon_3677]

I was 10 years owld when this was recorded. I swear down when I see all the shop's n the Northumberland Street when cars could still drive down makes me proper nostalgic. Especially the The Chronicle seller's on the corners. Then "Coming Home Newcastle" kicked in. This vid was a belta mate😊😊👏👏👏

[@OrthodoxChristian809]

I was 17 and at Newcastle college in 1987. I used to spend ages wandering around the city. It's all changed now. People seemed more polite back then.

[@s125ish]

atomicsnowflake people are so suspicious of you now

[@forza223bowe5]

s125ish Newcastle isn’t as friendly these days

[@mxbx307]

The friendly Geordies are the older ones from this era. The younger ones just aren't the same.

[@PH5221]

@@mxbx307 Aye let's tar every single human under a certain age with the same brush, nice and friendly of you.

[@xr6lad]

@@PH5221 why not. And they’re dumb. More information at their fingertips and less able to look it up and research or question anything and so easily manipulated by social media. Hardly an advertisement for intelligence. And get offended at the drop of a hat.

[@michaelryan6947]

Love this city, so many memories, so many words to say but ill just enjoy this and smile. Thank you.

[@jujam2751]

I was 16 in 1987, I’m loving seeing the fashions again!

[@michaelryan6947]

Worked at a printers on Collingwood St, long days but I loved the vibe of the city whether it was going to work, shopping or going training at the leisure centre in Eldon Square.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

I was born within a 3 month timeframe of this and this is always how I remembered Newcastle before I moved away and then came back. Modern Newcastle needs more flowers and trees

[@hermanmunster3358]

I remember old Eldin Square, before INTU got their hands on it, when the whole square was surrounded by mature trees, and the George and Dragon was still open. I used to eat my lunch in the Square when I worked in the Grainger market, and take in the culture. Geordies Forever 👍

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

yes.. and a LOT less of something else ( everyone knows what im referring to .)

[@sicks6six]

@@krishnan-resurrection714 please enlighten us. .

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

@@sicks6six CURLY WURLIES

[@chokehanson1830]

Footage like this makes me feel so nostalgic for great times back in Newcastle when I was a kid. The best city & the best people - I miss that place so much.

[@hallgos7319]

The best times, Choke. A far cry from what we have now.

[@mccallsouth8552]

@@hallgos7319 : I am sending huge hugs ..... just because...I want to

[@hallgos7319]

@@mccallsouth8552 Nothing wrong with that and thank you. Huge hugs....right back....at you.

[@hermanmunster3358]

Me too. You'd be hard pushed to find such a compact city with so much crammed into it. Newcastle has always had a certain magic, hence why it is often dubbed the capitol of the North.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

@@hermanmunster3358 as the song says 'the Big city' ..newcastle is a Town ...

[@pyewackett3822]

Love those youngsters doing their art, I wonder where they are now, looking after the grandchildren?

[@busterabcat]

I lived up there between 1984 and 1987 whilst a student at the Polytechnic- and these images I remember and identify with instantly. Loved that city - it was my second home for several years and even when I graduated in August 1987 and left to return back to my home city of Liverpool (port / river cities tend to have their own particular distinctive character - Glasgow being another) I would still return up there frequently whenever I could just to catch up with my new student and Geordie friends (and my relatives who lived north and south of the city) for several years until 1995. Seeing so many parts of the centre changing (not always for the best either as some truly wonderful old haunts, landmarks and around the Quayside were demolished to make way for the usual gentrification) meant I would not return back for another visit until 2003.....by then the city was almost completely different from when I knew it. Seeing this footage just makes me so nostalgic I yearn for a time machine to take me back to those years - which surely are far better than what we have now.

[@Lat265]

In those days there was ship building and coal mining jobs, lower house prices, lower population, free university education like Denmark, Finland and Germany have today, easy to see a doctor, easier to get a job as there was less competition etc.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

if you feel nostalgia for the place and want to revistit ...I wouldnt bother mate ..you would not recognise the place ..it is now a multi-cultural hell on earth . . ..Proper horrible, all my friends have upped and abandoned the place..its full of foreigners..most dont even speak english ..bloody awful !

[@SuperPhilipwilliams]

The 80s... my favourite decade

[@hallgos7319]

Mine too. A glorious period and the last truly great decade to grow up in. After that forget it.

