Blyth at least has a claim to fame. Blyth Staithes, which no longer exist, were in the Michael Caine film, Get Carter.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johngreyturner/506261007/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePZwOq_PwY
Blyth at least has a claim to fame. Blyth Staithes, which no longer exist, were in the Michael Caine film, Get Carter.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johngreyturner/506261007/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePZwOq_PwY
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I spent a few days up around Seahouses and surrounding towns some year's ago,a very depressed area ,a lot of the folks seemed to be wearing grey and dull pink apparently the colour choice of the depressed I remember sitting in cafes, people were eating chips and gravy and smoking fags.
Blyth at least has a claim to fame. Blyth Staithes, which no longer exist, were in the Michael Caine film, Get Carter.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johngreyturner/506261007/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePZwOq_PwY[/QUOTE]
as was Gateshead town centre Trinity Square car-park which finally thank fook has followed suit, since I had to look at it every day
Alf gets it
Is that ALF ROBERTS getting the rough treatment ?. 
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Thats what you get for selling your corner shop to DEV
The club was originally the home of John Dobson a local architect then it became the oxford gallerys, (it still has "the oxford" engraved above the entrance to this day)
It had became Tiffanys nite club when I used to go in the 80's
The above article is interesting
Coburg Street that is mentioned is about 5 mins walk from my house, I hadn't realised that it was one of the films locations too
Matt
You're in luck. There is a Youtube film showing footage of Coburg St in the film and as it is now. The guy who made the film has done lots for various locations in Newcastle and The NE.
Ian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XzjXBWVLnU&list=PL8D2F9FBC541306AF&index=5
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8D2F9FBC541306AF
If thats the place on the A13 on the right as your heading for Dartford Tunnel and as you cross railway lines as you enter, our paths may have crossed, mid 80's...
No railway lines in river road.
I did a long time ago, a fine city on the boarder of two counties where God takes her vacation when in town, the place where Drake played with his balls while waiting for the Spanish Armada, where the Pilgrim Fathers set sail for distant shores, where you can still buy a decent pasty that contains no horse meat but a word of warning, Cream Teas can be addictive and the cafe's lie about them not being fattening and laden with calories...
A few years ago we went out to Australia and stopped on the way in Singapore and thought it's quite nice. On the way back we stopped in Hong Kong and it became quite clear how dull Singapore was in comparission, clean , tidy but sterile of atmosphere . Hong Kong is a ****hole but so much more vibrant and exciting.
In Australia practically everyone we spoke to told us to give Canberra a miss unless we have some strange sort of passion for dull grey lifeless concrete government buildings.
In Australia practically everyone we spoke to told us to give Canberra a miss unless we have some strange sort of passion for dull grey lifeless concrete government buildings.
Probably get shot down in flames, but I rarely find anywhere or anything interesting, location wise, in The UK. Most places seem to have been sterilised and made to look like anywhere else. Most of the character have gone, and anything than smacks of non-conformity and character has been removed. This story says it all -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-20971961
My part of Bristol had 8 pubs in a small area. Twenty or thirty years ago, these pubs were busy with all sorts of people. All the pubs had their own atmosphere and local charcters from 20 year olds up to late 70s of all walks of life. Friday and Saturaday night, there would be a huge queue out of the chipshop door after closing.
Now it's virtually dead. One pubs closed, another seems to be a permanent disco/karaoke bar to attract anybody they can and most of the others are just hanging on. No one seems interested and probably don't have the money. Probably all at home on the sofa watching X Factor drinking Aldi lager. Friday night in the locals is now quieter than a Monday night used to be.
The only places I find that still have some life and are interesting are abroad. Travelled central Europe a lot and The US, and was always sad to leave. Back to grey old England.
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