Newcastle UponTyne 1985

[@jonathanhemming]

“It's funny how day by day, nothing changes. But when you look back everything is different.”

[@DrPhibes10]

It's the boiling frog

[@gladifly]

Full of foreign races now. Disgusting it is.

[@lewisbrewster8103]

@@gladifly Our ancestors were foreigners once.....Learn about history and evolution......

[@gladifly]

@@lewisbrewster8103 Speak for yourself. My ancestors have inhabited the British Isles, for at least 11,000 years, unmixed, which is one of the longest times, for any indigenous population on the planet. But why not, keep parroting dumb marxists propaganda, if it makes you *feel* more virtuous about yourself. The fact is, you are incoherent with reality, if you think non-British peoples have a right to this land, and you will be left deeply, deeply dissapointed, when this nation eventually awakens.

[@muhammadrazvi7766]

king of the Saxons. “Right to the land”, the British empire took much land it wasnt entitled too ruining countries in the process yet you complain when others peacefully set foot on your land utter hypocrisy. Get rid of ur arrogance and learn to love n be at peace with ppl no matter where they come from

[@gazamartin]

I ran pubs in Newcastle in the late 60s, 70s and 80s and used to walk through the city every day with my son from him being a baby in a pushchair When he started school I used to pick him up and walk from Haymarket to Market St/Grey St usually taking the long way round so he could go through The Grainger Market which he loved. Everyone knew him from the barrow boys to the traffic wardens to the people in the clothes shops to the butchers and just about everyone in Fenwicks (not to mention the Wimpey) and people used to wave and speak to him. The paper sellers used to give him sweets and every now and then the flower sellers would give a free bunch to give to his mother. He died aged just 8 in1984. One of the wreaths at the funeral had a card which said "Today, a part of Newcastle has left us" and was signed "The People of Newcastle" It broke my heart but also made me very proud. This video has brought back the memories of all the walks and the great people we saw every day. Thank you so much

[@bernadettemurray8260]

So sorry for your loss. A wonderful video to remember your son. From Sunderland.

[@lloydcroft9228]

Oh my goodness that is truly heartbreaking, I am so sorry for your loss. I cannot begin to think of your grief x x x

[@gazamartin]

Thank You All the pubs I ran were VAUX but even that has gone now. !!

[@gazamartin]

Thank You It's 40 years on August 3rd since my son died and I've booked a flight to Newcastle so I can take a walk (as much as is possible) to all the places we used to go. I'm sure it will be a bit painful but also happy remembering all the faces (many of whom will no longer be with us)

[@truthseekerforever7002]

and he will be by your side walking the toon . god bless you from a fellow from the outskirts of Newcastle higfield rowlands gill ​@@gazamartin

[@garybradley1003]

I was 17 in 1985 it was great knocking around with your friends of the time getting into the pubs underage on a Saturday night happy times and distant memories cant believe its nearly 40 years ago

[@albertliu1068]

Me too - I did my A level that year and had the entire summer mucking about, visiting the pubs, nightclubs (Tuxedo Princess) and the cinema at the city centre for late night movies. Now I get older, I miss the place more!

[@donteattheplants]

So nice to see the Newcastle of my teenage years again. I’d give anything to go back!

[@hallgos7319]

Nostalgia is one of the few things that keeps me going these dark and deplorable days.😔

[@njuham]

If I had a time machine would I go and check the future? Heck, no! I'd have a pint in Crown Posada in 1985, then work my way further back from there.

[@patmillar961]

Back then we didn't see it coming did we...... lovely to watch this video. Many thanks 👍

[@xprs1257]

We didn’t we thought it was forever

[@Pittibarlin]

This is the England I remember despite me growing up around the same time (I was 7 when this was filmed) only in Yorkshire. I lived in Newcastle for 4 years though, so I recognise many of the places and streets in this video. I'm not sure what became of this particular England or when it changed so drastically, but no matter where I go now, North to South, I just don't recognise anywhere as England anymore other than tiny little villages, I don't even recognise places like Birmingham or London as being in bloody Europe. It's so sad to see how people in this video are just sitting with each other, smiling, going about their day, talking to each other instead of at each other while being distracted by something else - such a stark contrast to what you'd find in 2023 and beyond. I truly hope my kids/grandkids don't watch something like this that's been posted in 2063 and pine for a better time like I just have - I hope by then things have improved and we've got our priorities in order, and not gone even further down the toilet because looking at this is kinda shameful as to how far we let our society fall in a few decades.

