Newcastle’s Helix District - What is it?!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this video I take a look around Newcastle's new Helix Science and Innovation district. This land was once the site of Scottish and Newcastle Breweries.
Special thanks to Euan Lowes for designing my thumbnail and Tom Brammald from Newcastle University, who kindly allowed me to interview him and show me around.
The council should be paying you. You are such an ambassador for the area. You can see the effort you put into your content.
Appreciated Ross 🤜🏻
Recently visited Newcastle, and was quite impressed! Some great architecture, now put to different uses, and easy to get around(unless you don't like hills/steps!) and the river side is great(even spotting a seal) Will definitely be returning!
Glad you enjoyed it Steve 🤜🏻
Hi Eddy, another great video. Regarding the stone monument: In 1770, John Barras opened his brewery on the banks of the Tyne in Gateshead. In 1847, Barras brought his nephew, Col. Charles John Reed, into the business, and when John died in 1861, Charles took over the running of the brewery. In 1884, Col. Reed, realizing that the Gateshead brewery was almost at capacity, bought the defunct Tyne Brewery in Newcastle, and moved the John Barras & Co. Brewery, in its entirety, across the river. This brewery eventually merged with others to form Newcastle Breweries Ltd.
Cheers Keith brilliant stuff 🤜🏻
Love your channel Eddie! Love the mix of Newcastle history as well as NUFC info. Hope to visit one day from the States and would love to arrange a tour with you and the dogs :) Cheers keep up the great content!
Appreciated Josh 🤜🏻
The reason it is marked established 1770 is because of one of my ancestors on my maternal side. John Barras, he established a brewery in 1770 in Gateshead. John Barras Junior took over Tyne Brewery and then subsequently Newcastle Breweries was formed. This is why a lot of S&N pubs had Barras branding.
Oh wow! That’s brilliant info. Cheers bud. You’re famous! 😅
Brilliant and informative . Love the memories . Keep up the amazing videos
Cheers George 🤜🏻
Relaxed and informative as ever Ed. Your manner and delivery is second to none. You're a natural. Keep the vids coming mate 👌🙌
Appreciated thank you 🙏🏻
McEwand Best Scotch used to be my beer in the late 80s. Another great video Eddie.
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Thanks for another well presented, well researched, informative and outright interesting vid mate. Keep them coming.
Appreciated Adam 🤜🏻
Absolutely brill yet again Eddie , love your genuine love ,passion and insight into everything you do. I can’t wait to come home in August after 3 years in Singapore, your blogs whet the appetite for everything that’s happening to the city and our great football club. Thanks Eddie .😺
Appreciated Michael and put yourself down for a tour when you get back 👍🏻
Great vid. I spend much of my time on the Helix site as maintain many of the buildings... must admit its a fantastic place to work and spend my time. Glad you enjoyed it and showcased it to a wider audience 👍
That’s appreciated Simon 🤜🏻
Fantastic video Eddie! I have been lucky enough to work on the Helix development (and still working on it) as im one of the landscape architects that have designed on the site. It is going to be a fantastic area of regeneration for Newcastle when complete!
That’s some compliment if someone like you likes my video mate! Appreciated 🙏🏻
Hi Eddie great to meet you in person in Newcastle yesterday with your two dogs.
Great channel for interesting content.
Keep up the good work
All the Best Tim ( originally Longbenton) and Juliet from Crawley
Hi Tim, great to meet you both too! Glad you enjoy the content 😁👍🏻
Great video as always. My mum had an office on the top floor of the breweries block opposite St James Park for 20 plus years, was one of the last to leave when it closed for good, I also had a job in the bottling plant as a teenager during summer holidays, great times. Every time I go back to Newcastle I get a massive pang of nostalgia mixed with some sadness passing the old office block but it's good that it lives on as a viable business.
