Notice how the ‘roughest’ areas in Newcastle, people were still friendly and still had a small amount of pride in where they live. In the South, we would just complain and make things worse 😑
The Geordies are really so friendliest and they are always proud of the toon. Every person I met down South criticises the UK or just says they hate it.
This is what happens when an area, formerly in full employment, has its heart ripped out but never receives the promised alternatives to the traditional heavy industries. As time passes, and unemployment rises, the entire face of the area changes. This is compounded by the council placing known trouble-makers in very cheap-to-rent housing. As the lass in the film stated correctly, there is a great community spirit in Byker amongst the long-standing residents but it must be a nightmare to have to deal with as many smack-headed zombies too. The Byker Wall has won an unfathomable amount of awards for its architecture; it's a rabbit warren imo.
I live in St. Anthony's, Walker but I'm not from here. My grandparents lived in this area and we'd visit frequently, so I knew the area when the shipyards were in full swing and Shields Rd was a respectable shopping area. It's a pity to see what it's become. Your film's great. 💖👍
Absolutely! Took less than 40 years for the population to decline by 80%. I’m not sure what the population is now but there doesn’t look like there is any capacity to increase it.
Well from what I understand industrial areas like Newcastle, Birmingham, Hull, etc. were grim and miserable as fuck even when they were at their height
iv lived in byker for 3 year now, you actually walked past my house next to dalton cresent lol, its not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. full of families and most of the people in the area are lovely, you get a few idiots about but you get those everywhere.
I live in NE Illinois, in the "Midwest" of the USA. It seems to me far too many people look at the bad, & don't recognise the good in things, places, people. That's definitely how it is here in Northern Illinois, including Chicago. So I can relate to what is being said here. And I too was in Iraq. I can tell you, if you're in a strange & dangerous place, you're lucky to have some "graduates" of Chicago with you, 'cause we've been through hard times and rough places, we can endure. I'll wager that's how it is with you men & your families. Cheers!
This place used to be rough, I was at the Uni back in 2002/2003 and did part-time security. I remember being at a construction site in Byker for a couple of weeks or so.. the days were fine but it was the night time when things got real dodgy, lots of odd/strange/funny characters would stop by and sometimes say hello, sometimes shout at you and sometimes even try and sell you drugs.... teenagers were a major nuisance, they would come and set fire to stuff whenever they could and throw stones, bottles, etc at you when you tried to confront them. You would hear various sounds or noises of people fighting, cursing .. shouting, police sirens, etc throughout the night every night of the week but weekend nights were the most challanging.
if anyone's watching I promise this area is not that rough. like growing up in benwell and then fenham, and going over to a mates in byker after school, i never thought byker was ever that bad. sorry but "deprived" areas in the north will not ever be as bad as the south, knife crime hasn't taken hold as much up here
I am a housing officer in Byker and managed a patch there for 2 years now. It is rough and challenging at times however there is a real sense of community. If you want to speak to me about it I will be more than happy to answer any questions you have
I used to live opposite your byker office when itvwas open a good few year back i used to watch ppl nick the flowers out of the rent office garden from me window lol
I was born and raised in the Byker and walker area. I was a little dickhead and Spent most of my 20s in prison but it’s a crazy little area to live and some eye opening people. So much love and A brilliant community, don’t get on the wrong side of it though because they will eat you alive ! As an outsider I can see why people have a certain view of it, we bring it upon ourselves half the time, the youth of today In Byker and walker are fucking savage compared to when I was their age and we were little bastards. A dangerous place if you aren’t respectful but a very welcoming community if you cool.
It's a white 'working class' area, rough and ready but essentially safe if you mind your own business. It can't be compared to other cities in the UK that have been over-whelmed with immigrants with their knife culture.
Im from USA the fact ur walking around with those expensive cameras and there isn’t trash and delapadated buildings everywhere means it ain’t a hard neighborhood at all. In USA hood you’ll get robbed for that camera at gun point real quick, and might catch a stray bullet from a shootout. The abandoned train station would have had herion addict squatters. Y’all road men are soft as hell with their little pocket knives
I think you missed the point of this video. It's to show that even the rough neighborhoods aren't exactly rough, and the people are nice and still have a sense of community and pride in the place they live. It's not a competition about where it's more dangerous.