[@occidentadvocate.9759]

From Gateshead. Worked at KNW in city centre when this was filmed. I was 25. We used do half day on Friday and go for drink in the Cordwainers, the Clock and the Market Tavern when we got our wages. Toon was great those days. I still go there now.

[@pauldean8638]

Such video footage should be in national film archives so a younger generation can see how the world was there at that time ,well shot and captured life as it was then

[@leeludlowart237]

paul dean very true. It would seem like another planet to kids of today. They will never know how awsome life was for us growing up in that era. We didn’t worry about politics or other crazy things kids worry about today. All we had to do was go to work and have fun spending our wages. Communities were communities people actually talked to each other and appreciated each other. These days all of that is gone. It’s so sad.

[@pauldean8638]

@@leeludlowart237 well I agree with all you've said but have faith ,I don't mean religion but in the fact we are changing the world so radically the human race should pan out for better times ,in 100 years we seen 2 WW ,we slowly learned after the extreme of nuclear war that we can live together better such as the cold war (2 forces with big sticks that neither wanted to be hit ) we have found invading other countries and oppressing others won't be tolerated any more ,the only wars we have fought since has been against oppressive others and terrorism. We are learning fast to live amongst each other better with quotes like "we will all live in the promised land " or " one small step ,one giant leap for mankind " ,my point is we have evolved from clubbing each other as cave men to now ,we had ups and downs but slowly we getting to better harmony like you see in the video ,we just in a lul at the mo ,society will pick it's self up and dust itself off and be better for lessons learned

[@pauldean8638]

@Al Bundy for President I have to say we in a lul(rut)at present moment ,but we will come out ,society learns by mistakes an we make mistakes but that's about learning what's right and wrong ,look at in slavery or coloured discrimination, we where thinking it was OK then but we learned now that no way is it acceptable, discrimination and cruelty is not acceptable in any mannor or form .people have beliefs, mine is human race will get there in the end ,am not religious person but was brought up as a Catholic, I'm of scientific answer's about how the universe was created where as you seem to a practicing Catholic, am not going to argue about your beliefs if they not the same as mine ,just say we believe in different things and respect you as a person ,if religions could do the same where as a person can respect another saying let's say ones Muslim and other is Catholic,if they respect another as for most a person who has a different belief, if it's so that your practising Catholic then look at in Martin Luther kings words which we all will walk in the promised land ,everybody is an equal who is respected as so in the human race

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Sorry but 99% of the younger generation don’t give a flying fuck mate unfortunately

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Lee ludlow Art all eras are amazing when you grow up. Aye 1985 mass unemployment toon in the second division no amenities drugs taking over aye great times

[@jamesnufc1015]

So amazing sitting here in 2024 to see that. Beautiful.

[@chloemarie1366]

I’m not even from anywhere near Newcastle (London) but I absolutely loved this, it even choked me up a bit! I think actual footage like this is so important to help us document and record our social history. I wonder where all these people are now and how their lives have been?! Xx

[@lisascarrott6142]

Its history pure and simple we will look back at this in 15 20 years time and think wow wow where has the time gone i am not from Newcastle but Grimsby and i love looking back in time and seeing how people dressed the shops pubs clubs markets houses buildings schools etc most of buildings like pubs clubs shops have long long gone but memories last forever.

[@lisascarrott6142]

I was born in 1981 i look back now and think to myself god i wish i was back in those days. People had more respect said yes please no thank you opened doors yes times was hard but it was better more polite more respectful safer more hard workers factory work was about shops pubs was open for business these days very few good pubs and shops about. They all been torn down or made into cafes tescos or some other supermarket shame really

[@_stokyo_]

Watch that programme our friends from the north. Great series

[@johnskidmoor-e5b]

Remember to show it to a Lefty, whenever they say, we have always been of some other heritage.

