Miss the hoppings so much. Travelling fairs on this side of the pond are nothing like back home. My parents took me to the hoppings every year when I was a bairn and I kept going with my mates every year until I moved to the frozen wilderness of Canada! Amazing to see Gilbert Chadwick still going strong! I still remember him and his fun house with fond memories!
Hi Eddie I used to work on the dodgems at the Spanish city in the mid 60s and done a couple jobs at the Hopping’s great memories for me mate HWTL ⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️🏁
Nice see the old man still with us bless him. Remember when you interviewed him the last time. I think your channel has took right off this last year like the content u put out 👍🏻
super video Eddy in the 70's when I was a kid me and my mates loved going there the glam music thumping out and the lovely food smells all the rides happy days and memories, that 90 year old guy has all his buttons long may he go on cheers
I'm 64 and remember my Nana taking me to The Hoppings a few times in mid 60s. She'd always pay to go in a tent and see George, The Gentle Giant. A really tall Scottish guy who'd just stand there in a kilt and shake your hand as you left. My being a kid at the time his hands were massive. You could also buy a postcard photo of him. You took me down Memory Lane Eddie. ❤ Forgot to mention when you could win a goldfish and taking it home in a polythene bag filled with water. They never lasted longer than a couple of weeks. 😂😂
Before people make comments about prices, People don’t realise the showmen don’t want to charge £3/4+ per ride, they have no choice, the rents from Newcastle council have gone up, the cost of fuel is sky high all the rides and stalls run on diesel, maintenance, replacement parts are getting more expensive, staff costs. Everything costs money, it’s a business they’re running, they can’t run it at a loss. I travelled for years on the fair, and every year it got more expensive to run. Just remember before anyone makes any uneducated comments about the showmen and their rides their way of life prices etc, we’ve all gotta make a living, we’ve all gotta eat, we’re just out here trying to entertain the public while making a living.
😂bs they rip you off!! I’m 27 on minimum wage and rent cheap bills food still manage to smoke and do scratch cards gambling a lil bit spoil the mrs etc! You don’t need to charge a lot for a ride at all!
Hi Eddy, another fine video. Could this be a week of no rain for the hopping's? We'll see. I was just wondering if you know how it has become to be known as the hopping's, sure I was told when I was a nipper but can't remember. Any change out of that tenner? Cheers for video mate.
Went last year got a metro so i could leave the car at home and have a couple of pints while the kids had fun. All of the beer places wouldn't even let me get a pint without spending £7 on something to eat and then issued you with a token that you had to take to the bar and pay another £7 on a pint. Then if you wanted a second pint you would have to buy more food just for another token to say you have had food so can have another pint as they take the tokens off you. Loved the hoppins since i was little but wont be going again this year.
I think this channel is brilliant mate hat off ,I’m Geordi and proud of it ,,,,your a great guy ,Not so happy Newcastles covered in foreigners I went through tonight and it’s changed completely for the worse , keep the good work up
Loved it as a kid from the early 70's,onwards. I imagined then it hadn't changed since the 50's, it still had its freak shows, boxing strippers etc. The Wall of Death was always a favourite, one year it had two, the rota, rib tickler and of course the dive bombers were magic. Last year I walked through the Hoppings for the first time since the mid 80's it seemed to have lost its soul. It was at one point the worlds biggest travelling fair, then over taken by a bigger one in Japan. It was always the main event in the north for the show folk.😊
They have done a smashing job with it. It’s much more pleasant to walk around than it used to be though it’s a shame some of the old shows have gone as the fella mentioned. And yes it’s pricey but really, the prices have only risen in line with everything else.
Brilliant content as usual, mate. Bumped into your boss on the escalators at Monument Metro earlier. You're punching! 😉 Good news about the flare shenanigans!! 👍
Nice video Eddie, The Gypsy community always gets a bad reputation for leaving rubbish when they move off from places, well what they supposed to do put the crap in the often fantastic caravans, when they quote it costs thousands of pounds to clear a site really???? Is it not a few guys who already work for the council doing a different task for the day for the same pay??? We are told crap to try and dislike people! Cheers Mark!
Always loved the Hoppings. I remember the boxing show and drunks taking on the boxers. Does anyone remember Larry The Legend? I think he became an alcoholic, not sure though.
