@@andrewbrooks9508 No they need some Geordies over there to make sure they don't mess with Mason Dixon line. Took a lot of rulers to get that straight!
@@philgray1023 *Don't mess with the Dixons or their lines.* *As a Dixon from the toon I'm canny glad I came across this comment, I wouldn't have known about this Mason-Dixon line if it weren't for you.* *Cheers matey.*
I remember as a child I used to play on the Roman wall. I had a wooden sword and a dustbin lid I used as a shield to fight off all those invaders that came from other parts of the world to save my beloved "Denton Burn". Then along would come a Policeman to burst my bubble just as I was getting on top of it all. Then I remembered someone said, "He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day" so I did a bunk in to "Denton Dean" where I could hide out for ages (possibly 15 minutes) then once more climb the wall and back into the fray, phew! it was hard work being a six year old in those days. Kevin (Geordie in Australia)
I have lived in Newcastle as a business student in 1969.. I loved the city and its market.later I shifted to Oxford on work permit. I loved the city and your video which reminds me of my old days. Thanks for the video, Ram Saxena, New Delhi
I played on Tanfield railway and the banks of the Tyne. Worked at the Grainger Market and was published in the Lit & Phil. Lost family in the pit disasters. My family were ship builders, colliers and architects. I'm so proud of my roots. Born in the 70's, a teen in the 80's. I think I was the last of a free generation. I've rang bells around Durham, but one day, I'll get to Newcastle to ring. I'll be ringing for my roots.
I've just moved to Newcastle and watching this video makes me feel good about my decision. This city is filled with so much history !!! Such a fantastic video!!! Thank you for this.
Just came across this by accident and so glad I did. I left for Canada in 1966 when I was 21 and I didn't know half of the things I learned here. I was back last in 2016 and things had changed quite a bit. I actually got to press the button to move the Millenium Bridge. It was a real thrill since I hadn't seen it before. You have awakened so many memories with all the film from town, and I lived close to Angel of the North. Thank you will be watching this again.
I live in America now but when I lived in England I worked as an installation engineer and visited most of these areas . I have also stood at he base of the angel of the north.
I had a few days up in the area between lockdowns. Newcastle, Alnwick, Bamburgh up to Berwick. It really is a fascinating and beautiful place. I could live there gladly.
This was one of the most interesting and informative videos I have seen on UTube. England would be much less of a country if not for Newcastle's role during the industrial revolution. Also loved your "Jacob's Jacket," which was as lively and fun as your presentation.
I have lived in Newcastle as a business student in 1969.. I loved the city and its market.later I shifted to Oxford on work permit. Thanks for the video which reminds me of old days. Saxena from new delhi
Fun fact, when I was an apprentice electrician, I was tasked with doing some work on a cctv camera on the corner of one of the buildings on grays St. I pushed the wrong button on the cherry picker sending it smashing into the corner of the building breaking the ornate corner of the building off. I still look up at that corner every time I'm in the toon. Sorry I was 16 and this was 22 years ago.
Thoroughly enjoyed this program. As a northerner (born Durham) I grew up with 'the toon' and this program brings back fond memories as well as fascinating achievements. All presented by a guy who obviously not only enjoys his work but has a real passion for it.
As proud Geordie born in Benwell my whole family worked in either Swans, Parsons and Vickers Armstrong and I can still remember the pubs at the end of every street along Scotswood Road to Marlborough Crescent.
I was on the train yesterday and recommend this video to 2 South American lasses who were travelling through Newcastle on the train. 😂 I even informed them that Lucozade was made here.
I only discovered this fact recently, and it is that Lucozade was created in Newcastle by a pharmacist..! I’m local to the area, and I only found this out not long ago.
Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing. I unfortunately haven't been to England yet. When I go there, I definitely should visit Newcastle. Obviously a nice city with lots of interesting stuff of both modern and historical kind.
Been living here the the past ten years and I will never ever move anywhere else, live it here. People are nice and funny too, especially compared to those down south (London area). Plenty sights to see and mint night life (Newcastle is known around the country for that). Great universities (I've been to one of them and I can say they are value for money).
I’m a geordie by birth but I’m Scottish and Irish Catholic by birth. Geordie people told me eff off back where u came from when I was a kid because I spoke like mum. I’d Irish. They are racist here but it’s a beautiful historical city. Just ignore the uneducated racists because the educated people in Newcastle are absolutely awesome lovely people
@@samyandkitty8399 Yep, I saw lots of racism as a kid too. No signs you'll be any better off today, you're stuffed if you're not white, Geordie and English speaking. Friendly it is not. Unless you're already a Geordie.
I’ve been in the lantern of the swing bridge and down in its guts below the waterline. It is operated by hydraulics and turns on rollers- Armstrong used the same principles in gun turrets. Beautiful bit of kit.
