Newcastle, then and now, part 1.

Try to identify the location before the modern day is revealed.

[@euanelliott3613]

I remember watching Get Carter when I was 17 and liking the grim looking buildings and dark streets of Newcastle at that time. It's changed since 1971 but there was a charm about it.

[@jamesmills4533]

I was working in the Red House at the time. Some of the film crew of Get Carter came in for a meal/drinks. Have to say, i think i prefer OLD Newcastle. I was born in Walker, but am now in Wales. Miss my home town occasionally...

[@christinehales4222]

My g/ ma lived next to the Crem ,I remember dad & my brother going to watch them film the opening scenes .Most of the people on dad's side of the family ( dad & mam too) were cremated there

[@kennyjohnson1428]

Class .. the grand Douglas hotel looked amazing .id rather go back in time to see all the old buildings than go forward to see the new ones

[@ricksanchez1710]

Why they reckon that in 2030 we could have time travel so you get to see both, I mean there is already a formulae on how to make them work but we don't know how to build them just yet, something along the lines of, it would set off an invisible blast that would age everything backwards and this travels faster then light, there is also another one more slightly unbelievable but better and it's like your just dropping into the past, not actually there but your able to see it and it's called "gravitational distortion"

[@visg8303]

@@ricksanchez1710 wibbly wobbly timey wimey

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

@@visg8303 Putting that screwdriver down. Right now.

[@mn4169]

what a great film. enjoyed the trip back in time.

[@terryjohnson6857]

Regarding the Zigzag building on the left - 4:15. I grew up living in that building. It was The Manors Social Club and my dad was the club steward for many years. Opposite was the Manors Railway station, with clock tower in white on the roof.

[@Zefukey]

Even that has gone now. It burnt down and has now been demolished.

[@tonyirving2195]

Fantastic to see Newcastle upon Tyne in the past, very interesting, specially as it's my home town.

[@lorrainegriffiths554]

love then then and now video of my home city x

[@liiisajarviiis]

Wow I can't believe they tore down that building in the last clip and replaced it with that great big ugly thing!

[@jasonjanes8424]

I can. It was a very common story between the late 1950`s and early 1970`s. Post-war town planners often did more damage to British town and city centers than the luftwaffe.

[@ianstewart2594]

Oh yeah, real destruction needs so-called planners and developers cming together with a common purpose.......making money!

[@philw4625]

Still a beautiful city, but the 70's planners really do have a lot to answer for.

[@christinehales4222]

Thanks for the written descriptiond too ,i struggle ,with some pics/ videos on you tube ,to understand where place are .Im now coming to appreciate the history after 50 years away

[@catherinelopez4294]

Love and appreciate life as it was back then. Life has certainly changed. Love the background music. Thankyou for posting. Watching from NORTHUMERLAND.

[@davidharrison3354]

Simply beautiful.

[@daveelliott5855]

To like this is an understatement, Love it wonderful to pics of the ald Toon

[@yixnorb5971]

Regarding 4:31. My Dad was instrumental in preventing an unnecessary motorway due to cut through his 3 story English Tudor style house, in Chicago. The roadway contractor wanted payback for helping to elect a city official. The rule of "eminent domain" applied here. Dad got it listed as a historical building to prevent the wrecking ball, so the contractor had it listed as unsafe and "needed" demolition. Dad countered this by having steel I-beams replace some of the framework. By the way, the city official had some explaining to do.

[@davenufc55]

Was it removed in the end?

[@serinadelmar6012]

Amazing, thank you!

[@royksk]

Unfortunately, as an architectural technician I did the detail drawings for the reconstructed stone cladding on that last building. If clients wanted modern then they often got it. It was considered right at the time but I agree that a lot of work that went on then shouldn’t have.

[@martinrooney4817]

serving your penance

[@robertlagan8441]

Excellent

[@valeriemcdonald3280]

great film make me feel sad

[@lenabrahams6210]

Brilliant film and what an absolute shame! I remember well some of those buildings before they were demolished, and I have always believed it really destroyed Newcastle. Especially the motorway which cut through Jesmond Rd obliterating all the really beautifully designed properties around the area including Windsor Crescent. Old fashioned houses totally wiped out! Such a shame!

[@PCLA7]

Love To See Some Archival Photos Of The Royal Station Hotel And Central Station - Inside & Out . \

[@peterwalton6680]

Just subscribed.... loving the history of Newcastle

[@stevec.2702]

loved the time frame effect.

[@ianharrop6580]

Brilliant video.... really enjoyable, although progression is sad

[@christinecraig7473]

Fantastic video! thank you for your work on this. Music perfect too. Fascinating look into the past with some things changed for the better and some simply criminal what they did in a name of progress. Lets hope lessons have been learnt.

[@boogalaloopala2738]

The only original building still standing on Queens Lane, visible in both the 1901 photoshot and the more recent photoshot, is the refurbished building now the residence of 'Haines Watt'. There is a 'Haines Watt' video that shows the interior of the building with it's original warehouse features, after modernisation.

