Uncovering The Gateshead You DON’T See!

[@Leenufc]

Well done to the tynesider great to see the older generation have somewere to go and have some fun

[@greenheartcollective]

Proud to be working with the Tynesider and all the other fantastic organisations in Gateshead Town Centre. We're trying our hardest to bring that vibrancy back to the High Street and supporting our local community the best we can. 💚

[@TynesideLife]

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[@NurseLuisaNewcastleSkinClinic]

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[@andyfat1]

Eddie you do a cracking job promoting and keeping us informed on our beautiful region. Love Gateshead high street well done The Tynesider

[@TynesideLife]

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[@gordy3714]

The council needs to start explaining what's happening with the regeneration project. They must have bought a lot of properties down there with compulsory purchase orders.

[@bovnet]

@@gordy3714 last one they did in bensham is still not rebuilt 20years later. Ten years of rat infested properties over ten leaking full mains water for years. The council make the shithole

[@JayAmber]

Great video, hats off to the Tynesider for doing something to help. I think the shot at 6:45 gives a bit of a clue about where some of the high street’s problems are coming from - it’s flanked on all sides by main roads, car parks and derelict patches of grass. What’s desperately needed is new residential development surrounding the town centre, to create a customer base of local residents who are able to come and spend their money there.

[@SupraSteve]

Microbus is an incredible bar. One place that absolutely deserves to do very well

[@ianmac51]

Another great report Eddie I go to Gateshead once a week so I know a pub I will visit next time got to support small businesses like this one what great people.

[@TheTynesider]

Thank you

[@rogerash]

Good luck to Lee and Louisa ! What a brilliant initiative. The local Council would do well to sit with this couple and see how they can help. It does not have to cost money. A bit of red tape cutting would help. They could maybe find space for a Community hub somewhere.

[@TynesideLife]

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[@clivecaulker]

Bravo sir! As a Geordie Cavalier now residing in Guangzhou China, who was born and grew up in Gateshead Low Fell, this warmed me noodles and Peking Duck no end. Any mention of 'Shepherds' takes me way way back. In it's heyday, Shepherds made Fenwicks look like Open all hours x Do carry on sir x

[@TynesideLife]

Thank you Clive 🙏👊🏻👍🏻 Would love to go to China

[@Yorkshiremadmick]

My Dad was Born in Low Fell in 1916 but he was born when it were County Durham. When he died in 2000 they put Gateshead on his death certificate. Had to bury him in a Durham Coffin to make amends

[@7kingkev]

You can tell Lee and Louisa are genuinely trying their best to do their bit to bring some joy to the area they care about so much ,good on the pair of you and I wish you a lot of success , thanks for another great video Eddie

[@TynesideLife]

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[@Nathan-vw9du]

Fantastic Eddy, great to see smiles once again on Gateshead high street. Good luck Tynesider, looks a lovely venue

[@TynesideLife]

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[@tuckasamms]

Thanks Eddie. There's good people live in Gateshead - always has been and I've been here 67 years so got a bit of an idea of my home town. There's always hope for a better future for the place.

[@VB-j4z]

Well done Lee and Louisa, should do gatherings for 30s, 40s, and 50s too! ❤

[@TynesideLife]

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[@TheTynesider]

That’s every other day haha! We have a few events coming up on our Facebook page but we do Tynesider Disco most weekends & Tynesider Soul Club 1st Sunday of the month.

[@teetracyfrazier5162]

Is that lee miles???

[@NurseLuisaNewcastleSkinClinic]

We do!

[@davidhodgson3901]

Another great vlog, Eddie. Great to see something positive about Gateshead town centre.

