Newcastle’s Pink Lane | From Medieval Fortress to Red Light Area to Cultural Hot Spot!

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  • @trooperkrh2067
    @trooperkrh2067 3 місяці тому +70

    Dropped my wife off there years ago. When I picked her up I said “how much did you make”? She said £50.50p. I said “who gave you 50p?”. She said “All of them !!”.

    • @TynesideLife
      @TynesideLife  3 місяці тому +6

      Bum bum 😂

    • @BudCarlo
      @BudCarlo 3 місяці тому

      ha ha lovely stuff.

    • @RsRs-o4r
      @RsRs-o4r 3 місяці тому +9

      50p for bum bum. God thats cheap

    • @SloopyDog
      @SloopyDog 3 місяці тому +1

      Good one.

    • @tkingter
      @tkingter Місяць тому +1

      The old ones are the best !

  • @neilt7145
    @neilt7145 3 місяці тому +39

    Your enthusiasm is infectious. Benwell lad who has lived in Scotland for 31+ years but keep coming back to your channel to see what's "Ganning" on back "Yem" 😂

    • @TynesideLife
      @TynesideLife  3 місяці тому +4

      👊🏻👍🏻

    • @sideshowbrowny4595
      @sideshowbrowny4595 3 місяці тому +3

      100% you can tell the guy is extremley proud (and rightly so) of his home

  • @Briardie
    @Briardie 3 місяці тому +26

    Oh my, I lived in The Forth pub back in the early 1970s. My mum and dad were Publicans there. I lived there from the age of 10 - 14 years. I remember initially, we lived on the very top floor. The middle floor was rented to some sort of photography business, and we did not get the full building until their lease ended about a year later. When we first moved in the place was so filthy we all slept for a time in the living room on the floor, we used to go to Bowers Restaurant to eat as the kitchen was none existent at that time. My parents worked hard to build up the trade and turn the business around. It was a pub with a hard reputation and lots Irish drinkers frequented the tap room bar. It is how we got our first German Shepherd in our family, for security, she used to be behind the bar during opening times and she was a good deterrent for stopping trouble. My parents started to do pub meals, once they got the middle floor and were able to create a huge kitchen space for catering. I have vivid and fond memories of my time living there. Thank you for this update. It brought back plenty of memories for me.

    • @TynesideLife
      @TynesideLife  3 місяці тому

      Thank you for sharing ☝️👍🏻

    • @FOGDaheee
      @FOGDaheee 2 місяці тому

      Bowers Restaurant, came here looking for this exact comment. I used to love Bowers back in the 70's.

  • @pakmancooper628
    @pakmancooper628 3 місяці тому +12

    Living now in France, your videos bring back happy memories of my life around Newcastle back in the late 60's and erly 70's, especially around that area where we used to meet up at 'Change Is' night club most weekends..........some great memories and super videos, keep 'em coming Eddy

  • @garyfinlay1830
    @garyfinlay1830 3 місяці тому +2

    Another great one Eddie . I used to work on Bath lane and walked through Pink line every work day for years. Newcastle has so much to offer and Pink lane is no exception. Keep them coming mate 👌.

  • @jamiej779
    @jamiej779 3 місяці тому +46

    Gunner House is where I did my interview to join the Royal Navy in 1974 ! My Mam is still living in Newcastle and often stay in the premiere apartments just behind Pink lane bakery at your start point ! Love your Vlogs as a exiled Geordie it's lovely to see areas of my youth keep up the good work mate

    • @ianmac51
      @ianmac51 3 місяці тому +4

      same for me a but in 1976, Grandad ex PO worked in gunner house took me up in the lift as a very young lad dressed in nos 1s

    • @marcusoreallly
      @marcusoreallly 3 місяці тому +1

      Thanks for your service.

    • @peterarmstrong3298
      @peterarmstrong3298 3 місяці тому +3

      Joined in 85 at Gunner house.

