Absolutely love Stan, Hilda and Eddie. By far the best soap characters of all time. These 70's episodes are a joy to watch and made way before my time. Thanks for the uploads.
1977 was a good year for Corrie with the Jubilee ' with Stan draining the battery on the float by leaving the lights on all night ' and Deirdre giving birth to her daughter Tracy at the start of that year ' and Ken and peter 's disasterous camping trip where Ken breaks his leg (I think) and has to wait by himself for hours whilst Peter goes to get help.
Just pretty much said the same thing. I only ever knew him as 'Twiggy' from the Royle Family and the rhubard wine part a few uploads ago must be the greatest long term story telling ever 😂
Had a few days off but as you may know "All good things come to those who wait" and April 79 is a month well worth waiting for. The only sad thing about this omnibus is the few minutes of silence in the last episode, sorry about that. On the bright side we have nine episodes of pure iconic Corrie stuffed to the brim with drama, where you may want to rip Ivy's head off, or Alf, on the rampage sticking it to anyone crossing his path. Comedy is provided with the brilliant egg scheme Stan and Eddie rope Hilda into and Fred's hairpiece which uncle Albert breaks the silence on and everything in-between. So get that kettle on and settle in and go back to a time that by today's standards is and was shear paradise...you know what I mean ❤️
That's brilliant, thank you. I've watched so much and I still can't believe how different and better it was from what it is today. It has the same name, and in some ways, that's about it. There are some good characters and it's more diverse, but too many of the storylines are chaotic, overblown or just ludicrous. Not enough attention is paid to the 'ordinary' stuff that holds it together, so it isn't held together properly.
Ivy is...no I won't say it. Safe to say I've known her character (male and female) who were union "reps". Catholic is her character aye? I've said enough 😉
Sure you’ve read it b4, but, thanks so much for these. Can’t tell U how much I enjoy watching these old fashioned, strong, working class women. Spose it’s cos I’m one meself 😊❤ (not to under estimate the blokes, they’re great too!)
Why didn't anybody (YEARS before the Rovers accident) call her (Annie) out on her 'Iron lady Britannia' routine? She was as much use as a pube in an afro when that happened.
My friend and I had a couple of fish suppers today (22/11/23). The price came to the grand total of £19.40😱 Now for those of you who have no clue about how much we get ripped off these days, I’ll give you a little example. In 1979 the cost of those two fish suppers Ivy and Bert are having, just for lunch I hasten to add, would have cost £1.66. Now I know you’re saying to yourself, what about inflation? Well with inflation which has been pretty steady until a few years back should bring these two suppers to the grand total of £7.82, even with the highest inflation since WW2! 🤔 So why are our working class cheap fish suppers costing us 2.5 times more than they should be? 🤷🏻♂️ Makes me 🤢🤮
Wow, that's insane , loads of things I've stopped doing since being a teenager in the late 90s stopped going to the pub , takeaways everywhere is so expensive 😮
The song played at 1.50:27 is Can You Feel The Force by The Real Thing . I remember buying this as a single. I was 15 and I worked in a newsagent at the weekend. All day Saturday and half day Sunday. I got £10. I gave my mam £2 every week . Happy memories.
Thank you for the upload and all of your time and efforts it consumes, and thank you to everyone for teaching me Corrie charecter history in the comments. ❤️
1:10:49 How ironic newly-engaged Gail looks into the future and says she'd never try to control what her kids do, she just wants them to be happy. Fast forward 20 years and she's turned into a worse mother-in-law-from-hell than Ivy Tilsley, throwing tantrums, and refusing to accept her golden-boy son Nick's new bride Leanne Battersby!
Goes to show how continuous the writing has been, though - having a mother like Audrey would leave deep wounds on the soul which can only be ameliorated through radical self awareness...Gail never had that, and being a young mother on the Street left her no latitude for developing any. And so it goes...
