GATESHEAD A GLIMPSE INTO THE PAST video Colin C

Hello everyone taking a Look at Gateshead Today. A lot of us pass through it on the way to Newcastle. So I thought I would let people know a little of the History. There is so much more but that is for another time. I have never even mentioned the Great Fire of Gateshead which I will do a seperate Video for. I hope everyone is still staying safe. Take Care catch you on the next one

[@da90sReAlvloc]

I'm a Geordie born in Newcastle but my mam was born in Gateshead Harlow green, She would have really loved to see this video R i p. Mam. Gone but not forgotten

[@iantaylor7840]

Really great Colin, the picture in 1965 of the High Street and Belle Vue Terrace shows on the right, I think it’s the Ritz cinema on the corner. My mam and dad took me there a couple of times when I was a nipper. If I remember rightly the facade was red marble, it went in the redevelopment. I haven’t seen one yet of Mulgrave Terrace and the baths, every kid in Gateshead went there in the sixties to learn to swim. It was still operating as a public baths too during that time. Every kid will remember Sarsfield the swimming instructor, he was a right b***ard and used to hit you on the head with that pole if you went under or panicked. Keep them coming Colin, so nice to see the old town.

[@colinthegeordiehistorian10]

Hi Ian glad you enjoyed I love looking back at how things used to be. So much better than today. Thanks for the info as well great read.

[@davidthompson3434]

Lovely!! Thanks so much for sharing

[@Iazzaboyce]

That picture of Derwentwater Road and the Foresters' Arms is where my Grandparents lived and my Dad grew up - I think the bus is close to Walton Street where they lived from the 1920s. I remember visiting before it was all pulled down.

[@zeddeka]

It's funny what you remember. When I saw the photo of Shephard's / Shopping City in the thumbnail, I immediately had a flashback of the restaurant on the top floor in the early 80s and its particular smell - a mixture of chips, gravy and vinegar. Always remember when they used to put the Santa's grotto in there.

[@ColtDee]

Magic takes me back to my childhood

[@heather9329]

I was born in the Queen Elizabeth Gateshead I love this town Absolutely fabulous video Gateshead had such atmosphere The music through video is beautiful

[@colinthegeordiehistorian10]

Thank you Heather glad you enjoyed

[@carolec.outandabout1160]

Great video hubby and some great photos and information ☺️xxx

[@colinthegeordiehistorian10]

Thank you wifey

[@mike-myke22]

Thanks for posting. Excellent video.

[@colinthegeordiehistorian10]

Cheers myke

[@jeannemillsom9300]

My lovely dad was born at 5 the Crescent Dunston in 1914, I recently went back to look at where he was born, the place seemed smaller, but the people were as friendly as I always remembered.

[@jimmyc6523]

Thank you! Born 1952 (1 redheugh rd) and left in 1972

[@Maggy47]

I was born Queen Elizabeth hospital it's still there as with a few churches

[@jimmyc6523]

@@Maggy47 I was born in QE as was my brother,both parents died in there.I am now back in north east(newbiggin by the sea)

[@apache406]

Love the music Colin

[@colinthegeordiehistorian10]

I just use the Free Library Thomas there are some canny tunes on it

[@jamesfriery]

Excellent video. It would be nice to see before and after pictures. So much of our town's history has been erased in favour of shops, high rise flats etc. Even the pubs which were landmarks in a way. If you knew the pubs name you dispensed with street directions. Such directions as, " Two doors down from the Half Moon pub is Bert Smalls the cobbler" Anyway, I look forward to your next offering. Thanks again.

[@colinthegeordiehistorian10]

Thank you James lots of history connected with Gateshead.

[@heatherboardman7004]

My Dad lived in the old closes, namely Swann Street. I grew up in Gateshead so a lot of these photos I recognise. Just looked at your video of Gateshead now which is shocking. Gateshead Council should be ashamed.

[@zeddeka]

I suppose you have to ask yourself though - What were they left to work with? Gateshead had been in steep decline since at very least the 1920s when the building of the Tyne Bridge destroyed a large portion of the shops. The Metrocentre then left the rest in the dust. The Metrocentre is now going through that decline itself. Like a lot of other places, Gateshead lost its reason to exist a long, long time ago. They've just been fighting the tide ever since.