[@justifiedsuspicion675]

Well said.@@johnskidmoor-e5b

[@neilfarrington633]

Brought back wonderful memories of visiting Newcastle every school holiday to visit grandparents and my Uncle and Auntie. The sandwiches in Olivers in Northumberland St...

[@jtjt4382]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TIME AND PLACE BACK THEN

[@sonyamcgowan7538]

I was 5 years old when my mam worked in the city and she would take me to work then go to the grainger market for fresh veg for my rabbits, I've never forgotten these memories. Proud to be a goerdie! Wish my mam was still here to show her this video.

[@daschunddad9582]

I moved to Australia from Newcastle four years ago. This video broke my heart a little inside. I don't think you realise the enormity of it at that time. The people you leave and the friendliness if home. It never leaves you. I'll miss it forever x

[@leebrown486]

Hi, sorry for the random comment. I am from Newcastle myself and currently completing my masters. My current goal is to go and work in Australia for 6 months after I graduate. Do you recommend that I go through with my ambition? Also if you don't mind me asking why did you personally move to Australia?

[@daschunddad9582]

Not a problem. I don't think its a easy as that as I don't know you. Just be prepared if you do come you'll probably never be 100% content again. I now have two homes and will never be settled 100% in either as both have things I want. Its about finding a happy medium. I came here because of family and its lighter in winter. Its always worth trying.... good luck

[@Nkforster]

The Newcastle we left doesn't exist anymore John.

[@monkwhitley]

You did well to get out when you did . It's awful now . It's the future or at least that's what we are told . Centuries of tradition all gone in the name of multicultural progress . Heartbreaking .

[@christopherwright8811]

@@Nkforster Sadly, and having been a first-year student coming back there from years away in 1985, I think this is the awful truth.

[@SkullfxceOS]

This was absolutely amazing. My mam always said the 80s were the best time to live in Newcastle, just got a glimmer of it right there. Thank you!

[@hallgos7319]

The '80s were the best time to live full stop.

[@paulr9572]

It was a time when achieving anything felt possible. We seem to have lost that sense of optimism nowadays...

[@drunkendrew217]

80s and 90s, early 2000s was when it started to change for the worst

[@jwuk11345]

Rose tinted spectacles. I lived in Newcastle in the 80s and it was objectively worse.

[@rowannoor149]

Most beautiful city, my home away from home. Very sure many international students who lived in Newcastle for 3-4 years feel the same way❤️ and thank you to the locals for making us feel welcome in your lovely city.

[@nickraw4348]

nothing is lost, only remembered thanks to your efforts - i hope this endures on KZbin longer than both of us. From one Geordie to another, thank you V much for this....X

[@jonathanmcstay]

I can smell every frame of that - I do miss my hometown 😢. Thank you

[@jonnya4209]

These will have been my earliest memories of being dragged around Newcastle on Saturday's with the carrott of ten minutes in fenwicks toy department dangling forever over me. So thanks.

[@ThisisRubbishlo]

Similar times. 😂👍

[@curt3494]

I'm not from Newcastle, but my Saturdays as a kid in the 80s were very similar.....being dragged around the shopping centres of the West Midlands by my mom and nan lol.

[@petebowdon7945]

Exactly the same here!

[@GrrMeister]

*Luxury, we only could afford an occasional Turnip, mind did it last.*

[@DavidS-zq8tz]

Fenwicks toy department was like the Holy grail back then

[@jamesmainmusic]

Wonderful video. Very special for us locals.

[@HD41117]

Thank you so much for uploading this. Quite a few familiar faces in there. I remember the fruit and veg seller at 2:08 very well; he was always really nice when my mam bought tomatoes at his stall. I still remember his style of flipping the brown paper bag shut and handing it over the display. I'm 50 now and often try to recall these details from the past. Actually being able to see it again is a joy.

[@Newrangetank]

It’s weirdly enjoyable to see so many people walking around without a phone in their hand

[@hallgos7319]

Far fewer slaves to modern technology in those days.

[@mrpea7674]

And less "diversity". ;)

[@gerijokub7737]

You're probably watching this video from a phone anyway :D but yeah, seeing people without phones is kinda refreshing.

