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As someone who currently lives in Newcastle, grew up in Northumberland, have studied here for five years, the conversation you had with the Christian woman with the busker singing in the background was really touching. I love Newcastle and am writing my master's dissertation on the rise and fall of social housing in the area as someone who grew up on a council estate. you really did the area justice, as we get such a bad rep; thank you for your kind words!

I like how the guy in the pub went from a loud drunk, or radgie as the Geordies would say, into delivering very sensible and level headed advice about navigating through life haha

West road is the biggest shit hole in Newcastle!!!

Newcastle is the Northernmost city in England, it gets winds straight from the Steppes of Siberia, but the women there wear the least clothes of any city in Britain.

Us Americans don’t usually visit or hear about cities in the uk besides London. Thanks for showing these places and the issues that affect them.

They tore down loads of old buildings in the 70s and replaced it with the awful brutalist concrete you see around. Unforgivable.

Shields Rd isn't as bad as the West rd, thats where you should have gone...the area has been "Enriched" in recent years by the increasing number of doctors, engineers etc that have made it their home.

I'm a Geordie and i wouldn't change Newcastle for anywhere else,

Im from newcastle and absolutley love living here iv worked around the whole uk and have never seen a place that has what we have we have a city centre with everything , we have one of the most amazing coastlines anywhere and so many country retreats , 90% of the people you meet who are locals will stop and help you if asked , the video stopped too soon i was gutted when it finished id deffo recommend visting the coastline and some places like whitley bay , tynemouth , alnwick , amble ect maybee head all the way to bambrough castle to really see what the beauty of our area has

I love it that you spoke well of my home city. We have our problems like every other city, but we are very welcoming and you seem well informed about Newcastle. Good video.

there is no night out on the piss like a night out in Newcastle!!!, they don't mess around up there. best city to go for a night or 2 on the lash

Fantastic video, just randomly came up suggested and I’m glad I watched - Loved your well researched and complimentary presentation of this beautiful place that us Geordies are proud to call home - I swear most Southerners seem to think we all live in mud huts with no electricity and running water up here so it was very refreshing to see Newcastle being acknowledged and presented as the stunning and vibrant cultural powerhouse of the north it truly is - Just subscribed and looking forward to part 2 - P.S. I love Byker and never feel unsafe walking about any area of Newcastle unlike many other cities I’ve visited across the UK

Good complimentary coverage of Newcastle. Enjoyed your clip with the "ganger man" in Byker. You covered my home town Wallsend. Showed the church I was christened in. Also, good coverage of Byker wall. I finished my brickie apprenticeship on the final phase of construction of the wall. Now live in Dorset. Thanks for the reminisce.

i was born and raised in newcastle so ive passed the city centre almost every day so nothing rlly stands but seeing how much you appreciated the architecture has helped me look around and appreciate how well things have been preserved. Great Video!

And the Tyne Bridge is getting a brand new renovation that’s expected to take nearly four years..! So hopefully in the near future one of Newcastle’s most famous landmarks will be looking back to it’s best, or perhaps even better?

Great video of a great City! I moved to the North East from Manchester. The most followed religion in these parts is Football and whilst this remains true the City will always be Strong, determined and United!

I could have shown you worse streets lol. You got the bus through walker which I think of as rougher than Wallsend or Byker. I live South Tyneside now. But I grew up on the north of the Tyne. Thanks for showing people why I'm proud of Newcastle and it's fantastic architecture.

Thanks for showing my home town in a great light. Appreciate it. The architecture is even better than Baths.

I live in Wallsend. Theres some roman baths aswell behind where you were at the end. They weren’t unearthed until the pub that was built on top of them was demolished.

Thanks for displaying my city so well and showing the good parts great video. If you want rough you should have crossed back over the bridge into Teams/Bensham area

2:37 you should have went down that back lane. There's a Masonic Hall, with Vampiric, Rabbit Gargoyles, guarding the entrance.

Love Newcastle and love the Geordies,out of all the places ive been it's the one city that is as friendly as my home city of Liverpool.Im up there doing the great North Run in September,cant wait.

Complimentary coverage of my home town. Many Thanks.

I was looking forward to this. You got a good vibe from Newcastle. Ah, building bridges to people - yeah I'm a bridge geek also. The connections are always worthwhile - some wisdom coming up off the street there. Peace. Mark

Only just subscribed to the channel, been really enjoying the content, and suddenly you're in streets within 2 miles of where I live! Shield's Rd and Wallsend are far from perfect, but I have seen significantly worse places. I'm Newcastle born and bred for 45 years! Shame I didn't know you were in the area! Look forward to part 2!

