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Fascinating footage. Interesting to note how filthy so many of the buildings were from air pollution. The Clean Air Act didn't come into force until the 1950s. Everyday life, particularly in factory work, was an awful lot dirtier than today too and people were rather less scrupulous about hygiene. Many had baths once a week and that was it.

Still a shit tip in 2024😂😂😂😂

Footage of a lost world and way of life.

The days when you could just stroll up to St James's and pay cash at the turnstyle.

We still walk the same streets of the great city Newcastle upon Tyne!

No fergals

Wow. That’s amazing old footage. I recognised every location. So wonderful to see our past like that.

Not just the houses they pulled down they destroyed a community, was like a huge extended family😢

I loved !! Byker it was friendly the people where smashing. And there wasn't a better place to live , both my parents came from there. And it was a real community. And yes you could leave your door on the latch. And I personally think it started to decline about 20 years ago, as the council started to pull down places like Elswick/cowgate/😅benwell/, and people from those areas started to move there , and I think it was 30odd year ago the labour council started to pull down old byker And rebuild , it was NEVER !!! the same , now not a safe place people not the original byker folk , so r.i.p.

I’m only 39 so never experienced what my dad calls old byker, however I do have amazing memories of visiting my gran and her friends who were relocated from the old houses to the new builds. I don’t know why I feel such a strong connection to the place I wasn’t even around when they pulled it down. I think it could be growing up listening to my mam and dads stories of their first little house they had there when my brother was born - it was the start of their life together they went on to bring my sister and myself into the world where they eventually settled in walker. Even looking back when I grew up things aren’t the same 😔

Some of the buildings are still there esp on Percy St

sad to see Byker now lived in bolam street 60s and 70s all they had to do was modernise them nothing wrong with terraced houses just look west jesmond better than the eye sore thats there now sham on them

The year I came Newcastle for a few months, they phased these trains out, but didn't mean I didn't get to explore Newcastle on these. I loved these. I miss Newcastle but love watching videos to remind me of the city.

Beautiful Newcastle

Pedestrian safety was a bit la cking back then, I guess!

Are we all just too busy to clean our step these days?

The women's fashions certainly look postwar, but surprisingly, there doesn't appear to be even one postwar vehicle. 1946, maybe?

Wonderfull footage expertly done 😊

Good old beautiful newcastle as it was sad sad how it looks today, the two are do different today, its filthy dirty, and nothings resembles our once beautifull city😢😢😢😢

Oh good old beautifull newcastle,whenvit was ours 😢😢😢😢

I understand why they demolished the old terraces but not what they put in place....hideous.

There is beauty in the ugliness. Here are the bones and soul of something that once lived and gave protection to those who lived within. There would have been tears shed within these sturdy walls, and laughter and anger and most likely hunger - and here I am today, miles away in another city, a complete world away, yet my memory of dear Newcastle is like a shiny new pin that will lie with me when this is all over. 🥲

Lousy Socialist building slums of the future.

Always amuses me when you get people on various property news feeds on social media, all going on about how new houses today are badly made and wont last as long as old houses. That in itself is a joke, old houses were once new but a lot have been demolished through the years as they were deemed “slums” and not fit for habitation. I think a lot of people today, particularly Millennials and Gen Z have no idea what they are talking about regarding so many topics, as most of their “expertise” and knowledge has been taken from countless places on the internet which for anyone with an ounce of common sense will know there is a lot of absolute rubbish out there.

The old terraced Houses looked way better but I get that they were not up to standard anymore.

Although broadcast in 1994, some of the footage is from the late 80s. The destination indicator changing to Benton, is one thing that went out of use by 1990, when they were replaced by dot matrix ones. And, at Whitley Bay, the route map is pre Airport extension (1991).

Brilliant

Fantastic. Pity it wasnt longer.

Fantastic houses demolished purely to destroy working class communities, they`re worth a £Million in another district and don`t even mention the anti-social rubbish they replaced these properties with.

A Muslim free Newcastle.

Beautiful……… and the music too.

Very evocative film with nice extended shots of streetlife. I wonder how this was made. Was the camera mounted on a car. It seems to weave in and out of thetraffic with ease.

Amazing footage, never seen anything like this before from that early and very surprised at how much traffic there was. Only wish there was more!

Brilliant footage,i was born in byker,lived on harbottle street in the 60.s

Heartbreaking. 😢

It's so sad to see, it wasn't perfect but I feel we were happier.

T. Dan Smith, another Labour Party crook who lined his pockets at the expense of the working classes. The epitome of Socialism.

The suits always know best.... The "science"tells them to do it They cant help themselves...

Old estates are UK's heritage as well!!

Don't knock all those old terraced houses estates down. When done some refurbishments/ changes it may be still good houses to live in!

I’m always facilitated with old photos of Tyneside, it’s good to see what was there previously. And what’s still there.

Magical ❤🙏

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Before the Internet destroyed the high Street.

The city centre just a pale shadow of its former self. As for local high streets, nothing but barbers, nail bars and take aways.

looking back now it was a big mistake to close it with all the new deplanement with housing now saying use public transport if the line was still there the Metro would be grate for people down st, Peter bason and quey side and walker and Willington quey .

Here's the lost 'R' for the TURBINIA ...

You planning muppits !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

They, take in , the fuckin piss !!!!!!!!!!!!.