HOPPINGS Shenanigans at Europe’s Largest Funfair

[@thetomoli96]

I absolutely love your videos Eddy. Great informative content but I love your sense of humour too. Class 👌

[@TynesideLife]

Thank you 🤜🏻

[@joycekastamonitis2187]

Brings back happy memories of when I was a child!, we always called it going to the town moor not the hoppings…

[@christinemurphy8576]

My daughter had her twin 7year olds there yesterday after school. I’m housebound so it was lovely for me to see where they were! They had a great time and left about the same time as you and Lucy said it was indeed starting to get very busy then. Loved the video. x

[@TynesideLife]

Thank you Christine 😊

[@ianbedwell8795]

Great video and brings back fond memories of being back home. One of those places that you have to ignore the cost and enjoy the day out, if it does get a bit too much you could always 'Whack a Mackem' to feel a bit better about it all....We have the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) here in Vancouver, much smaller and even more sodden costly. Nice touch at the end being escorted out.....

[@TynesideLife]

Glad you enjoyed it Ian 🤜🏻

[@davidhoward5392]

It's expanded since I was there as a bairn back in the 60's.. Whack a Mackem stand made I chuckle nice sunny day 😎

[@TynesideLife]

Aye that was funny 😄

[@joycekastamonitis2187]

Hi Eddie, you took me straight home with this video, I was born in Whitley Bay but now live in Corfu …Memories of going to the town moor with my mom and big brother …Totally nostalgic…

[@TynesideLife]

Glad you enjoyed it Joyce

[@theindividualizt]

Always wondered how it all started, and where they come from and go to. Thanks for another fascinating insight o Tyneside life!

[@TynesideLife]

Glad you enjoyed it Sandi 😊

[@newbigginphotoco.1175]

Great Video, brings back memories when i was a kid. You never see any videos from the tyneside summer exhibition though which was my absolute favourite.

[@TynesideLife]

Thank you bud 🙏🏻

[@billbreslin496]

Loved it. As a student in the mid 70's I remember the "Wall of Death" and boxing ring with Roxy Music blaring on the pa. Good times.

[@ianmilstead764]

Took me right back - as you say 100 years ago when I was 12 or so :-). The Hoppings and the Spannah were/are two Tyneside institutions. Another crackin' video Eddie!! Thanks!

[@TynesideLife]

Glad you enjoyed it Ian 🤜🏻

[@midlandgeordie]

Memories with mam and dad fifty five years ago!! 👍

[@TynesideLife]

Bet they’re great memories 👍🏻

[@Henry-jp3mc]

Great to see the hoppings back. Love it or hate it, its been missed.

[@TynesideLife]

Definitely 👍🏻

[@Donna.M]

Went last night loved it was a pricey night lol. Also been to hull fair both great times. Thanks for this one. 👍

[@TynesideLife]

My pleasure Donna 👍🏻

[@malcolmscott8588]

really enjoyed this mate the memories of going with me mam and dad great content

[@TynesideLife]

Glad you enjoyed it Malcolm 🤜🏻

[@patriciacain1640]

The fairground children came to my school,they couldn't read or write very well but they had pound notes to go to the chip shop ,i thought they were very exotic, they loved coming in to our flat .

[@TynesideLife]

Brilliant memories Patricia. Thank you for sharing.

[@colinrowe3157]

Yes crows took over organizing the fair but it used to be split into 4 sections ran by 4 showman they would collect rent off the their section ..I was working there in the 70s with John Murpyhs and also with Jobsons great days back then...

[@aab8167]

i love it this place should be advertised on tv

[@TynesideLife]

Definitely 👍🏻

[@RidgewayGreen]

Lyneham by far my favourite posting, never knew this side of your life. Loving the videos Eddy keep it up 👌

[@TynesideLife]

Yeah I was there for 5 years with 6 month tours in Belize and Ascension Island whilst I was there. 84-89

[@RidgewayGreen]

@@TynesideLife You never forget the beautiful sound of the 2am engine ground runs 😂

[@TynesideLife]

@@RidgewayGreen I loved the Hercs 🤜🏻💪🏻

[@andynjw1163]

nice one enjoyed that. Flood the runway there's a seaplane coming in😂😂😂😂 brilliant😂

[@TynesideLife]

😅

[@r0ck0nj0hn]

Am I at the right helter-skelter. 😃 Brilliant.

[@TynesideLife]

😅

[@rachelbridger2473]

The bull dog sitting on the game stall looked like a stuff teddy prize 7:27 until it moved

[@TynesideLife]

😂

[@leetaylor7119]

Great video Eddy, believe it or not I've never been to the Hoppings so this video was a great insight to what is a key part of Tyneside Life 👍

[@TynesideLife]

Glad you enjoyed it Lee 👍🏻

[@michaelkelly7301]

Brilliant video of the hopping Eddie

[@TynesideLife]

Cheers Michael 🤜🏻

[@benshield4295]

Never let us down with facts we didn't know. Thanks again eddy

[@TynesideLife]

Pleasure Ben 🤜🏻

[@colinryles7997]

Enjoyed this one eddie, even though I have never ever been to the hoppings.