    • @Northumberlandwoodlands
      @Northumberlandwoodlands 3 місяці тому +5

      Of cause you're not getting free food Eddie 😂😂 tell ya what we just love these history videos you do , my kids keep asking " what tyneside video about this week "...they watch in their local history lesson for home educating..Please keep it up,we don't live too far away but never get the chance to visit so it's great to see the toon when you're walking around..cheers Eddie

    • @steadynumber1
      @steadynumber1 3 місяці тому +2

      Well I never. This has turned into a Jack me Tickler thread. Me, 71-78 😅

  • @alanmartin3808
    @alanmartin3808 3 місяці тому +4

    Excellent video Eddy.
    Had my stag night in the back room of The Forth in the 80s. A much more basic pub then. Many memories revived. Thanks

  • @peterthompson2926
    @peterthompson2926 3 місяці тому +6

    Great video reminded me of how proud I am of my Geordie heritage as sometimes I think we all need reminding. Keep up the good work

  • @fizzysausage
    @fizzysausage 3 місяці тому +3

    Class video, love a little history lesson about my home city. I’ve learned loads from that and will look at Pink Lane completely differently from now on.. thank you

  • @garyholmes7888
    @garyholmes7888 3 місяці тому +5

    Looking forward to the video about the old town wall, very interesting stuff

  • @LizardLoungeRadio
    @LizardLoungeRadio 3 місяці тому +4

    Pink Lane was always one of my favourite spots in Newcastle. I used to go to Prohibition when it was originally called the Jazz Cafè and owned by Keith Crombie. Really miss those days! Gotham Town was owned by the leisure company I worked for. They still own a hotel and many bars in Newcastle and other areas. Gotham Town was good fun, a little rough but not too bad. Great vid!

  • @steveburnell8363
    @steveburnell8363 2 місяці тому +1

    Great film. We are from Dunbar but enjoy visiting Newcastle. Good to learn about your city

  • @standawson5444
    @standawson5444 3 місяці тому +9

    Nice one Eddie. Used to go to Henry's barbers for the quarter inch haircuts in the 70's. There is also a scene in the original 'Get Carter' with Michael Caine in the cafe that was near the bottom of Pink Lane.

  • @desmondrutherford7575
    @desmondrutherford7575 3 місяці тому +11

    I really like your vlogs especially for the historical info. Even though I was born and lived in Shielfield and Byker I am always amazed at what I don't know about Newcastle. I left there in 1964 when I got married and went to live near Birtley and subsequently ended up in Canada in 1966. In my teenage years I remember Pink Lane and the Bigg market pubs being places that your parents didn't want you to go to, but we did anyway. My first job as an apprentice was at Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns Railway Yard on Forth Banks, a tough neighborhood. I worked there until 1959 until they closed that location down in favor of their Darlington works when I ended my apprenticeship at Marconi's in Jarrow. Do you or have you any vlogs in that area, I would love to see some. Keep up the great work from Des in Canada.

    • @TynesideLife
      @TynesideLife  3 місяці тому

      Hi Desmond, thank you for the great message. I have a video on Jarrow I did a few weeks ago that you might find interesting 👍🏻

  • @steviepee8624
    @steviepee8624 3 місяці тому +11

    Gunner house around the corner used to be the Royal Navy and Royal Marines careers centre….used to have a cracking model of a navy ship in the window too

  • @davidrobinson2776
    @davidrobinson2776 3 місяці тому +32

    The old Thai massage parlour on Pink Lane was where my father-in-law went for his "acupuncture" sessions when he had sciatica. He couldn't get enough of the place. God knows why. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @TynesideLife
      @TynesideLife  3 місяці тому +1

      😂

    • @SloopyDog
      @SloopyDog 3 місяці тому +1

      I think I may know why.

    • @RsRs-o4r
      @RsRs-o4r 3 місяці тому +1

      😂😂😂 🥒

    • @HappyGeordieAngler
      @HappyGeordieAngler 3 місяці тому +1

      @@davidrobinson2776 Happy ending 🤣🤣

    • @auld_boy
      @auld_boy 3 місяці тому +3

      The million pound question is; was he more limber when he came back or not?!