[@chrisstucker1813]

@@hallgos7319was the 90s not great too? I heard people say it was a time of hope and positivity for the future.

[@hallgos7319]

@@chrisstucker1813 Maybe the mid-late '90s for me but i'll always come back to the '80s first and foremost.

[@Mackembri62]

I drove a bus for City Busways and this was a blast from the past 😊Excellent stuff

[@paulcrombie9623]

I love this, brings back memories, I must have been about 16 years or maybe 17 years old, I am now in my 50s years now. I remember the old Accordian player. He was blind but he played a mean according. I miss those days, I used to come to the toon to buy my model kits from the model shops, lovely days. I loved my models, still got some of them! But now I look at this, I wish I had collected the other kind of model! If you know what I mean?

[@markLittle-qx8px]

As a born and bred Geordie Newcastle will always run through my veins. Forever black and white ❤

[@maryhogg8670]

This makes me mourn an era I never lived in. My dad is from Newcastle and would have been 15 at this time, perhaps he is in the background somewhere!

[@hallgos7319]

The '80s was my era and i miss it every day truth be told.

[@ObsoleteOddity]

Brings back memories, I had emigrated to Australia about this time.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

you are lucky mate . . .you missed out on the african invasion ....

[@YourBeingParanoid]

@ 07:53 My late mother was in that shop at the time - I couldn't see her but thank you for posting your video, a little hope goes a long way.

[@markunsworth2364]

This was hard to watch because now it's all gone. Used to go to the Mayfair and City Hall to see rock bands. We'd look around the record shops like Petsounds etc and buy records, tapes and it felt like finding gold when you'd bought them. Guitar shops also. There were so many shops in general, what a time and could go on. Now it's void of anything like this apart from maybe NUFC doing well which lifts the spirit but i don't know, it feels we're watching something you can't touch.

[@hallgos7319]

I know the feeling, Mark. Yeah, we can't touch those times again but we can watch them which is better than nothing. Long live the '80s, my friend.👍

[@kennyjohnson1428]

Walkers.., on a Saturday night ..I was 22 then the years have flown past

[@littlebull8881]

Crackin that, I was a teen then and would never of thought videos like this would be popping up for everyone to see across the world instead of just your sitting room. Original vlogger 👌🏻

[@Belta-kw2bm]

i was 2 in 1987 mate lol.

[@modernschoolatlas]

I was 26 and working in Pearl Assurance House at the bottom of Northumberland street, before that I was at Northumbria Uni, now I'm 63 and working in St Mary's Place at the top of Northumberland street. In between I spent some time at Fenwicks. Funny for a mackem, but you all know why.

[@kingshearer2]

Can't believe they knocked the ODEON down, it was a beautiful building, especially inside.

[@tonyukkola5341]

A disgrace they knocked the Odeon down a lovely building twats

[@seansmith445]

Something fishy happened there. The developers wanted the site and money talks.

[@kingshearer2]

@@seansmith445 Definitely, council back handers going on. Should of been listed.

[@Lat265]

@@kingshearer2 Listed where?

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

Listied building means protected cultural heritage my african friend . ... @@Lat265

[@GeordieBoy1955]

How I wish I could go back to that time.

[@hallgos7319]

You and me both.

[@lornaburgess9762]

Me an'all not the same now 🤨

[@hallgos7319]

God, how i wish i could step into this video and embrace my past again.

[@andyallom4357]

Mind to be fair, Sunderland still looks like this. The clothes and the cars haven't changed.

[@johntudorhallelujah2976]

Nice one

[@videowifie]

@@johntudorhallelujah2976 no its actually true

[@mikeyaureliush9017]

That's a totally absurd comment.

[@disgruntledvet4849]

Yes but let's see the Westgate road lots of real Gordie's up there

[@ryanmccormick2150]

I totally disagree with that comment! Sunderland looks way more dated and run down than 1987 Newcastle 😂🤣

[@TheSpragz]

I love my city and the nostalgia of old videos make me both happy and sad at the same time. Unfortunately Newcastle has now been lost to foreign invaders. Much like most of the UK. 😢

[@MindyerownBusiness-s4d]

Not as bad as most but well on the way, absolutely disgraceful. You never know what you had until it is gone😢

[@andypandy5195]

Great film/video. I love the music and songs. Makes me homesick for sure. Merry Christmas to all of my Geordie friends...North and South of the Tyne. See ya, from Texas!