Mr usa its not all that bad compared with other places in the world but not much chance of being shot when the British public have no way to get guns that a meant to kill ppl our police dont even use them for the most part so ask yourself why is usa city's not safe
Walk 5 minutes from The Wall and see a seriously gentrified Ouesburn. Been like that for 20+ years. I remember going to the pub opposite the Cluny being "risky".
Used to live over the road (over the rail tracks) from the Morrisons at the beginning of the video. Lovely neighborhood and never had any issues! But now I’m freaking wondering where in earth this £40/week flat is! 😂
LOL what about walker !?... back in the day iv had mates shot, stabbed, and beat to shit for nothing .. even had a neighbour have his throat slit and blood was gushing over his 3 year old daughter in her pram, my mother had to watch his daughter for him while the paramedics rushed him to hospital and he almost died ...all just for looking at a guy in his garden then another guy in walker stabbed his wife 11 times as she was cheating on him and he found out... we used to shoot smack heads with air rifles for fun out our bedroom windows lol
@@jam2289 you did see the thing in the chronicle worsted place in the land all the flipping begger homeless junkies and pissheads and that outside the bars ffs
Hi @thesalukie I’m from London to Newcastle I’m looking to move to Heaton. I have been Newcastle so many times alone I just love the place in London it’s very depressing. In Newcastle there is more trust and devotion. in London I explained to a friend in London you will just be mugged off. Everything in London is a ripoff. People laugh about me wanting to move up to Newcastle because they say it is a shit city a person calling it “benefit city”. I striked right back at the person Newcastle is one the best city I have been in the uk. People are more loyal in Newcastle it has a seaside around the corner and beautiful countryside. I said Newcastle is better than London when it comes to support and socialising. Some Londoners have no respect for Newcastle
should of visited the cumberland arms pub tynebar or byker farm thaz some nice people and social places in area lots of musicians and artists also . a very varied community lots of unique stories both good and bad a lot of economic struggles due to lack of work but all in all thaz lotta soul in the rubble ya just gotta dig
Lived here my whole life and everybody is sweet. We would help you out no problem the people are salt of the earth here but fuck around and find out just like any close knit community in Britain. You give respect you get respect 👍
Great video, I live nearby on the river. Just wondering where the abandoned train station is, i’ve lived in Newcastle all my life and never heard of it!
I used to work here haha, right next to the probation hostel went to greggs on Shields Road everyday it's not that rough they just fill the area with wronguns and give the kids 0 hope the people here aren't rough their country failed them
This Gregs is robbered few times a day from food. Management know police know, patology ( local geordies know) and everybody is happy. Patology growing up and one Police station is shoted down for people on Byker from three years. Before they comming you can bleed out. Proud from protect is a JOKE! How they protecting even they are scary because no gun. I seen every possible ctime in Newcastle in last 10 years. Some people have no respect for humans life.
@@miscoralgol4788 Yeah same, but I've also been to London and seen crime? Lancaster and oh Peterborough that was crazy. If you really think Bykers that rough you're just scared of nittys and 15 year olds, sorry mate.
I know the area pretty well (originally from Wallsend) and while there is a bit of fighting it's almost always lads setting themselves up as hard and being tested. If you mind your own business nobody will bother you. Generally.
i had a brief part in byker grove back in the day most was actually filmed in the west end of town at a building called the mitre nearer fenham ... not in Byker as lots thought
@@Justlookin958 the Mitre isn't really an islamic school. It was bought for that purpose but the Council had let the building dilapidate. Essentially the Baha Academy Group bought a bill they couldn't afford and have grafted hard but don't have the resource to aort the building. They cobtinue to occupy a largely dilapidated space and only make some use of it. So much red tape prevents them from really sorting the porperty out due to the buuldings listed status making progress more difficult and expensive.