  • @jimmycburfield5997
    @jimmycburfield5997 3 місяці тому +3

    Wow! That is a lane that simultaneously oozes history and life. Great video

  • @clivecaulker
    @clivecaulker 3 місяці тому +1

    Fantastic, all the way from Guangzhou China. Memories come flooding back. Belter! Do carry on x

  • @davidcraig2778
    @davidcraig2778 3 місяці тому +2

    Come down to Newcastle about 5 times a year. And I never knew about any of those bars down Pink Lane.
    Great video again.

  • @mIdwitch1959
    @mIdwitch1959 3 місяці тому +4

    Interesting video, I worked for Turners Photography in pink lane house witch was just past the old post office, I think it still has Turners on the step. Turners was a large photographic retailer, professional film production and photography company. That ran until the 1990's

  • @KarmaSingerPaul
    @KarmaSingerPaul 3 місяці тому +2

    Mate I LOVE watching your Videos. Out here in Mallorca makes me look forward to coming back soon. You are a Gem and wish you well. Thanks Amigo

  • @barryh.4220
    @barryh.4220 3 місяці тому +3

    Nice video Eddie, very informative mate .... am a Man City fan, but i will definitely try one or two of the pubs in that lane the next time i visit Newcastle.

    • @TynesideLife
      @TynesideLife  3 місяці тому +1

      Always away fans welcome 👍🏻

  • @ianjames9166
    @ianjames9166 3 місяці тому +1

    Cheers Eddy, another great watch. I've got great memories of drinking many a pint in the Forth in the 80's and 90's. I'm really enjoying these in-depth looks at various areas in and around the Toon.

  • @OrijinaruBTC
    @OrijinaruBTC 3 місяці тому +1

    Thankyou for another fantastic video Eddy I love the history of places so you've given me plenty of ideas for my visit to Newcastle next month :)

  • @seattlegeordie2614
    @seattlegeordie2614 3 місяці тому +10

    I see Henry's barber shop is no more It was right over your shoulder where Subway is now. Famous in the 70's and 80's. They even had their own little song. Go to Henry's, Go to Henry's and get your sell a Skin(head). Been away since 1980 whole town looks so different now. Hope to be back next year to give me self the last fond farewell to the Old Girl. Thanks for what you do Eddie!

    • @TynesideLife
      @TynesideLife  3 місяці тому +1

      👊🏻👍🏻

    • @BertrandWeedon
      @BertrandWeedon 3 місяці тому

      “Quarter inch crew cut with a crop top please”

    • @angelavasey5083
      @angelavasey5083 3 місяці тому

      Henry is still on High Bridge as I remember in the 70's

  • @spangles365
    @spangles365 3 місяці тому +3

    Great vlog i very much enjoyed it, back in 1970 i had a girlfriend from Newcastle. When i visited, her father took me to a pub that was run by Bobby Mitchell, being a Scot it was an absolute pleasure to meet the man who was a gentleman. Sadly i can't remember the name of the pub but had a great time while there.

  • @Flukey_1970
    @Flukey_1970 3 місяці тому +1

    Great stuff as usual didn’t know any of that i have been down pink lane many times but knew nothing about it. Am looking forward to the history of the medieval wall etc 👍

  • @1702PK
    @1702PK 3 місяці тому +2

    Great video Eddie, brought back a few memories.

  • @thejarrageordie
    @thejarrageordie 3 місяці тому +2

    Fantastic eddy, Always full of information, Great knowledge mate 👍,

  • @namphon
    @namphon 3 місяці тому +1

    Brilliant video Eddie,it invoked so many great memories..getting a haircut buying records and learning kung fu all in pink lane in the 70s:)

  • @JoolsBurke
    @JoolsBurke Місяць тому +2

    Used to go to the Pink Lane Jazz Club in the 90s (what is now Prohibition): "It's five poond entry, and that includes y'er burger and chips" because they were on a food licence. Excellent music as the owner seemed to know all the musicians across the region. Big bearded ex merchant navy guy who also ran a junk shop further up the lane - lovely bloke but I saw some worried reactions to him when he was leafletting for the club up by the university

    • @JoolsBurke
      @JoolsBurke Місяць тому

      (And plus one for Pink Lane Coffee - lovely place)

  • @margaretgraham6740
    @margaretgraham6740 3 місяці тому +6

    I worked nights in Bowers 24 hour cafe/restaurant in the 70s when I was a student. The building is now Gunner Tavern. The working ladies of Pink Lane came in for cuppas. I loved to chat with them at quiet periods, 3am onwards. They had fascinating stories to tell.

