Much happier times. You walk through Newcastle now and there’s a beggar in every doorway, everyone looks fed up and people with their faces in a mobile. Please take me back to the 70s and 80s.

Born and bred in Newcastle I was 17 when this was made 😢 yeah it made me cry remembering the innocent times that were the 80s

Was a great city back in day, all. Peacful British people. Who were proud of there cjty

I was 17 then, used to love going from Morpeth into the city with my mates shopping for Kappa, Taccini, fake Lacoste, Mackenzie then out in the night starting with trebles for singles. as great crack - moved away years ago but my son will go to Uni there next year so hopefully relive my youth!

everyone looks like they are in either a Flock of Seagulls or Bananarama. was a great time in a great city,

My mam died that year I was 23 then, in my fifties now, this brings back memories which I seemed to have blocked? Thank you, it is all coming back to me now, but in a good way, thank you, it has helped.

I was 20, worked at BT at Manors at the 'telephone exchange' and I remember all of this like it was yesterday and would do anything to go back in a time machine.. we were having the best times of our lives and we didn't even realise it.

I was a 20 years old Geordie lad when this was filmed. In November 1987 I moved south for work and am still down south to this day. To say this film makes me nostalgic is the under statement of the year.

1987 - I was 18 and in Newcastle as a first year student at Newcastle University. Damn this brings back so many good memories....

Look at the smile on the street artists' faces. I've not seen a smile like that since 1987.

The memory of town being heaving with happy shoppers, enjoying the geordie sunshine and finishing off with a Wimpy's fish and chips. I just loved growing up in my city. Some epic memories. Thank you for your videos

Fantastic memories, I was 20 in 1987 and loved life, loved going to town to see the match or to buy new clothes and for a night out with friends. my favourite bar was Cordwainers in Nelson Street. Christmas always seemed to have a very special atmosphere as well, the darkness coming early in early, the Christmas lights and displays, The noise of the Starlings starting to gather and Fenwicks window seemed more magical back then. Thanks for this video. Great memories of a great time, with great people, in our great City.

Very Beautiful City I Love Newcastle Upon Tyne, I'am Indonesian Student, Very comfortable during stay here The Newcastle People are very nice and friendly. I Miss Newcastle Upon Tyne

I was 20 yrs old when this was made. Had me in tears of such brilliant memories, Some sad but some that would give life to go back. Your right you dont realise what a brilliant time this was. Excellent Music and video.

I was 10 years owld when this was recorded. I swear down when I see all the shop's n the Northumberland Street when cars could still drive down makes me proper nostalgic. Especially the The Chronicle seller's on the corners. Then "Coming Home Newcastle" kicked in. This vid was a belta mate😊😊👏👏👏

Wow I loved this, it's great to see what our parents remember. Thanks for sharing

Made me cry I want to go back to 1987 where my life was so much happier

I was 19 and was in my third year of my apprenticeship at the old Byker bus depot on shields road . Great times and so many good memories of this era .

Absolutely lush man... back when people where a pleasure to be around and the internet never gave so many people false ego's because of how many likes they get on a daily basis..

The 80s... my favourite decade

Brilliant time travel! I was 17 then tearing around on a Yamaha RD125LC. Recognise all those great 80’s cars! Where’s the time gone... seems a happier time than now and if I could go back then forever I would do it in a heartbeat.

Newcastle in the 1980s had so much energy. It was a unique place to be. Now it's like any other global city.

I was born within a 3 month timeframe of this and this is always how I remembered Newcastle before I moved away and then came back. Modern Newcastle needs more flowers and trees

I was 16 in 1987, I’m loving seeing the fashions again!

The Odeon cinema. Another cherished part of my childhood crushed under the ruthless foot of progress. Gone but never forgotten.

How I wish I could go back to that time.

