The Road to Blaydon - Part 1 

People looked out for eachother back then. Community spirit was high, but now it's just a bunch of strangers walking around with their heads in their mobile phones. I grew up in the 80s and remember when people would randomly invite you into their home on new years eve (and you didn't even know them). Most people didn't lock their doors because they knew their home was going to be safe.

Such memories. Watching it makes me feel extremely sad.

Thanks for uploading this, my nanna and grandad were the shop owners :)

I used to run the Hydraulic Crane in Scotswood Road in 1981--great people

Paddy sent us here

I remember Tyne Tees TVs first birthday, Shirley Bassey sang and it was the first time my dad heard her, he said, she’s a good singer that lass. She had replaced someone who dropped out. We were lucky we lived in Dene Ave Lemington, the Dene was at the bottom of our garden, the great times we had, never in the house. Lovely memories.

Love this video, thank you for posting it.

Absolutely facinating stuff real social history ..great upload

Salt of the Earth people, hard place to grow up, but I don't regret a bit of it

What a fantastic view of the Scotswood Road, I was born and still live in the east end of the city, but have worked on Scotswood road all of my working life. My sister used to live in Clara street, I then got an apprenticeship with Vickers Armstrong in 1971,so the views of the entrance of the works bring back so many memories(29 gate).I still work ther in the only existing ex Vickers company on the road,its now called ADM pressings.

My Dad was the Music Associate for this film. He worked for Tyne Tees TV for several years, then retired and took on a pub....The Plough in Killingworth. His name was Clarry Sampson....wonder if anyone can remember him ?

Great video - fascinating insight - a real gem!

Fascinating video, thanks for posting this. Its a funny situation, people tend to look back thru rose tinted glasses at the past. The council have demolished a sickening amount of housing, if only they had enforced the rules and clamped down with anti social problems with the police then perhaps a vast majority could be saved. But instead of tackling this they just moved people out. There is a housing shortage crisis in this country now and all we have an abundance of is grass.

What happened to the Tyne Tees archive? I know there is more like this timepiece

My Uncle Paddy, the window cleaner. Lived in Joseph Street.

jesus my father used to manage the forge and hammer pub used to live upstairs as a kid.

GREAT VIDEO

What a belta 👍

my mother was the first person to get married at the civic centre

Guys, looking for somebody named robert hall, had a butchers named halls butchers, its my mothers dad and she is looking for him, not once met the bloke, it was the benwell\elswick area, if anybody could help it would be much appreciated.

Me nana Alice n me da, aged about 8-9years old 😂 mad x

Them rubbish shoots look nawty like bet it did smell ropey like the woman said.. good old view of what scotswood rd looked like back in the day

That’s my nana 10:39 ❤

Glasgow and Newcastle were the first cities to get these horrible block of flats

Yeah, the architects and councillors etc did not live the flats, all they were interested in were the awards they got.

Eeeee taffy cakes 😊😊

A true fighting city

Bloody Depressing Place.

I worked in the High Rise flats at Cruddas park the most misrable job I have ever done God it must have been awfull to have to live there Thank god I did not have too live in such an awfull place

They get awards for this bloody destruction yet for instance looking at the vids for say the Byker Wall it is a very subjective treatment, they only show the good bits, after all, the Byker Wall itself is a high-rise laid on its side! You'll notice tv crews are loathe to show you the inside of that. In my opinion there was something seriously wrong in the head of T Dan Smith, certainly a very clever talker, but so twisted and divorced from real lives and what goes to make a functioning community. Its as if the high rise developments were devised as a punishment, as if the Planners and Councillors really did hate ordinary folk to an incredible extent and degree! But hey everybody .... lets get those awards first, once we've smashed it all to the ground and Thompsons have flattened and cleared the lot ... its a blank canvas! Rendered into a void, become nothing. Theres more to architecture and planning than playing around with wooden blocks on a bit of plywood. Did they never once think what people do each day, their movements and habits, little journeys; the corner shop, the pub, the houses of your friends and relatives. That listening thro an open window you can tell who is walking where, the approach of a neighbour, kids back from school, dad coming home. I'm sure we don't need Norman bleedin Foster to work that one out. Tragic.

Them were the days