    • @bmoran1795
      @bmoran1795 3 місяці тому +1

      Used to go after a few beers on a weekend it was on the film get carter good memories

    • @margaretgraham6740
      @margaretgraham6740 3 місяці тому

      It got very lively at times, hence bouncer on the door but it was a fun place to work!

  • @yvonnearmstrong469
    @yvonnearmstrong469 3 місяці тому +6

    I remember walking up there in the late 70s early 80,s to get to the houghbra house wrong spelling of the place but its where you got massive drinks it was german based bar went every weekend without fail with my mates loved it and the music was amazing

  • @karlgilmour2011
    @karlgilmour2011 3 місяці тому +2

    Moved up to Newcastle at the very end of 2022 so know next to nothing about the history of it. I'd never actually been to Pink Lane (sounds like an innuendo lol) but had heard about it. It's video's like this one that are teaching me more about my new surroundings 👍

  • @Distortion736
    @Distortion736 3 місяці тому

    Great video Eddie. Pink Lane's my regular route to and from St James' on a matchday and it's fascinating to learn a little bit of the history about my well trodden path. Cheers!

  • @robinlowerson565
    @robinlowerson565 3 місяці тому +1

    Thanks again Eddy. Great to hear about Pink Lane again. Must visit soon.

  • @davidarthur6200
    @davidarthur6200 3 місяці тому +4

    71-78 used to run down Pink Lane after school to catch the earliest possible train to Hexham. Those cobbles were very tricky to negotiate. Much darker in those days, I have to say. Canny pubs down there nowadays.

  • @Nathan-vw9du
    @Nathan-vw9du 3 місяці тому +2

    Great as always cheers eddy

  • @DRMEEKS
    @DRMEEKS 3 місяці тому +3

    Saw you today filming and shook your hand, great work.

  • @MickGallagher59
    @MickGallagher59 3 місяці тому +6

    Gotham town was Bowers restaurant in the 60s and early 70s. It was open 24 hours, 364 days a year. It features in Get Carter.

    • @geoffkendall3191
      @geoffkendall3191 3 місяці тому +1

      Used to work in Cavendish club at bottom of Grey st and when it closed at 1.00am used to pile into Bowers for food.looked very odd in dinner jacket but that was the uniform for bouncers

  • @davidlogan5252
    @davidlogan5252 3 місяці тому +1

    Absolutely great to be seeing more content from you Eddie as seemed to go quiet for awhile. Keep it up

  • @michaelboys2602
    @michaelboys2602 3 місяці тому

    Amazing video, Ed. Proper class. I love The Forth. One of my favourite bars. Does lovely scran, too.

  • @muzzboy
    @muzzboy 3 місяці тому +1

    Great video again Eddy, as always. Keep em coming!

  • @worldofwarcraftnoob254
    @worldofwarcraftnoob254 3 місяці тому +1

    Loved this, learned so much about a part of Newcastle I thought I was knowledgeable about!

  • @PhilWhyte1
    @PhilWhyte1 14 днів тому +1

    Interesting about The Gunner Bar.
    It was originally Bowers Fish and Chips restaurant when they moved from Nuns Street when Farnons took over that side. A bit of history, Bowers old restaurant became the staff canteen for Farnons, then a cafe for customers at Wilko when they had the building. I've dined in all, Bowers with my grandparents as a kid, Farnons canteen when I had a summer job there, and as a Wilko customer.
    Back to the Gunner. Bowers took it over late 60's and it's in Get Carter, when Michael Caine goes to speak to his niece, he taps on the window of Bowers and she's inside with a friend and comes outside. Then it was Malnati's Chicago Pizza. They did the real "hells kitchen" American pizza, big novelty at the time because all pizza houses and restaurants; like Dante and Piaros did the thin crust Italian style. To be honest, the Milnati pizzas were then and still are unique, it was like an open pie.
    They closed in about 88. It was odd, I can remember all the furniture and fittings inside for years just gathering dust. It was a great place, really don't know why it closed. Gotham Town was next, nice theme bar and some great student deals.