Great memories mate 🤜🏻
Love the all your videos mate. Find out loads about the toon
Cheers Martin 🤜🏻
Excellent video Eddy as you'll probably know by now I'm a massive fan of your content that you produce. Can't think of a video that I've never learnt something new. Keep it up mate 👍⚫&⚪
That’s really appreciated Geordie thank you 🙏🏻
@@TynesideLife NP Eddy 👍
Interesting video, very well explained by Tom Bramald 👍🏼
Cheers Neil 👍🏻
👏👏done it again mate I didn’t know about this place but will be visiting it soon so thanks for the video well done again 👍
Appreciated Dennis 🤜🏻
Always wondered what these buildings were. Great to finally find out. Cheers!
My pleasure Joel 👍🏻
We are learning a lot from you Eddie, thanks.
I’m learning loads of stuff myself Aidan. Everyday is a school day 😅
Smashing! If I ever make it back to Newcastle, I know which Hotel I will be booking.
Thank you so much Garry 🙏👊🏻
I've been to Newcastle breweries many times before it was flattened. I used to work for Rentokil doing high pressure water jetting and Newcastle breweries used to get us in to blast out the pipes that used to take the booze from different places and the smell was lovely, if you've ever walked into someone's bedroom in the morning after they've been out the night before it was just like that lol. I also went to the closing down tour at Newcastle breweries which was a very sad day but also very enjoyable at the same time and we had a few beers in the bar but they were also selling memorabilia from the breweries but didn't have the money at the time but they were selling a massive plastic brown ale bottle which I wanted because it is my favourite drink! Being from Newcastle it's always sad when something historical like Newcastle breweries closes down. 😢
Great memories for you mate 🤜🏻
Another epic Eddie vid, can't say enough about the info you impart, we've come a long way from the heavy industry that was along the coaly tyne back in my youth. Somebody should put your name forward on the next honours list.
Haha! Steady on Jim 😅
Glad you enjoyed the video bud 🤜🏻
Another fantastic video. The original blue star from the Scottish and newcastle brewery is the large one on the dance floor wall in shark club. The one on the side of the building now is a new replica put up in 2011.
I’ve filmed in the club with the star behind me but didn’t realise it was the original one. Cheers 🤜🏻
Cheers for the video mate.. veryb
informative 🤝
Cheers Graeme 🤜🏻
My favourite was exhibition..
Lovely pint that
I liked that too 🤜🏻
Another brilliant video Eddy.
Very excited about coming home this summer and joining your walk to see all the new developments since I was last back (December 2019).
The architecture is great. But the buzz word DATA makes my skin crawl.
Looking forward to meeting you Andy 🤜🏻
Good show eddy.what a district.
Thanks Angelo 🤜🏻
Excellent video Eddy, I know Beamish Museum have some of the old Newcastle Brewery Delivery vans and carts in there museum that will probably bring loads of memories back just like the smell lol
Oh wow, I never knew that. Cheers 👍🏻
Mcewans scotch ,me favourite drink when I was a teenager.Another fascinating vid Eddy .BBC North or Sky your next job?Why not, your that good in front of the camera. So relaxed.Keep it going mate .
Much appreciated Raymond 🙏🏻
We were there a couple of days ago! The thing that struck us the most was how deserted it felt. Early days I suppose. Good stuff!
Yeah it’s still fairly new and still under construction in parts. It’ll have more eating and drinking outlets soon snd it’ll pick up.
Thanks for the message Sharon 😊
Keep up the good work Eddy.
Thanks Angelo 👍🏻
Great video.
Cheers Lee 👍🏻
Newcastle broon has been my tipple for years Eddy unfortunately it's not the same now as it was when Newcastle breweries done it another great upload mate so look forward to them Eddy
Appreciated Ken 👍🏻
WELL WORTH A VISIT ...NICE ONE EDDIE
Cheers 🤜🏻
The Newcastle arm of the company dates back to the foundation of the John Barras brewery in 1770. Barras bought the Tyne Brewery in 1884, launching Newastle Breweries in 1890.
