Simpsons Hotel Wallsend 1974

Archive film of a long gone Wallsend landmark. Footage from online NEFA.

[@marksinclair9896]

Great old film.Thank you for taking the time to upload this..

[@jennytalia226]

Sleep easy my arse, by 1976 the place was demolished along with all of the terraced houses along the riverbank. Me and my mates used to sneak into the television room but always ' kept toot ' incase anyone came in . Often wondered what happened to the poor buggers who lived here, probably ended up sleeping rough, very sad, but seeing it brought back great memories for me at least.

[@JohnDurkin-mh4wn]

Remember it as a kid and remember it being pulled down mid 1970s we used to play on the demolition site on an evening loads of local kids hung around on bicycles etc

[@dpedroam4107]

Simpsons doss house. My dad worked here as an electrician. He told me a story about when they were changing lights in all the rooms. He would walk into each room and pull the bed into the middle of the room and stand on it to reach the light. He had done a load of them when he pulled the bed it was heavier than the others and pulled the bedsheets back and found a a dead body. He said his eyes had all sunk into his head. Gave me nightmares as a kid 😂

[@johnturnbull7176]

The last managers were Mr and Mrs Watson my aunt and uncle,when Simpsons closed they managed a similar hotel in Glasgow for seamen,

[@englishlearningexpert3595]

Dignity - something lost from the UK.

[@50brian50]

Use to sell the evening Chronicle and the pink for Harper's news agent's on Benton way in Simpson I lived at kitchener terrace happy days

[@colinedwards3593]

Remember it well brought up in sharp red just round the corner long gone now

[@martinkulkarni3569]

What a bizarre commentary ‘North Atlantic voice’! Why?

[@steviemac9055]

Tyne Tees used to do exchange work placements with Canadian news broadcasters

[@alanwann9318]

It had good lounge bar in the 60,s