    • @TynesideLife
      @TynesideLife  14 днів тому

      ☝️👊🏻👍🏻

    • @PhilWhyte1
      @PhilWhyte1 14 днів тому

      Actually, the info on the name Gunery was new to me, I actually thought it was called Gunnery House because the Royal Navy and Royal Marines recruitment offices were there.

    • @PhilWhyte1
      @PhilWhyte1 14 днів тому

      ​@@TynesideLifeActually, the info on the name Gunery was new to me, I actually thought it was called Gunnery House because the Royal Navy and Royal Marines recruitment offices were there

    • @TynesideLife
      @TynesideLife  14 днів тому

      @@PhilWhyte1 everyday is a school day 😅

    • @PhilWhyte1
      @PhilWhyte1 14 днів тому

      ​@@TynesideLifevery true.
      I'm going to be watching your post on West Road later today. I grew up around there. We lived on Bentink Road, Dad was a doc at the general mum was a nurse at Conrad House, I went to Newcastle Cathedral school, then Rutherford. My mum and Dad moved to Whitley Bay after my brother and I left home. My brother still lives in the West End, his house is actually on the Valum and fort gate, he has a key to let people in from the National Trust.
      As for myself, I haven't been back since before the pandemic lock down. I moved to Rostov in Russia in 2010 and flights are somewhat difficult these days

  • @dread2884
    @dread2884 3 місяці тому +18

    I met my wife in The Forth 30 years ago. She was wearing a blue fluffy coat. I miss the Rusty Old Tool Shop which sold...well... rusty old tools. Prohibition used to be the Jazz Cafe run by the infamous curmudgeon Keith Crombie. It got to stay open after licensing hours (which in that era was 10.30pm) by operating on a restaurant licence. When you went through the door you had to buy a pie to conform to the rules. The place was often strew with uneaten pies.

    • @janinebrown9067
      @janinebrown9067 3 місяці тому

      😂the pies 🥧 had me laughing ☺️

    • @Airtrooper719
      @Airtrooper719 2 місяці тому

      i can just picture everyone leaving drunk at the end of the night with a pie in hand, as opposed to a kebab or pizza like nowadays lol

    • @chrisr5499
      @chrisr5499 Місяць тому

      I chose the Burger.

  • @jasonpoole5059
    @jasonpoole5059 3 місяці тому +5

    Gotham Town was one of my haunts in my uni days (2010-2013) I was in there 3/4 nights a week, it was dark, dingy and your feet stuck to the carpet but there was never any trouble, the drinks were cheap and everyone was always good fun to be around

  • @kevinsimpson4278
    @kevinsimpson4278 3 місяці тому +1

    Fascinating mate, those pubs do look inviting 👍

  • @Deadhansome
    @Deadhansome 3 місяці тому +2

    Love these mate. You're a legend. Keep em coming. BTW, Gotham Town was alreet apart from the toilets. They were vile. I hope that's been sorted now it's Gunnars. 😂

  • @graemebell8391
    @graemebell8391 3 місяці тому +1

    Eddie and thank you for such a great video, just wish back home in Newcastle still season ticket holder my son, give more great videos, took forever

  • @Abigail-bb3tr
    @Abigail-bb3tr 3 місяці тому +2

    I have to pop in The Pink Lane Bakery next visit. Great content as per the usual....

    • @Soul_of_a_Robot
      @Soul_of_a_Robot 3 місяці тому +1

      Get the pancheta sausage roll...oh my

    • @Abigail-bb3tr
      @Abigail-bb3tr 3 місяці тому

      ​@@Soul_of_a_RobotOK the ....oh my convinced me ;)

  • @laikatravels
    @laikatravels 3 місяці тому +2

    Great video Eddy. I remember Turner’s photography shop where my daughter had a photo session gift from the chronicle. She came 2nd in their Bonny Baby competition! in the early 80’s

    • @brucecopplestone6425
      @brucecopplestone6425 3 місяці тому

      My uncle was the MD of Turners. They had a second shop near the Monument

    • @Briardie
      @Briardie 3 місяці тому

      Yes, Turners Photography. I got my first passport photograph picture taken there. They rented the middle floor of The Forth pub for a while back in the early 70s.