[@jwuk11345]

@@mrpea7674 Diversity is one of the best things about Newcastle now. I grew up in Newcastle in the 80s/90s and it was horribly lacking in diversity. People from other countries have added so much to the flavour of the city

[@shadow-Sun]

Great upload takes me back to my youth in Newcastle , the fashion , the shops, the streetlife ....boy does life go by quick ! don't waste it children , don't waste it ......

[@shadow-Sun]

@Savage Cabbage errrr so it's my fault ? lol get a grip mate , life is what YOU make it ...if you and your generation are not happy ? CHANGE THINGS the power is in your hands ... :)

[@shadow-Sun]

@Savage Cabbage you are a bitter person , not sure why , but I know I am not to blame ...and I don't wish to waste my time getting into various troll exchanges with you as your mind is made up about your circumstances and your "poor me " attitude which will achieve absolutely nothing for you in life ...have a good day my friend :)

[@shadow-Sun]

@Savage Cabbage how the hell you deduced that bollocks from my original post about this upload taking me back to when I lived in Newcastle and time flying by quickly ? I will never know ! you really are a grade *A* arsehole and expert Troll .

[@shirleygray4569]

Loved it wished it went on longer Geordie Pride Wouldn't Live Anywhere Else !!!!😎

[@acciid]

@Savage Cabbage read the guy's comment again. In contrast to a lot of the vitriol here, his comment was benign and completely innocent. You can't blame someone for the actions of others. It's very easy to blame an entire generation for fucking up the world for future generations, but plenty of them don't want to, and are horrified by the destruction being caused by their peers. He's right, to an extent, that it's up to your generation to change things. Unfortunately his generation is disproportionately large and while plenty of them smoked or drank themselves to extinction, there's still a load of them around. Later generations are smaller because they didn't have enough kids and because they also tend to be those who vote, politicians rule the country to please them. Because a lot of them are now old, no longer working and unhealthy, they need support and medical care, and because there are fewer people of working age, we've had to increase immigration to fill the gaps just as we did in the 50s. But rather than accepting this, they think that foreigners have been forced on them against their will by some imagined "elite". What's most incredible is that some of this generation arrived in the UK in the post-war period and loads of them hold this same view. According to them, "it's different". But can you use this against one person, someone who actually lived in Newcastle at the time, who was frankly just reminiscing? No.

[@Fatty2-sj8vr]

The looks of amazement in peoples faces on seeing a video camera 🎥. Now your never a few feet away from them. I'd live back i those times any day.

[@antd6993]

Oh how this brought back so many wonderful memories of me home city the Toon in all its sunny majesty, I was 14/15 in 1985 and I loved how this film captured a summer day with us smiling Geordies ❤

[@zohairfahmee3238]

Lived there for three years. Your father definitely deserves better than a mere comment. Probably this should be kept in archives. It struck my heart.

[@paoladimeo412]

It makes me sad too see what I left behind I lived near Newcastle very very good memories❤️

[@Chris.keeprunning]

Me too, Id love to go back just for a day,

[@shaunstephenson]

Great film and such incredible, vivid memories of a wonderful time in my life. Back then, as a teen, it felt like it would last forever and I am guilty of simply not taking it all in as much as I should have. Didn't take long before it all changed for the worse. Thanks for sharing this. I wanna go back.

[@hallgos7319]

You're a man after my own nostalgic heart, Shaun and i'm just as guilty as you are.😞

[@shaunstephenson]

Time is a funny thing. Sometimes looking back it hurts that it went so quick.

[@hallgos7319]

@@shaunstephenson I know the feeling all too well, Shaun. As that lovable rogue Arthur Daley once said "What a comfortin' fawt. One is not alone in one's sufferin'."

[@misslollypopper]

wow. I was seven years old in '85. the paper men shouting 'ronnie gill' ...and wimpy, mmmmm. lots has changed, Northumberland street was pedestrianised and hippy green is gone, now paved, with added benches, the old odeon has recently bitten the dust...some has not changed at all, like the grainger market although the greenmarket as it was then is now gone, goldsmiths clock, the monument still gathers people for lunch, buskers and artists. loved seeing this thanks xx

[@jaytastic4222]

It’s even crazier that I worked there tearing down the old odeon

[@StuartOliver83]

Lauren Simpson I was two

[@misslollypopper]

@@jaytastic4222 awh that mustv been sad and interesting all at once!