Great video mate i didnt know the extent of these buildings
Cheers Martin 🤜🏻
class again mate thanks
Cheers Malcolm 🤜🏻
Very Interesting.
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There are a few backward-looking anti-science comments in the comments here which I find very concerning. Newcastle has been a worldwide centre for science and engineering since the industrial revolution, and a new science campus is absolutely fantastic news to bring talent and investment into the city.
Thanks so much for the videos - I'm a geordie in exile and have enjoyed keeping up with the toon from afar. I'd love to hear a history of the music halls and theatres around Newcastle - I know a lot of the songs from Geordie Ridley and the like but not much about how people used to see them performed!
I completely agree ☝️
It’s something I’m looking into bud 🤜🏻 thanks for your message
More great content! And is James Bolam the narrator on the advert?
I think he might be 🤷🏻♂️
I rember as a child standing in the Gallowgate with the smell of hops in the air. Can still smell it now 40 odd years later.
Used to get pints of black and tan with export in it in the Haymarket pub.
Great memories Shaun 👍🏻
Hi Eddy🙋♂️ cracking video again.
A scientific tour de force developing on the site. Part of the future that's for certain. Job creation and prosperity in the coming decades 👍I clearly remember drinking mcewans best scotch in Dunston at the Dun Cow for the princely sum of 70 odd pence a pint! In the 60s my dad had a job fitting carpets in the S&N offices. He was given, straight from the production line, 4 bottles of Broon! Hot almost to the touch! The chap said to try a bottle of Broon when it was warm! Dad said it was one of the best pints he'd ever tasted! 🍻 How much kudos if PIF next year had a blue star on the next home strip? BTW, your white & black bull vlog, I replied regarding Helen notable athletic achievement at an Elswick Harriers race in the 90s 👌
More great memories Graham, you e certainly got some stories. Yeah, I seen the message thank you. I just removed it as it’s on more of a personal and private level 👍🏻
@@TynesideLife completely understand on the removal. I hope it was a fond trip down memory lane. Yes there is a back catalogue of times gone by.....its all your fault Eddy ( in a very excellent and positive way!). Great stuff. Have a very canny weekend, Cheers Eddy, with a bottle of dog ! 🍻
@@grahambell9831 you too Graham 🤜🏻🍻
Hi Eddie love the show. Ive got a couple of ideas for future shows. Maybe something about the Academy and what DA will be aiming for. Maybe a bit of detail about what other big world clubs do like La Masia in barcelona. We should really be making these comparisons considering our new owners.
I think people might also be interested in seeing the regeneration of New East Manchester and how the football investment has helped transform the place and any other similar schemes in the world. Generally interested in how elite clubs do things so potentially many different topics. Soz for the brain dump ramble hope it sparks off ideas. Tyler
Hi mate, some great food for thought there. Have you seen my two videos on DA and what he will do for the club?
These sorts of things you mention are something I think about a lot and I did a video a few weeks ago about what the club want in relation to a new training complex.
Of course it’s a bit trickier with our club as there is a huge hurdle on ‘where’ they can develop in terms of the training and academy. In the video I made comparisons with Man City and Leicester.
Feel free to email me as I’d like to hear other views and ideas for future videos in these areas 👍🏻
@@TynesideLife looks like I need to do some catching up! Haven't seen them all.
Very informative Eddy, I used to love Mcewans best scotch. Do you know if you can still get cans of it?
You can and you can get it on draught at the Pelaw Club 👍🏻
Know you can get bottles of Mcewans Champion Ale from Tesco for £1.50 but not sure on cans 👍
I remember the smell of the hops from the breweries in Newcastle.
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A bit older than you!!…..started drinking Newcastle Exhibition draught😂and remember a trip around the old brewery seeing all the Brown Ales bottles coming down the line!
Great memories 👍🏻
Lived on westgate road for about a year, walked through this place pretty much everyday to get to tesco or puregym by eldon gardens, much nicer walk than going down westgate anyway. And fucken hell that construction sound is iconic, same one ive been hearing for that year right out my window
Great message Liam 🤜🏻
I'm hoping to get uni accommodation there. Across the road from St James' Park too
That’ll be brilliant!