[@martintabony611]

Criminal destruction is right!

[@ADZ01982]

The destruction caused in the 1960s by T Dan Smiths remodelling of the city was nothing short of criminal.

[@roodborstkalf9664]

@@@ADZ01982 : I just read his wikipedia article. It turns out that this guy really was a criminal. He butchered his own city so that he could take 150000 pounds in bribes from the architect who designed all this ugly buildings in the sixties. That's over a million pounds now. When I was working in Newcastle for a while in the 2000's I was wondering why on earth they built so many ugly, brutal in your face buildings in the sixties there. Now I know.

[@ricksanchez1710]

Your a life guard, just asking I recognized the emblem

[@Rippedflesh69]

Architectural vandalism - Christopher Booker.

[@terryhutchinson6503]

Cool.

[@AndyWardle]

I like videos like this. I remember the 70’s 🙈 and the gradual replacement of the old buildings with the new. Ironically I now work on a lot of the newest buildings going up. Near Swan house roundabout (bank house) is being completely demolished to build apartments. And did you know most of the flats actually on swan house roundabout are empty? I like the fact that the old vs new photos are shown side by side. Not all then and now videos do that. 👍

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

I moved to Newcastle in 1979. I remember all the 'new' buildings and the brutalist shopping centre, the shiny Metro system and the slow destruction of the heart of the city. It has not been improved much over the years but it is a great city to live in.

[@martinrooney4817]

thanks enjoyed that really good

[@realguitarshredder]

U know. Sometimes I miss that place. And this video is so mysterious and nostalgic and the stories that has happened in that very area all these years. Sigh

[@HFamilyDad]

Great but I demand part 2!

[@julianhyde1]

Most industrial towns were ruined in the sixties, Luton had some fantastic Victorian buildings , all knocked down to be replaced with concrete eyesores .

[@MrSilky1969]

Great Then & Now video 10/10 - Regards, Made in Newcastle @turnipheadpic

[@dorothysouthern1365]

Love seeing how newcastle used to look i remember a lot of how it used to be back from when I was a kid ,I remember dirty dick he was a herbal doctor he made a lot of people better he had a shop just up from malbourgh

[@HedleyOnTheHill]

3:29 aye it was changed when the monument metro stations was being built

[@wcoke]

What a shame the hotel was knocked down for that awful eyesore but a lot of old buildings were knocked down which had been left with maintenance and tlc would still be standing now.

[@mystyt8031]

i miss the 1800s

[@jimmyoconnell6167]

My home city born & Bred

[@alanwann9318]

I remember before the central motorway(a created traffic jam)

[@colinthegeordiehistorian10]

What is the music please love the Video

[@kopynd1]

cannon in D

[@colinthegeordiehistorian10]

cheers Trevor

[@robtyman4281]

Pachelbel is the composer

[@antwan.]

watch 'spender' also, with Jimmy Nail, to catch the last of Newcastle before its latest major transformation

[@da90sReAlvloc]

Whats this music

[@neonskyline1]

You have one guy to thank for saving those buildings, can't remember his name, anybody ?

[@catherinehutchinson6099]

Sacrilege all the beautiful buildings torn down to be replaced by soulless replacements.

[@mrgoodintent]

Yes I understand those shaky old mix of quaint buildings tightly packed in narrow streets, I suppose needed replacing as they were past their best.....but why the heck demolish that lovely architecturally proud hotel at the end? Pure wanton destruction & STUPID. A SHAMEFUL act of Insanity by authoritarian powers yet again!!!

[@beachlife2968]

Everything has got worse including the people if you know what i mean.

[@woodybattista9808]

beach life idiot

[@hermanmunster3358]

You said there would be a new video uploaded when this one reached 100 likes. Well it now has 1.8k likes, and still, no new video! Whats going on?

[@th8257]

It's striking how absolutely scruffy a lot of the city was in the old photos. The colour of the buildings on Grey Street in the 1960s photos is particularly shocking. Stained black because of the filthy air pollution. I for one am very glad those times are long gone.

[@pww7872]

Not if you belive the councils.. It's never been as clean but at a cost. Clean Modern engines but yet they blame cars for everything.. There's an agenda and we're not privvy to it Tolls will be next and the end of cars in Newcastle is on the horizon. Unless electric. Forced to trade up and into further debt or keep paying for inflated fuel prices where 60% goes in tax.. 😠 Purge us of the nazis in Newcastle Council. Labour Party... (Socialists) National socialists, AKA Na-Zi

[@christinethornhill]

As with so many cities it appears that the use of vehicles rules decision making ! Thank goodness common sense came forward with the concrete catastrophes 😳

[@WOLFIE-96B-UK]

The heart of the city was ripped out in the 70s. Its not the city I grew up in anymore.

[@eddiebennett9957]

Nonsense, there literally thousands of listed buildings in the city. We lost very little.

[@WOLFIE-96B-UK]

@@eddiebennett9957 yes it's still got a lot of beautiful buildings but has lost the best shops, pubs, clubs, Farmers Rest, Haymarket, Broken Doll and the Mayfair, Farnons, Parishes, Binns, to name but a few.

