There’s next to nothing left of what’s in this film, some of it is barely recognisable, really interesting footage, makes you want to go back in time and have a walk about.
Nice to see the railings and greenery on Durham Road opposite Whitehall Road and Hartington Street - just as I remember from childhood visits to my Gran in the sixties. And what's there now? A completely pointless flyover. The traffic planners very nearly destroyed Gateshead town centre - the Metro Centre did the rest.
Lived in Gateshead until 1956 - the High Street looks much different than I remember - I was 8 years old, when we moved to Denmark - my father being Danish - am now 74. But still have lovely memories from my school time - All Saints School with miss Conway.
Fascinating stuff. I always notice the names of shops when I'm in a high street. Bradley's, Dawson's, Jackson's, Elliott's, Walron's - do any of these still exist? You see fewer and fewer English-named shops with each passing year, sadly. Black and white is a tough psychological barrier to overcome. It makes everything look ancient, prehistoric. But in reality if this was in colour, people would be surprised by how familiar everything seems. The cars have changed, obviously, but apart from that, life carried on then quite similarly to now. Videotape was expensive back then and most people weren't able to film very much material. It unsurprisingly wouldn't occur to anyone to film ordinary scenes of daily life, such as driving around the streets. But this is the kind of material that is really captivating when we look back and try to remember/understand what everyday life was like then.
Also my grandad's brothers shop 'J Cranston' jewellers - his son took over later, he has now retired with no one to take over the business it is no longer there either :-(
😅if you think this is chaotic try driving the same route around Gateshead and Newcastle today what with bus routes, one ways, cycle only and clean air zones , Mark my words , People will abandon gateshead and Newcastle city centers, its already started , Welcome to 2023 its like a third world , Ps the iconic Tyne bridge is in a shocking condition
wow I've worked in gateshead town centre for 34 years and the only buildings I recognised were mainly the terrible 1960s ones, what a mess they have made of it and continue to make of it. looks like there were some nice buildings there at one time, very few left
I vaguely remember when Gateshead was like this before they changed it and before the civic centre was built. I do recall walker terrace and going to a wedding at St Joseph's church, and my Dr was at 5 Walker Terrace , my dad grew up in Warwick St xxx
What a fantastic piece of history. There can't be many areas that were covered on film to this extent in the 1960s. I would have just been a child on the bus but it all looks familiar.
Looking at the part built Trinity Square shopping complex on the left of the road at 2:12 I would date this footage as around 1965. Trinity Square opened in 1967 and was demolished in 2010. I always thought it was an eyesore! They built some really awful buildings in Gateshead in the 60's, St. Cuthberts Village etc!
Gateshead born and Bred. 1960, Hector street. Sight of Metro station now. Id guess this footage is 1968-69. I glimpsed my House at Lychgate ct. 1968-69 was when the Planners destroyed Gateshead. The Multi- story monstrosity was started in 69 i recall. Then they pulled 5 Blocks of Chandless estate to run the vile flyover thru. A stake in the heart thru Gateshead. The planners and councillors who approved it should have been shot. They wreaked Gateshead and its never recovered!
You know, it's really sad. That was the beginning of the end for Gateshead town centre, when they made it easier to get into Newcastle, thus missing out Gateshead completely. :-(
In order to get to Newcastle a couple of minutes faster, they demolished half the town centre - including the Essoldo cinema, which was a fabulous chunk of Edwardian architecture.
The sooner the bombsite called Gateshead town centre is totally demolished the better They demolished the only building that put the town on the map and replaced it with a Tesco You couldn't make it up Still that's decades of an unchallenged labour council for you
What I've learnt is literally everyone was crap at driving, then again the examination must of been abysmal. Also a 3 lane bypass going up High Street. Cool video of our home town.
It looks like it shows the building of the 'Get Carter' Car park. Good one. The guy would turn in his grave if he knew they still haven't got it right with the roads, 60 years on.
See driving habits for some haven't changed at all. Still people on the roads like that now. Tailgating, cutting each other up, no indicators. Nice to see Newcastle end of tyne bridge before the central motorway was built.
Looks very familiar. I can name almost all of the cars on the road. Cars all look about the same, these days. They probably had to wait for a year and a half, to find a day when it wasn't raining.
