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It was a better and happier place then,than it is now.😮

The Uk government and local councils over decades have failed this once proserous town and the city of Stoke. If you visit similar cities around the country (Sheffield for example) they've had huge investment, which attracts retail and business. Its the job of our local MPs to get money from central government to regenerate, and our MPs are happy clapping gaining 20m which doesn't even paper over the cracks.

To be honest, I know people always say things were better back then....but they were..

I loved growing up in 70s castle

Progress - really?

Wow, proto-techno! Reminds me and my friends on speed,during my mid 90s ”rave”-period.

8:07 Seeing this row of buildings under construction is so odd given that they're just about to be demolished

Quality shops back in the sixties, must be about 1961/62, minis and PMT Atlanteans but no mk 1 Cortinas, but a mk 2 sprite/ midget. The travesty was knocking down the old municipal hall, even it's replacement civic offices have gone now. Vape shops, charity shops and phone fix shops, that's what it's become. Blockleys, the co op, Mandley and unett, Pauldens, Bickleys, Collins, Henry White, Clement Wain, the list of high quality shops was never ending, but it's a familiar story in many towns. The likes of Chester and Shrewsbury are still worth a visit. The main hit to Newcastle and S O T is the local industrial decline, the pits, the Michelin, Shelton bar steel works, Doulton and Wedgwood group factories, no jobs except call centres and Warehouses, progress indeed.

Omg I miss it so simple 😢

Anyone remember a pub here called 'The Pineapple'?

It's great that there is this footage available to see not just for us to remember time's gone by but for other generations

Wonderful. That was like a time machine. I was born there in 1960. Does anyone remember the Tudor Rose Shoppe in The Ironmarket?

What an extraordinary film. I was born in May Bank in 1960 and remember nearly everything shown here except the railway. The municipal hall was a sad loss. I have been living in Malta for 15 years now. The last time I went back was 2018 and it was quite sad to see the state of the town. I gather most of the shops are closed now. The Council has a lot to answer for.

It’s a shit-hole nowadays

We need our town back

Thanks for posting this video....as a young boy I worked on the market and have such fond memories of Newcastle

Basically nothing changed

Wow this has brought back memories. Thank you so much!

The best days are behind us

Nice video with a retro 8mm look! Assuming it was filmed on a phone, what app do you use? Cheers

Great Video...thriving then...seems a bit empty and unloved now!

A beautiful town, spoiled by The Tip at Wallys Quarry and poor decisions made.

This scene has been one of the most funny and surrealistic experiences of my life

The 6os and some of this is cctv ,also thanks Goverment for looking after us 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Brilliant. Many thanks for uploading this 👍 Look forward to showing it to my elderly Mum....I'm sure it will bring back some happy memories for her

Pity there were no shots of the station and goods yard I loved it there, but otherwise a breath of my childhood.

Shit hole then shit hole now

Video inquietante, brano eccezionale. Il regista Federico Fellini, intruso fra le donne

I loved this town, and still do ,many many happy memories. A long way from it now. Hope some old pals still remember. God bless you all.

I can remember way back when the ring road was being built. I also remember shops like Tikos and Halfords. I bought a Raleight Bomber bike from there back in 1983. It cost a hundred pounds which would be about 350 pounds in todays money!

Thanks for this, as someone born in this century, all I know is the modern Newcastle. Seems like back then there was much more of a town feel to it, like it was it’s own place and not just a few shops outside of Stoke.

Oh wow great footage of Castle.i bemoan the demolition of theold Municipal Hall and what do we have now a glass cage.but Newcwastle still is a old and ancient Borough have a walk through the town see the buildings .come on you council leaders please do not let this lovley old town fall or let it fail . Be proud of your heritage .if you care for nNewcastle take care of it .if you cannot you are not deserving to call yourself a true citisen of this wonderfull town.

Lived in Cross heath since I was born late 80s always down castle growing up..! Good memories Castle has changed from the 60s was good in the 2000s gone downhill since 2010s

Newcastle’s been vile for years. All the shops (rubbish ones too) are all shut, the good ones are all long gone. The only thing I go to is the cinema.

I love seeing what Newcastle used to look like, it's such a shame that it's a ghost town now

Thanks for posting this👍The sixties was a time for architectural vandalism. It's heartbreaking to see how beautiful the Municipal Hall was inside and out. How was this allowed!!

What a lovely town it used to be, really makes me sad to see what remains. The council should be appalled with what they've allowed to happen.

The music is terrifying.

You would expect things to get better with the passage of time but this is not the case in this borough.

60 years down the line and nothing has changed. Same old buildings, same housing, same roads and same infrastructure except a few supermarket stores and the automobile sector. What has the council done and developed in last 60 years?

Brilliant. Thanks for posting this. Many happy memories of Castle back in the sixties. I'm sure most people watching this will feel - Where did the time go ??? ⏳⌛

Mental

Smashing video...Thank you so much for the upload.

My Nan lived on Hanover St, just up from Newcastle Library on Bath at.

Good shot of The Stones, market

My dad worked at an uphostlers down an alley by the Victorian covered bus stop. In the film. I worked at S J Mott, photography shop across the Dr later about 1966

I’m only 22, but seeing the town over 60 years ago is amazing

Looks so much nicer there than it does now. I was born in the early 90s so never got to see any of this!

I have lived all my life in and around Newcastle. (Born in Longbridge Hayes). Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful film, full of memories.