Something quite appealing and soothing watching this

Watched 27 May 2020. UK. Newcastle. Remember my Mam 1938-2004 telling me she worked on the trolly buses as a clippie and one winter it overturned. I was born 1960 and vaguely remember them. When this lockdown is over with I'll show this to my 86 yr old Dad who's in a nursing home in Cullercoats. He'll remember the trolley buses no problem!! Thanks for downloading.

Fascinating footage. Newcastle trams were before my time, whilst I do remember the trolley buses which lasted until the mid-late 60s. The motor cars featured were also built to last in those days - much of what is shown above being a testimony to British industry in those bygone times. A lovely film altogether - my thanks for posting it.

Amazing! Who had the foresight back then to do this? Thank god they did. It’s like having a time machine. 👍👍

Most striking thing about this is how much public transport there is! Trams, buses and trolleybuses. If someone tried to introduced trolleybuses nowadays, they'd be called a crazy lefty.

Great piece of film. Amazing how busy it was then.

hi there this opened my eyes, i've been a bus driver in the toon, for thirty years, and it was more chaos than now, hard too believe, still, life goes on.

I have been living up here in Newcastle 10 years this year and I have to say, this is the best place to live. I'm glad to be up here, I would be devastated if I had to move away from Newcastle.

Great video. Was in new Newcastle last month. Love the place. Shame about the litter though. It is spoiling a great city.

trolly buses , we had nothing, but we were happy, the days when everything was fixable, when byker was an adventure

Absolutely fantastic video. Really enjoyed. Thanks for sharing.

Yellow Trolley bus reversing at 7:37 is the number 34 which terminated at Park Road , Wallsend then went back through the Toon to Denton Burn. God, I feel old as I used to ride on this one from Wallsend. Nice quiet vehicle, no stinking fumes, and it was always a laugh seeing the conductor hooking the Trolley arms back onto the lines when they came off.

Love these old films! Brilliant. My uncle had an ancient joke he used to tell regularly. One woman says to another. “I went to the toon today to buy a bra. Couldn’t find one that fit anywhere” Other woman sez, “ Have you tried Binns?” First woman says, “Aye, but they just keep rattlin’l

Pedestrians back them appeared to have the road sense of pheasants! I was just chatting to the missus about how Newcastle city centre is different to other cities in the UK the other night. Best analogy I could come up with (and it's not brilliant, but) it's like comparing the Lake District with the mountainous areas of Scotland - Scotland is bigger, the statistics are more impressive, scenery is more 'dramatic' but the Lakes have condensed beauty - more picture postcard. Ncle city centre is like that with its stunning riverside and gorgeous sweeps down Grey/Dean St and is so compact you can walk from one end to the other in minutes and get that real concentrated feel. Other cities may have more of this or that but Ncle has a 'just right-ness' about it that is hard to define.

A little before my time, but such a fabulous video, Steve......

Thanks for the great collection. Superb. See the driving in the Toon hasn’t improved much - just got slower now!

What a gem....

Unbelievable that people had total disregard to road safety back then people alighting from Trams and vehicles overtaking them on the inside ...people crossing the road dodging Trams , Buses and all manner of Traffic how anyone survived is a miracle ....but great video very atmospheric

Wonderful upload. I was trying to locate where in the city centre this was. Its changed dramatically over the years. There are lot remaining today in 2019 which are familiar.

Beautiful and takes your breath away when you are really into it like me. I often wonder what lovely 78 records would be available to buy back then of singers we don't even know about and everything had character. I've seen this footage before on a Trolley Bus Dvd I have. Just amazing thanks and a lot of these people will now be dead. It's a world I would like to go in actually lol, better than todays world.

A fascinating video

Newcastle is like the ceremonial figurehead of the greater Tyneside area which is nearly a million people and the 6th biggest conurbation in England. So we are not that small !

Stunning footage thanks

Newcastle is a very large City, the centre of the 6th largest conurbation in England. It has a compact "City Centre", but has developed over the Centuries as the Regional Capital for North East England. That means that it is in Newcastle that 'regional' and 'national' admin functions, Central Government Departments, etc, etc, as well as majot sporting and entertainment venues and activities all tend to be located. It is the 'famous' place of North East England, around the UK and around the world. It is indeed one of the UKs hugely significant and large conurbations, no matter what the weird vagueries of "Local Authority Boundaries" within the Newcastle area, may often seem to suggest. We are very lucky, in this region, to have such a beautiful City to represent us.

I love my city and reading comments I think peoples road sense then was better in a way...no mobile phones and headphones. People back then could judge speed etc and yeah everyone using the roads or crossing them had to have their wits about them but I have to say there's nothing worse when people press a button to stop traffic on a quiet road...or you're sitting at a red light and they've crossed and are halfway down the street! Happy days when ' playing chicken' was enjoyed by adults haha! Lovely video :)

Wonderful memories... You know I only lived in Newcastle for four years, between 12 and 16, 1979 to 1982... But I am sure I caught the glory days... Kevin Keegan was in his Prime, Arsenal just bought Malcom McDonald, Get Carter was not long out, Spanish City was only just starting to fade, Binns was still open, as were Geordie Jeans... Grainger Market was thriving, as was the newly opened Eldon Square. Maggie had only just taken over so we didn't know what was coming down the line... Princess Di popped up at the John Boste Youth Club and we all turned out to see her... Pubs were still pubs, not this fancy drinking lark yet, all the pubs in town were heaving, Tiffeny's was magic and it had a teen disco in the week that was a taste of things to come for me. We used to live in Benwell and had to walk down to my nana's in Dunstan, every Friday over the Redhugh Bridge... Federation Brewery, the Cross Keys and the Rocket Flats. Then we moved to Walker, and I had to get the 39/40 every day to school on the West Road, through town and the clock on Northern Goldsmiths would remind me every morning of how late I was running. The Odeon was still there next to Pearl Insurance with the NEEB on the corner and the Police & Fire Station opposite... The busses all queued up on Woswick Street... Central Station was a magical place, though my travelling was chiefly done from Gallowgate Bus Station. I remember St. Cuthbert's Village, the back to back housing, T Dan Smith, Gateshead Tesco, Sheriff Highway, The Three Tuns. Happy days in Cullercoates, Tynmough, Jesmond Dene, Leazes Park, The Hoppings, the Quayside Market and Swan House... Happy days... super condensed.

Just great

wacky races im glad driving tests came out

Where the railway lines busy then? Would love to have seen the trains then.

I was born in the Bonny City of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1950.I am proud to be a Geordie.Howay my Lads and Lasses.❤️❤️❤️.

Those were the days my friend and I was just a boy.

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so basically the precursor to google streetview?

How come it looks busier then than it is now?

How the hell did people not get killed it's like watching Vietnam or China today!! People queuing for trams in the middle of the road

I can’t help thinking how much the culture and way of life has been changed, I grew up in Newcastle in the 40’s 50’s and 60’s joining the Army mid 60’s and finally moving away to work in the mid seventies. When I tell people where I live in the midlands about Trolley Buses they look at me as if I am radio rental. Nowadays I hardly hear English being spoken when out and about, what were those two world wars all in aid of? Would have saved a lot of lives and sorrow if the people that defended the UK had just given the country away then rather than now. Thanks for the memories.

Thank God those days are gone!

Look at all the people dying before all the health and safety! When we still used our brain🤣

no asylum seekers back then