At 4:49 the Hedge on the left has gone as the road cuts through there. www.google.com/maps/@54.9606353,-1.6028513,3a,75y,340.99h,87.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8UknYDH8-lixW_J-iTPbbw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 At 4:57 The church is still there but all buildings past that are gone as its now the Interchange. www.google.com/maps/@54.9611872,-1.6029963,3a,75y,331.33h,93.09t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1suUVBkIFispbzg7l8NBJy3w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 Too much to list but the roundabout which is where the end of the flyover ends on your way to Newcastle is good to see as I never knew thats the way it used to be. Brilliant upload thanks.
God how the roads look a lot more calmer those days today its pure bedlam rather go back ,then have it now ,could laugh when driver said oh a lot of cops is it a police state , what would he say about todays coppers I wonder 🤔 thanks so much for the clip 😊
Plenty of coppers because their station wasn’t too far away on Swinburne Street, most of my driving lessons were in and around Jackson Street, High West Street passing Shepherds of Gateshead, onto Bensham Road then Rectory Road drop off home 😁
That was great and didn't notice that waste of time flyover wasn't there, I must have been about 5. I think I can explain all the cops though. Trucks carrying used bank notes were transported at speed and by road right up past Davy Roll {I don't think it was called that then} but it went on for years and years, even in the eighty's and possibly the nineties.. They put cops out all along the route there was about one every 200 feet!, The money would have been untraceable as it was just all old. Great video, I have made some of the same mistakes lol
@@matthewsmith2787 Your thinking of Gateshead town center? Gateshead is a huge area? Look on map and there is some lovely places in it. Where you live?
@@davenufc55 Gateshead is huge area and i live really on border as i live right near Hebburn and Jarrow. But people think of Gateshead town center which is a dump.
There’s next to nothing left of what’s in this film, some of it is barely recognisable, really interesting footage, makes you want to go back in time and have a walk about.
So easy to forget that this is 60 + years ago now. So much has happened in that time.
You would keep reaching for your mobile phone.
Nice to see when England was so English
Oh dear!
Wow what a profound comment ......
Great footage, thanks. I notice many drivers seem to think lanes don't exist
Nice to see the railings and greenery on Durham Road opposite Whitehall Road and Hartington Street - just as I remember from childhood visits to my Gran in the sixties. And what's there now? A completely pointless flyover. The traffic planners very nearly destroyed Gateshead town centre - the Metro Centre did the rest.
Love this video my home town has changed so much still here after 75 years
Lived in Gateshead until 1956 - the High Street looks much different than I remember - I was 8 years old, when we moved to Denmark - my father being Danish - am now 74. But still have lovely memories from my school time - All Saints School with miss Conway.
Miss Conway taught me too. I attended All Saints School from 1965 till 71. Gateshead born and bred. Still live here. Greetings fellow Saint. 👍
Fascinating stuff. I always notice the names of shops when I'm in a high street. Bradley's, Dawson's, Jackson's, Elliott's, Walron's - do any of these still exist? You see fewer and fewer English-named shops with each passing year, sadly.
Black and white is a tough psychological barrier to overcome. It makes everything look ancient, prehistoric. But in reality if this was in colour, people would be surprised by how familiar everything seems. The cars have changed, obviously, but apart from that, life carried on then quite similarly to now.
Videotape was expensive back then and most people weren't able to film very much material. It unsurprisingly wouldn't occur to anyone to film ordinary scenes of daily life, such as driving around the streets. But this is the kind of material that is really captivating when we look back and try to remember/understand what everyday life was like then.
English-named shops with each passing year, sadly.
Oh dear!
Also my grandad's brothers shop 'J Cranston' jewellers - his son took over later, he has now retired with no one to take over the business it is no longer there either :-(
This was clearly shot on film, not videotape.
He says ‘lots of policemen around, is it a police state?’ Little did he know…..