[@misslollypopper]

@@StuartOliver83 same age as me little sister!

[@misslollypopper]

@8 BALL a naaaah!! Eeeeh Hehhheh

[@HD-dz4uk]

Whenever I get to visit the city I feel I've come home. I was born further up the A1 near Belford but Newcastle is where my soul soars. It's a Northern thing.

[@WomanNextDoor]

We were spoiled for choice, bars, clubs, restaurants, cinemas, shops. Newcastle was a vibrant city offering so much. So grateful I grew up in the 80s.

[@hallgos7319]

The last truly great decade to grow up in. After that, forget it.

[@stevebradley704]

I was 16 in 1985 living in a town 15 miles north of Newcastle. Used to get the bus in every Saturday with me mates. Trawl the second hand record shops.......Old Hitz, Pet Sounds, Volume etc. Food from the Barbeque Express, hang round the Handyside Arcade and Eldon Square green where there were different tribes.....punks over there, mods there, metalers there. Do kids still form alliegences based on musical taste these days? No idea. Ah man, great times.

[@hallgos7319]

Great times indeed, Steve. Gone but never forgotten.👍

[@nikcroudace7300]

This was my childhood playground, the place, the people and feel of Newcastle was amazing. Going to the NUFC club shop before the home game was simply paradise!

[@hughcampbell463]

Remember that little old bloke outside fenwicks selling the chronicle and my mother once told me he was selling in the same spot for over fifty year also the women in the market selling flowers were the same lady’s that worked there for decades Iv watched this film a few times and everytime time brings back new memories love it

[@beefy8269]

Katherines florists, closed for good not long ago... I miss my N'castle

[@brushrescue1701]

These were the days man.... Iv been a bouncer in Newcastle 24 years now started when I was 18 love it

[@brushrescue1701]

Matt 5476 you could say that m8t some real good times......

[@piespeafield]

your to young to be the one that knocked me out, in tiffs.

[@brushrescue1701]

piespeafield ..m8t in all the years I've worked as a bouncer I have NEVER actually K.O any one there's no need .....👍🏻🍺

[@piespeafield]

@@brushrescue1701 dont get me wrong i asked for it :)

[@brushrescue1701]

piespeafield ha ha ha lol ...😂👍🏻👊

[@paulcrombie9623]

I remember the days. I still often go to the town, I am Wallsend, thanks, the town, I go back to the seventies I still live in Wallsend and come to the toon! Mind, you get some lovely looking lasses here. Not as good as the seventies, but still nice!

[@GymGarageMan]

Great memories used to spend many saturdays in the toon as a kid it will always be my hometown thank you

[@davess61]

I was 10 at the time and used to visit Newcastle regularly with my Grandad. It was such a vibrant place!! Great memories

[@kayelizabeth1965]

From Newcastle, always lived here, almost the same, this is incredible.

[@JoeyOffTheStreet]

I was born in Newcastle and have lived in Northumberland all my life. What a place!! The excitement of going to see the Toon play every Saturday, not Sunday or Monday or Friday, 3pm every Saturday, sometimes midweek depending on my shift. In the bookies for 10, then the Farmers, the Bulls and the Strawberry for pre game apperatifs, and back to the pub to drown our sorrows. Then back home on the X24, escaping the mania of Newcastle city centre and returning to the idyll that is Northumberland, God's own country. The best of both worlds. You can keep your poncy London, Newcastle is a city with soul, an identity, pride. Love the film and the memories it evokes, love the people, love the fact that your dad was (is?) a proud Geordie. Will add this video to 'All this time' by Sting, 'Home Newcastle' by Busker and 'Run for home' by Lindisfarne as the inspiration behind the deep grained love I have for this wonderful city. Ashley out!! (soon, I hope).

[@peterbrown6434]

Great Atmosphere,yes 1985 is better than 2019!

[@hallgos7319]

Damn right!

[@jwuk11345]

What's better about it?