Hahaha it's not a dangerous hood unless you do something daft. I know the lass with the little girl, she's sound :) . Avondale house for Veterans isn't really a homeless hostel, it's self contained flats. she was talking about the ones off Shield's road like Byker Bridge Housing.
I done something daft once i played pool for a pint he thought he could take advantage of me because i was half cut and i still beat him and got a part of my ear bit off so dont tell me this place is save
I was expecting an actual hood. I wish American hoods look this lovely, check out my home town Birmingham Alabama 😂 it’s a fucking 3rd world country in half the city.
I lived in byker wall in Dalton crescent about 2 months ago and the place was a nightmare to live in, neighbour's constantly blasting music every night and getting started on just for looking at someone, also with all the violence going on to with people getting jumped on all the time, glad am out now and will never go back there
Im from byker i used to live on kendal st and i had the same ppl blasting music in cars outside in the street at 4am on a week day i had to be up at 5am for work the man living opposite me telling my wife who you looking at in her own garden i had to put up a eight foot fence to stop the chav's from looking in our windows while having out tea total tramps
Please do more on Newcastle and Gateshead I have been to newcastle once before great place and I'm going back in june to see more of the city and places good and bad I would love to do a whole city tour of newcastle and Gateshead it might be the case of me doing that when I go back in june
@@theSalukie Have you ever came across the 5G conspiracy theorists Mark Steele and Lee Garrett? Mark was jailed back in 1993 for shooting a girl in the head and has convinced people he is a weapons expert and 5G is on the street lights killing people.
What is a definition of the rough place? Dirty? Unwelcome? Chance to be murdered in few minutes? The Byker looks pretty civilized. Like a beautiful place compare to others.
All it is you have well off areas and areas where its mostly social housing. I'm from nw london where it's like that but because of Wembley stadium you have spots of gentrification going on. To be honest this area up Newcastle looks like home to me. Plus I lived in places like handsworth brum and all that. As long as ppl are cool to me I'm cool with them.
The council moving around problem tenants and families kinda dictate where the worst areas are .. left yem in 2010 and them days the cowgate estate always had the worst reputation. But like you say majority people living on council estates are fine its the smackheads and teenagers that cause all the bother
Im from Byker, Im the top dog, if anyone wants a scrap meet me at the Oval any saturday after dark. Big up the byker mandem. what u sayin bwo. swag out 1738
bykers all right, like a bit smoke and drink, never seen Peter fo yonks, worked on the wall and the metro viaduct bridge in the early 70s, had some gud fun in old byker years ago, someone will always buy you a pint if yu skint
I’ve lived in Walker & Byker all my life , there’s just daft youngings masked up on bikes but there everywhere & they don’t do nowt but mouth off. 🤦♂️ ruff my arse . It might be with all these immigrants in a 5 stretch
You had a saveloy dip ftom dicksons. Spot on but its not national. Try not to show yourself breaking things whikst doing urbex. Happy to show you round other areas of the northeast wirh a bit more lived knowledge! Good vid.
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Notice how the ‘roughest’ areas in Newcastle, people were still friendly and still had a small amount of pride in where they live. In the South, we would just complain and make things worse 😑
The Geordies are really so friendliest and they are always proud of the toon. Every person I met down South criticises the UK or just says they hate it.
@@theSalukie as a Geordie, thank you! Byker is really rough though xx
@@theSalukie Southerners are not friendly people, I was shocked just how rude they are when I went down south
@Harold Tooter it used to be :P I'm from over there and live over here now and it seems all the nut cases moved over here when I did :P
Howay now,come and enjoy the great life and we will give laughs and funs :D
I'm from neighbouring city, Sunderland, and I can confirm that the area featured in your video is indeed one of the most desolated places on Earth.
YOU LAUGHED AT US WHEN WE WERE DOWN BUT WHO THE FUCK IS LAUGHING NOW
@@NclontopGazza Eh? What are you on about and why the mouthy shouting little boy?