  • @KC-gy5xw
    @KC-gy5xw 3 місяці тому +1

    Absolutely fascinating. Never knew Newcastle was so interesting, I'll be looking out for more!

    • @TynesideLife
      @TynesideLife  3 місяці тому

      Plenty more on my history and culture playlist 👍🏻👊🏻

  • @euro8029
    @euro8029 3 місяці тому +1

    I used to live right down the road from Pink Lane. Really miss the early morning walks down this way to grab a pastry at Pink Lane and a coffee ☕ a bit further down 💗

  • @BudCarlo
    @BudCarlo 3 місяці тому +1

    Great information, I fancy trying that 1930s theme bar.

  • @jamesjackson7844
    @jamesjackson7844 3 місяці тому +4

    I used to go to one of the first Wimpy Bars in Gunner House in 60s,70s.

  • @WilliamStacey-r6i
    @WilliamStacey-r6i 3 місяці тому

    Just got back from a RN reunion weekend in the toon enjoyed all that area ,the pubs were brilliant. Could not get over the prices , I come from surrey pay twice what you do !!
    Great vlog 👍

  • @Northumberlandmag
    @Northumberlandmag 3 місяці тому +1

    Cracking Video.
    I would get a tour / history lesson every odd /other Saturday from the mid 80s to the early 90s off my old man. ( Pre Keegen glory years ) . Get off the train from Berwick , straight ower the road and up pink lane to the ground.
    Brilliant memories.
    Mind , I can't remember getting told about any red light districts 😊

  • @Leenufc
    @Leenufc 3 місяці тому +4

    Can't wait for the toon wall video love the history of Newcastle

    • @jean2740
      @jean2740 3 місяці тому

      That's all it is now ,history ,to us true gordies born and bred 😢

  • @mariandavis7953
    @mariandavis7953 3 місяці тому +1

    When I was a kid (years ago!) my mother and grandma always told me never to walk down Pink Lane, now I think I know why

  • @peterr11
    @peterr11 3 місяці тому +1

    Great video Eddy, always learn something new.

  • @TheRealMac00
    @TheRealMac00 3 місяці тому +1

    Great video, loads of information which we as locals don’t even know. Keep em coming 😀
    Gotham Town - used to be a great pub, the decor made you think that Batman would walk out at any point 😆

  • @richhull7324
    @richhull7324 3 місяці тому +2

    Great video!

  • @davidsanderson6044
    @davidsanderson6044 3 місяці тому +2

    My dad bought the Newsagents on the corner of Bath St and Westgate Rd when the Wills factory closed on the Coast Rd. Match days were nuts with the crowds and the brewery guys were regulars.

  • @whylie00
    @whylie00 2 місяці тому

    Pink Lane bakery - best bakery I've ever been to, steak and ale pie is the best pie I've ever had, maple and pecan slice and the granola are unbelievable too. Great mention👌

  • @CrowTails88
    @CrowTails88 3 місяці тому +1

    Good information as per normal great insight matey

  • @stuartgrace5451
    @stuartgrace5451 Місяць тому

    Great work

  • @AdamCaine-qy5ec
    @AdamCaine-qy5ec 3 місяці тому +2

    I like your UA-cam channel you make tolt sense about newcastle

  • @margaretgill4330
    @margaretgill4330 3 місяці тому +1

    Very interesting information.👍

  • @pedrostokoe1980
    @pedrostokoe1980 3 місяці тому +2

    EDDIE I Love your Variety on your Channel

  • @grahamritchie7755
    @grahamritchie7755 3 місяці тому

    Used to get me hair cut at the barbers in Pink Lane great video Eddy

  • @aurumgold9145
    @aurumgold9145 3 місяці тому +2

    Mint man luv it

  • @raybell7696
    @raybell7696 3 місяці тому +2

    MAGPIE TAXIS used to be facing Raffertys Pub,it was the 1st Private Hire Taxi Office in Newcastle, Bob Moncur opened it.I worked there in the late 80s early 90s.Used to get some characters walking up and down. For instance I once bought a 14inch colour tv for £11.Memories eh.