[@julieadamson6537]

Wow, that was so lovely to watch. Completely took me back to my childhood. All the shops that are not there anymore, even Mr Whimpy .. something to be treasured & keep the memories going.

[@edwardclark4043]

A different city from the 1950’s when i was young,i remember the tram buses and that big fire at the Central station,going to Mark Tony’s with me mam.lots of memories of tough times.not much money,me dad paid on a friday skint on a Sunday.🤘

[@philcoles3731]

Woolworths, Wimpey, Binns and Northumberland Street with cars! Nostalgia.

[@gaffnaldo1]

Stunning. Judging by thr comments its really hit home with some people from generation. Life was simpler, but no doubt more complicated than even they remember it being.... As it was and ever shall be

[@thedoggystarful869]

I'm from the West end and I was 15 then brilliant memories, class film !

[@Mrbrbusby]

“Those days are over, they’re in the Long gone by. Nevermore shall they return, no matter how hard we try.” - Benny Hill

[@hallgos7319]

All the more reason to cherish your memories. God knows i do.

[@lindasmith253]

Thanks to all the people who upload their memories to KZbin

[@keithburgess1567]

Better times to live back then when people genuinely cared about each other ....these days it's a totally different world... beautifully filmed....thank you....

[@lisascarrott6142]

Thanks for this commet lovely to know that people these days are thoughtful and kindness goes a long way really nice commet I loved the 1980s we had some really great neighbours everyone help each other if in need respected each other to

[@mn4169]

I was 22 and had just emigrated to Sweden from Sunderland in 1984. Nice to watch, but I do not miss it, because life was just to hard at that age.

[@jamieburnsNUFC]

so heart wrenching to watch, to think its all gone, just memories that live on.. life is such a strange thing...

[@johnskidmoor-e5b]

Especially as its all gone Pear Shaped on our watch.

[@daryltaylor5277]

Amazing video. So much lost from our country .

[@dereksmallsuk]

Just looks as shit as today ya tit!

[@themcnabinator]

My hometown and my childhood era. Great vid, deserves to be documented. Thanks

[@tollyt7465]

@Zia Smith you've obviously never been to Newcastle.. Always been a vibrant city, and even more so now.. Not just the people, who are awesome, the architecture, the regeneration, the nightlife.. Its a real jewel in the UK's crown despite receiving little funding from successive governments..

[@michaelc6828]

Thank you for this.. My home town and will always be where my heart is.. So many familiar faces.. Thank you again!

[@u731alikelly5]

I wud hav been 6yrs old in 85’, totally recognise the older Newcastle.....just got glimpse of C&As x

[@dogzilla77]

Great video, turned the volume down to enjoy it. Best part everyone living life without staring down at a phone👍🏻

[@akhtar4147]

Great video of Newcastle people was so nice still are but then was no mobile so people could say hi and Newcastle is the best city in uk

[@forza223bowe5]

Newcastle isn’t the best city in the Uk, it’s dirty not much to do apart from shopping

[@forza223bowe5]

David Martin I don’t think Newcastle is that friendly. Of course there is friendly people still, but I find it’s harder to come by

[@Flight-of-Life]

Brought tears to my eyes. How I long back to those days. Kids these days think they know everything they think they are so mature. They have all the information at their fingertips. I wish they knew the true freedom of innocence we knew with nothing but the word of your elders to go on and the trust that all will be revealed in good time. Your only concern was what you and your mates will get up to on the weekend or maybe what film was showing at the cinema

[@ultrapurple111]

As a Londoner, born and bread I don't know why this came up on my recommendations. Glad it did though. I loved it. My brother lived in Newcastle for a while. It's truly fascinating to see the change to styles, cars and the environment that occurs over time. Good music and slow mo's too. I would have like to see a bit more of that kid break dancing at 1:26 though. It looked like he was just getting going when the scene switches.

[@ultrapurple111]

@gixeff 750 Touché. I prefer white bread. I'm 'bred' this way.

[@ultrapurple111]

@@oc4026 Not sure what you're saying here OC so I'll reserve judgement until you clarify.