You cannit talk, whole of Sunderland is a shithole 😂
And it's still better than dog shit Sunderland 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sunderland is worse
This is what happens when an area, formerly in full employment, has its heart ripped out but never receives the promised alternatives to the traditional heavy industries. As time passes, and unemployment rises, the entire face of the area changes. This is compounded by the council placing known trouble-makers in very cheap-to-rent housing. As the lass in the film stated correctly, there is a great community spirit in Byker amongst the long-standing residents but it must be a nightmare to have to deal with as many smack-headed zombies too. The Byker Wall has won an unfathomable amount of awards for its architecture; it's a rabbit warren imo.
Thanks for the insightful comment. Are you from the area?
I live in St. Anthony's, Walker but I'm not from here. My grandparents lived in this area and we'd visit frequently, so I knew the area when the shipyards were in full swing and Shields Rd was a respectable shopping area. It's a pity to see what it's become. Your film's great. 💖👍
Absolutely! Took less than 40 years for the population to decline by 80%. I’m not sure what the population is now but there doesn’t look like there is any capacity to increase it.
@@Spacetwerp thank you Lindsay, glad you liked it 😌
Well from what I understand industrial areas like Newcastle, Birmingham, Hull, etc. were grim and miserable as fuck even when they were at their height
iv lived in byker for 3 year now, you actually walked past my house next to dalton cresent lol, its not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. full of families and most of the people in the area are lovely, you get a few idiots about but you get those everywhere.
Yes, that was my impression with most of these areas. Bad reputation and the people are lovely
Thank you 🙏
I've met some good ppl in Byker.
I live in NE Illinois, in the "Midwest" of the USA. It seems to me far too many people look at the bad, & don't recognise the good in things, places, people. That's definitely how it is here in Northern Illinois, including Chicago. So I can relate to what is being said here. And I too was in Iraq. I can tell you, if you're in a strange & dangerous place, you're lucky to have some "graduates" of Chicago with you, 'cause we've been through hard times and rough places, we can endure. I'll wager that's how it is with you men & your families. Cheers!
This place used to be rough, I was at the Uni back in 2002/2003 and did part-time security. I remember being at a construction site in Byker for a couple of weeks or so.. the days were fine but it was the night time when things got real dodgy, lots of odd/strange/funny characters would stop by and sometimes say hello, sometimes shout at you and sometimes even try and sell you drugs.... teenagers were a major nuisance, they would come and set fire to stuff whenever they could and throw stones, bottles, etc at you when you tried to confront them. You would hear various sounds or noises of people fighting, cursing .. shouting, police sirens, etc throughout the night every night of the week but weekend nights were the most challanging.
Thanks for sharing that story mate.
Challenging
used to be?
I probably threw stuff at you
If you think Byker is rough you have led a sheltered life.
if anyone's watching I promise this area is not that rough. like growing up in benwell and then fenham, and going over to a mates in byker after school, i never thought byker was ever that bad. sorry but "deprived" areas in the north will not ever be as bad as the south, knife crime hasn't taken hold as much up here
Depends on who you are/what might happen to you...
But, London is 100% way more hardcore next to Newcastle.
"This is byker church where all the locals pray"!!!! hahahahahaha
Haha allegedly
Pray for a better future maybe? It's a great old church that should be restored
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🤣🤣🤣
"I think people who've got the money get dealt with better, because money talks... get out the bush!" 🤣
Haha yeah the mam was hilarious
One of the friendliest places I've ever lived....
I recently walked through there...it's an absolute shit hole...seriously
😹😹😹
I used to live in the estate inside that part of the byker wall from 1979 till i left home it was ok then
I am a housing officer in Byker and managed a patch there for 2 years now. It is rough and challenging at times however there is a real sense of community. If you want to speak to me about it I will be more than happy to answer any questions you have
My dad's a Newcastle housing officer too!
I used to live opposite your byker office when itvwas open a good few year back i used to watch ppl nick the flowers out of the rent office garden from me window lol
Elswick/Benwell are just as rough
Definitely 👏👏👏👏
It's not a competition
@@markphelan6992 not a competition but it’s the truth 🤷🏽♂️
Everyone from the Bermuda Triangle that is Elswick/Benwell is related. Everyone has at least 1000 cousins & the gene pool is pretty shallow & muddy.