[@TynesideLife]

Glad you enjoyed it Colin 👍🏻

[@JonathanSmith-ht2sz]

Me and daughter went on that ghost train on monday, bit hairy when it turns around at the top, be knackered if it tips over 😂

[@TynesideLife]

Great stuff 🤜🏻

[@anthjefferson4979]

Another great video Eddie 👏👏

[@TynesideLife]

Cheers 👍🏻

[@geordiepaul1659]

Where did my childhood go? Happy memories

[@TynesideLife]

Aye, time is flying by

[@patriciacain1640]

Yes the hoppings fairground children used to go to my school,they had pound notes to buy fish and chips at lunchtime but couldn't read or write but we thought they were so exotic and they loved the fact that we lived in flats near the town moor.

[@CushdelaCush]

Chucky (Duck)the Legend used to work with him. Great Vid Eddie, went on wednesday and it was El Scorchio.

[@TynesideLife]

Great stuff 👍🏻

[@peteredwards338]

The Hoppings was set up as a Temperance Fair to combat the drunkenness of the races at Gosforth Park. No alcohol should be served on the Town Moor !

[@TynesideLife]

😅 I think you need to have a word with the Freeman of Newcastle Peter. It’s their ball and their rules 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@peteredwards338]

@@TynesideLife It's all about money now Eddy. Cheers 😀

[@TynesideLife]

@@peteredwards338 isn’t everything 🤷🏻‍♂️😆

[@paulgallant3675]

Hi Eddie I worked with the fair nit Hoppings I was called up Stokesley near Middlesbrough on to Scarborough then Goose Fair Nottingham and then Hull which is massive site 1 road in Paul

[@TynesideLife]

I bet it was a great experience Paul 🤜🏻

[@paulgallant3675]

@@TynesideLife Scarborough was scary painting A frames the Wheel turned I went to top tin of paint open and paint brush half hour before help came crapped myself

[@paulgallant3675]

@@TynesideLife Goose Fair after 7.30pm was mental all rides 1 minute long money fly every time wheel turned , Hull was massive site loads of machines very loud as well

[@alecmacknight]

I loved the old boxing tent in the 90s...

[@TynesideLife]

🤜🏻

[@dean6816]

I remember when I was a young teen in the early 90s and it was a quid a ride!!

[@TynesideLife]

Great times 👍🏻

[@SA-zs1np]

Hi eddy I seen you yesterday just wanted to say great video and keep up the work

[@TynesideLife]

Cheers! You should have said hi 👋🏻

[@dean6816]

They should do a Broon Ale slush! 🤣

[@TynesideLife]

Definitely 😀

[@Geordie_mess]

Haha that’s my pal big Kev Newman lifting you at the end there. Top lad wor Kev

[@TynesideLife]

Aye they were great 👍🏻

[@DYL2020]

5:49 whack a mackem🤣 great video Eddy mate

[@TynesideLife]

Cheers Geordie 🤜🏻

[@IamKevinFinnerty]

Cracking video mate!

[@TynesideLife]

Cheers 🤜🏻

[@theday7201]

Couldn't stop me selth from laughing at this Eddy 1:37 allway's love you're Content.

[@TynesideLife]

😅

[@grahambell9831]

Oi ! Eddy....... your nicked my son ! 😅 Great factoids regarding the area of the hoppings, that 960 number is huge ! Last time I was there was approx. 30 odd years ago, a young 20 something! Where has time ⏲️ gone?? Another fine local historical but also present day vlog.....Nice one Eddy! 👏👌

[@TynesideLife]

Glad you enjoyed it Graham 😄

[@grahambell9831]

@@TynesideLife As a good number of suscribers have said Eddy.....and I for one can wholeheartedly say, your channel and it's content is first class: one of the VERY BEST out there on You Tube. Long live Tyneside Life! Just noticed too Eddy your suscribers numbers....almost 17,000! Your diligent work is working very well for you 👏

[@TynesideLife]

@@grahambell9831 that’s appreciated thank you Graham 🙏🏻

[@paulgallant3675]

Eddie did you try swings near bottom 150 straight up

[@TynesideLife]

No I didn’t Paul. Haven’t got the stomach for it now 😬

[@paulgallant3675]

@@TynesideLife awe no you have not lived Eddie its only 150 up I videoed it for Facebook mind you Mrs was not happy told her when got up there lol

[@TynesideLife]

@@paulgallant3675 😂

[@andyallom4357]

Used to be just hotdogs and hamburgers. Boiled proper, with soggy onions. Smelled brilliant

[@TynesideLife]

Yeah I remember 😆

[@thebackingpackinggeordie]

I had my fortune told there about 37 year ago, and everything she said happened!