Have to say am a bit annoyed just got a call from my son saying the security just took there wrist bands from them they were waiting for them over over an hour which were given to them then a few of his mates all been shouted at for having them when they were given to them and got a full explanation what they were for
@Nathan_Toddy_Todd they were given them had them for three hours to be fair free rides and food just rang me was part of a charity so av said to him be grateful you got them but he's happy and still there now so all good
Miss the hoppings so much. Travelling fairs on this side of the pond are nothing like back home. My parents took me to the hoppings every year when I was a bairn and I kept going with my mates every year until I moved to the frozen wilderness of Canada!
Amazing to see Gilbert Chadwick still going strong! I still remember him and his fun house with fond memories!
Hi Eddie I used to work on the dodgems at the Spanish city in the mid 60s and done a couple jobs at the Hopping’s great memories for me mate HWTL ⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️🏁
Nice see the old man still with us bless him. Remember when you interviewed him the last time. I think your channel has took right off this last year like the content u put out 👍🏻
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Ahh home 🥰 we miss you. Love your video shorts, haven’t been home for over 20 years and you take me right back 🥰
super video Eddy in the 70's when I was a kid me and my mates loved going there the glam music thumping out and the lovely food smells all the rides happy days and memories, that 90 year old guy has all his buttons long may he go on cheers
That brought back memories of toffee apples. Thank you!
Excellent Video!
I used to go to this every year from mid 60's onwards, happy times 😊
Can’t wait to go on Monday hopefully weather stays nice
Great video Eddy as a Whiley lad I spent a lot of time at the Spanner growing up so tended not to go to the Hoppings so much as a bairn
I'm 64 and remember my Nana taking me to The Hoppings a few times in mid 60s. She'd always pay to go in a tent and see George, The Gentle Giant. A really tall Scottish guy who'd just stand there in a kilt and shake your hand as you left. My being a kid at the time his hands were massive. You could also buy a postcard photo of him. You took me down Memory Lane Eddie. ❤
Forgot to mention when you could win a goldfish and taking it home in a polythene bag filled with water. They never lasted longer than a couple of weeks. 😂😂
Great memories 👊🏻👍🏻
last time a was at the hoppins a found 60 qwid on the floor 👍 a split it between my 2 kids. happy memories. thanks Eddy😎
Before people make comments about prices, People don’t realise the showmen don’t want to charge £3/4+ per ride, they have no choice, the rents from Newcastle council have gone up, the cost of fuel is sky high all the rides and stalls run on diesel, maintenance, replacement parts are getting more expensive, staff costs. Everything costs money, it’s a business they’re running, they can’t run it at a loss. I travelled for years on the fair, and every year it got more expensive to run. Just remember before anyone makes any uneducated comments about the showmen and their rides their way of life prices etc, we’ve all gotta make a living, we’ve all gotta eat, we’re just out here trying to entertain the public while making a living.
@@joinmeonthedarkside2 , you have to say the comment deserves a big ✅ for brown nosing 👃🏻😂
@@joinmeonthedarkside2 I was reply to about the comment lol read it again 🤦🏼♂️
@@MONTYMAGPIE2K15 brown nosing for what? Facts
😂bs they rip you off!! I’m 27 on minimum wage and rent cheap bills food still manage to smoke and do scratch cards gambling a lil bit spoil the mrs etc! You don’t need to charge a lot for a ride at all!
@@ryanfoxley6756 so uneducated mate
Have not been to the Hoppins since about 1970 !
Hi Eddy, another fine video. Could this be a week of no rain for the hopping's? We'll see. I was just wondering if you know how it has become to be known as the hopping's, sure I was told when I was a nipper but can't remember. Any change out of that tenner? Cheers for video mate.
Went last year got a metro so i could leave the car at home and have a couple of pints while the kids had fun. All of the beer places wouldn't even let me get a pint without spending £7 on something to eat and then issued you with a token that you had to take to the bar and pay another £7 on a pint. Then if you wanted a second pint you would have to buy more food just for another token to say you have had food so can have another pint as they take the tokens off you. Loved the hoppins since i was little but wont be going again this year.