When I was a kid, we went with the physics teacher to see the swing bridge. He might as well spoke in Latin to what I learnt! But the bridge fascinated me as did the man who operated it.
The Iron Bridge where Micheal Caine and Dorothy White argued in Get Carter in 1971, and Tony Beckley and George Sewell chased him in the red Jaguar with the passenger door missing. RIP Tony and George.
I hate how the North East was destroyed in the 90s by she-who-shall-not-be-named when our coal and shipyards were shut down. The damage the riots left can still be felt today (Meadow Well still has all the metal works everywhere). I live in Haltwhistle (a small mining town along Hadrians wall) and its sad how little employment there is due to there being no mines open. You can walk up the "Halty burn" to see the remnants of the old mines and even the ruins of a water mill from the 1800s. The fact that London has the cheek to ask for a water line from Kielder reservoir after destroying the North (and continuing to do so by taking the Lindisfarne Chronicles which if kept in its home in Northumberland would generate business and tourism would increase) is just insulting. I haven't met anyone in the North who doesn't resent the South even a little. Worst part, Northern academic talent moves south (it's dubbed "the brain drain") so it's not like we can keep any people who'll become rich up here!! The North East is decaying and under appreciated by the South. It is rich in history and spirit. Makes me want to cry the thought that my home will some day be forgotten.
@Tommy T I'm sure our homes will be places to be admired again someday. Places that'll make bloody London blue in envy and maybe give back our artifacts/heritage (it's hilarious that during the great North exhibition we had to ASK London to borrow our first steam engines, did we also have to ask to borrow the lindisfarne chronicles? Ya know, the book that involved Saint cuthburt who is buried in Durham, the book that was written at the lindisfarne Island so really the book has no business in London). The North is strong, so strong. I plan on staying in the North so if it is ever regenerated, I can see it returned to its former glory
@@abigailwimbush5557 did you know Haltwhistle is the exact Geographical Centre of the United Kingdom?! From Heddon-on-the-Wall myself, like to get up your way in summer with my kids to visit the (bizarrely located) outdoor pool! 🤣
@@eightace2000able yeah I did know. One time I had some southerners ask me where in the village the actual center of Britain is. Must admit I didn't know though. Honestly so proud to come from Northumberland
Incredible. I had no idea Newcastle was so pioneering. I can hardly believe Armstrong's house. And even knowing about steam turbines, I did not know it was invented by Parson.
... wtf ... came for the N.C. story and this man explained/described in the best way the ROMAN WALL in a couple of seconds ... such a good job ...thankyou SIR ...
Yes I always wanted too live here since I was a Teenager. I just fell in love with the place, I dont know what makes it special maybe has something too do with nostalgia..
He said, “I’m going to see Rocket,” sat on a replica of Locomotion No 1. Rocket although built in Newcastle was used on the Liverpool Manchester Railway. He called the Tracks, The Newcastle Road, Railroad (not America), it was a Waggon Way. Armstrong’s work were at Elswick, not Elsick, the W is sounded not silent. He also failed to mention Stephensons also invented Miners Safety Lamp called the Geordie Lamp.
@@eridamus1971 He also said that the current (900 year old) castle is the "NEW" castle, from which the city gets its name. However, according to all the plaques and visitor information at the castle this is false. The old motte & bailey castle which was there previously was actually the "NEW" castle, as it replaced the Roman fort and was obviously new at the time. The city gets its name from that old motte and baily castle.
@@yourmum69_420 interesting because I have a 100+ year old photo of the castle and on that pic it says that it's the OLD castle of Newcastle 🤔 meaning there was a newer castle somewhere. And iv noticed that Kings college University looks a like a more impressive version of one of the castles in London 🤔🤔🤔
Moved here a year ago and boy did I pick the best city in the UK to move to? I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. The most friendly people, the best landscape and most of all, none of the crowds and the traffic.
I’ve lived here for 62 years, whilst it’s not perfect it doesn’t have the same racist or drug problems that most uk cities have. The city centre is very safe and has a good selection of bars and restaurants. It’s certainly not a shithole".....
Fantastic, I served my time at Vickers Armstrong, those enormous lathes were down in 52/51 shop. Later I worked at Imperial College where a gentleman called John Chambers PhD.(me technician) worked on Kevlar rope.
Brilliant introduction to Newcastle. One small error, the map at 3:25 shows the Roman crossing in the wrong place, it’s actually 5 miles up river in the same spot as the Swing Bridge today.
It needs to be pointed out that both the Tyne Bridge and the Sydney Harbour Bridge were both built on the Tees, near Middlesbrough, by Dorman Long. The parts were then transported to where the bridges were to be built and were erected there.