[@johnnewham2235]

Well done Eddie, another brilliant video, you always show Tyneside in a positive view

[@TynesideLife]

Cheers John 👊🏻👍🏻

[@GeordieGrandma]

I grew up on Coatsworth Road area and I couldn’t believe the change there recently. Gateshead high street has been going downhill for years, ever since they closed down the old Odeon building. Love the videos Eddie, just found your channel recently 👍

[@TynesideLife]

Thank you 🙏 got my first tattoo on ‘coatsy road’😅

[@GeordieGrandma]

@ haha bet you had a pint in the Honeysuckle too … or maybe that was before your time 😃

[@wendyrichardson7822]

Haven't seen Gateshead High Street for about 30 years as I've moved away. Although I'd heard it had declined, I am shocked at just how much. Trinity Square looks fab now though. Good on them at the Tynesider for injecting life back into the high street. It is a fantastic idea because so many older people don't feel safe at night but still want to go out. Very impressed with the Railway Quarter because that used to look so dingy and dirty but now it looks bright and welcoming. Can't wait for your next video.

[@TynesideLife]

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[@danielvecsey7475]

Well done Eddie - great to highlight what’s going on and bring communities together - keep it up.

[@TynesideLife]

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[@kenquinn84]

Fabulous video Eddie. Barley Mow born but raised in the Teams until I left to move to West Yorkshire in 86. So sad to see my home town the way it is, but it was declining when I left. Great to see people trying their hardest to raise it's profile when the council should be ashamed of themselves for letting it go. I do get back occasionally, but rarely venture onto the High Street where my Dad used to drink in the pubs and Mam shopped. Coming up in a few weeks to visit Mams final resting place. Maybe a trip into the High Street may be in order.

[@TynesideLife]

Thanks for sharing Ken ☝️👍🏻

[@kenquinn84]

@TynesideLife Anytime Eddie. Keep them coming

[@yelb9135]

This is a great video Eddy and what a brilliant initiative in Gateshead!! Going to pass this one to my parents in case they fancy jumping on the bus through of a Wednesday. Thank you for these great videos! I miss the NE. Sadly, I live in Leeds now (boo).

[@TynesideLife]

Thank you 🙏

[@NurseLuisaNewcastleSkinClinic]

We do every fortnight so next 27th then weekly from Dec

[@mreyes2575]

Another fine video Eddie .. I'm glad to see the is people trying to breathe life back to Gateshead high street

[@TynesideLife]

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[@St0rmbreaker]

Another great video Eddie, I love what Lee and Louisa are doing in here. It might be a good thing for other pubs to do in other areas.

[@TynesideLife]

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[@NurseLuisaNewcastleSkinClinic]

Thanks ❤

[@Maxx-s7d]

Excellent upload indeed, & a good interview. What a lovely couple. ( My Mother used to be a barmaid in the Blue Bell pub ) Visiting the area over the years since 1982 it is sad to see the decline which unfortunately is common in the once thriving high streets. Good luck indeed to the new pub owners & will surely say good day on my next visit.

[@TynesideLife]

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[@Mark-ff4ow]

I'm from sunderland and had a mate who lived near the pear tree on sunderland road , spent a lot of Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons on the high street in the early 90s blue bell , the Grove, curlys , the traf and if we had owt left dinner in Gloucester on the sunday Was always busy and full of characters . Been through it a few times since , very sad . Have really fond memories of the high street ,they were great days

[@joinmeonthedarkside2]

proper people ! love it .

[@alanbrown4050]

Brilliant. There are some amazing people out there trying to make lives better for folk in Gateshead. I'm from Sunderland but I lived in Deckham for a few years on Northborne Street and used to love going down town and over to Newcastle. One of my favourite places was Linntone Hifi shop but I did hear it sadly closed. Next time I'm home I will visit Gateshead town centre and have a pint in one of the pubs.

[@TynesideLife]

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[@pepprjck]

High quality content as always mate, always happy to see a new upload from Tyneside Life! Lived in Newcastle all my life but always learn something new from your videos.