  • @gordy3714
    @gordy3714 3 місяці тому +2

    Late 70s we used to go to Pet Sounds which was on the next street to Pink Lane then onto the Record Box in Waterloo Street.
    Where Rockshots is, was that a Adult cinema in the 70s further up.

  • @rjflores438
    @rjflores438 3 місяці тому +1

    Im from Manchester and I remember getting a coffee from Pink Lane, was very good and the staff were friendly as well.

  • @deancollins3804
    @deancollins3804 2 місяці тому

    This video was brilliant. Love going to Pink Lane Bakery, but didn't know any of the interesting history. Keep it up 👌

  • @peterarmstrong4196
    @peterarmstrong4196 3 місяці тому +2

    The Clayton street chippy must of been going at least 45yrs, 😮. Great video as always. 👍

    • @theboyjames3065
      @theboyjames3065 3 місяці тому

      Clayton Saint Chippy I call it 😁 Been open donkeys years!!!

  • @michaelnesbitt
    @michaelnesbitt 3 місяці тому +1

    Tommy Burns wasn’t just any heavyweight boxer, he was actually the sixth heavyweight champion of the world… he also used to put on bareknuckle fights in one of the rooms above the ball.
    Remember my dad saying in the 1960s and 70s when the prostitutes hung out in Pink Lane, some of them used to sit in the bars, and if the saw somebody they thought was interested in doing business, they would cross their legs, and you could see the price tag they used to charge on the soles of their shoes …

  • @robsonhouse1904
    @robsonhouse1904 2 місяці тому

    If my memory serves that Gotham town corner used to be the ArmyRecruitment Office in 60’s and early 70’s. Where I did my NAMET in 1970. Next to it on the corners was Henry’s Barbers where all the Skin Heads used to go to get shaved

  • @SloopyDog
    @SloopyDog 3 місяці тому +15

    It was well-known as a red light district when I was a young man. One day I was walking through Pink Lane and a very pretty, scantily clad young woman stopped me and asked me if I would like a short time for £20. I said sweetheart I haven't had £20 for a long time.

    • @TynesideLife
      @TynesideLife  3 місяці тому +2

      Bum bum 😂

    • @MagnusSmith
      @MagnusSmith 3 місяці тому +3

      Bobby thompson

    • @SloopyDog
      @SloopyDog 3 місяці тому +4

      @@MagnusSmith Yes it was one of his. He was great.

    • @richycairns2735
      @richycairns2735 3 місяці тому

      Wot a load of bolllicks

    • @SloopyDog
      @SloopyDog 3 місяці тому +1

      @@richycairns2735 I swear it's true ask Bobby Thompson he knows.

  • @mickcarlon8147
    @mickcarlon8147 Місяць тому

    We stayed at 46 Pink Lane. FANTASTIC flat--fantastic lane--fantastic town!

  • @clairesmith1804
    @clairesmith1804 3 місяці тому

    Love your videos and seeing my beautiful home town miss it loads 🖤🤍

  • @bentaylor4490
    @bentaylor4490 3 місяці тому +3

    Prohibition is also the bar Sam fender was filmed playing the piano signing one of his unreleased songs. 😃

  • @user-butters74
    @user-butters74 3 місяці тому

    Thanks Eddie for all your knowledge very good watch.

  • @Baron_von_Fargone
    @Baron_von_Fargone 3 місяці тому +1

    Cheers Eddy .
    To me pink lane is somewhere I walk through so often that I divnt even take notice anymore .I did know about the space invader piece.ive always been into graffiti.im not a vandal ,but I have enjoyed graffiti and back in the olden days I may or may not have dabbled with a spray can and a fat marker and if I had ever done anything so wild dangerous and illegal 😏then it would have been a long long time ago .back when I was a youngen,back in Nam ,back in the trenches , everything was black and white and dayglow 😉 I've had a flavoured life . A jack of all trades and a master of none .
    Belta video eddy I enjoy the toon history 🤝

  • @Questioneverythingg730
    @Questioneverythingg730 2 місяці тому

    Could you look at doing a video on the other side of the high-level bridge as you come out? There are some beautiful buildings and business there are boutique and interesting…including a microbus pub and Welness centre. I’d like to know a bit more about the area.