[@geoffmoody1082]

Another Geordie in Texas, that's at least 10 now ...what yer aboot hinney ?

[@whiteflash72]

A year later and a merry Christmas from gateshead lads!!!

[@hermanmunster3358]

"Warm winds blowing' heat and blue sky, and a road that goes, forever. I'm going to Texas" Chris Rhea!

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

as they say in newcastle now . . . ..Allah wakbar mate . . . .!

[@PaulCole-71]

Canny dappa man - the clothes!!! I used to go shopping in the toon every Saturday with my mate Phil to buy records and visit guitar shops - those were the days!

[@kaim1881]

Wow, I wasn't born yet at that time , now I study in Newcastle university , the buildings and streets have hardly changed and I can still recognise them

[@karlhattam1525]

Holy hell a year before I was born and not one smack or spice head in sight. Got to love my hometown

[@robertvictor3237]

There were plenty of smack heads in the 80s, just not hanging out in the city centre

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

not a curly wurly about either . . . . .class days . . !

[@jonathanwilson2260]

Great video. Love to go back to those days . It reminds me of my childhood . Ambulance rushing through the street; I remembered those types of ambulance with air horns blasting.

[@JohnSmith-mc1qm]

Love this - thank you so much for taking the time & trouble to make these recordings & to share them. I was there - 1981 - 1990. Thanks again - social history which many will enjoy, even if they don't leave a positive comment. +++++++

[@IainPurdie]

Good. Grief. I remember every flipping shop and street corner in this video. *nostalgia overload*

[@hallgos7319]

I love to indulge in nostalgia. It's one of the few things that keeps me going these days if i'm honest. I confess i prefer to live in the past as there's very little about the present i like.

[@Ayns.L14A]

Chronnniicllee anyone ???? I was 19, working in Masters bar, when this was filmed, the year before I joined the Army and left for Germany, good days..

[@jeffreystephenson645]

Was 17 used to get on train from Cramlington floating aboot THE TOON Happy days

[@michaelyouens6133]

My god I wish it still looked like that I dont recognize my city no more

[@StevieWhelan]

It still mostly looks like that still. Most of the areas in the video were redeveloped in the 1970s and very little has changed since. Some of the shops have changed hands and there have been a few new buildings. But on the whole the city centre is very much the same as it was in 1987

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

try looking on a map of africa..it seems to have moved there . .. !

[@engaged3097]

Life was quality in those days..seeing Newcastle Upon Tyne in the 80s brings great memories. I love the decade very much. Today too much rubbish. People are craving and competing for attention on social media. In those days people interacted and look so relaxed.

[@hallgos7319]

Well said and I couldn't agree more.

[@kkly27]

How amazing it would be to watch this and see someone you recognise

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

..like chinky sedgewick for example . . . !

[@Tuscany60]

I see someone on this video footage I know. 😄

[@kkly27]

@@Tuscany60 really?! Have you shown them? (Hoping they’re still around…)

[@DavidGarside]

Excellent, a lovely piece of history!

[@hallgos7319]

The good old days to be sure. Not like now.

[@Youngy-mj1pv]

Billy Bob never been to Newcastle

[@glennralston4409]

Top shop I was 10 years old I love Newcastle my grandma would take me on the bus from her home in wallsend her friend as the face of the soap bar Camey made in Newcastle in the 1940’s miss this so much

[@fasteddie6806]

Happy days! Went to Uni there. God I miss stotty bread and Scotch ale....

[@clairbarwick9366]

Look nobody is walking along staring in to a phone! Can you imagine life once like that?

[@hallgos7319]

I certainly can Clair. A much simpler and happier time period. Not like now. Way too many of the wrong kind of 'people' populating the city these days. Pure scum.

[@sa-ok2rf]

@@hallgos7319 who are the wrong kind of people?

[@hallgos7319]

@@sa-ok2rf Way too many Jeremy Kyle-types out there now for my liking. Disrespectful, inconsiderate, troublesome, lazy and God knows what else. You know the kind. The 'something for nothing' mentality. I'm well aware there's good and bad wherever you go but there appears to be a lot more of the latter these days. When i was younger back in the '80s there seemed to be a lot less of them. You could live in a perfectly peaceful and quiet street and it just takes one of these miscreants to move in and the whole area is brought down in a heartbeat. Believe me, i've been there more than once.