This morning, I watched this footage again but this time with the soundtrack muted and substituted with Black's '87 classic, 'Wonderful Life' playing over the video. A most bittersweet experience I must admit.😢

My god I wish it still looked like that I dont recognize my city no more

i remember that was the sound of Newcastle when i was a kid...Women's high-heels! it was like a horse stable everywhere haha in fact the world sounded like that when i was a kid in the 80s lol

I love my city and the nostalgia of old videos make me both happy and sad at the same time. Unfortunately Newcastle has now been lost to foreign invaders. Much like most of the UK. 😢

Love this city, so many memories, so many words to say but ill just enjoy this and smile. Thank you.

Footage like this makes me feel so nostalgic for great times back in Newcastle when I was a kid. The best city & the best people - I miss that place so much.

I was 17 and at Newcastle college in 1987. I used to spend ages wandering around the city. It's all changed now. People seemed more polite back then.

Can't believe they knocked the ODEON down, it was a beautiful building, especially inside.

Hear I go again. I've lost count how many times ive watched this now. Tears still keep coming of a Simple and happy life. Looking at the Posts makes me so happy knowing im not alone with my Happiness but sadness for loss also. It makes you think of the Great people that were in your life then who are sadly not hear now. Eldon square was the Metro centre of Newcastle and you went to Tiffany's happy as hell not a thought of "will someone get shot or knifed tonight" or will I. Ok im going to mention it because i was into heavy mental in the early 80s so hears to Patolli and the hippy arcade. lol, I miss you mam and little sis.

If only we had a time machine to experience this again.

I lived up there between 1984 and 1987 whilst a student at the Polytechnic- and these images I remember and identify with instantly. Loved that city - it was my second home for several years and even when I graduated in August 1987 and left to return back to my home city of Liverpool (port / river cities tend to have their own particular distinctive character - Glasgow being another) I would still return up there frequently whenever I could just to catch up with my new student and Geordie friends (and my relatives who lived north and south of the city) for several years until 1995. Seeing so many parts of the centre changing (not always for the best either as some truly wonderful old haunts, landmarks and around the Quayside were demolished to make way for the usual gentrification) meant I would not return back for another visit until 2003.....by then the city was almost completely different from when I knew it. Seeing this footage just makes me so nostalgic I yearn for a time machine to take me back to those years - which surely are far better than what we have now.

Brings back memories, I had emigrated to Australia about this time.

I want 1987 back I was 21 then 💯❤

How amazing it would be to watch this and see someone you recognise

This makes me mourn an era I never lived in. My dad is from Newcastle and would have been 15 at this time, perhaps he is in the background somewhere!

Good. Grief. I remember every flipping shop and street corner in this video. *nostalgia overload*

God, how i wish i could step into this video and embrace my past again.

Holy hell a year before I was born and not one smack or spice head in sight. Got to love my hometown

I remember my Nana taking me to the civic centre where Princess Diana’s wedding dress was on display. I remember her saying “Eeee, looks like it needs a bloody good iron” 😆.

Life was quality in those days..seeing Newcastle Upon Tyne in the 80s brings great memories. I love the decade very much. Today too much rubbish. People are craving and competing for attention on social media. In those days people interacted and look so relaxed.

Look nobody is walking along staring in to a phone! Can you imagine life once like that?

Walkers.., on a Saturday night ..I was 22 then the years have flown past

I drove a bus for City Busways and this was a blast from the past 😊Excellent stuff

As a born and bred Geordie Newcastle will always run through my veins. Forever black and white ❤

Looked so much happier & the people sounded way more polite and warm than it ever will now.

I love this, brings back memories, I must have been about 16 years or maybe 17 years old, I am now in my 50s years now. I remember the old Accordian player. He was blind but he played a mean according. I miss those days, I used to come to the toon to buy my model kits from the model shops, lovely days. I loved my models, still got some of them! But now I look at this, I wish I had collected the other kind of model! If you know what I mean?

Canny dappa man - the clothes!!! I used to go shopping in the toon every Saturday with my mate Phil to buy records and visit guitar shops - those were the days!