@9.48 you walk past my old flat. I lived there for 10 years (91-01) with my then lass. It was absolutely fine, no bother ever it was us making the noise with the rave tunes 24/7 😂 bizarre seeing my old flat I’ve never been back & I still live only a few miles from it.. loved this video buddy 💪👏

Thanks for visiting our beautiful city mate. Your videos are brilliant pal. Keep up the good work

Great video mate, FYI it’s Seg-a-doon-um

should visit Consett where the steel and coal factories used to be. the north east never gets the recognition it deserves.

I live in Heaton, which is just on the other side of Shields Rd to Byker. I know Shields Rd very well. It’s not at all dangerous, but it is run down. You may have seen the big white fronted building with shutters on the front. When I was a kid in the 80s, that was Parishes Department Store. Further down the street where the British Heart Foundation Furniture shop is now was another Department store called Beavans. They used to be thriving and it was a street full of greengrocers, Butchers, Electrical Shops, Hardware shops, Banks. It’s in a sorry state to how it once was. As for the Byker Wall, I’ve never had or seen any bother when I’ve been through there, but I can’t comment from what it’s like as a resident. As for Wallsend, again it’s a bit run down in parts but again I’m often in Wallsend and it’s fine. You pronounce Segedunum ‘Seg eh do num’. You shouldn’t think of Hadrian’s Wall in terms of modern day England and Scotland. It’s course is entirely in England and whilst in the West it’s only a few miles from the border, at Newcastle and Wallsend, it’s 60 odd miles south of the border. In Roman times the area was inhabited by the Brigantes and the Votadini tribes who both lived on either side of the wall. Post Roman times it was the Kingdom of Bernicia which stretched from the Forth (beside Edinburgh) to down to the Tees. Bernicia then merged with Deira (comprising mainly of modern day Yorkshire) to form the Kingdom of Northumbria. Whilst the Picts were up in Northern Scotland. So the entire notion of Hadrians Wall being a border with Scotland or built to keep the Scots out is entirely incorrect.

started watching you while in kenya ...cant wait to see you at 100k and above buddy💯

Great and interesting video from Newcastle. I visited Newcastle (and Scarborough) in 1998. And Newcastle Brown Ale is a good beer! Cheers from Norway!

That's a VERY good day for shields road. I got the bus down it every day for years and there was frequently people sat drinking cans at 8am. Also I have to say that the litter situation is out of control in this city, I know it's probably everywhere but people just don't give a fk anymore. Wallsend lad here, enjoyed the watch thanks

I'm born and bred in Byker. I been to many places in the UK, there a lot more worse places than Byker. I won't comment on these cause I never lived there. People only visit for a couple of hours. That can't give you a proper idea of the area and people. Thanks for a great video. Keep up the great work. Geordie Paul

I moved to Gateshead about 10 years ago and it has a bad reputation but to be honest everyone is pretty sound and if you keep yourself to yourself you will have no issues or bother.

Brilliant video. Thank you for shining such a positive light on our amazing area. You said you were ending in South Tyneside which I assumed must have been Marsden rock. Is there going to be a second part of the video. You should head to north shields, tynemouth and whitley bay. Take the pedestrian tunnel to jarrow, go have a pint in Hebburn and get some Saxon and Roman history towards the coast. Head through the pubs of south shields then down past the old coastal kilns and like you said go grab a jar in the rock.

Excellent video, nice to see someone be so complimentary on the city. Like all places, we have our issues but there is a sense of pride in where we live that seems to be lacking elsewhere. Byker/Wallsend/Walker are deprived places in the East End that brings common problems with it, but majority of the people are salt of the earth and hard working. Areas in the West End like Arthur’s Hill and Elswick are equally as deprived but there are signs of regeneration, the city as a whole has gone through several cycles of change and I feel like we’re currently in another one given the poor economic climate, times are hard but the city and it’s people always survive and thrive. Keep up the good work with the videos, cheers.

Born and raised in Byker, and while there was always a few dickheads, we all knew each other, it was one big community. As you mentioned, the byker wall estate is like a maze, it was an amazing place to play hide and seek as kids 😁 I’ve noticed in the last few years an influx of people moving from down south up to Newcastle.

That road you walked down in Wallsend, where the church was, is a street that Sting (Singer) lived. Opposite side of the street to the church. Just thought I'd add that hahaha. Canny video mate

Newcastle is in the dna of the local tribes. You can leave, but it never leaves you. Superb transport links and amazing coast to visit. And its still England up here. Fantastic history all around.

