Demolition of Northview. Byker. North East Film Archive

A film showing areas of demolition in the north east corner of Byker. There is no sound on this film. Area includes Ann Street, Brough Street,

[@Glenn1967ful]

There was a massive demolition programme in the east end of Newcastle and the west end of Wallsend in the late seventies. Most of these houses and flats were worn out and few people would want to go back to outside toilets, tin baths and coal fires.

[@seansmith445]

Thousands of 'tyneside flats' remain and have been modernised with bathrooms and central heating. Not everyone wants to live in them but they can be modernised.

[@retroc6450]

Fantastic video. Brought back lots of good memories. I went to North View school. I lived in Brough Street, then moved to North View, when Brough Street it was demolished. Went to North view school, till I was about 11, then went to Manor Park school. I'm 54 now lol... Nice memories....

[@hairyairey]

Would you know where 22 North View was? Thanks.

[@retroc6450]

@@hairyairey Hi. yes, believe it or not, I lived 24 North View. it was directly facing, were the old Heaton Station used to be, just along from the Heaton Bingo....

[@hairyairey]

@@retroc6450 how extraordinary I am 54 now so we would have been neighbours! Although we moved to South View probably because of the demolition.

[@retroc6450]

John Airey I moved from brough street, when they were knocking the street down. So we moved to the new grafton estate, facing heaton station, north view. I was 6 I think, when I moved there, 6 or 8, lol not sure..... I’m 56 now.

[@neonskyline1]

Good memories? i feel privileged living in Boldon as a kid

[@decab8292]

We have a picture of the VE party taken on Ayton st I think, that has my grandmother and other family members on it.

[@briansherburn9380]

I was born in Denmark Street in 1955 lived in three hoses in that street 112, 116, 106, remember this well.

[@hairyairey]

I was born at 22 North View in 1965. I didn't realise that these homes had been declared as unfit for human habitation in 1953. This would be some time between 1969 and 1982 - the presence of some of the houses of the new development tells me this is late seventies.

[@tomp4867]

Great video and memories of the school. I went to North View from 80-84 when it closed. Can still remember walking past when the bulldozers were knocking it down. All got moved down the road to Hotspur.

[@user-do1wv3ve1n]

I went to Sandyford School and we merged with the "North View" kids lol, I was 10yrs old, so spent my last year of infants school 1984-85 at Hotspur, we might of been in the same class 😆

[@bettyprice6316]

Look at the happy kids playing outside, such a difference. The community was demolished as well as the homes.

[@bigdump2825]

My grandad went to that school . When I left school it was council yard I trained at. Now its no longer here .. shame

[@trishenglish2155]

Lived on North View remember demolition.

[@hairyairey]

Which number and do you remember the year?

[@davidharrison6615]

the houses just needed a complete refrub ans they're would have been better than new . no need to pull down such a large close keep it community. Criminal.

[@jennytalia226]

Totally agree, pulled our old terraced houses down in Wallsend in 1975 and built a new housing complex , ( Rawdon Court ), which was then pulled down a few years later because building quality was so poor. All the ' slum ' clearance tore the community out of Wallsend.

[@Martindyna]

Totally agree. If you're going to pull these attractive old houses down they must be replaced with houses with a huge step change improvement in thermal insulation and have a long design life of e.g. 200 years like the houses they're replacing.

[@IanPike-zm7uz]

Knew it well, lived at tynemouth road - remembered graccis ? bakers - dad lived on Elvet st. and he used to tell me stories about his childhood there - he went to North View school- happy memories

[@Winterwolf1975]

Anyone know the year this was taken?

[@TheGreatest1974]

If old byker with its community, streets, shops, pubs and hotels had been modernised from INSIDE but leaving the actual buildings alone, old byker would be an absolute gem as far as history is concerned. But no- T Dan Smith etc chose to accept backhanders in return for the total destruction of byker heritage and wider areas too. So sad that a whole community of people who LIKED living there were ousted, and rehoused in awful modern byker wall type housing.

[@lornaburgess9762]

Councils demolish communitys as well as houses. When my Aunties house was demolished in Scotswood she was moved to Kenton and lost touch with neighbours she'd known for decades.🥺

[@ElzevereBlock]

I only hope and pray that Newcastle Council members from that era who authorised the demolition and destruction of whole areas of the city will be tried and punished in Heaven and then sent where they belong.....................somewhere HOT!