@@C420-e9u bunch of bin dippers
That train station was epic. Awesome Salukie as always!
Thanks for watching the entire video Dani ❤️
Your editing style is awesome! Great video friend! Cant wait to see what's next! Stay safe!
Thanks so much!! Lots of stuff im excited to post :)
For the ladies: 3:06 You're welcome!
😂😂😂
I was born and raised in the Byker and walker area. I was a little dickhead and Spent most of my 20s in prison but it’s a crazy little area to live and some eye opening people. So much love and A brilliant community, don’t get on the wrong side of it though because they will eat you alive !
As an outsider I can see why people have a certain view of it, we bring it upon ourselves half the time, the youth of today In Byker and walker are fucking savage compared to when I was their age and we were little bastards. A dangerous place if you aren’t respectful but a very welcoming community if you cool.
"Giv us yer fern al write it down lyk", nice^^
Some parts of the West Midlands make Byker look posh, also Newcastle is considered quite a safe city to live in the UK
Yes indeed it’s quite safe and the people are lovely
Try drinking on shields rd and trying using the atm after 20.00 and see how safe that is like not joking dont
@@richardsales6996 eeeee ano kid
Yes, but this is a cesspit suburb.
I know go to these places at night. Different story
When he said "Is this a road?" are where the old roads/Terraces with houses used to go.that`s why bits of cobbles have been left to show through.
thats interesting, didnt know that!
They might be ganking about the pidgeon houses, what an obscure thing to say 😂
It's a white 'working class' area, rough and ready but essentially safe if you mind your own business. It can't be compared to other cities in the UK that have been over-whelmed with immigrants with their knife culture.
give it 10 years itll be the same
i thought that, the areas with similar housing to this in other english cities dont tend to house white people
Comment hadn't aged well...turned into little Africa!
@@stephenw2045 no issues in Newcastle sweet-pea
The west end of Newcastle and Gateshead is the worst it's ok over here in Walker, Wallsend and Byker.
Its a run down area. There's far worse all over the UK. If it was " rough" you wouldn't be walking through with your cameras for long.
Kid playing,,,
Shut up,
Get out the bushes,
Best parent skills
Im from USA the fact ur walking around with those expensive cameras and there isn’t trash and delapadated buildings everywhere means it ain’t a hard neighborhood at all. In USA hood you’ll get robbed for that camera at gun point real quick, and might catch a stray bullet from a shootout. The abandoned train station would have had herion addict squatters. Y’all road men are soft as hell with their little pocket knives
I think you missed the point of this video. It's to show that even the rough neighborhoods aren't exactly rough, and the people are nice and still have a sense of community and pride in the place they live. It's not a competition about where it's more dangerous.
Mr usa its not all that bad compared with other places in the world but not much chance of being shot when the British public have no way to get guns that a meant to kill ppl our police dont even use them for the most part so ask yourself why is usa city's not safe
@@richardsales6996 Idk I rather be shot then splashed with acid or stabbed to death that sounds way more of a painful way to get killed or injured
Being hard doesn't mean that you're high on crack, hiding behind a gun and robbing someone for your next fix
Yes American Citys are shit holes your shit bastardised culture has infected our country and the rest of the 🌎
Walk 5 minutes from The Wall and see a seriously gentrified Ouesburn. Been like that for 20+ years. I remember going to the pub opposite the Cluny being "risky".
The wee girl was hilarious
Haha yeah so sweet
I know her lmao just found this
Used to live over the road (over the rail tracks) from the Morrisons at the beginning of the video. Lovely neighborhood and never had any issues! But now I’m freaking wondering where in earth this £40/week flat is! 😂
Five thousand other pp are thinking the same! Yeah, its easy to knock: imho good and bad in all places, met some good folk in Byker.
Roughest “hoods’😂😂
LOL what about walker !?... back in the day iv had mates shot, stabbed, and beat to shit for nothing .. even had a neighbour have his throat slit and blood was gushing over his 3 year old daughter in her pram, my mother had to watch his daughter for him while the paramedics rushed him to hospital and he almost died ...all just for looking at a guy in his garden then another guy in walker stabbed his wife 11 times as she was cheating on him and he found out... we used to shoot smack heads with air rifles for fun out our bedroom windows lol
The guy pushing the pedal bicycle is a friend of mine John wise, if you see this John, hope you are keeping well 😉 mate.