That conga dance at the end of Gayles party is one of my favourite Corrie scenes - that and Emily and Victor doing the tango while Rita sings A New Fangled Tango at the comunity centre dance
Little did Renee know when she said to Elsie Gail won't be 21 again but might get engaged again ...👰 She went on to be engaged and married more than once in fact 😅
Last time someone was buying an engagement ring was Alf buying one for Renee and Bert tisley was working in the jewellers showing them the ring. Or the actor who a short time later became Bert tisley
1:22:17 Actor David Miller, who plays the jewellery shop assistant showing Gail and R. Brian engagement rings, also played the part of Annie Walker's nervous driving instructor Don Grady in August and December 1976. He later played a third, minor role on the show, that of talent agent Gus Ferris, in July and August 1988. Another case of 'actor re-cycling', by the Corrie casting directors! David Miller never rose above minor parts on the Street. But it's surprising how often an actor who ends up with a starring role in 'Coronation Street', turns out to have played one or more prior, bit-parts on the soap. In February 1978, actor Peter Dudley played the jeweller who sold Alf and Renee Roberts their engagement ring. It was one of several Corrie walk-on parts his loyal pal Pat Phoenix, aka Elsie Tanner, lobbied producers to give him. Peter was desperate to win a permanent role, and a year later he triumphantly returned in a blaze of publicity to play Bert Tilsley, who moved into Coronation Street with wife Ivy and son Brian in January 1979. Bert quickly became a hit with the viewers, and Peter was a popular member of the cast, winning many friends among his fellow actors. The character Bert Tilsley appeared on the show from January 1979 to July 1983. After a long absence from the Street due to a pending court case and serious health issues, Peter Dudley died of a heart attack aged 48, on 20th October 1983. Bert Tilsley's death was featured on screen on 16th January 1984. Lynne Perrie was a great friend of Peter Dudley. She gave some truly heart rending and authentic performances as Bert's grieving widow Ivy, calling on her genuine grief at Peter's recent, premature death.
We only tend to notice the actor recycling due to the speed at which we race through months and months worth or episodes! I feel bad for Peter Dudley. It could not have been easy for him to have the tabloid rags trying to ruin his career. I thought his character, Bert, had a lot of potential and was a great counterweight to Poison Ivy. Peter was not closeted among his friends and colleagues. And as you say, he was well liked. It was a time when newspapers were abandoning the 'open secrets' of famous people for the sake of sales.
Percy Sugden appeared as Arnolds Swinelys best man when he married Emily Bishop before he rejoined Coranation Street fulltime and Arnolds Swinely appeared in a minor role previous to appearing years later as the bigamous husband of Emily Bishop. He actually appeared in a scene in the Rovers with Emily and her then husband Ernie.
When Brian and Gail are wed will the priest conducting the ceremony have the bravery to ask if it's a good idea if Bingo from the Banana Splits marries a hamster. Helen Worth was in her late 20s at this point and is playing a 20-year-old. Presumably the breathy way Gail talks, which a lass several years younger would think immature, is to accentuate the character's youth, however it just sounds silly. Meanwhile, the world's biggest control freak, Ivy the poison dwarf, seems to think Brian is 16.
I love ❤️ the old episodes of coronation street, I remember watching these in the 70s with my mum, I wish IVY would stop moaning at brian he as his own life to lead, thank you 🙏 for the upload
They recycled the wig storyline in the ‘90s with Reg, which had some funny scenes like Curly dislodging it with the hand dryer in the gents and winding Reg up by nearly giving the game away to Maureen - I’ve got a tummy ache, and you know what’s good for a tummy ache? Syrup of f-w-f-w-figs! 😂. Then Reg hid it behind the pull down mirror in the car, then it landed in Maureen’s lap next time causing the car to leave the road down an embankment then Curly chased after her with it, like a dead rat or something lol 😂. Close, but I think Fred’s story here is funniest 😂
Albert..'I've been a victim of somebody or someone...The Kaiser the Depression, Blitz Unemployment...Inflation...The Mini Skirt' That sent me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's impossible to replicate Fails voice at this point in type but the never ending start from low and then go hiGH AND BACk down to low is something unnerving
S Funny how when Hilda asked about Audreys age at Gail's 21st Rita snapped she's no more 30 more like 40. When in actual fact theres very little between the actresses Gail and Audrey in real life as we discovered lately.
1:25:46 - Derek - '' Well... That Was superb... as always !'' On that particular line I could not help but wonder if Peter Baldwin modeled Derek's speech patterns on K-9 ? :) As a side note I always found it funny that the actors who played Mavis and Derek had the surnames Barlow and Baldwin.
RE-the buffet food. I can't remember as i was only 16 at the time, but did they not have cling film in those days ? The food arrived uncovered, well before the party.
No i dont remember cling film back then - it might have been in existance but not for the working classes - if we had to cover stuff we just threw a tea towel over it
Ogdens should have kept quails instead, they lay everyday, eggs are pretty and very nutritious. Birds are pretty, look like a cross between a hawk and a kiwi bird (well the golden giant variety of quails). Even in that teensy backyard they would thrive as they can build a decent sized hutch there, they only require, sand, little bits of hay, high protein and calcium pellets and some fine ground oyster shells and ofc water. Also, they are very hardy birds and can tolerate the midlands winter temperature. You can sell the eggs at a very good price to pretentious people like Annie Walker (and many people like her exist 🤣).
