Notice how the âroughestâ 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 đ
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. đđ
Absolutely! Took less than 40 years for the population to decline by 80%. Iâm not sure what the population is now but there doesnât 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
Very educational. Thank you very much guysâŠI wonder what makes Byker a âroughâ area, people seemed so pleasant. These videos really help people wishing to get an idea of Newcastle before they move. Great work. Thank you
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.
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 Iâm freaking wondering where in earth this ÂŁ40/week flat is! đ
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
Im from USA the fact ur walking around with those expensive cameras and there isnât trash and delapadated buildings everywhere means it ainât a hard neighborhood at all. In USA hood youâll 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. Yâall 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
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
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
Honestly, I live in heaton and I've never met anyone from Byker who wasn't sound. Aye it's a rough place but it's not like you're gonna get your face caved in just if you walk through. The mental thing about Byker is that it's slap in the middle of two fairly decent areas in Walker and Heaton, but the differences in average income, living quality, ect are night and day.
OMG Walker is 100% worse than Byker Everyone I know who lives in Walker ends up dead, its a weird place (like a mini version of north London, with endless rows of shit and ugly housing).
@@dreamclaw00 Everyone who lives anywhere ends up dead. But I know what you mean. Walker is depressing, worked there for 20 years (Charles Parsons School). Folks are canny but it's bleak in parts. Byker has a bit more of a vibe.
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
The mitre these days is an Islamic community centre. Not that any new series of byker Grove would be filmed, ant and Dec bought the rights to stop tv stations showing re runs as they felt it was embarrassing to them now.
â@@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.
@@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
Great video, I live nearby on the river. Just wondering where the abandoned train station is, iâve lived in Newcastle all my life and never heard of it!
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 itâs a crazy little area to live and some eye opening people. So much love and A brilliant community, donât 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 arenât respectful but a very welcoming community if you cool.
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.
Hey, Gav, how many languages do you speak, read and write? And how many doner kebabs do you eat? How many times have you gone for a curry after going out? Come on, mate: people treat you how you treat them. So next time you see one of those "foriegnors", try taking a leaf out of Saluki's book by saying hello and taking someone you never met before for a cuppa... There's a first time for everything. You might just make a new friend, learn a new language or learn how it feels to have to escape a war zone leaving everything behind. When people feel welcome they're going to behave nicer towards the people in the neighborhood that's welcomed them. When you get a cold, hostile reception you're not exactly going to give the locals roses, eh?
@@happydillpickle news for you Allah is not real blowing up innocent kids raping and grooming young girls is dun by foriegnors get a grip and see yourself the toon is full of them people are frightened to say oot because they get classed as racist a fact if you did a real program with hidden cameras then you will see the truth
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 đ
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
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.
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.
@@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.
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
Hi @thesalukie Iâm from London to Newcastle Iâm looking to move to Heaton. I have been Newcastle so many times alone I just love the place in London itâs 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 âbenefit cityâ. 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
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
I was expecting an actual hood. I wish American hoods look this lovely, check out my home town Birmingham Alabama đ itâs a fucking 3rd world country in half the city.
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 đ
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
I am going back to newcastle again soon loved it last time I will be exploring Byker and other places like where acdc front man brian johnson lived as a child in dunston gateshead with his brothers and sister mum and dad in two bed house he has got two daughters living in Gosforth Newcastle and a grandson
Hi there , you need to pop to benwell , fenham used to be rough but not now byker not that bad compared to back in the day also scotswood road was bad when I was a child but a lot of areas have calmed down as the time has got on cruddas park was bad but thatâs quiet now itâs like a ghost town , check benwell , Walker , wallsend , Iâve lived nearly everywhere in Newcastle lol xx
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.
Lived in Michaelgate inside the wall had the best view up the tyne towards Newcastle loved it yes it had a few characters but for me only happy memories
Iâve lived in Walker & Byker all my life , thereâs just daft youngings masked up on bikes but there everywhere & they donât do nowt but mouth off. đ€Šââïž ruff my arse . It might be with all these immigrants in a 5 stretch
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
Notice how the âroughestâ 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 đ
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
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. đđ
Absolutely! Took less than 40 years for the population to decline by 80%. Iâm not sure what the population is now but there doesnât look like there is any capacity to increase it.
@@Spacetwerp thank you Lindsay, glad you liked it đ
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
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
@@user-of4dj3jc4m Eh? What are you on about and why the mouthy shouting little boy?
You cannit talk, whole of Sunderland is a shithole đ
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Sunderland is worse
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 đ
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 think people who've got the money get dealt with better, because money talks... get out the bush!" đ€Ł
Haha yeah the mam was hilarious
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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Very educational. Thank you very much guysâŠI wonder what makes Byker a âroughâ area, people seemed so pleasant. These videos really help people wishing to get an idea of Newcastle before they move. Great work. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it, you're welcome. The people in Newcastle are lovely in every part of it, wealthy or "rough".