Crackin that, I was a teen then and would never of thought videos like this would be popping up for everyone to see across the world instead of just your sitting room. Original vlogger 👌🏻

Was 17 used to get on train from Cramlington floating aboot THE TOON Happy days

OMG - I was a student at the university 86 - 89

Wow, I wasn't born yet at that time , now I study in Newcastle university , the buildings and streets have hardly changed and I can still recognise them

Oh to have those days back. People were easy going and just wanted to enjoy life.

My era..quite emotional.

Wasn't born then. Great footage, them pigeons will be quite an age now.

I’d go back in a heartbeat

I was born in Newcastle but moved to London for work when I was 21 . . . this could have been written for me.

We need nostalgia now more than ever in these oppressive Orwellian days.

I wish there was more videos like this. Fascinating seeing how much the city has changed

Loved it , god were we wearing that stuff, 😂👍👌💯🇬🇧

I was 5 then. 28 years later, I feel lucky to have managed to live there for 4 years.

Mind to be fair, Sunderland still looks like this. The clothes and the cars haven't changed.

Top shop I was 10 years old I love Newcastle my grandma would take me on the bus from her home in wallsend her friend as the face of the soap bar Camey made in Newcastle in the 1940’s miss this so much

Excellent, a lovely piece of history!

It’s sad to say England will never be like this again

Great film/video. I love the music and songs. Makes me homesick for sure. Merry Christmas to all of my Geordie friends...North and South of the Tyne. See ya, from Texas!

God so much has changed i was 7 in 87 so much better bsck then love the toon

Love this video brings back the memories

Cracking film. I loved it in this era, so many happy memories.

@ 07:53 My late mother was in that shop at the time - I couldn't see her but thank you for posting your video, a little hope goes a long way.

Happy days! Went to Uni there. God I miss stotty bread and Scotch ale....

Spend the best 6 years on my life at the Toon! Lovely people, great city! 👍 Miss you Ncl, miss you Newcastle University!!!

I miss C&A and the Odeon cinema but most of all I miss the feeling of being in a city where I’m not constantly reminded that society is becoming less and less cohesive.

beuaaauw butiful film of NC and I love your north English accent...freddy from Amsterdam

I was 26 and working in Pearl Assurance House at the bottom of Northumberland street, before that I was at Northumbria Uni, now I'm 63 and working in St Mary's Place at the top of Northumberland street. In between I spent some time at Fenwicks. Funny for a mackem, but you all know why.

Great video! I can't believe how much it's changed. Look at the fashion!

Happy days. Many thanks ❤

The good old days 😢

My mother used to drag me into Eldon Square Top Shop as a kid, I remember going up and down on the escalator and sitting on the steps waiting for her.

No smart phones and fat people. Amazing. And people are walking, talkng and enjoy having a good time.

80s trainwreck fashion. Love the video. Shame it wasn't 77. Now that was a year to remember. Ali. The Queen. Jimmy Carter only a few months earlier. And PUNK!!!

I miss the old Toon and the smell of the brewery wafting over the city! I was only 9 this year and I used to think it smelled like Weetabix lol!!

A very beginning Blue and white bus service. .. They rattle the teeth from your head the entire journey.. Ancient buses even back then...

Great video. Love to go back to those days . It reminds me of my childhood . Ambulance rushing through the street; I remembered those types of ambulance with air horns blasting.

Canny bit of nostalgia there!

Newcastle looks so clean and everyone looks well dressed!

I love to back to the 80s

Love this - thank you so much for taking the time & trouble to make these recordings & to share them. I was there - 1981 - 1990. Thanks again - social history which many will enjoy, even if they don't leave a positive comment. +++++++

Society has plunged into the abyss since then

Excellent video & excellent music. Many thanks.

Hello there ....I have been there in Newcastle during my studies...lovely place very friendly for students...I wish I could visit it again with my wife ....

I don't think I saw a single person who was overweight.

Besides the different shops, Monument looks almost indistinguishable from today aha

That kid chasing pigeons was so cute, he must be same age as me now.

The dance is so beautiful, it has a lasting connection with you and me