Walked through there in the 1970’s a few times from the Jesmond Vale end, scary stuff I think back. Groups of lads would take torches to make there way under the City stadium (old tip) to the Byker Bridge side.
Hi my name is rich it was me that made the comment about the culvert in your last video I've commented on quite a few times on your videos over the past few months the very well done and some of the music is great but just want to touch on another thing my mother used to tell me years ago but her mother my great great grandmother used to go down to the Tyne when she was a young lass and she used to tell my grandmother but you could walk from the Walker side of the river right across to the other side there was islands in the middle of river I'm Gathering the river wasn't too deep them days and my great great great grandmother use to take down to the river in the summertime like you out the seaside and they used to call it Byker Sands I've seen all schematics on the internet from that time when the river was Shallow I just thought this topic be quite interesting maybe you might find a little bit more than I did still interesting though good luck on your next video
Also in the early 80s I used to work in a supermarket on Shields Road in Byker call value stores it's where the British Heart Foundation is now I used to work in in the back as a young 16-year old on my work experience from school and you can feel a vibration on the floor that was the trains running underneath the tunnel which is under the the store and the tunnel went under Shields Road on the Gala Bingo down Dalton Street on the other end is where Morrisons shop is now all covered up years ago another interesting fact
Also tynemouth pier was built in 1909 but it was not the first Pier the first Pier was slightly north of the one that's down there now you can see the foundations of it at low water the first peer didn't stay up long the following winter a storm breached the pier putting a 300m gap right in the middle of it so they're rebuild it the first pair was curved there's also pictures of that on the internet too
I was born in Byker in 1944 and was always forbidden to go to that area and 'play'. I do remember a rope that dangled from a bridge support (I think) and kids would swing out with it. Amazing how the Shipley Street wash-house heating boilers are still being used.
In 1955 I started an apprenticeship at Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Railway works on Forth Banks behind the Central Station until 1959 when it closed down in favor of the Darlington branch of the company. I was wondering if there was any of it still remaining and if there was an office where I could contact. Any info would be appreciated. Des. Rutherford
A lot of that went all derelict unfortunately but that area has been regenerated. A mixed-use development centred around the historic Robert Stephenson & Co. Locomotive Works. The development is led by the Clouston Group and includes: Crowne Plaza Hotel Rocket & Multi-Storey Car Park North East Futures - University Technical College Boiler Shop (1000 capacity venue & Grade II* Listed) Stephenson Square Hawthorn Square Coppersmith Square +additional future builds / conversions ongoing.
Walked through there in the 1970’s a few times from the Jesmond Vale end, scary stuff I think back. Groups of lads would take torches to make there way under the City stadium (old tip) to the Byker Bridge side.
Hi my name is rich it was me that made the comment about the culvert in your last video I've commented on quite a few times on your videos over the past few months the very well done and some of the music is great but just want to touch on another thing my mother used to tell me years ago but her mother my great great grandmother used to go down to the Tyne when she was a young lass and she used to tell my grandmother but you could walk from the Walker side of the river right across to the other side there was islands in the middle of river I'm Gathering the river wasn't too deep them days and my great great great grandmother use to take down to the river in the summertime like you out the seaside and they used to call it Byker Sands I've seen all schematics on the internet from that time when the river was Shallow I just thought this topic be quite interesting maybe you might find a little bit more than I did still interesting though good luck on your next video
Also in the early 80s I used to work in a supermarket on Shields Road in Byker call value stores it's where the British Heart Foundation is now I used to work in in the back as a young 16-year old on my work experience from school and you can feel a vibration on the floor that was the trains running underneath the tunnel which is under the the store and the tunnel went under Shields Road on the Gala Bingo down Dalton Street on the other end is where Morrisons shop is now all covered up years ago another interesting fact
Also tynemouth pier was built in 1909 but it was not the first Pier the first Pier was slightly north of the one that's down there now you can see the foundations of it at low water the first peer didn't stay up long the following winter a storm breached the pier putting a 300m gap right in the middle of it so they're rebuild it the first pair was curved there's also pictures of that on the internet too
I was born in Byker in 1944 and was always forbidden to go to that area and 'play'. I do remember a rope that dangled from a bridge support (I think) and kids would swing out with it.
Amazing how the Shipley Street wash-house heating boilers are still being used.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for the upload
Interesting video, think you can still get down there.
I think it would be good to try one day in the summer when there is a heatwave and the water levels are low.
if your doing jesmond dene i hope you find the bunker
I found it 🤓 trying to gain official access to it.
there is nothing to see inside just 3 vaulted rooms and a staircase@@livingonthetyne
the main entrance is in the basement of the house. they use it for storage ive heard
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Its a real shame it was buried iver rather than preserved as part of the history of Newcastle.
Yeah they could open it up and maybe have some kind of exhibition there detailing the story of its history.
In 1955 I started an apprenticeship at Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Railway works on Forth Banks behind the Central Station until 1959 when it closed down in favor of the Darlington branch of the company. I was wondering if there was any of it still remaining and if there was an office where I could contact. Any info would be appreciated.
Des. Rutherford
A lot of that went all derelict unfortunately but that area has been regenerated. A mixed-use development centred around the historic Robert Stephenson & Co. Locomotive Works. The development is led by the Clouston Group and includes:
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Rocket & Multi-Storey Car Park
North East Futures - University Technical College
Boiler Shop (1000 capacity venue & Grade II* Listed)
Stephenson Square
Hawthorn Square
Coppersmith Square
+additional future builds / conversions ongoing.
The main old building is still there but there is events that go on inside of it and bongo bingo.