Good man
i knwo is bro dean
I know him to im his uncles best pal know decca linda and sammy well since they lived in shieldfield
actually the first time I ever saw some things we never see or hear about in England, kool video man, keep them coming'
Thank you bro 👌 more to come
Naa i live doon the road from byka walka gate its canny seeing a video aboot me home toon
If you understand that and your not from england well done
@@annfrankshideandseekclub6987 so', wataya want'? a Medal'? LoL
as someone who had lived in byker for all their life, it is the roughest 😂
Damn 😂
It's far from it 😂😂😂
Its is now but in the 80's shields rd was buzzing not like the shit hole it is now
@@jam2289 you did see the thing in the chronicle worsted place in the land all the flipping begger homeless junkies and pissheads and that outside the bars ffs
looking forward for the meadow well video... these rough areas in Ncl are nowhere near the rough areas in my homecountry lol
Coming soon bro! Video after the next one
Ofcourse you'd say that
Will you ever be coming back to Gateshead/Newcastle ?
To visit yes, to live probably not. My UK work visa is for another 4 years.
@@theSalukie cool mate I’ve been following a you a while good videos mate 👍🏼
@@lewisk451 thanks man, appreciate it!
The roughest hoods in the north east are actually normal hoods in like london...
Byker's not that rough - it's just misunderstood really. Like Bosnia or Aleppo.
Amazing Video, amazing The Salukie, amazing friends. keeping going ma friends
Mustafa 7abibi thank you so much x
You really got some inspiration from bald and bankrupt, didn't you? That's totally fine of course, always love stumbling on new travelling channels 😄
Back in those days, yeah. Now I'm more inspired by "The People" :)
Hi @thesalukie
I’m from London to Newcastle I’m looking to move to Heaton.
I have been Newcastle so many times alone I just love the place in London it’s very depressing.
In Newcastle there is more trust and devotion.
in London I explained to a friend in London you will just be mugged off. Everything in London is a ripoff.
People laugh about me wanting to move up to Newcastle because they say it is a shit city a person calling it “benefit city”. I striked right back at the person Newcastle is one the best city I have been in the uk. People are more loyal in Newcastle it has a seaside around the corner and beautiful countryside.
I said Newcastle is better than London when it comes to support and socialising.
Some Londoners have no respect for Newcastle
I ment I’m planning on moving to Heaton (Newcastle)
Looks about as rough as Balamory off the back of this video, bet it wakes up a bit at night though.
should of visited the cumberland arms pub tynebar or byker farm thaz some nice people and social places in area lots of musicians and artists also . a very varied community lots of unique stories both good and bad a lot of economic struggles due to lack of work but all in all thaz lotta soul in the rubble ya just gotta dig
This was filmed back when the pubs were closed, could’ve been a nice visit like
I lived there and wars scared out of my life got into a fight every few days it was rough
Funny how the roughest area in Newcastle is cleaner than the average neighbourhood in Amman, Jordan
Aye cos we aren't animals we have bins
Lived here my whole life and everybody is sweet.
We would help you out no problem the people are salt of the earth here but fuck around and find out just like any close knit community in Britain. You give respect you get respect 👍
Double savaloy dip mate. Get extra mustard on...I was a 2 a day man for 8 whole years.....until I had a heart attack :)
Great video, I live nearby on the river. Just wondering where the abandoned train station is, i’ve lived in Newcastle all my life and never heard of it!
Thanks man I appreciate the comment
Google “Heaton Depot” for the train station
Heaton Depot, yeh. I used to work there back in the early 90s
I used to work here haha, right next to the probation hostel went to greggs on Shields Road everyday it's not that rough they just fill the area with wronguns and give the kids 0 hope the people here aren't rough their country failed them
So true.