[@Lensman864]

I'm 60, born in Newcastle and I was living there in 1985 so this was wonderful to see. There was a small chance that I might appear in it but no ... The interpolation effects were nicely done! 🙂

[@peterturley8846]

In memory of my dearest and loved Auntie Mary originally from Consett, County Durham - love and miss you xxx.

[@aj13elly]

Nice one mate.im from consett.

[@GeordieBoy1955]

Living abroad now but I miss Newcastle so much.

[@hankrogers8431]

My maternal ancestor, George Sharp, left Newcastle in 1731, went to London and was indentured to St. Kitts for 7 years. He then went to Maryland and the root was planted. Special place to me.

[@jayveebloggs9057]

wow!

[@christinehales4222]

Takes mr bsck ,oh my beautiful yellow buses .we used to get on the12,32,2&4 .Back in the 70's i was a girl guide there - played for the city brass band -&orchestra.All of my relatives in the NE are long gone

[@josephlarmor550]

What a great video. I worked in the old Newcastle General Hospital in 1986-87, and this brought it all back. A great city, with lovely people. I’d never been there before my job interview, and was working in London at the time. Colleagues there were full of negative stories about the North-East (I later found out none of them had actually been there). I remember how amazed I was when I walked up Grey Street from the station to the RVI. I’ve always enjoyed going back. Steven, Belfast

[@themule6385]

I love this, was born in 88 but as a child I seen the town like this and miss the town the way it was. and how safe and happy I felt at the time good memories..a lot of these old souls will be gone now..would have loved to see a familiar face

[@tinamartin8890]

Everyone is looking where they're going! Not staring at their bloody phones. So miss that era 😔

[@bennyd1949]

Tina Martin shut the fuck You pretentious son of a bitch. Jesus Christ how far up your own arse are you?

[@hallgos7319]

Too many members of the texting dead out there these days.

[@tinamartin8890]

@@bennyd1949 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@tinamartin8890]

@@bennyd1949 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@jamesmacoisdealbhaigh9904]

@@hallgos7319 You go girl..

[@simonhainsworth3490]

35 yeas ago, I wasn’t even born. But I came to this city in 2009 for uni and well in love with it. Amazing video.

[@simongregan3583]

I left Newcastle the year after.... this is how I remember it!

[@rockyro777]

One of the best videos I’ve seen on KZbin. This should be shown in every school to show how life was then. Nobody staring at their phones, the women dressed how they should be dressed, people actually talking to one another. I miss those times.

[@Rico-bj2gy]

Simply stunning. What a brilliant job. Thanks for sharing

[@lloydcroft9228]

Absolutely outstanding footage and perfect music , editing , really emotional for me

[@ameliapotter627]

Wow this is beautiful! Theres something about it being shots from a place I know that makes me realise that it is real. Like these are all people with their own lives and stories-makes me wonder what happened to them and where they are now ❤️

[@richardfarrow1611]

My childhood Newcastle. Feel like I've just been in a time machine. 😪

[@hallgos7319]

I'd gladly go back in a heartbeat make no mistake.

[@xyzxyz997]

Great video. The 80’s were amazing

[@albertliu1068]

I spent some of my teenage years in Newcastle - I was there in 1985 & was hoping to see myself in the film - bring back a lot of memory - the way the people looked, the Wimpy Burger in town centre captured in the film which I used to call Wimpy Shop! I could almost smell fish & chips as I were coming out of Newcastle Central Station! I remember all the nightclubs me & friends used to hang out on Sat evening - the Tuxedo Princesses - & all the gift shops in Eidon Square & the metro was only opened in 1982, initially stopped at Jasmond & the got extended in later years - first metro train with no drivers on it - hard to believe it is such a long time ago - thank you for posting it!

[@EloiseHx]

Lovely seeing this video, few years before I was born but nonetheless beautiful so see the hustle and bustle. Nothing like you see today unfortunately, there’s no place like home. 💕

[@ryanmccormick2150]

I would have been 5 years old living in Newcastle in 1985 ........ I miss my child hood .

[@TheScaleModelShack]

This is superb, no KZbin back then.. Clearly your dad was way ahead of his time.. Its brilliant he documented this, clearly our great city meant alot to him..