I lived there for years. Great place. Video very well put together and researched.

Newcastle is not yet completely overrun by migration

Grew up in Wallsend in the 70’s 80’s and 90’s -when I pass through it now it’s sad to see the decline.

I enjoyed this. I've been to Newcastle a few times, and it's a nice place. It's a bit rough in some parts, but it's the same everywhere.

Love the video man, great asset to RU-vid ,

Totally agree with you on the chat about religion. People don’t realise how beautiful our churches are and offer a free service for people. They won’t realise it until it’s gone or turned into a mosque.

i am from wallsend left 40 years ago when the shipyards closed moved to birmingham the people in byker and wallsend are good people they will help anyone in trouble i wish i was back there with proper genuine people you cannot beat the geordies . very good and fair video.

"My trip to Birmingham had me depressed about the state of the country." Me too mate and I live there

Not sure if you said this but there are 2 byker walls I'm sure the one in byker is a copy of a one in Norway or Sweden or somewhere in Scandinavia You could probs do a much longer vid on even the brief history of the wall, for e.g "Ratboy" a young prolific burgalur who would traverse through the heating system and always evade police, also there used to be a cinema at the bottom of shields Rd just up from where Morrisons is now, I seen one of the Rocky films there, was great

Great video of my home town! I definitely think it's up there as one of the best cities in the UK after I have visited some right lows.

Shields Road is now an immigrant ghetto which was once a thriving shopping street back in the day. Stop the boats

That was me singing in the background! Love the video

Was that Allie Sherlock singing live when you were speaking to the preacher lady? Such a distinctive voice.

Just discovered you mate and I'm loving the style

Sheilds road is a shit hole but definitely not the worst in the country. As other commentators have said theres worse places in the city than byker and we dont have any of the issues that citys down south have like the gangs and knife crime. But it is getting worse. Going east to west, wallsend, walker, byker, benwell, elswick and scotswood were all heavy industy with ship building all along the river and the munitions factories in scotswood. When the factories closed there was high levels of deprivation that a lot of the communities never recovered from. Wallsend and walker werent bulldozed to the level the other areas were with a lot of the west end terraces replaced by blocks of flats and byker being replaced by the byker wall. There was a plan to build a massive motorway behind the wall soone side just has a few windows dotted about as the wall was planned to shield the community from the noise and dirt from the motorway. But it was never built and as you pointed out the estate is like a maze. The problem came that if you knew the maze you were fine but if you didnt people could vanish so it was a hotbed for crime. The city is pretty clean and tidy and as much as we have rough areas like byker you can walk around pretty much anywhere and not get bothered. Oh and segedunum is pronounced seg-a-doon-um Great video though looking forward to part 2

Went to Newcastle college in the mid 90's then moved back down to the southwest (Bristol). I really loved Newcastle. The Geordies are among my favourite folk in the UK. Always got on well with people up there.

Wallsend is very similar to Byker At the roman Fort it's where some of the world's best known ships where built, the ark roayl and turbina

Fair play u seem like a very intelligent lad and carry yourself in a good way I like the way you put this together

Nice work my friend!

living rural i cant get out of towns and cities quick enough when i visit them

there used to be a boxing gym in that bit behind you (although I could be mixed up again, a lot of it looks the same) 10:22

Best place in the world, proud to be a geordie

If you 're back in Summer-go check out,West End on the weekend. Benwell,Walker,Gosforth,Heaton,Hexham ,Roman Fort in Northumberland+Beamish.Worked in North East ,warm,welcoming,funny people.

Dutch Architecture. The view from Greys Monument is phenomenal (you're seeing the same buildings from the Tyne bridge, there)

Newcastle looks lovely even that so called rough area looks absolutely fine. Clean and tidy. Why is it that Birmingham is the complete opposite ?

look up Oster/easter its an old paigian/nors celabration to welcome spring!! hence the bunny rabbit (fresh meat & fresh eggs ) it was in the old testament 200 years BC

hey mate... nice job..i filmed some stuff in Newcastle when the European football fans were visiting.... they give you a different feel of the city

So what happened to visiting Marsden Grotto? I was looking forward to that

A bit of interesting information to add to this enjoyable video. Directly across from the church you passed in Wallsend is where Sting was brought up. His home was above the Chinese takeaway. Peace.

Theres sections of the Roman wall preserved all over newcastle. In an estate in Benwell (rough area) theres even a small church (alter) to a god no one had heard of before. Pieces of the wall on the side of the roads, inside estates its amazing if your into history.