@Ian Concannon indeed. My brother visited Australia a couple of years ago and sent me photographs of "Dorman Long" plaques that he'd seen on various bridges.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge was a copy of the Hagg Bank Bridge (aka the Points Bridge or Wylam railway bridge) which crosses the Tyne in Wylam and is the oldest bridge of that design in the world. So the Tyne Bridge might've been started after the Sydney Harbour Bridge but both bridges are a copy of a bridge that crosses the Tyne.
Nymeria Meliae sorry, The Tyne Bridge and Sidney Harbour Bridge were taken from the Hell Gate Bridge near New York which opened in 1918. Sidney Harbour Bridge was begun before the Tyne Bridge but took longer to build so the Tyne Bridge opened first. Joseph Swan was not born in Newcastle but in Sunderland.
Don't believe everything you read on wikipedia. The Hagg bank bridge was the first through-arch bridge in the world and opened in 1876 considerably earlier than the Hell Gate Bridge. It is inconceivable that the people who worked on the Tyne Bridge and Sydney Harbour Bridge would not have been aware of the bridge across the Tyne at Wylam. I don't think I mention Joseph Swan.
First, atmospheric, steam engines hoist water from mines. They weighed a hundred ton, so great enterprise to make them mobile. My father ran narrow guage, all wheel drive, locos over wooden tracks.
Newcastle must never forget it's past and everything it's gave to this planet. Protect your heritage at all costs - A Geordie Nation is counting on each other to be good stewards of this amazing city for those who call it home both now and importantly in the years to come . The days of the wrecking ball should bare witness to the irrational and irresponsible city councils who previously laid waste to some of this Toons most iconic structures for the sake of the now derelict high rises and poorly designed glass boxes that blight the landscapes .
International companies will not occupy listed buildings. High risers are not an eye sore, they look modern, are more efficient and houses people who have the money to regenerate the derelict city centre.
greathey1234 A naive point of view fostered most likely from years of suffocating left wing philosophy and uni indoctrinization - Your infamous glass shoe boxes bring a blight to this country and this planet - Efficient maybe but at what cost - An eyesore to most, dirty and shabby in less than a dozen years with never a care for those living and working in their shadows - Form may follow function from behind those rose tinted spectaculars but you only have to take one look at Newcastle's Coop building rising from the ashes as one example to understand the importance of a city's heritage and the men and woman who designed and built it to endure and for everyone to enjoy for centuries to come . Want to design something useful have a crack at Fire Stations - Hospitals - Schools now there's something something to really keep you busy . PC LA
PCLA7 I had lived in Newcastle's city centre for years when I was a student, more specifically in the City Quadrants near Centre of Life. I have seen Newcastle transforming from a boring dangerous derilect city to a modern bright shiny cosmopolitan area full of modern cafés and smart looking people. I understand that the natives love their tradition and history and having read about Grainger Town, who can blame you. However, if you want to attract new money you must make some compromise and get rid of old monstrous buildings that no one is interested in anymore. Both Labour and Tories understand that and honestly new money has been very good to the UK. Can you London without foreign investors pumping billions and creating hundreds of thousands of jobs?
greathey1234 Todays architects have done more damage to Newcastle's skyline than the Lufwaffe during all of Word War II - Local people, who you kindly refer to as ' Natives ', never get to voice their opinions, their City is designed by vacuous committee's who care nowt for the population, instead care about trying to make one of Britains greatest examples of Georgian architecture look like the departure lounge at Dusseldorf airport - Look what they did to Central Station, the flats surrounding St James' Park, Northumberland street, and whats planned for the Quayside, and all of this under the banner of modernity and sustainability - I live in restored 1926 4000 square foot home that is the envy of my neighborhood unlike the teardown concrete bunkers that are starting to rear there ugly heads only to become instant eyesores at the expense of my cities dignity PCLA
PCLA7 Come on man, the Sage and Millinium Bridge are magnificent. I don't know what happened to the Central Station but it looks too old to me. I remember when St James Park was overshadowed by the brewery but honestly I prefer the new hotel and university buildings that replaced the defunct brewery. Don't forget the hundreds of millions of pounds invested by Newcastle university and foreign companies creating jobs for what I have to say some of the worst unemployed regions in the UK.
Why they don't call the high level bridge the Stephenson bridge , I don't know ..? Makes sense and raises a question to inquisitive minds, possibily enabling to put some history together. I wonder if George and Robert Stephenson knew they would end up having to build a bridge over the Tyne to bring it all together ? Grey St in Grainger area of Newcastle is very impressive. Especially the theatre at the top after the walk up the street admiring the work. Looks like something the Romans left behind.
The bridge is sometimes called the Stephenson bridge because Robert Stephenson designed and built it to bring the East Coast main railway line directly into Newcastle. Prior to its construction rail traffic crossed the Tyne some way up the river to join the Newcastle to Carlisle railway.