Thanks for another fantastic upload 'ProfessionalGun 66! Please forgive me for asking, but is there any chance of more 1979 episodes this week? I got right into these, I'm dying to see the rest of '79 appear in my feed! I guess with the 10 week, Summer strike taking Corrie off air, '79 was a short year for The Street. How many more months are there after these April episodes, before the plug was pulled, did it come off air in August? As I recall, when the show returned in October it hit the ground running with some big storylines, chief among them the wedding of Gail to R. Brian, and the first introduction of Vera's feckless husband Jack (at the wedding). Prior to this, his significant other was the Rovers dartboard! Off air, Pat Phoenix took an extended break to have a facelift (the real reason she couldn't attend Gail's wedding, not illness as was claimed in the script). I always chuckle when she makes her return, stepping out of a taxi wearing enormous sunglasses - in the middle of winter! The facelift was actually a very good one. As she described her heartbreak at fleeing Torquay after splitting with cab driver boyfriend Ron, she didn't look down in the dumps at all but fabulously rested and 10 years younger! I recall you said in another post 1979 featured the last ever scenes between Annie and Billy Walker. I feel quite emotional just typing that!
Ivy was pushing the Catholic religion . Catholics have no idea what the Bible teaches….they just push what the “fathers” tell them to do……. Ivy wanted Brian to do what she wanted….
I actually cringed with embarrassment watching it! Poor Annie, she was stricken wasn't she. It's not often she's struck dumb like that - and who'd have thought cuddly teddy bear Alf would be the one to do it!
Christopher Quinten got a lot of stick for his acting. But honestly, I can't see what the problem was. Ok, the very early scenes were a little wooden, but he's really not that bad at all, and certainly up to the standards of today's soap trash.
2:17:02 Poor old Alf, even Mother Teresa would have lost patience with Renee's mithering by now and gobbed her one! This storyline about Alf's post head-injury, and resulting, Jeykll and Hyde personality change is hilarious. Alf's always been one for a quiet life, especially where women are concerned. It's so funny and out of character seeing him lose his rag with Renee and Annie Walker! I felt so sorry for Annie here! 2:40:53
@@gilliangrant8764 Awww, I love little Annie! She can be a crashing snob I know, and her terrible airs and graces would drive a nun to drink. But when the chips are down she loves her friends (and Rovers staff), is fiercely loyal, and has a heart of gold. Who could forget Annie's many kindnesses, like the time Hilda tearfully confided in her that Stan had left her. Annie took Hilda into the Rovers back room, gave her a cuppa and a shoulder to cry on, then kept Hilda's confidence after their private chat AND gave her a bottle of brandy for her nerves. That's a real friend!
Is it my imagination, or after a character has a big storyline, do they then disappear for a while? Seems to happen all the time? Does the actor then have a holiday, or is it to give other storylines featuring other characters a turn?
No it's not your imagination that always happens. That's why it's great when Gail's storyline is finished because then you know she'll piss off for a while. Either they are not seen for a few episodes or they spend time drinking or eating.
Yep, in one of Terry's storyline, he suddenly seems to have developed a deep tan in of all places the middle of winter in good ol Manchester. It gave me a good laugh when I saw that episode, thank you for the upload!!!
Are they saying “chook” or “chuck”? Anyone know what the origin of this term of endearment is? If it is Chuck? Why? I LOVE IT but I don’t understand it fully. Any explanation would be great. Thanks:)
Mavis exemplified the loneliness of desperate middle aged women...I mean how did the odious Derek even get through her front door..he was and became a character without a single endearing quality
To think you get horrible people in real life like Annie Walker, So Renee has to buy just say a pack of six cans sell one to her and no one wants the rest, I worked in supermarkets for thirty years and you get outrageous customers asking for the even more outrageous things knowing they don't sell it to be a pain, But Doris Speed plays her so well to make you feel like drop kicking her lol
I think Len was originally cast as an Albert Finney-type figure, but when he turned into an uncouth, beer-bellied ale-swilling bully, they still tried to portray him as an earthy charismatic sex symbol.
I’m only a couple minutes in, so this might be a question I don’t need to ask but…..does Eddie still work for Len? If not, what happened? I love Eddie, I hope he earns a little more respect and decent treatment from his neighbors. He tries so hard and he is a sweet guy
The guy on the stairs with Suzie at the party, isn't he the guy years later who was a cross dresser going out with that hairdresser friend off Audrey's
Please can someone tell why derek and mavis broke up please i think i missed that . I wasnt born yet , but know some of the characters from the late 80s
Gail’s birth story changes In 2008 Audrey is contacted by Ted Page Gail's father. He does not know about their daughter Audrey meets him and tells him that he has a daughter and he tells Audrey he’s Gay.