@@TynesideLife aye but I missed out on a season ticket on Tuesday morning unfortunately. Would hate to see NUFC relocate but we could easily fill SJP with season ticket holders!
@@andrewbainbridge7800 aye bet you’re gutted mate
hellow eddie you intresting man luv vids luv stuff like this history one of my fav subjects at school while ago not as long as you like lol🤣😉😁✌👍
Glad you enjoyed it Wayne 😆
Looks good. Is there a bar in there. Used to be a few year ago called NE1 or something like that
There’s the earl of Pitt St which is nearby 👍🏻
@@TynesideLife yeh that was the greyhound back In the day. This one was a new bar after brewery was pulled down. Don't think it's there anymore. Can't think of it's name and can't find it on Google. I will ask about it. I was un a few times.
It was called NE4 apparently
Found it on Google. NE4 it was called now demolished. Wasn't there long.
@@roland9482 ahh! Thanks for the info bud 👍🏻
Need to sort out the sound quality Eddie lad, that wind noise could be reduced dramatically, otherwise enjoyed the video but best scotch? Exhibition was the one man Eddie fella.
It was a technical issue bud. You’ll notice the sound was great on my intro and it was windy. It’s something I’m monitoring.
I liked an Ex too 🤜🏻
Just a thought Eddie but have you thought about splitting your channel into one for your football content and one for your lifestyle vlogs? Just i get the feeling as your channel grows it would help split up the content for those who might not be interested in either the football or lifestyle. Just thought its easier to do that earlier than later down the line. Am sure you have thought about that though. Anyway keep up the great work bud
Hi Martin, it’s something I gave a great deal if consideration to this, for the very reasons you mention.
All things considered, I went with the one channel as I’m deliberately creating content that ordinary football fans and folk will like.
I’ve created ‘Playlists’ so that those who gave preferences can easily navigate the videos. I also have to consider my ‘Brand’ which is anything about Tyneside and splitting the channel up will (I believe) be a detriment to the channels.
In addition, I’m not a Newcastle United daily news channel like the others and it’s not something that I want to do. If I split the channel, I wouldn’t have enough content.
Currently my channel is unique and separates me from the others and I’m sure as I progresses, my content will evolve.
Great suggestion and I appreciate it Martin 👍🏻
@@TynesideLife ah no worries i thought you would have considered it and yeah playlists solves the problem anyway cheers and enjoying your vids
Nice place! So, where is Newcastle Brown Ale brewed now?
Tadcaster I believe
@@TynesideLife oh, that's a shame;.
Do you use Eddie or Eddy? I've noticed both in the chat, but saw Eddy on this video
It’s Eddy bud 👍🏻
Can't go anywhere in Newcastle these days without hearing a Stihl saw 🤣
And they start them up every time I start filming! 😅
Had some sore heads with the brown ale back in the days eddy lad broom broon ha ha
Brilliant 😃
Brown ale now brewed in Tadcaster
Shame it’s not in Newcastle now
@@TynesideLife doesn't taste the same
@@jimmyoconnell6167 🥺
And as i say "brewed down south".... Yorkshire. Not been the same since.
When the big stand of brewery was den i was working on big banner for sir bobby
You’ll have to rephrase that for me Andrew 😅
I used to buy 24 bottles of Newcastle Brown Ale back In the day...It got me a wife the Everton USA Chairwoman 2009...She has Buggered off to Sunderland or Durham and I am furious...Howay the Toon Army...
McQuenans best scotch. That's a blast from the past Eddy 😂
Edit: next you'll be saying i would climb a mountain for a canny bag of tudor 😂
Remember the crisps advert well! 😃
@@TynesideLife i certainly do bud. It's on YT if you want some nostalgia
When I'm out during the day I'll always be sitting there with a nice cold bottle of broon in me schooner until I end up in matthattans or toon then its shorts al neet🤣
Heaven 🤜🏻
@@TynesideLife might gan for a couple after watching this haha great video mate👊
A new stadium for Newcastle United should have been built there!
