We step back to the late 1990s, albeit briefly.
It was only 20-odd years ago, but much was different then.
The internet was newfangled and it was a time before social media became a dominating factor in our daily lives.
Britain had a Labour government, with Tony Blair having swept to power after a crushing victory in the 1997 general election.
And Newcastle United were resurgent (for a while anyway), challenging at the top of the Premier League, playing in cup finals, and competing in Europe.
Since then, Newcastle itself has changed in subtle ways too.
Our video clip from a longer piece filmed around the city centre comes courtesy of Thomas Sivell.
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At the time, the clip might have seemed a relatively mundane piece of footage, but nearly a quarter of a century later, thanks to Thomas's foresight, it proves to be a time capsule in film form, capturing a day in the life of the city at a certain point in time.
The clip centres on the Newgate Street area. We see the shops and office space of Newgate House, which would be demolished in the early 2000s.
Many will spot the canopy of one of Newcastle's most famous lost entertainment venues, the Mayfair Ballroom. The subterranean nightspot on the corner of Newgate Street and Low Friar Street hosted dancing, functions, and some of the world's biggest bands between its opening in 1961 and closure in 1999.
Some folk might have shopped at Barker and Stonehouse furniture store on the corner, or had a drink at Bourgogne's. Built into the Eldon Square shopping complex, this was a modern concrete and glass version of the nearby original Victorian-built bar of the same name that was demolished in the early 1970s. The modern Bourgogne's has itself since been bulldozed after that part of Eldon Square was further redeveloped.
We briefly see the Art Deco frontage of the imposing Co-op department store which attracted shoppers from across the region between 1932 and 2011. Today the building plays host to a 184-room Premier Inn.
And finally, as the camera point south down Newgate Street, we catch sight of the former eponymous shopping centre and the Swallow Hotel, both which stood between 1969 and 2016, before being razed to the ground to make way for the new Maldron Hotel.
Thanks again to Thomas Sivell for the video clip.
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