[@michaelkelly9571]

Jhuvycvco n 6

[@aintyouthatguy7855]

I wad born in that year and sincerely love my little City in the North, i remember so many of those places from childhood and I see them almost daily now, people seemed more friendly then, jeez we need to bring that back

[@julieannehowe5091]

Thanks for sharing. Everyone looks well dressed . The people look largely from the same socio economic group. They certainty do not now. It's clear the gap between the "haves and the have nots" has widened

[@Catubrannos]

You reckon? I think it's the difference between the younger people in this video being brought up by people who were children during the war. They were the last formal generation before we got decades of increasing casualwear in public. The guys in overalls in the video are certainly not part of the haves. These days they'd probably be wearing a company polo shirt or hi-vis polo with trousers or shorts.

[@forza223bowe5]

Interesting given this video was filmed in the height of the thatcher government. I wasn’t around in 85 but was 10 years later

[@forza223bowe5]

Catubrannos There is a lot of overweight and obese people around especially women

[@davebell9602]

Wow my family left in 1984, i was 14, i remember all of this , fantastic video

[@alsatch_]

Brilliant. Lived in Newcastle my whole life, I was 4 in 1985 and as another commenter has said, you notice nothing day by day, but then look further back and everything has changed. Wonder what it will look like in another 30 years. Thanks for sharing . 👍

[@hshsjwbshsjwjekjeje]

It will look like somalia which it already does

[@toffybatter1034]

That was fantastic the song the footage the whole nostalgia thing I miss those times.

[@JASQNT]

I was 9 and remember town like that!! Love it

[@jeandada3654]

Beautiful. Thank you and your father. And from that horrible time of Thatcher.

[@yojimbo843]

It could have been any town in the UK, the site would have been similar. Life was so much sweeter in the 60's - 70's - 80's and now we have progress !!! I certainly lived through the best years.

[@forza223bowe5]

Lucky you. Today’s generation, don’t know any other. I feel sorry for these people who think diversity is normal

[@hallgos7319]

@@forza223bowe5 Do-gooding, diversity and all things PC. Not on my watch.

[@TrevJericho]

I would have been 1 year old, I do miss the way the toon used to look, even back from the late 90s when I’d be going over with mates to the odeon and that

[@mattgoodwin-king2228]

I was 16 in 1985 and although I have still never managed to visit Newcastle I was totally captivated by this. Some very nifty video effects that deserve credit

[@charward389]

Amazing yet eery love seeing my home town in the past!

[@vipanpuri5073]

Old is gold

[@lisascarrott6142]

A step back in time how lovely wish i could go back to those days . Thank you for sharing

[@pupznutz]

Amazing my new favourite video.I could have been there, Wimpy then off around to Tiffs for a Saturday afternoon Breakdance Burn.

[@omarmirza5676]

Love it remember a few of those shops in the background haha

[@karenwalkeden6030]

I'm happy to have grown up in the 80s.

[@chrissythornhill]

Left there in 1964 , only place I recall from this video was the Grainger market . How places , and people change over time . Thanks for sharing . 👌🏼

[@B400]

I'm almost crying watching this video,that's because I'm a Geordie born and bred...thank you.

[@foodlover6531]

North is a shit hole sorry Benefit abusers!

[@jeneral-jeff8402]

South is the place to be. Most northern accents need to be translate back to good ol english.

[@B400]

@@foodlover6531 the north is the last bastion of true english men,i appreciate your concern over the misuse of taxpayers money(benefits)but that also happens in the south,i work with a guy from camden and he's a right girls blouse,soft as shite,that's not to say you are,you might be an exception...but i very much doubt it.

[@jrcoulson583]

food lover you lot are boring as fuck lighten up n get that stick out your arse mate

[@jeneral-jeff8402]

toon army doesn’t mean I understand it

[@melanied4944]

Where I was born and the year I was born..thanks for sharing..Almost made me tear up..how times have changed

[@gashdoyle]

This is absolutely beautiful. Amazing how it's still the same in many ways. Loved it! X

[@user-zj4gz9tr8s]

Its great 2 see no mobile phones hey :) I was on strike 1984 to 1985 no coal mines left now , just a few old miners lol but i was only in my early 20s then :)