[@TynesideLife]

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[@grahamwallis6568]

Nice to see a spark of life back in the old place, my Mam used to work in Shephards as well. My Nana lived on Rochester Street in a home she had eleven kids in until the council compulsory purchased it and knocked it down for the horrible 70's things they put up. Gateshead council have a lot to answer for I think

[@TynesideLife]

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[@carolwalmsley3362]

I come back up to the North now and then because it brings back so many memories. My dad came fron Dunston as well as my auntie. My mother came from Newbiggin by the Sea so i usually stay there when i come back. I am pleased i have found this channel. I have subscribed.❤

[@TynesideLife]

Thank you Carol 👍🏻

[@carolwalmsley3362]

@TynesideLife You are most welcome hinny 😊

[@BABYCHAOS26]

There’s not much of the high street left, over the years it’s been slowly flattened. I still love Gateshead no matter how much of a dump it’s become. Good to see new businesses giving it a go though. It gives a bit of hope for the future.

[@jimmibarr6433]

Another great video Eddie.. looking forward to coming over sometime next year and would definitely be hitting up up for a tour around the toon lad!!

[@TynesideLife]

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[@Trond_travels]

This is really nice to watch, positive vibes where it’s needed 😊

[@TynesideLife]

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[@stevepearce1913]

Thanks for starting out at my favourite pub. The Microbus and The Station East are the beating heart of Gateshead which attracts excellent musicians and bands to complement their excellent and very reasonably priced craft beers. As for the southern part of The High Street it needs pulling down and replaced with open spaces which could bring some much needed beauty to this bleak area!

[@TynesideLife]

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[@TheTynesider]

It’s the people that make the pubs, we love the Microbus & Station East because they are ran by lovely people, fantastic beer and have a great community. The hub of Gateshead’s social scene.

[@NurseLuisaNewcastleSkinClinic]

Well done Ian!! Shoutout to Gary, Suzy & Phil also who’ve do an amazing job, fantastic bar x

[@davidrichardson6872]

Used to love the bustling high street when we were younger. 62 now. As apprentices at Clarke chapman, we used hit the high street when we finished for Christmas, pub crawl around, and finish at the Trafalgar. Which was in falling distance of the bus home. Great times.

[@TynesideLife]

Remember the Traff well! 👊🏻👍🏻

[@tonyhall1704]

Good to see the High Street kicking on. I’ve had plenty of good times there in the past and always visit when I’m back home 👍👍👍 Cheers Eddy 🍺🍺🍺

[@alancuskin555]

Great sots very well done

[@gizzystrype5042]

I used to work at Shephards of Gateshead in the mid/late 70s

[@davidcraig2778]

When I come down in 3 weeks I will need to visit the pub. You showed my old Rangers pub the Blue Bell many great Sundays in there watching the Rangers matches.

[@geordiehowayman1677]

Got the bus from Newcastle to Whickham,via Gateshead, at traffic lights just past the junction past High Level bridge,I had the opportunity to to look at the buildings, absolutely beautiful some of them, especially the old Lloyds bank, so sad to see them in decline

[@annrayner4950]

Brilliant so happy to see my cousin Liz at the Wednesday morning get together never see my cousin liz much only see her at family funerals which is sad but it brightened my day up seeing her I lived in Springwell Estate in the late 60s until 1984 until I married and moved to Wallsend lovely seeing everyone having fun at the pub im going to have to get myself there I will definitely probably meet people I know from Gateshead it is a brilliant idea to get us older ones together I love watching your videos thanks 💙

[@TynesideLife]

Thank you for sharing Ann 🙏👍🏻

[@robinlowerson565]

Another great vlog Eddy. Cheers!

[@TynesideLife]

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[@anthonygowland8363]

Lee and louisa... top gadgie and lassie... good hearts... all the best..x

[@TynesideLife]

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[@ianjames9166]

It's brilliant to see someone doing something positive in Gateshead AND being successful too. Well done Eddy, another great watch mate. 😀

[@TynesideLife]

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[@aidanliddane1242]

Sustainable development

[@geoleolecky5056]

Definable going to call in to this pub although I live 5 miles away from town centre but this couple are absolutely great and yeah I will patronise their pub shortly.

[@TynesideLife]

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[@mikethemusicman1978]

I'll mention this on my show on Radio Tyneside Eddy, what an absolutely brilliant Idea and what lovely people, Lee and Luisa. Hats off to them for wanting to make Gateshead a brighter place and happier place.