[@mccallsouth8552]

@@hallgos7319 : I was a 'Walker Lass' in the 80s

[@hallgos7319]

@@mccallsouth8552 I was happier for the most part in the '80s.

[@hallgos7319]

We need nostalgia now more than ever in these oppressive Orwellian days.

[@neil-nx3ei]

Fast forward another 4 years It’s like a living hell in the uk

[@ironspider9026]

That kid chasing pigeons was so cute, he must be same age as me now.

[@n2203200]

Great video! I can't believe how much it's changed. Look at the fashion!

[@freddykooijman9532]

beuaaauw butiful film of NC and I love your north English accent...freddy from Amsterdam

[@cluskeybob]

I wish there was more videos like this. Fascinating seeing how much the city has changed

[@imdbist]

The infrastructure or the people?

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

changed for the worse no doubt about it ...!

[@dirkdigler7875]

Loved it , god were we wearing that stuff, 😂👍👌💯🇬🇧

[@niceviky2000]

Hello there ....I have been there in Newcastle during my studies...lovely place very friendly for students...I wish I could visit it again with my wife ....

[@janinegough8555]

I want 1987 back I was 21 then 💯❤

[@hallgos7319]

I want the '80s back. I was generally happier then.🙂

[@da90sReAlvloc]

​@@hallgos7319 I think everyone was. My mam was I Geordie from Gateshead but moved to Newcastle. I used to come up Newcastle with my girlfriend (now wife) to see her, The Geordies were great people and the city was vibrant and alive, a lovely place to be each time I visited , how ever my mam died in 2001. I came up for the funeral and stayed a few days , god what a shit hole it is now everything has changed the people are no longer friendly, they all dress the same and all the streets are grey and need fixing , Great city I had some wonderful times there but I don't visit anymore now. Not after last time , it's too depressing, In the 80s I didn't want to leave Newcastle when my trips were over, in 2000s. I couldn't wait to leave Newcastle,

[@leighmac1625]

I miss C&A and the Odeon cinema but most of all I miss the feeling of being in a city where I’m not constantly reminded that society is becoming less and less cohesive.

[@Winchester81]

Oh to have those days back. People were easy going and just wanted to enjoy life.

[@hallgos7319]

Not a faultless or flawless decade for certain but definitely and infinitely preferable to these days that's for sure.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

no 'rats' about either . . . . ..

[@barryallen7894]

My era..quite emotional.

[@fatty3383]

I'd love to go back to many happy memories..people looked so content abd happy.. nowadays it looks so sad and miserable.. and the smaller town's have died to death.

[@scammell23]

Cracking film. I loved it in this era, so many happy memories.

[@BABYCHAOS26]

My mother used to drag me into Eldon Square Top Shop as a kid, I remember going up and down on the escalator and sitting on the steps waiting for her.

[@rmg5111]

It’s sad to say England will never be like this again

[@hallgos7319]

I totally agree and there's no way i'd ever raise kids in the world we endure now. Far too many things wrong these days.

[@thomassmith2227]

I reckon every generation said the same

[@CARLIN4737]

yep without the Slavic whine that has infiltrated every town and city today.

[@Lat265]

@@hallgos7319 A man came on The Nicky Campbell 9am phone in show saying his child was non binary ie. not knowing if he was male or female, if a parent had of talked like that in the past the child would be taken off him and put into care for having an unfit parent. Sick world we live in know brainwashing kids at school with gay rights etc. at a young age.

[@TheRealLeeVanCleef]

Go back and take a long hard look now and compare. The streets now are filthy and greasy, the place now has no pride of ownership, council or commercial. We had then, nothing, ignored by Westminster with mass unemployment, no industry remaining or apprenticeships, but we still had a proud identity. We haven’t even got that now. We’ve been culturally enriched with a transient student population to serve the universities and transient global brands to try their capital ventures. You might think think previous generations say the same thing… and true enough, they do. But compare this video to now 💔

[@abdulkareemyaseen89]

I was 5 then. 28 years later, I feel lucky to have managed to live there for 4 years.

[@BuzbyWuzby]

OMG - I was a student at the university 86 - 89

[@joegound8296]

Excellent video & excellent music. Many thanks.