There are some nice suburbs in Brum, you must have missed them. The Times said Moseley was the best suburb to live anywhere in the country a couple of years ago and Stirchley the best place to live in the Midlands the other week. I love Brum to be honest and have never felt unsafe anywhere and I'm in my 60's. The Canal system around Gas Street and Brindley place is impressive, should go back and check them.out.

Hi mate, deliver all up north to savers and superdrug shops,,deffo see some characters byker deffo a shop to keep your eyes open as we open the shops up .that place is a rough place

I've lived here 17 years. Love this city. In worst high streets in the UK I think shields road was voted bottom once. It's bad, but it's not that bad, I've seen worse. If you want shitholes Elswick is a good bad one. Near Fenham. I once witnessed what looked like someone robbing a house from the top floor throwing tvs out of the window n such, but maybe they were just moving out lol.

Don't no if you noticed when you go past byker wall on the metro it actually says byker in the brick works.😊

I live in Newcastle now having moved from Manchester and Toon is MUCH better place to live. I love the city. Having been to Byker 2-3 times I’ve never experienced any problems BUT I’ve not been in the estates tbf. Love the content. You got a new subscriber 😊

Did you go to Marsden grotto xx

Hi, you posted a lovely video of our home town. No place in the UK like here. You will always get a fantastic welcome from us geordies

As a Geordie I appreciate your kind words

Come to Worcester. 30 miles South of Birmingham - it's lovely.

Wish I could get a £1 for every time I have patrolled that road. Great people there. My time plodding was 1980s to early 2000s. Some rocks but we have them living in London and Ponteland.

Wasn't the wall built to isolate residents inside the redevelopment from an urban motorway which was never built?

15:23 That's a brilliant bald and bankrupt impression.

We have a beautiful city big up the geordies xx

Love. Couldn't have said it any better myself. God bless her.

This was just a quick dip in and out of Byker, not enough to draw any real conclusions about the place. The amount crazy shit I've witnessed there is unparalleled. I got hit by a car on Shield's road, and while I was on my back seeing stars, a nutter came and stole my phone. I had broken ribs but somehow managed to chase him and get it back. But aye.. Byker is no joke

Newcastle has many facets. Like anywhere you'll find bad with the good. I remember when Byker still had the remnants of terraced houses, and evidence of bombing from WWII.

Did you visit Sutton Coldfield while in Birmingham ???? Visit Sutton Park , the Four Oaks Estate or Little Aston Park built as Britains answer to Bel-Air after the war I can assure you there is more than one face to Birmingham and a more prosperous one than the north east

It's my home. A beautiful, often overlooked city with warm & friendly people for the most part. As with everywhere else it's got some bad places but as you saw walking through the city centre & the Quayside it has it's beauty. Love being a Geordie ⚫⚪

Ahh my home town Newcastle upon Tyne I live not far from Byker ( Walker) 😊

I’m not sure but I think Carlisle might be Englands most northern city 🤷🏻

ive lived in newcastle my whole life and yes there are rough areas but i tell you, you will struggle to find people in other cities who are so down to earth and friendly with each other. Geordies stick together through and through and I would change Newcastle for anytning. After all, theres rough patches in every city but theres no city like newcastle

brilliant mate glad you liked newcastle some of the nicest people on the planet in my opinion. great video also

The Roman Wall part of the video . Its pronounced SEGA DUNE AM. .yes a strange pronunciation .well they were ITALIAN those ROMAN SOLDIERS and it was over two thousand years ago when they were trying to learn the GEORDIE language. .ì but thanks for the video. I enjoyed it. I was waiting for the bar that you said you were gonna finish in the cave. You never showed it.

My home town, doesn't get enough good press, it's better than it was.

You have a very strange perception of what nice is lol To be fair I’m from County Durham and as far as cities go Newcastle doesn’t seem bad. Some great buildings. And it seems quite safe. I still think it has nothing on Edinburgh. I went to Edinburgh recently and find that more stunning But FairPlay to Newcastle as far as England goes it’s dope enough👍

How long you here for, I can get you a look in the Victoria Tunnel

I saw that guys you were talking to at the monument last summer drunk and smashed out of his tree fighting on the monument!!!

Next to that road sweeper guy at pub is Catherine house,3 murders in that hostel while I was in there,bit dodgy on your own with expensive equipment there mate,I was constantly drunk through stress defo the most dodgy area apart from that Newcastle is a great place lost of history

You say that you are going back in summer, that's a good idea. I'm not from Tyneside but summer in toon and surrounding area is highly recommended.

I buy my green from there! Cracking place, indeed