[@TynesideLife]

😅

[@johnmctaggart1031]

Me and my mate sold hairy nuts for a barrow boy late 1940/s 1/3each but we had to push barrow up dean street to the hopping

[@TynesideLife]

Brilliant 😅

[@geordiehousemafia]

0:25 a could of told you that man Eddie 😂

[@TynesideLife]

😂

[@oxfordlocalsclassifiedads-6969]

Been a few times mate, very decent fair indeed

[@Flukey_1970]

Surprised its not raining my mother always says it will rain when the Hoppings is on. It’s generally true..

[@TynesideLife]

It usually is! Scorchio this year 🥵

[@thistless]

Aye used to love the hoppings , especially hooking a duck 🦆

[@patriciacain1640]

Yes my man loved that❤

[@FUNFAIRRIDES360]

Can’t wait for it this year

[@charliemckeever3192]

Well eddy as always it will chuck it doon..🌩🌨🌨🌨

[@TynesideLife]

You there now? 😱

[@charliemckeever3192]

@@TynesideLife nope just finished work an hour ago got my feet up watching it come down though my patio doors 😁

[@markstonehouse5729]

Duck!!! Haven't seen him for years

[@MagpieGeordie]

I love the hoppings

[@nevadaboswell7724]

That palmist is my mother and palm reading has been passed down every generation and we were the first palmists on the ground

[@TynesideLife]

Your Mam was great 😊

[@stevenh8815]

Class video 👍🏻

[@TynesideLife]

Cheers Steven 🤜🏻

[@izaakz12]

Nice video

[@TynesideLife]

🤜🏻

[@kenloughran7186]

Always called the Moor when I was a kid I loved the wall of Death Happy day's Eddy

[@TynesideLife]

Great times 👍🏻

[@andyallom4357]

I was saying that to Eddie earlier on the other video. Neebody where I lived (Wardley, Gateshead) called it the Hoppings

[@redcalx9568]

i remember the boxing tent

[@martinholroyd7605]

Love the stall...whack a Mackem..bet that's popular..🤣🤛

[@TynesideLife]

😂

[@jeffdbaker71]

Looks like a lot of fun.

[@TynesideLife]

It is 🤜🏻

[@arthur12345cat]

Very entertaining, I guess everything's expensive theses days

[@ichrisho]

What’s with the thumbnail Eddy? LOL

[@TynesideLife]

You’ll have to watch the video 😃

[@paddystewart5092]

Brilliant video again Eddie, 9.9/10. Would have been 10 oota 10 but you said "chav" at the last hurdle. A proud Geordie lad like yasell should kna that "chav" is a diluted term from the Geordie word "Charva" . Meaning, tramp, wrongun, untrust worthy person. I might be wrong but it comes from romany travellers, worth looking into wor kid.

[@TynesideLife]

I’ve lived all over the UK and the only place to say charva (in my experience) is here. The original term is Chav but who’s going to quibble… it refers to the same type of person. You’re correct, the term is Romani in origin, but again, it’s Chav. It’s semantics mate and you get a slapped wrist for being pedantic 😅

[@paddystewart5092]

It won't be my first, certainly not me last.

[@TynesideLife]

@@paddystewart5092 😂

[@davidlittle3045]

@@TynesideLife 'Charva' is easily confused with 'Chavvy' which is a Romany word for a child or a youth, I dare say one probably came from the other and its meaning has become slightly modified

[@swc8544]

I enjoyed that until the dig about Sunderland 🤣

[@TynesideLife]

Oops 😅

[@swc8544]

@@TynesideLife good crack mate. Although I'm from along the road I love watching your videos. Keep up the good work!

[@davidailano1742]

You found your Mam yet? 🤣

[@TynesideLife]

Not yet 😆

[@Lindsay_Brunton]

Ye cannit beat the geordie crack.

[@TynesideLife]

You referring to my sense of humour? 😅

[@Lindsay_Brunton]

@@TynesideLife Helta Skelta! Made my day. Best crack i had was pre-match in Idols in the mid 90s. DJ Mad Mick. Great days.

[@TynesideLife]

@@Lindsay_Brunton 😀

[@swordfishsewing7114]

Quality that!

[@TynesideLife]

Cheers 👍🏻

[@mickparker3726]

Have they still got the strippers.....great when I was a schoolboy and could sneak into the tent! Oh happy days.....

[@TynesideLife]

Perv 😅

[@Davyscales]

What about the welfare facilities?

[@TynesideLife]

Yeah I should have mentioned that 👍🏻

[@retrojohn86]

when their monday, eddie, i enjoyed it, pics on my facebook page

[@TynesideLife]

🤜🏻