  • @richardcoombs2384
    @richardcoombs2384 3 місяці тому

    Hi Eddy I met you yesterday in the Grainger Market so much a pleasure to meet you sorry for disturbed your lunch made my birthday weekend still buzzing

    • @TynesideLife
      @TynesideLife  3 місяці тому +1

      Pleasure to meet you too Richard. Happy birthday 🥳 👊🏻👍🏻

  • @sjm6963
    @sjm6963 3 місяці тому

    I left Longbenton High School in May 1976 aged 16. In the September I was starting what was then North Tyneside College of FE on the Coast Road. I got a summer job in a small department store called Newlands which was on Pink Lane. I remember a record shop being directly opposite. Newlands looks as if it's the Serenity Ladies gym now. Most of Newlands customers were with The Provident or Provvy as it was known then. I used to get the mick taking out of me when family/friends found out I was working at Pink Lane. 😂

  • @marcusoreallly
    @marcusoreallly 3 місяці тому +1

    My top 5 channel. Keep on, Eddy. I know you have duplicate content videos, but they keep getting better and better. #lifegoals

    • @TynesideLife
      @TynesideLife  3 місяці тому +1

      I wouldn’t say I have the best local channel Marcus but I’m definitely in the Top 1

  • @chrisr5499
    @chrisr5499 Місяць тому

    Wish I went to the Jazz Cafe more as it was a cool place and upstairs would have Samba nights as well plus it just didn't seem expensive.

  • @MarkRichardson-s4t
    @MarkRichardson-s4t 3 місяці тому +1

    Until the early 1980's, Raffertys pub was called the North British Hotel. Used to drink in there at that time, and the Forth Hotel, which was a rough and ready bar, with a pool table at the bottom end.

  • @joppadoni
    @joppadoni 3 місяці тому +1

    I remember the Gotham pub, was always busy! Oddly a lot of Goth's. Used to drink further up Pink Lane as well occasionally, 30 years ago now. Don't remember the names of the other pubs as they appear to have all been changed and i never left sober., back in the day. 🤣

  • @rosie121000
    @rosie121000 Місяць тому

    How come you're not on MSM ... another brilliant presentation 👏

    • @TynesideLife
      @TynesideLife  Місяць тому

      I wouldn’t be able to do what I do on MSM Rosie.

  • @andsomeenery2964
    @andsomeenery2964 3 місяці тому +4

    Used to buy my records from Oz Records on Pink Lane

  • @PlaydatePlayer
    @PlaydatePlayer 3 місяці тому

    Informative and entertaining. re Space Invader, he gets everywhere. He has one in my favorite pub in Brooklyn (ex pat here) called Iona. Pink Lane, my salient memory is of the original Timeslip comic shop. As a young 80s teen this place was heaven. It still lives - in a fashion - on as Forbidden Planet. Fourth, great pub since the 80s, was always vaguely "alternative" in my day but seems to be a good mix of all sorts these days.

  • @Bindiesel3
    @Bindiesel3 2 місяці тому

    Class video man

  • @peterarmstrong3298
    @peterarmstrong3298 3 місяці тому +1

    Cheers Eddy. Every day is a school day even at aged 59!

  • @claymor8241
    @claymor8241 3 місяці тому +1

    I knew the area very well in the 80s, in and out of all the pubs round there all the time, never heard it was a red light area.

  • @davidoneill9244
    @davidoneill9244 2 місяці тому

    In the earlier 1950s I was courting my late wife Margaret. I worked for CWS ltd in Waterloo St & 1 evening she was waiting for me outside the old Essoldo cinema. A 'lady' approached her & told her to b****r off as this was her 'pitch'. My wife was terrified!!

  • @safctilidie
    @safctilidie 3 місяці тому

    Great interesting video. I've frequented a few (but not all) of the bars down there, good to know a bit of history about the place. I did used to go Gotham Town, a really grotty place, sticky floors, the toilets were manky, but I loved it! A good trebles bar in my youth. Gunner Tavern far nicer and now I'm in my 40s more my scene haha.