Outside of Sunderland.
If you think Byker is rough you have led a sheltered life.
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
I recently walked through there...it's an absolute shit hole...seriously
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I used to live in the estate inside that part of the byker wall from 1979 till i left home it was ok then
One of the friendliest places I've ever lived....
Elswick/Benwell are just as rough
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It's not a competition
@@markphelan6992 not a competition but itâs the truth đ€·đœââïž
Everyone from the Bermuda Triangle that is Elswick/Benwell is related. Everyone has at least 1000 cousins & the gene pool is pretty shallow & muddy.
@@user-xo1vp5ll9n bunch of bin dippers
That train station was epic. Awesome Salukie as always!
Thanks for watching the entire video Dani â€ïž
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 Iâm freaking wondering where in earth this ÂŁ40/week flat is! đ
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.
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!
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 :)
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
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 itâs 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
The wee girl was hilarious
Haha yeah so sweet
I know her lmao just found this
Im from USA the fact ur walking around with those expensive cameras and there isnât trash and delapadated buildings everywhere means it ainât a hard neighborhood at all. In USA hood youâll 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. Yâall 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 đ
The guy pushing the pedal bicycle is a friend of mine John wise, if you see this John, hope you are keeping well đ 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
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, couldâve been a nice visit like
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
For the ladies: 3:06 You're welcome!
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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.
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
Looks about as rough as Balamory off the back of this video, bet it wakes up a bit at night though.
Honestly, I live in heaton and I've never met anyone from Byker who wasn't sound. Aye it's a rough place but it's not like you're gonna get your face caved in just if you walk through. The mental thing about Byker is that it's slap in the middle of two fairly decent areas in Walker and Heaton, but the differences in average income, living quality, ect are night and day.
Yeah, I agree it just has a bad reputation but havenât met anyone who wasnât friendly and who didnât give me their time of day from Byker.
Walker is a massive council estate there's not much wealth.
OMG Walker is 100% worse than Byker
Everyone I know who lives in Walker ends up dead, its a weird place (like a mini version of north London, with endless rows of shit and ugly housing).
@@dreamclaw00 Everyone who lives anywhere ends up dead. But I know what you mean. Walker is depressing, worked there for 20 years (Charles Parsons School). Folks are canny but it's bleak in parts. Byker has a bit more of a vibe.
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
thatâs crazy. Byker, byker, grove
The mitre these days is an Islamic community centre. Not that any new series of byker Grove would be filmed, ant and Dec bought the rights to stop tv stations showing re runs as they felt it was embarrassing to them now.
â@@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.
as someone who had lived in byker for all their life, it is the roughest đ
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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
Great video, I live nearby on the river. Just wondering where the abandoned train station is, iâve lived in Newcastle all my life and never heard of it!
Thanks man I appreciate the comment
Google âHeaton Depotâ for the train station
Heaton Depot, yeh. I used to work there back in the early 90s
I used to work in those train sheds, maybe the ones next to them that are still open? Good vid!
Yeah I think theyâre still open. Thanks for the comment:)
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)
â@@tameracingdriver greenside as on,way to ryton,
Its lovely
"Giv us yer fern al write it down lyk", nice^^
Kid playing,,,
Shut up,
Get out the bushes,
Best parent skills
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 itâs a crazy little area to live and some eye opening people. So much love and A brilliant community, donât 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 arenât respectful but a very welcoming community if you cool.
I lived there and wars scared out of my life got into a fight every few days it was rough
The west end of Newcastle and Gateshead is the worst it's ok over here in Walker, Wallsend and Byker.
Byker's not that rough - it's just misunderstood really. Like Bosnia or Aleppo.
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.
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nowt rongh with byker you puffs
It's not sh*te it's just all foriegnors in it that spoils it
Brexit it means brexit
Hey, Gav, how many languages do you speak, read and write? And how many doner kebabs do you eat? How many times have you gone for a curry after going out? Come on, mate: people treat you how you treat them. So next time you see one of those "foriegnors", try taking a leaf out of Saluki's book by saying hello and taking someone you never met before for a cuppa...
There's a first time for everything. You might just make a new friend, learn a new language or learn how it feels to have to escape a war zone leaving everything behind.
When people feel welcome they're going to behave nicer towards the people in the neighborhood that's welcomed them. When you get a cold, hostile reception you're not exactly going to give the locals roses, eh?
@@happydillpickle news for you Allah is not real blowing up innocent kids raping and grooming young girls is dun by foriegnors get a grip and see yourself the toon is full of them people are frightened to say oot because they get classed as racist a fact if you did a real program with hidden cameras then you will see the truth
Amazing Video, amazing The Salukie, amazing friends. keeping going ma friends
Mustafa 7abibi thank you so much x
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
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 đ
Back in those days, yeah. Now I'm more inspired by "The People" :)
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 đ 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
@@annfrankshideandseekclub6987 where did you learn to spell......the Viz!