Grew up in low fell . Incredible childhood. Every day was joyful and peaceful. Love the area
😅if you think this is chaotic try driving the same route around Gateshead and Newcastle today what with bus routes, one ways, cycle only and clean air zones , Mark my words , People will abandon gateshead and Newcastle city centers, its already started , Welcome to 2023 its like a third world ,
Ps the iconic Tyne bridge is in a shocking condition
It looks far better than, then it's is today!! 2023...gateshead high St, (cental gateshead) is dead,
A walk through my childhood. Thank you so much for this ❤️🇬🇧
wow I've worked in gateshead town centre for 34 years and the only buildings I recognised were mainly the terrible 1960s ones, what a mess they have made of it and continue to make of it. looks like there were some nice buildings there at one time, very few left
I vaguely remember when Gateshead was like this before they changed it and before the civic centre was built. I do recall walker terrace and going to a wedding at St Joseph's church, and my Dr was at 5 Walker Terrace , my dad grew up in Warwick St xxx
The time when UK was a peaceful country and nice people ...
This is a great video. Really brings back happy memories of driving around my home town
WTF at 2.06 with the Reliant 3 wheeler?
Fantastic footage, thank you for posting.
What a fantastic piece of history. There can't be many areas that were covered on film to this extent in the 1960s. I would have just been a child on the bus but it all looks familiar.
Looking at the part built Trinity Square shopping complex on the left of the road at 2:12 I would date this footage as around 1965. Trinity Square opened in 1967 and was demolished in 2010. I always thought it was an eyesore! They built some really awful buildings in Gateshead in the 60's, St. Cuthberts Village etc!
Gateshead born and Bred. 1960, Hector street. Sight of Metro station now. Id guess this footage is 1968-69. I glimpsed my House at Lychgate ct. 1968-69 was when the Planners destroyed Gateshead. The Multi- story monstrosity was started in 69 i recall. Then they pulled 5 Blocks of Chandless estate to run the vile flyover thru. A stake in the heart thru Gateshead. The planners and councillors who approved it should have been shot. They wreaked Gateshead and its never recovered!
Around 1968 before Gateshead council and Developers destroyed our canny town.
and its still fucked up
Wow, the standard of driving was even worse back then that it is now, i'm actually pretty surprised! Love the death wish guy at 5:00 too!
funny you say that because that's how it is here in Poland now
Martin Gannon carrying on what his grandad started here 😂😂😂
What was happening then is the same balls up that is happening now
You know, it's really sad. That was the beginning of the end for Gateshead town centre, when they made it easier to get into Newcastle, thus missing out Gateshead completely. :-(
In order to get to Newcastle a couple of minutes faster, they demolished half the town centre - including the Essoldo cinema, which was a fabulous chunk of Edwardian architecture.
@@richardnevillewalker672 It's all for the greater good!
Apparently.
The sooner the bombsite called Gateshead town centre is totally demolished the better
They demolished the only building that put the town on the map and replaced it with a Tesco
You couldn't make it up
Still that's decades of an unchallenged labour council for you
Alan Partridge would love this.
Is this guy still going round in circles?
Mad to see how it used to be
One thing is for sure, in the sixties the British drove British cars only!
What I've learnt is literally everyone was crap at driving, then again the examination must of been abysmal.
Also a 3 lane bypass going up High Street.
Cool video of our home town.
Must have been , not 'must of been'.
It looks like it shows the building of the 'Get Carter' Car park. Good one. The guy would turn in his grave if he knew they still haven't got it right with the roads, 60 years on.
Very well spotted ..That is indeed the construction of the "Get Carter" car park ..Sadly was demolished in 2010.
See driving habits for some haven't changed at all. Still people on the roads like that now. Tailgating, cutting each other up, no indicators. Nice to see Newcastle end of tyne bridge before the central motorway was built.
No litter all over the place, much nicer
Looks very familiar. I can name almost all of the cars on the road. Cars all look about the same, these days. They probably had to wait for a year and a half, to find a day when it wasn't raining.
"It's all very simple really." ;-)
At 4:49 the Hedge on the left has gone as the road cuts through there.
www.google.com/maps/@54.9606353,-1.6028513,3a,75y,340.99h,87.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8UknYDH8-lixW_J-iTPbbw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
At 4:57 The church is still there but all buildings past that are gone as its now the Interchange.
www.google.com/maps/@54.9611872,-1.6029963,3a,75y,331.33h,93.09t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1suUVBkIFispbzg7l8NBJy3w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Too much to list but the roundabout which is where the end of the flyover ends on your way to Newcastle is good to see as I never knew thats the way it used to be.
