My Personal Newcastle: Revisiting Places I’ll Never Forget

There are some places you just never forget! This walk takes us to some of mine in Newcastle. Please visit my web site: www.patrickashton.com In this walk we go all over Newcastle, starting at the house where I was born, to the theatres I was taken to, the college where I studied piano, the motorbike shops I hung out in, the places where I busked, and the restaurant where I entertained the Italian waiters with songs from their homeland. Plenty of sights, people and food along the way! 00:42 - Introduction 02:03 - The back alley where I learned about football 04:06 - The site of the former Newcastle General Hospital 06:06 - Views over Newcastle 09:00 - Motorbike shops on Westgate Road 10:06 - Ringing for an ambulance 12:16 - Lunch at Newcastle's Chinatown 15:48 - Remembering shows at the Tyne Theatre and Opera House 17:08 - Seeing two arrests 19:27 - Interviewing four fine young Newcastle lads 21:17 - Revisiting my old college 23:58 - Remembering my first piano-playing job 24:35 - Playing O Sole Mio on the piano 26:14 - Outside the Theatre Royal on Grey Street 27:24 - Statue of Earl Grey, who the tea is named after 27:41 - Central Arcade, where I used to busk 29:27 - Another unplanned vox pop with a young man from Sunderland 30:11 - Another former busking location 33:29 - Revisiting my old nemesis the Japanese spider crab 34:56 - Outro Please click here to subscribe to my YouTube channel:    / @patrickashtontravels   Consider following me on Patreon:   / patrickashton     / patrickashtontravels     / patrickashtontravels     / patrickashton53     / patrick15410016   If you like my videos, please spread the word - and let's build a great channel! This channel is a record of my explorations, both local and further afield. I'll be playing the piano as I go! In my twenties I travelled a great deal, clocking up over 50 countries in Western and Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. My favourites so far have been the Philippines, Moldova, Pakistan and Lithuania, but I can enjoy myself practically anywhere. If I’m interested in something or somewhere, it takes a lot to stop me from going there. Now that I’m in my 50s and the children are just about grown up, my opportunity to travel has returned with a vengeance! Hopefully I’ll be accompanied by my wife for some trips. In making videos for this channel I hope to share my excitement about this wonderful world - cultures, people, landscapes, food, museums, history, architecture, different ways of life. There’s so much that nobody can do all of it. Just as the videos of other people have inspired me, I hope my journeys will inspire you, whether you can actually travel the world yourself or just get a taste of it via my videos. I look forward to having you with me!