[@Fatty2-sj8vr]

Society is miserable now i think somethings missing. But when you see people's faces in this they look lively happy and plodding on.

[@paulr9572]

Great video. The 1980's were my favourite decade. Anything felt possible. So many chavs in the centre of Newcastle nowadays compared to this.

[@hallgos7319]

I couldn't agree more, Paul and there's scum all over the city now.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

does 'chavs' mean african men .....?!!!!

[@da90sReAlvloc]

​​​@@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361 no chav mean gutless scumbags who watches too much EastEnders and fights with weapons and gangs cause they can't use their fists , and they are all idiots who think they are smart ,

[@chrisbanks5925]

I was born in Newcastle but moved to London for work when I was 21 . . . this could have been written for me.

[@SkullfxceOS]

Looked so much happier & the people sounded way more polite and warm than it ever will now.

[@hallgos7319]

I couldn't agree more.

[@forza223bowe5]

Newcastle isn’t that friendly. I found the people to be unfriendly and miserable. Believe it or not, when I went to London I actually found people more polite and friendly

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

the 'friendly geordies' is a bit of a myth really but at least we felt like we belonged and were not in the sudan or kenya by mistake .... .

[@Lima547]

Spend the best 6 years on my life at the Toon! Lovely people, great city! 👍 Miss you Ncl, miss you Newcastle University!!!

[@andyallom4357]

80s trainwreck fashion. Love the video. Shame it wasn't 77. Now that was a year to remember. Ali. The Queen. Jimmy Carter only a few months earlier. And PUNK!!!

[@hermanmunster3358]

Jimmy Carter, wtf was he? Reagan was da man! I was 5 in 77' but I remember the Silver Jubilee street parties very well. The only thing that came close to being worthy of such celebration was the Brexit vote in 2016. Sadly, ReMoaners pissed all over that parade.

[@bacomiric]

No smart phones and fat people. Amazing. And people are walking, talkng and enjoy having a good time.

[@dean6816]

I miss the old Toon and the smell of the brewery wafting over the city! I was only 9 this year and I used to think it smelled like Weetabix lol!!

[@hallgos7319]

I miss the '80s in general.😞

[@dean6816]

@@hallgos7319 I miss the 90s 😭

[@hallgos7319]

@@dean6816 Mid-late '90s for me.😉

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

yes ...they outsourced every industry going to foreigners . . .

[@Steve_007R]

Wish I could turn back time 🕰️

[@hallgos7319]

You and me both, Steve.

[@Gabrielr8]

I hope to visit Newcastle Upon Tyne one day! I was once a student of Newcastle University in a foreign country (Singapore)

[@geoffc1580]

Love this video brings back the memories

[@ironspider9026]

No phone zombies back then, people having real conversations.

[@hallgos7319]

Yeah, the spoken word was the way to go back then until mobile phones took over. Sadly, these desperate days 'The Texting Dead' as I like to call them are all over the place now.😞

[@pww7872]

A very beginning Blue and white bus service. .. They rattle the teeth from your head the entire journey.. Ancient buses even back then...

[@gregtaylor6146]

City looked very much cleaner then ............ and full of BRITISH people.

[@hallgos7319]

The city centre is more like a foreign country now. Deplorable.😞

[@gregtaylor6146]

@@hallgos7319 - Agreed, and getting worse by the day.

[@monkwhitley]

Heartbreaking to see ,what a dump the city council have allowed it to become . How can a place deteriorate so much so quickly . So glad I was able to see it like this and beforehand. Starting to resemble a ghetto now .

[@50upss]

Not really much different though is it, I’d say the main difference is now there’s a lot more chavs, and of course the fashion and cars have changed. The city council have made some areas nicer, like Grey Street. You probably think it’s deteriorated because you’ve grown older and you life has deteriorated, when in reality the city’s pretty much the same.

[@50upss]

There’s still loads of friendly, kind people and there is a clean and safe atmosphere mostly, maybe you just need to stop living in the past and enjoy the times we’ve got, as these times will also be gone soon

[@camdenbarbour9730]

Wonderful footage. The camera must have been as big as a bread basket back in 1987. Steady camera too. Love to all of those beautiful faces in a wonderful moment in time.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

It was probably on a tripod for parts of it, which is why people seem to have noticed it really easily.