Brilliant upload thanks.
God how the roads look a lot more calmer those days today its pure bedlam rather go back ,then have it now ,could laugh when driver said oh a lot of cops is it a police state , what would he say about todays coppers
I wonder 🤔 thanks so much for the clip 😊
A distinct lack of traffic lights everywhere....
you don't need traffic lights when you have bobbies directing traffic......………..
Was this film shot when they were changing over the traffic onto the new road system? hence all the police and queues and that?
if you exclude accidents, when was the last time you saw a Policeman directing traffic ?
Would love to see wreckenton back in the day as where I was brought up
Dear me, it’s funny seeing Gateshead even before the old Tesco was built.
Where was that Tesco? Is it still there?
this was playing in the shipcoat museam yesterday,if any want to go!
It still is 4 years later 🙂
Don’t you just miss those stilted, nasally , accent less commentaries ?
Traffic is just as bad as it was hahah
he was right, there is a police state in gateshead
fascinating footage, its much harder to drive around Gatesheads one way system now !
Gateshead 1960s or Athens 2020?
i was 15 back then happy days
great bit of film
Still a nightmare today 🙈
Trying to navigate the A1 through Newcastle and Gateshead must have been a nightmare during the 1960s and 1970s.
I remember seeing the real father Christmas in one of the department stores in Gateshead when I was a little boy. Possibly in Jacksons.
It was in Shepard's store.
Great footage. Is it still in the Tyne Tees archive?
It's like a get carter car chase
Plenty of coppers because their station wasn’t too far away on Swinburne Street, most of my driving lessons were in and around Jackson Street, High West Street passing Shepherds of Gateshead, onto Bensham Road then Rectory Road drop off home 😁
i would say this is between 1961 and 1965 . looking at the cars.
Agreed. I'd say nearer 1965 than 1961 because of the Rover 2000 (which I think came out in 1963) at 1:28.
It's 1968, 69 at the latest. I was around. I remember when they started building the precent. 1968. You can see the construction started in the video.
This must be for tyne tees when it said channel 8
Get Carter
Car Park............…...
That was great and didn't notice that waste of time flyover wasn't there, I must have been about 5. I think I can explain all the cops though.
Trucks carrying used bank notes were transported at speed and by road right up past Davy Roll {I don't think it was called that then} but it went on for years and years, even in the eighty's and possibly the nineties.. They put cops out all along the route there was about one every 200 feet!, The money would have been untraceable as it was just all old. Great video, I have made some of the same mistakes lol
Happy days 👍
2.05 Where was the Reliant going?!
The scrapyard once it has a head on with a bus 😉
Only the 60’s- well within living memory- yet that world has completely gone.
No A167M central motorway.....how different it looks. So all traffic had to enter the roundabout at what is now Swan House?
great stuff what was this for?
Born and bred just off gateshead High st 1956
Gateshead looks a lot better then than today...
It was. They started to wreak it around when this was filmed. 1968. Now we call it...."Gannon's Ghost town".
Still the same a nightmare to this day.
Rockers at 8:34 (opposite side of street, on bikes). Possible mods at 9:17.
Road system nearly as bad as it is now...
60 years on and still in utter chaos
Laws herbal supplies, brilliant!
Nice video - thank you...
More Police on the streets good to see.
Anyone know the name of the Church visible on the left of screen from 5:30 onwards?. thanks.
It's a St Joseph's Catholic Church
Is in the early sixties?
Police everywhere
yolo
2021 and it really hasn't changed that much! Always been a dump! Lol
And where are you from
Gateshead is a dump, my auntie lives there it’s a rather depressing place
@@matthewsmith2787 Your thinking of Gateshead town center? Gateshead is a huge area? Look on map and there is some lovely places in it. Where you live?
@@pam164 agree. As it's a Borough comprised of several towns
@@davenufc55 Gateshead is huge area and i live really on border as i live right near Hebburn and Jarrow. But people think of Gateshead town center which is a dump.
its wierd not seeing a fly over there ... or the roundabout that takes you round to park lane , who noticed the metropole though :)
I used to be able to name all the British cars???...But, the only one we seem to see now is FORD what happened????....
Ford's American!