Can you imagin what it was like in medieval times. I always thought the same that the fair moved around. Great video mate
I think this channel is brilliant mate hat off ,I’m Geordi and proud of it ,,,,your a great guy ,Not so happy Newcastles covered in foreigners I went through tonight and it’s changed completely for the worse , keep the good work up
Racism is nothing to be proud of.
Loved it as a kid from the early 70's,onwards. I imagined then it hadn't changed since the 50's, it still had its freak shows, boxing strippers etc. The Wall of Death was always a favourite, one year it had two, the rota, rib tickler and of course the dive bombers were magic. Last year I walked through the Hoppings for the first time since the mid 80's it seemed to have lost its soul. It was at one point the worlds biggest travelling fair, then over taken by a bigger one in Japan. It was always the main event in the north for the show folk.😊
They have done a smashing job with it. It’s much more pleasant to walk around than it used to be though it’s a shame some of the old shows have gone as the fella mentioned.
And yes it’s pricey but really, the prices have only risen in line with everything else.
I REMEMBER THE HOPPINGS AS A KID 1959 WAS THE 1ST TIME I WENT
Brilliant content as usual, mate.
Bumped into your boss on the escalators at Monument Metro earlier.
You're punching! 😉
Good news about the flare shenanigans!! 👍
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Spent £100 between 2 had the best view of the gosforth n moors av ever seen upside down 🙃 😂😂 slingshot was savage 😂
Nice video Eddie, The Gypsy community always gets a bad reputation for leaving rubbish when they move off from places, well what they supposed to do put the crap in the often fantastic caravans, when they quote it costs thousands of pounds to clear a site really???? Is it not a few guys who already work for the council doing a different task for the day for the same pay??? We are told crap to try and dislike people! Cheers Mark!
You can tell you enjoyed making this video 😂 another good watch 👍
Great job 👏
Good one Eddie 👍
Been and done it many times. Next time will probably only if we ever have grandkids.
Always loved the Hoppings. I remember the boxing show and drunks taking on the boxers. Does anyone remember Larry The Legend? I think he became an alcoholic, not sure though.
3:11 swear that’s Richard gadd
What happened at the end? Was that you getting pulled by the fuzz?!
Yeah mate
Did it sting? 😂 @@TynesideLife
@@AmbiguousMrE 😂
I went to the hoppings and i was shok it is not big like last year 2023 xxx
Have to say am a bit annoyed just got a call from my son saying the security just took there wrist bands from them they were waiting for them over over an hour which were given to them then a few of his mates all been shouted at for having them when they were given to them and got a full explanation what they were for
The Hoppings isn’t a wrist band fair, cash per ride
@Nathan_Toddy_Todd they were given them had them for three hours to be fair free rides and food just rang me was part of a charity so av said to him be grateful you got them but he's happy and still there now so all good
@@gmantoon you’re getting told a pack of lies
@@TranceEventsUK why is it so hard to believe eh he's not lying ffs if you don't like it don't comment
That’s bad craic mate. I got a wrist band for press and know charities got them too. You should complain 👍🏻
Haven't been up for a lot of years
Might be due a visit
And my mam is a Jips and my grandfather his framlin is a jips and i my and my sister and brothers
Eddy get yourself up to Springwell Village 1940's weekend. Today and Tomorrow.
Ahh can’t mate, got the Metro Pub Crawl today and already filming tomorrow
@@TynesideLife Shame Eddy they are having war re-enactments and weapons firing.
Great Eddie, have the old bill let you out yet, or are they waiting for Helen to post your bail.🤣
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Looks mint I don't believe palmists in the hoppings have a fab time Eddie
Love the videos but I'm sure I seen most of these clips in your last year's hoppings vids
That’s why it’s called best bits 😅
Is the grand daugher of the real Gypsy Rose Lee still there?
Don’t know bud
Are you interviewing the auld boy in a coffin? ⚰️
You couldnt get me there for a gold pig. Im 47 never been never will
Another crime wave.
Getting your money's worth out of your interviews and clips from last year LOL. Just kidding, your editing has improves a tonne.
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5 quid for parking in there is pathetic 🤦😅
I can tell the future. England won't win the Euros with Southgate 🤬
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Need a bank loan tohave a vood time there these days pure rip off