[@zombiesbyte331]

Seems they are on a constant mission to wreck the city. 1970s concrete certainly done there bit but its happening all the time. They pulled the annex building down at Burnside high school in Wallsend, that should have been preserved. I appreciated that building as a kid in the 90s.

[@pww7872]

I completely agree... All traffic. Must be rerouted around the centre and eventually I can see this place being a residential area. No infrasture being built to ease traffic. Tolls will eventually be introduced to force people away from travelling through. Even though this is the quickest route etc. No thought given to how people will cope? Or maybe too much thought on the stress it'll bring to thousands of people. Planned choas... The A1 is 3 worse now, than 10 years ago. And that effin metro centre is built in the wrong place. Blocking potential roads and easements bridges and more. Welcome to socialism.. Nazis

[@zombiesbyte331]

@@pww7872 Heard a while back that they were thinking of taxing people for buying from online stores because of the state of the highstreet... its all of the reason you've stated that caused the decline in the first place so seems they just invent problems to introduce news taxes

[@pww7872]

@@zombiesbyte331 I absolutely agree... That's it exactly, and those taxes will come soon, I'm certain. Use the taxis and buses to perfect the system first and then the rest.

[@georgeknox1822]

It’s much nicer now ….

[@johnmiller112]

love the video but the music gets on ya nerves

[@ADZ01982]

we will try and get some Skrillex on the next one. just for you.

[@Tacsmoker]

adzo lol

[@robtyman4281]

You could always use the mute button?!

[@projecttomcat]

You're 1700 likes late posting the next bit.

[@joannewilson2008]

Dan Smith has a lot to answer for....and he pressed all his proposals through during the university holdays when no protests despite the start of a campaign previously.

[@eddiebennett9957]

None of those buildings were demolished under T Dan Smith. He always gets the blame for what his Conservative successor, Arthur Grey, really did.

[@nadi275]

Certainly not improved the image. Soul less, depressing and drab. Could say the same for other cities. Why so many make terrible decisions and demolished areas and buildings to create this ugliness instead of preserving it's uniqueness and history. Wouldn't it be wonderful if our elected representatives thought that way.

[@robtyman4281]

Agree. Alot of this destruction happened after WW2 and wasn't as a result of bombings. Most of these changes took place in the 1960's and 70's when they had grand designs on making (British) cities fit around the car. It's easy for us today to say 'what were they thinking?', but back then they didn't like Victorian/Edwardian buildings and wanted to replace them with modern 'Brutalist' style office blocks. The phrase 'in the name of progress' was used alot then too!

[@pww7872]

This shows the decline of free movement. The town is now being systematically purged of cars without a care for how people need to be able to travel through it for all kinds of reasons. Shortest routes etc. No new infrastructure. Immigration through the roof.. It's unrecognisable from my youth.. Not all bad but, not a place I call home any longer.. The metro centre was built in the completely wrong place. Too.

[@MrAlwaysBlue]

This video is screaming out for more diversity

[@adamsmailes5484]

I hate it when people whine on about modernising the city. They're the same people who complain about the Metro system as if they want an extra 90,000 cars on the road every day. Cities change, usually for the better. I quite like the 60's and 70's concrete and the central motorway was a badly needed bit of infrastructure that should have been built sooner. #4 really annoyed me because the maker of the video is annoyed at the construction of the East Coast railway, something which made most of the other buildings you are nostalgic for possable and was built DECADES before they, or anyone else, was even born. EDIT: This may have come accross a bit more aggressive than I intended. The video was interesting, but the popular "progress is evil" naritive that was being pushed annoys me a great deal.

[@argopunk]

I love before and after vids and happened upon this one. It's interesting. As a person from Toronto, I can tell you that progress is important. But what we found out after a 50s to 70s tear down of much of our beautiful 19th century architecture, was that a briefly-fashionable and now dull concrete and glass "Legoland" emerged in parts of the city that few want to see or be around. Fortunately, we have enough "beauty" left that we can still draw tourists, and house prices are amongst the highest in the world..Hmm...maybe more Legoland would make it more affordable...

[@gladifly]

'Modernisation' is another word for 'degeneration', think of all the wonderful soil that's now been contaminated; due to more hideous concrete structures.

[@th8257]

@@gladifly have you actually watched this video??? The city was absolutely scruffy and ridden with pollution in a lot of the photos. You need only look at how scruffy the buildings in grey street were in the 1960s - absolutely stained black because of the air pollution. The city is a hell of a lot cleaner now.

[@pww7872]

The fact you need to travel through it to get lots of destinations without modern road links with too many traffic lights and calming methods that increase pollution says it all.. There's an agenda in place to destroy car ownership. Unless it's electric. Forced compliance... 😠

[@pww7872]

@@th8257 Modern engines are cleaner... Still as many buses and trucks going through everyday. Maintenance is better. You should drive through to Slatyford on West Road sometime and see the difference. Shit hole comes to mind. 💯