5 things you didn’t know about Newcastle Quayside. Including the day it was destroyed!!

Really interesting video again Eddy. Look forward to more! I didn’t know about the Great Fire of Newcastle 🔥

Did you know one of the original bridges was destroyed in the Great Tyne River Floods in the 1700's?
And Bessie Surtie's(sp?) elopement to Gretna Green was supposedly made on horse by way of the Dog Leap Stairs - around the base of Dean Street. I always remember my Nana pointing that out when I was a child and being amazed at the steepness of them!

Grew up in Newcastle and moved to New Zealand a few years ago. Your channel brings back so many great memories. Love the channe mate keep it up👍⚫️⚪️

One of my favourite places the Crown Posada, glad it’s back open again

Could you please do a video on the island that used to be on the Tyne kings meadow?

Great stuff mate, cheers.

Hi Eddie I think the manager of the Crown Posada told me once that it used to have windows all the way down one side of the building but they blew out during the war so they bricked the holes up and then put all the mirrors on the wall to create light. Might have got the story mixed up after a couple of pints though 🙂

I enjoyed that thanks, I'm a Mackem but am interested in all North East history and have learnt a couple of things there. Sadly our own town council(s) in Sunderland through the years have managed to obliterate almost all of our historic buildings, Newcastle hasn't suffered quite as badly thankfully. The Crown Posada, by the way, is a great bar!

From one Geordie to another. Thanks for a brilliant view on the city.

My daughter just learned about the explosion at school, apparently it could be heard in Alnwick and Hartlepool 😮

On the right there you've got THAT BAD BOY! (The Tyne bridge)

Quality mate. Loving your content, from a fellow Geordie 👍

I’m born and bred Newcastle (West Denton) and didn’t know half of what you have explained in your videos. Love your delivery mate keep it coming.

Very interesting mate well put together.

The History of the Crown Posada is facinsting. The name crown 👑 on that site dates back 230 years with it being a small pub on the quayside surrounded by a rabbit warren of smaller businesses and residential properties.
The closer you were to the river the closer you were to the money so space on the quayside was tight. The Spanish sea captain story is actually just that, a story. A former landlady called Christine made it up one quiet afternoon with the regulars and like Chinese whispers it slipped into fact.
The Tyne was one of the busiest trading ports in the world back in the late 1800s and Spain and Portugal were frequent visitors. To a point there was a Spanish consulate in Milburn house. The majority of these sailors wouldn’t be bilingual and being in a foreign land the word Posada (meaning resting place or inn) would jump out as a place to get a glass of wine and likely other activities 😏
The snug was the vip section which charged more for a pint so wealthy traders and ships captains could drink I disturbed by riff raff and the pub gained a few extra coppers and prestige. I could go on all day.
Great video

As a historical building ie tapas bar signage is a disgrace to the management

What about Bob and Terry?

Great video 👍

Brilliant video. Thanks.

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Good video. I certainly didn't know anything about Quayside other than knowing it was there! Not being local I found it really interesting. Look forward to seeing more.

Fascinating, and well told! Thanks Eddy!

Brilliant

Did there not used to be rowing boat ferry from the quayside

Is the Crown Pasada the pub in the old Michael Caine film Get Carter?

From a fellow Geordie now living in Liverpool, thank you so much for doing this video. There is nothing like returning to Newcastle by train & looking down river to see the Tyne Bridge. I will never tire of that feeling for home. Very best wishes & please keep up all of the good work.

The Metro was never a good thing for Sunderland, as it never went there until recently,

another class vid

I see the Tyne bridge as one of those mini architecture models you see of the full size one.

Cracking video. Crown Posada is my favourite pub.

Loved the vid! Often drink in the crown posada and wondered how it had such an odd name? Now we know! Brilliant!!! 👍😊🍻

Very informative

Thanks!

the boulders from the explosion are still in st marys church yard.

We LOVE the Crown Posada...a few years ago after going on a record shop tour/ buying spree, we popped in and the barman said we could play our Vinyl Records once the owld regulars had listened through theirs that were lined up....p.s: have you had a Pie, peas & mash from the Red House Pub near to the Bessie Surtees building?

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Eddy .. I've just very recently found your channel and I'm loving it. Great work. As for the Crown Posada, check out the track by Smoove and Turrell. It's a fantastic tribute to the establishment. It's on their album "Crown Posada".

Crown Posada is a fantastic bar

Magnificent stuff as always pal. One of my favourite places to visit with work !

In the early 1960’s my Mother worked in an office next to Bessie Surtees House, which is now all the same building. She worked on the 3rd floor, the rest of the upper floors were empty. I used to explore the old building on Saturday mornings when she was working by herself. Behind it was a very narrow medieval back lane or street, which could be accessed through a pub yard at the bottom of Dean Street. There is a bit of a cliff face there with ancient steps leading part way up, you can probably still see them from the Moot Hall car park. I was about 12 years old, and totally fascinated with the buildings. The upper floors had not been converted to offices, so we’re still as they were originally. The Company She worked for was Foy, Morgan and Company, they were Timber shipping agents. Later moved into Exchange Buildings.

You might have mentioned the Roman name for this place was "Pons Aelius" from the original roman wooden decked bridge. Emperor Hadrian who built the roman wall had the family name Aelius.

The Swing Bridge was actually the first bridge in the world to be operated by hydraulic power. Our great hero Lord Armstrong saw it as a great means to expand his new invention which literally went on to shape our modern world. It still works using water and not hydraulic fluid as its power source and still has its massive accumulator to harness its power. You should make a video all about the stretch of the Tyne from the Scotswood Bridge to The Quayside. There's a lot of well placed information boards to help you. Also tie in the history of Scotswood Road which was famous for having a pub on every street corner. Another great but perhaps less well known hero was the photographer Jimmy Forsyth who was famous for his book Scotswood Road which in addition to stunning photos also told stories about the area. Jimmy was a good mate of mine who always carried a plastic bag full of old Kodak Brownie cameras instead of the trendy Japanese and German cameras other leading photographers used. He was a lovely modest man who would talk about meeting the French master photographer Cartier- Bresson who is still regarded as one of the best ever in history. He on the other hand thought Wor Jimy was better!

Did you know that further upriver, near Blaydon, was the Chain Bridge, made from remnants of chains from Sydney harbour bridge left here.

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Just watched that documentary about that Finnish lady who lived in byker and took pictures. It’s lucky that she did that because it was demolished soon afterwards.

The only place on the Tyne that comes close on the bridge count is Haltwhistle with five. A disused railway viaduct, two disused road bridges, ant two road bridges on the A69 town bypass.

I seem to remember as a kid on holiday , late'40's early '50's going to a market on the quayside on a Sunday morning . Or am I imaging it.

Great video! Thanks so much for this!

At the beginning I say 1954, which of course is impossible.
Please ignore that linguistic faux pas, I meant to say 1854, which I state later on. 👍🏻