[@TynesideLife]

Thank you very much Mike 🙏👍 there’s some amazing work going on and I’m sure they’ll appreciate the publicity.

[@peterhepple3348]

It’s wonderful trying to save your area, im from Sunderland but always big up all the north east ( bar football 😉) hope Gateshead town centre can get back to something like it used to, great place

[@TynesideLife]

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[@scoob40haha]

Class video Eddie loved shepards going there with me mam in the 70s hopefully people come together to save these high streets all over the country.. internet shopping has changed the high street and it now has to adapt and change to suit peoples needs

[@TynesideLife]

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[@ToonAndy]

Hats off to them for doing this, Gateshead council want to hold their heads in shame for letting it get to this state

[@TynesideLife]

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[@gerryking4346]

That’s brilliant, hats off to the Tynesider couple and to you for a great video.

[@TynesideLife]

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[@christinehales4222]

I can still sing the ad song for Shepphards & I left the NE 50 years ago 😄sadly it's the same in many city centres ,the rise out of town retail parks hasn't helped. Where I live now even some charity shops have closed.Good luck to those trying to make a difference

[@TynesideLife]

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[@sandradewit5299]

Hoi vanuit Nederland, mijn dochter woont in gateshead en ik kom 27dec weer,maar het lijkt wel een oorlogs gebied met alle leegstaande winkels😢

[@LeeStewart]

Gateshead was rundown even as a kid. I do miss Law’s Herbal Supplies next to Curley’s which no longer exists as they used to serve sarsaparilla. The guy who owned it his dad owned it before him.

[@heathersmith394]

I used to make a point of calling in to Laws for a glass of sarsaparilla when ever I was in Gateshead. Wonderful shop.

[@LeeStewart]

@@heathersmith394 In my later years at school I would actually skip school and I would visit Law's for a sarsaparilla. I miss them.

[@davidmalarkey1302]

Excellent informative video as always Eddie

[@TynesideLife]

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[@2626stephen]

So sad to Gateshead high street. Hat's off to that young couple bonkers and brave I say . Shepherd's did you say. Top-man

[@MrJinkyjim1]

Hi Eddie, loved the video, I was born in the street at the start of the video when you mentioned the toilets. I was born in Chandless st on xmas day 1948. By the way the toilets are still there underneath the road surface. They were not destroyed just covered over.

[@TynesideLife]

Oh wow! Thanks for sharing

[@Juliukas101]

Nice vid! The only place I would shop is Savers but as there's one in Newcastle I go there. I think Gateshead has a LOT of potential and is ripe for redevelopment. Maybe when they get rid of Gannon and rip doon the flyover they can build some nice things on that land. It's gonna become revitalised again!

[@internetoldie]

lovely to see some nice news for a change! Amazing content as always mate

[@TynesideLife]

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[@michaelchatt2639]

Hi mate. Just subscribed. Remember the high street vividly and shepherds. Was born in granville street in 1967, used to walk up the high street home with me mam. Remember laws and the pork shop. Me mam cleaned on Jackson street and the Metropole. Keep up the good work mate.

[@TynesideLife]

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[@Dave-ug9bh]

What a brilliant initiative 👏 👌

[@Runnyoutdoors]

Cracking video. I pass through here often and seen a decline over the years. Such a shame as I live in Gateshead too. Hopefully it picks up but with councils and internet shopping a lot of places are either there or heading in the same direction. Top stuff lad 👍🏻

[@TynesideLife]

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[@ianmclean1512]

Great vid....good luck lee and louise..shound like a cracking day in gateshesd...in the 80s gateshead a great nite out... 12:27

[@keithrichardsom1898]

Would love to see the High Street come alive again had some great times in the Blue Bell and the Nags head and of course the Trafalgar well done again Eddie

[@typhonukgaming9701]

I was born and raised in Gateshead. My grandma worked at the co-op my grandad worked at the QE I used to hang round with my brother at the indoor market and get me hair cut at Adrian's

[@davebarrow2194]

My mam is from bensham Eddie.Im from sunderland but still got a soft spot for bensham.loved coatsworth rd and saltwell park👍 all the best bud.