Yeah it could have been. St James’ Park is 12 acres and the Helix site is 24.
That’s Ashley for you
aanother education, thanks
Cheers Dave 👍🏻
I used to love myself a few pints of mcEwans best scotch. Ask for a pint of scotch down south and they’ll think your mad. Then serve you a pint of whisky 😂
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Please help me to solve an argument between my brother and myself going forward as a child I believe I visited a building that housed the brewery horses in the Haymarket we used to sneaking and give them cubes of sugar we pinched from the cafe opposite my mother worked in thanks Eddie
Is he saying there wasn’t one?
That’s all your see now university and student accommodation
There’s all sorts of diverse developments going on in newcastle. Check out my videos to see other projects going on. It’s an exciting time for the Toon 🤜🏻
I think it's a joke that the whole city centre is near enough taken over by students or somthing to do with the universities
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Will not recognise the place when get back next April.., was more an exhibition drinker in my yoof, interesting stuff
I liked an occasional pint of ex too 👍🏻
@@TynesideLife nice pint once went on a tour of the fed brewery when I was in the RN and the ship was in refit at Wallsend, very enjoyable and messy,, rig run 79..
@@davidhoward5392 great memories 🤜🏻
My local has just stopped selling best scotch every single person has moved onto worthy creamflow or stones
Where’s your local?
@@TynesideLife westerhope excelsior club that's my local social club but my local pub is the jingling gate
@@asamitchell7948 ahh! They still sell it here at the Pelaw Club
@@TynesideLife they tried to say at our club that they were struggling to get it.
I just think it's because they weren't making enough money from it as it was only 2.10 a pint.
First time drinking on low fell this Saturday so see if I can get a pint up there.
I'm only 31 but I enjoy the old fashion ales 🍺
@@asamitchell7948 good luck bud 👍🏻
Some people thought "Transhumanism" was a conspiracy theory!
Who ever thought that?? It’s been happening since the Dawn of medicine 🤷🏻♂️
McEwans had some of the best beer adverts on the Telly… all the “ones you’ve got to come back for” ads…. ‘Geordie calling Houston” “Goodbye Vladivostok” “Tokyo” “talking heads”, “Escher/alive and kicking”
They did Guinness quality beer ads before Guinness!
Florida’s horrider than Whitley bay..no McEwans Best Scotch in the USA…Beam me up Scotty, have us out of here, The States? Nice place, shame about the beer!
Great message Al 🤜🏻
Hmmmm…. From a local resident
Must be far quieter and less polluted than a brewery 🤷🏻♂️
@@TynesideLife the brewery had an amazing warm smell . This is an underused site . Shame you couldn’t tell us who the other investors were . Brown envelopes..
@@TynesideLife the brewery didn’t overshadow the most picturesque Edwardian heritage area within the city like this monstrous site does now .
@@void1718 each to their own. The site is state of the art environmentally friendly eco buildings using renewable energy from a central building.
The science community are developing cutting edge technologies to save lives, prolong healthy lives and educate the best minds our region has to offer.
I do videos about our history and culture and even do guided walks, so I’m sensitive to anything that deteriorates our heritage.
Just my opinion, but I love the place and think it’s great for the city.
@@TyneBridge90 one or two are described in the video Gary. It’s not an exhaustive list. Check out their website for more info 👍🏻
McEWANS best scotch you could drink it all day cos it's like pop. .you might struggle with 8 pints of Exhibition tho
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Going to see a man bout a dog 🐕
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I drank exhibition
This lad is so Geordie even his nose hairs are black and white.
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shameful history of newcastle brown Eddie. just being honest. Heineken made history with brown but like you only drank it occasionally but heritage was destroyed.
Aye it’s sad but business is business. It’s cut throat and the strongest survive