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
I went on a Geography field trip here back in 1988 đ
haha nice
Ha! Me too.
(Some bollocks about new-towns for GCSE or something).
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.
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.
Loved the video. Iâm 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.
I loved near and around the Byker Wall for years, never had an issue with anyone ever. The Raby on The Shields Road howeverâŠ..
my mothers 1st husband used to own the raby :)
They might be ganking about the pidgeon houses, what an obscure thing to say đ
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 :)
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
Scotchy is the roughest neighbourhood in Newcastle
Was this posted in the 1980's?
Scotswood is flat. Gone apart from a handful of streets.
Scots wood is largely been redeveloped now, all new houses
Newcastle isnât rough in general, itâs 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
Fabulous video really enjoyed the journey keep them coming xxđ€đ€đ€đ€
Thanks so much, more to come Xx đ
The roughest hoods in the north east are actually normal hoods in like london...
Hi @thesalukie
Iâm from London to Newcastle Iâm looking to move to Heaton.
I have been Newcastle so many times alone I just love the place in London itâs 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 âbenefit cityâ. 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 Iâm planning on moving to Heaton (Newcastle)
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
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
That lad you talked too about 50 seconds in is my brother! Haha
Awesome man!
Amazing Footage my friend!
Thank you Yoav :)
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 was expecting an actual hood. I wish American hoods look this lovely, check out my home town Birmingham Alabama đ itâs 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
I live here for almost 19 years .
You should consider doing south shields, plenty of things to discover, also alot of rough happenings and situations to document
Is this guy South African?
Im moving to Gatehead on Monday from London đ
Should have tried that mission in the 80s/90s
Phones weren't invented then.
Should go down the road to Middlesbrough!
Duffy is dead
Great video please can you make a video on benwell and scots wood a
That would be awesome
Thanks Charlotte x
Not in the UK atm, maybe in the future :)
Definitely benwell
@@pjr3993 scotswoods mostly flat these days. Not much left.
I got robbed at a cash point on shields once bad times ha
Haha gosh, glad they didn't nab our camera gear
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 thatâs the point lol
Jesmond is a luxury student area though
Jesmond your kidding right jesmond is posh central
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 đ
Byker has some rad lookin skate spots
I prefer Bridges in Gateshead but i'm a noob
You shouldâve asked if you could see the pidgeons
Dicksons is North East only and calling a Savaloy dip a sausage sandwich is considered a war crime
i remember that
byker grove
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
You can hear your Geordie slang coming thru
Wey aye
I am going back to newcastle again soon loved it last time I will be exploring Byker and other places like where acdc front man brian johnson lived as a child in dunston gateshead with his brothers and sister mum and dad in two bed house he has got two daughters living in Gosforth Newcastle and a grandson
What a lame band to care so much abouf
Byker has nowt on parts of blyth cramlington,Seghill ,annitsford for being rough
Only people in Byker with decent cars - are the dealers
Hi there , you need to pop to benwell , fenham used to be rough but not now byker not that bad compared to back in the day also scotswood road was bad when I was a child but a lot of areas have calmed down as the time has got on cruddas park was bad but thatâs quiet now itâs like a ghost town , check benwell , Walker , wallsend , Iâve lived nearly everywhere in Newcastle lol xx
Hi Becca North Shields is really rough now too crack has taken over loads of crime proper run down
@@ThatsTheWun is it I donât go up there I try and avoid places I donât know of lol đđ
@@beccathompson3559 yeh a would avoid it honestly itâs went to the dogs lol
@@ThatsTheWun ok I will keep that in mind thank you least I know not to go up that way
I have a friend that lives on Hawthorn place in Cruddas Park
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.
Lived in Avondale for a year what a hectic place
Lived in Michaelgate inside the wall had the best view up the tyne towards Newcastle loved it yes it had a few characters but for me only happy memories
BYKER CAN BE SUPER FRIENDLY TOO!!! Go and interview one of the girls on the till in there they are SOUND AS FUCK =)
Iâve lived in Walker & Byker all my life , thereâs just daft youngings masked up on bikes but there everywhere & they donât do nowt but mouth off. đ€Šââïž ruff my arse . It might be with all these immigrants in a 5 stretch
Praiseworthy editing!
I appreciate that, Aviv!
Looks like it would be great for parkour.
Yeah dude it is. Not my thing, though
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 Iâve been following a you a while good videos mate đđŒ
@@lewisk451 thanks man, appreciate it!
Demo a pair of Geordies, on about Frosty's đđđđđ
I live in ashington not far from Newcastle
Ayyy maam, we gon be on the news đđđ
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