This Gregs is robbered few times a day from food. Management know police know, patology ( local geordies know) and everybody is happy. Patology growing up and one Police station is shoted down for people on Byker from three years. Before they comming you can bleed out.
Proud from protect is a JOKE! How they protecting even they are scary because no gun. I seen every possible ctime in Newcastle in last 10 years. Some people have no respect for humans life.
@@miscoralgol4788 Yeah same, but I've also been to London and seen crime? Lancaster and oh Peterborough that was crazy. If you really think Bykers that rough you're just scared of nittys and 15 year olds, sorry mate.
Is this guy South African?
I know the area pretty well (originally from Wallsend) and while there is a bit of fighting it's almost always lads setting themselves up as hard and being tested. If you mind your own business nobody will bother you. Generally.
i had a brief part in byker grove back in the day most was actually filmed in the west end of town at a building called the mitre nearer fenham ... not in Byker as lots thought
that’s crazy. Byker, byker, grove
@@Justlookin958 the Mitre isn't really an islamic school. It was bought for that purpose but the Council had let the building dilapidate. Essentially the Baha Academy Group bought a bill they couldn't afford and have grafted hard but don't have the resource to aort the building. They cobtinue to occupy a largely dilapidated space and only make some use of it. So much red tape prevents them from really sorting the porperty out due to the buuldings listed status making progress more difficult and expensive.
nowt rongh with byker you puffs
Hahaha it's not a dangerous hood unless you do something daft. I know the lass with the little girl, she's sound :) . Avondale house for Veterans isn't really a homeless hostel, it's self contained flats. she was talking about the ones off Shield's road like Byker Bridge Housing.
I ran into her a few times after filming this, she's really cool! And yeah i would agree, this is mostly to put it's bad reputation to the test
I done something daft once i played pool for a pint he thought he could take advantage of me because i was half cut and i still beat him and got a part of my ear bit off so dont tell me this place is save
I was expecting an actual hood. I wish American hoods look this lovely, check out my home town Birmingham Alabama 😂 it’s a fucking 3rd world country in half the city.
Yeah dude you can hardly call this a hood. Says a lot about the UK (or at least the Newcastle area)
No money no jobs no future shop lifting the whole place stinks weed hardly a place to bring on kids
The Satanic statues did it for me in Bham
Dicksons is North East only and calling a Savaloy dip a sausage sandwich is considered a war crime
I lived in byker wall in Dalton crescent about 2 months ago and the place was a nightmare to live in, neighbour's constantly blasting music every night and getting started on just for looking at someone, also with all the violence going on to with people getting jumped on all the time, glad am out now and will never go back there
glad to hear you've made it out then mate
Im from byker i used to live on kendal st and i had the same ppl blasting music in cars outside in the street at 4am on a week day i had to be up at 5am for work the man living opposite me telling my wife who you looking at in her own garden i had to put up a eight foot fence to stop the chav's from looking in our windows while having out tea total tramps
“Mam are wey goana bey on the nyoos!” Love the Geordies 😂
Lol ure geordie slang is coming in strong. I'm surprised some locals didnt think u were taking the piss
Haha yeah i thought that was well, I reckon they just think I'm trying to assimilate
There mot that bad tho
I went on a Geography field trip here back in 1988 😄
haha nice
Ha! Me too.
(Some bollocks about new-towns for GCSE or something).
I used to work in those train sheds, maybe the ones next to them that are still open? Good vid!
Yeah I think they’re still open. Thanks for the comment:)
My lad of 2 years was from byker/Walker and it’s not that bad. Just as a young lass there’s lots of creepy/dodgy men that talk to u for no reason
Thank you for this really interesting loved it
Thanks Lisa!
Please do more on Newcastle and Gateshead I have been to newcastle once before great place and I'm going back in june to see more of the city and places good and bad I would love to do a whole city tour of newcastle and Gateshead it might be the case of me doing that when I go back in june
Scotchy is the roughest neighbourhood in Newcastle
Scots wood is largely been redeveloped now, all new houses
Newcastle isn’t rough in general, it’s one of the safest cities in the Uk
Not much left of Scotswood these days. But back in the 99s it was pretty bad
believe me you geordies dont know how good you got it compared to some parts of the west midlands
Loved the video. I’m also from Newcastle
Cheers mate!