[@janwong9437]

I remember the advert and song from the 1960s “Shephards of Gateshead have what you’re looking for “

[@rickastra44]

Great video , brought back lots of memory's of how things were . Thanks

[@colinthegeordiehistorian10]

Glad it brought back memories Rick thank you for the comment

[@anthonyclark8564]

I remember the odeon and shepherd's, both were just around the corner from where me nana used to live. 😃

[@Marenqo]

Love the focus on the high street, Gateshead has so many stories: the Jewish community, the Staithes, the Angel. Lots of material for ya

[@colinthegeordiehistorian10]

Lots of History Pidols trying to work my way through it

[@Marenqo]

@@colinthegeordiehistorian10 looking forward to it! Thank you!

[@occidentadvocate.9759]

Gateshead born and Bred. Hector Street 1960. Site of Metro station now. The heart and Soul of Gateshead was ripped out twee 1968-1969. Disastrous planning. The Multi story monstrosity Car park. The Vile Flyover tearing thru the heart of our canny town. Slum clearances? Fine but the Population moved to the suburbs. I started All Saints School in 1965. 30 in my Class. When i left in 1971 there were only 9 left in my class. Gateshead never recovered from the disastrous planning of the late 1960s. Its not much better now. No one hardly actually lives in Gateshead city centre? Hence businesses struggle, and the town has a depressing air about it? Can any one explain why the perfectly decent and recently renovated Chandles estate was demolished a few years back, and a community dispersed? Gateshead folk need to take note whose running things in our declining town, and vote at Elections. Hold the councillors to account!

[@colinthegeordiehistorian10]

Totally agree with what you say. Great to read your comment. Thanks for taking the time to post.

[@occidentadvocate.9759]

@@colinthegeordiehistorian10 Thank you Colin. Your Video popped up on my page. Enjoyed it, made me nostalgic and sad at the same time. Sad at what we lost. Member Mulgrave bath for instance? Beutiful listed Building. Gateshead Council pulled it down. 🙄Trouble with Gateshead folk is, they under the illusion those in the council chambers are something special? They aint. Bunch mediocritys and have been for decades. Appreciate your video mate. Plus your reply. God bless canny Gateshead. 👍

[@stuartanderson7671]

Knew Gateshead well in the late fifties and early sixties.🇨🇦

[@MichaelBrown.U.K]

Fascinating video, great town

[@garymcteer7620]

Lovely to see old Gateshead, was Gateshead the only town in Britain to have two monetary systems, £sd and Shephards money?

[@davidwhite5972]

The photograph showing Hillgate in 1930 to the west of the Tyne Bridge is surely Pipewellgate.

[@stephwilkinson343]

Who remembers…..there’s so much to see/ and the car park is free/ so come shopping at Shepherds/ for the whole family.

[@tuckasamms]

Brilliant Colin. I was brought up on the high street late 50's early 60's. Marvelous video mate.

[@colinthegeordiehistorian10]

Cheers Tuck kind of you to say take care mate

[@tuckasamms]

@@colinthegeordiehistorian10 Many Many thanks. Even seen my old home.

[@colinthegeordiehistorian10]

@@tuckasamms Memories Tuck

[@christinehales4222]

I remember quite s few names of the United team Iam Mcfall ,Irving Nattrass, Jimmy Smith ,John Tudor ,Terry McDermott..😆

[@MarkHewitt1978]

It's all too easy to pass judgement now but in common with a lot of towns Gateshead seemingly lost a great deal to be replaced by ugly shopping centres and clearance for ever more cars.

[@colinthegeordiehistorian10]

Spot on Mark I hate the modern stuff

[@zeddeka]

The ugly new buildings are pretty much a desperate attempt to keep the area going. There's just not the demand in the north east that would bring in money to build grand new buildings. I suppose in many ways, Gateshead's decline is the story of Britain's decline. The rot set in in the late 1800s and was accelerated by wars. Gateshead High Street in particular wasn't helped by a number of things. The building of the Tyne Bridge for one in the 1920s. The plan had been to develop Gateshead High Street to rival Newcastle, but then so much of it had to be demolished for the bridge. There's been one sad constant throughout Gateshead's existence. We've consistently been one of the poorest areas in England. In that respect, far too little has changed. In many ways, when industry died, Gateshead lost its raison d'être. Like so many other places in the UK.

[@MarkHewitt1978]

@@zeddekaGateshead town centre will always be held back by the presence of the Tyne Bridge meaning that a large area of land is entirely devoted a large junction with the A184 and A167. There's the development going on at the Quayside but it will always be separate from the centre of Gateshead as getting there involves negotiating a maze of roads and traffic.

[@johansensolutionsnevada9945]

I lived in Queen's Terrace.