[@TynesideLife]

I was born in Bensham and lived there till I was 2 😀

[@davebarrow2194]

Rawlings rd was my mams house👍small world Eddie.

[@mattdedasc]

I lived in Gateshead for years between 2006 and 2021 in various stints. The high street is a dystopian scene to witness.

[@MONTY-MAGPIE]

Another fantastic upload, thanks eddy. 50k subs well done

[@TynesideLife]

Cheers bud ☝️👊🏻👍🏻

[@alexjenkins7638]

I remember the pet shop that sold cats and dogs in the indoor market.

[@ryanridley9571]

Great vid Eddie,,Absolutely fantastic what Lee & Luisa are doing ⭐️🙏🏻was in the tynesider few weeks ago ,very friendly bar great atmosphere,would definitely recommend going …(hopefully catch up with them the next time ,see you in Ibiza 😉😁)

[@TynesideLife]

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[@sandradonnelly9021]

Fantastic afternoon. ( They also serve amazing chips ).

[@TynesideLife]

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[@michaelm49381]

What are Gateshead Council doing ???

[@oceanwave9316]

Michelle is a lovely lady. Thanks for the video very interesting

[@elainekerslake6865]

Go girls go😊😊😊😊

[@petermontgomery8707]

I worked as an engineer on the trinity square project and thought at the time this could suck the life out of the town.Giving everyone the same shiny anodyne version of a town they’ve got elsewhere isn’t gonna bring money to a place.Its character that makes you want to come to a place and that’s formed by generation on generation of people of the place and what they bring to it. The place you didn’t go was the black bull.I regularly run up as it’s something of a legend on the punk scene as much as trillians is on the rock and metal scene and the punk scene is much bigger than people realise(big influence on a lot of current massive bands and the festivals get serious numbers)and Maz that runs the place goes back to the broken doll on westgate rd and has seen them all and still knows most.Great people,should definitely put a bit of a spotlight on them.One of the many varieties that are the spice of life making a place special

[@RussellFogg-ew1ju]

Remember was thriving here when I was growing up in the 80s/90s. Such a shame places like these are going to the nakkers yard now with lack of investment , online shopping and lack of money in people’s pockets. Sad to see. Ps….Eddie, get yourself over to Felling and do one on the Merry Widow of Windy Nook. I’m not going to stop asking 🤣👍

[@TynesideLife]

Cheers Russell. Already done one of Felling 😃 Merry Widow is on the list 👍🏻

[@1969gawa]

Planning to come here in Feb,to the Glasshouse, for a Uriah Heep gig. Looking forward to it.

[@geordienufc3132]

Next time we come over to gateshead from Canada we'll certainly be visiting those businesses and spending a few quid

[@Flukey_1970]

shocking mate yet another town looking in a state. Aye I remember Shepherds of Gateshead its where my Mam used to do xmas shopping when she got her Provi loan haha. Well done to the people trying to salvage the area and great to see those guys having fun.

[@TynesideLife]

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[@gl8351]

Nice one Eddie👍🏻 good luck to Lee and Louisa doesn’t look like they’re short of business on a Wednesday so I’ll pop in another day and give them a little bit of custom.

[@TynesideLife]

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[@avictorbell2835]

The luftwaffe did less damage to Gateshead High Street than the Liebour controlled council has done What needs to be investigated is the £23 million wasted on building a locked up never used car park and the wasteland next to The Sage where the supposedly £90 million original cost of an unwanted or needed music venue in direct competition to The Sage has ballooned to £350 million This invisible venue was supposed to be built and operational this year Gateshead High Street is best avoided, it's literally the dirty back lane leading to the bright lights of the big city

[@mattdedasc]

Well said

[@Nathan-vw9du]

Nice jacket also 👍👍

[@liamwright1949]

Flatten the top end of the high street build residential housing. Get rid of the flyover the whole area would look so much nicer.

[@LeeStewart]

They should build an indoor mall like in places like Wallsend.