@@theSalukie Have you ever came across the 5G conspiracy theorists Mark Steele and Lee Garrett? Mark was jailed back in 1993 for shooting a girl in the head and has convinced people he is a weapons expert and 5G is on the street lights killing people.
What is a definition of the rough place? Dirty? Unwelcome? Chance to be murdered in few minutes? The Byker looks pretty civilized. Like a beautiful place compare to others.
Them kids are posh you can hear when saying the windows and one else would say windas. Thats why they went through day as they'd be scared at night
Only people in Byker with decent cars - are the dealers
Newcastle isn't rough mate, yes we have crime and such but it isn't rough! I have been in Byker, Jesmond, and loads
Yeah that’s the point lol
Jesmond is a luxury student area though
Jesmond your kidding right jesmond is posh central
All it is you have well off areas and areas where its mostly social housing. I'm from nw london where it's like that but because of Wembley stadium you have spots of gentrification going on. To be honest this area up Newcastle looks like home to me. Plus I lived in places like handsworth brum and all that. As long as ppl are cool to me I'm cool with them.
I’m from Newcastle and literally nobody calls it a ‘hood’
looks like the guy who just cut my hair haha
I live here for almost 19 years .
I loved near and around the Byker Wall for years, never had an issue with anyone ever. The Raby on The Shields Road however…..
my mothers 1st husband used to own the raby :)
If you go at night your perception will change.
Amazing Footage my friend!
Thank you Yoav :)
You should do a video about Bensham, also the people lovely and friendly in Greenside as well.
Video about the Jews in Bensham/Gateshead coming on Saturday
Greenside isn't even remotely rough. Bensham on the other hand, what a dive (and nearby Teams)
@@tameracingdriver greenside as on,way to ryton,
Its lovely
The council moving around problem tenants and families kinda dictate where the worst areas are .. left yem in 2010 and them days the cowgate estate always had the worst reputation. But like you say majority people living on council estates are fine its the smackheads and teenagers that cause all the bother
Im from Byker, Im the top dog, if anyone wants a scrap meet me at the Oval any saturday after dark. Big up the byker mandem. what u sayin bwo. swag out 1738
where is the abandoned train station ?
BYKER CAN BE SUPER FRIENDLY TOO!!! Go and interview one of the girls on the till in there they are SOUND AS FUCK =)
That lad you talked too about 50 seconds in is my brother! Haha
Awesome man!
You never went down to the hostel at the bottom of shields road and walker is rough you weren't far away when you were at the church
bykers all right, like a bit smoke and drink, never seen Peter fo yonks, worked on the wall and the metro viaduct bridge in the early 70s, had some gud fun in old byker years ago, someone will always buy you a pint if yu skint
Byker wall is like legoland
Doddys channel link is broken
Thanks, taking care of that 👌
Should have tried that mission in the 80s/90s
Phones weren't invented then.
Byker has some rad lookin skate spots
I prefer Bridges in Gateshead but i'm a noob
Where was the abandoned train station ??
Fabulous video really enjoyed the journey keep them coming xx🤗🤗🤗🤗
Thanks so much, more to come Xx 😊
I’ve lived in Walker & Byker all my life , there’s just daft youngings masked up on bikes but there everywhere & they don’t do nowt but mouth off. 🤦♂️ ruff my arse . It might be with all these immigrants in a 5 stretch
Ant and Dec baby
Why break the bloody glass
I got robbed at a cash point on shields once bad times ha
Haha gosh, glad they didn't nab our camera gear
Amazing guys so awesome
Thank you Neil :)
You were right first time - West End 🎭
You had a saveloy dip ftom dicksons. Spot on but its not national. Try not to show yourself breaking things whikst doing urbex. Happy to show you round other areas of the northeast wirh a bit more lived knowledge! Good vid.
class video mate
Thanks mate!
7:35 "Get out the bush..." lol
The east ends a dump always has been walkers just as bad the west ends a dump now the west roads like the Gaza Strip