[@duncanemery6264]

Absolutely awesome

[@ynysvon]

This situation is common in high streets all over the country. The wealth distribution has changed drastically over the last thirty years. The rich have got a lot richer while the working man and women are barely surviving. Plus online shopping has got a lot to do with the decline of the high street.

[@Marenqo]

Thanks for a video on my town! I may go and do some business at GBC :) and definitely go to the Tynesider! Big love!

[@TynesideLife]

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[@sjm6963]

Great video. I'm in Newcastle and not really familiar with Gateshead. I did recognise the Central Bar only because I'm sure it featured in an episode of Vera. 😂

[@TynesideLife]

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[@eviemayvlog342]

Station/ central/ microbus are absolutely class little pubs

[@TynesideLife]

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[@teamboy19]

Great video Eddie Sad to see I spent my youth there the pubs were once so vibrant . We know Gateshead council and the MetroCentre killed it dead .

[@lynnmorton7544]

That pub you mentioned - the closed-down bookies - was called the Rector House. It was back-to-back to a pub called the Fox & Lamb on Burdon Street. Is the Tynesider housed in the old Barclays Bank building?

[@TynesideLife]

Thanks for the info Lynn. Not sure if the Tynesider was Barclays or not

[@Northumberlandwoodlands]

Eddie the dj.....go for it 😂😂😂😂

[@tayloruk7]

one of the best city in the uk newcastle on ya doorstep nd gatesheads a dump. hold ur heed in shame gateshead council!!!

[@Mookiethedog]

This is great Eddy....such a positive bit of awesome!

[@TynesideLife]

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[@garybrien3062]

I wouldn’t let Martin Gannon and his team run a bath, never mind a whole borough. Gannon is the worst thing to happen to Gateshead in its history

[@chriswindle3392]

They kept saying they would be revitalising the area for decades but they stopped at trinity square

[@israelhands3319]

Gateshead High street has been a disgrace since I was a kid and I'm in me 60s now.Thank you Labour councils.

[@blackadder1966]

Rarely ventured into gateshead, very little reason to go when Newcastle had so much more. I did go in the late 80s a few times, and it was rough back then. Not in the high St, but I remember going to a gun shop a few times. Weirdly located in what was probably previously a corner shop on the end of a brick terrace st.

[@Baron_von_Fargone]

Houw 👊Yuh alreet bonny lad . Belter video this one eddy. What the hells happened to the heed .I haven't been ower Gateshead since my driving ban a couple of years ago.i knew it was in decline but I didn't expect to see it looking so empty.i half expected one of them ball thingymajiggs to roll past... 🤔 Tumbleweeds ☝️🤓 that's the thingymajiggs I was on aboot. Anyway crackin' stuff eddy 🤝

[@TynesideLife]

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[@claremaidofthewave251]

Great interviewing, I cannot believe those ladies were in their 70’s wow 😳 looked younger……shame just crossing water changes the urban landscape and lives of those there.

[@TynesideLife]

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[@blindmanB7]

It's the whole country now less shops and more homeless alcoholics etc. Our country is being destroyed by a tyrant narcisist right in front of us and we just watching it happen. Sad really I miss the 90s when everyone was happy and north east was bouncing.

[@Leenufc]

Yep this country is in big trouble

[@JB_inks]

As much as I hate Starmer, and by golly I detest him, he's only been in the job 5 minutes. You might want to consider that all the working class people who kept on voting Tory and therefore austerity are the turkeys who kept voting for Christmas time and time again.

[@michaelwray1034]

It def is, so sad

[@blindmanB7]

@philtate1029 I never turned my back on God I tell to him everyday snf thank him rvdrydsy for my life

[@ynysvon]

​@blindmanB7 So do you believe that Kier Starmer, who has been Prime Minister for less than six months is to blame for this countries woes, and not the thirteen years of a Conservative government before then.

[@paulferri3441]

Wow,brilliant and interesting another top video Eddy, these are top drawer even if you don't live in the Tyneside area.

[@TynesideLife]

Cheers Paul 👊🏻👍🏻