Ena was 62 when she first came on coronation st she was in it for 20yrs till she. Passed away in December 1983 at the age of 85 Ena was a legend R.I.P.👍👍👍
Only just noticed these! I've been watching corrie all my life and I've always wanted to see the original episodes! Thank you so much for uploading them!
Oh, Mr Swindley! The late, great Arthur Lowe, well before Dad's Army. I love him. The relationship between Mr Swindley and Miss Nugent was brilliant. This has made my day 😊
I didn't as my mother said ITV was common. And it was! So I missed out a lot but we watched Sunday Night at the Pally as the Queen went there so that was ok & Take Your Pick,
Coronation Street was created by a young Tony Warren (Real name Tony Simpson) He was asked to write about Manchester, he did, centred around growing up observing and watching people in every day life. The rest is history.
The writing so much better in those days I met Tony Warren at Leigh Turnpike Gallery in Leigh where he was doing a talk on Coronation Street he once said if he passed away the show Lose it's grip, there were signs in the late 1990s that the show was starting to go down hill The 60s 70s and 80s was definitely the days of Coronation Street
RTE started to air Coronation Street in 1978 when their second channel launched called RTE 2, so I wonder if they ever bothered to show the first 18 years?
@@sconesindi2222 Depending on where you lived in Ireland right? I read border counties and east coast could watch UK channels via spill over, and then cable television in big towns and cities by 1980s right?
@@sconesindi2222 Well Corrie started in December 1960, and so the only way she could have seen it was from Ulster Television in Northern Ireland, as West Wales didn't get an ITV region until 1962. So she must have been one of many who had massive TV aerials pointing up to Northern Ireland. There is one funny article which I have just seen, which said air traffic control over Dublin were concerned with the size of the aerials used, to receive BBC and UTV from Belfast. They were tall and huge, and sometimes a danger to Dublin airport air travel LOL.
Not surprised the kids’ singing was too much for May really. If it could be heard that loud in the house, when they were outside...and what they were shouting at the end!
American Soap Operas were set in the more affluent neighborhoods and cities the upper class and middle class in the forefront of the storylines and in hospitals, fancy restaurants and nightclubs, and the nicer side of the street but the Soap Operas from the UK and other countries the main characters are from the not so nice side of the street and the settings were in pubs, cafes, delis, corner shops, side streets, etc and the characters were lower class laborers instead of high level business people.
Until Coronation Street, British soaps were set in well to do leafy suburbs. Apart from The Archers, which was originally intended as a way to pass agricultural information on to farmers and the public in an entertaining way.
Another gem of an episode - did we ever see Elsie's (good) front room? Funny how Elsie's always showed the back room and e.g. Christine's the front room? Love in these early episodes the fires were blazing . Ivan was a good looking one - I read he was the real life partner of Tony Warren who created CT. Had to laugh re- the children singing living doll in the background- however, a poignant ending - cruel children / cruel people - mental illness was certainly taboo then.
I remember reading a Book where The Owner of a Cafe screamed at Two troublemakers after Dr. King got Assasinated and she screamed "Get Out Of Here And Don't Make Me Chew My Chicken Twice!"
Wrong. It's was trashy back then, that's how life was in Manchester & elsewhere & how it spoke & laughed at you & we the viewer didn't realise what writer Tony Warren was revealing. Now, like everywhere, Corrie lost its & our roots. Only character Ken Barlow is the only Corrie connection left & when he exits stage left so does Corrie.
would the kids carry on singing for so long like the closing credits showing the houses and the characters who appear would have been good to redo that for the 60th episode
No wonder this was a huge success at the time. I grew up in a street like this, and at that time. All the characters were there, the bright kid who went to University and was embarrassed by his parents, the corner shop woman, Esther Hayes...and how I dreamed of Linda Cheveski and Christine Hardman!
thats what was to be Hilda Ogdens front room - May and Christine had lived in a big posh house so they used their front room as a living room - everyone else used the back room for day to day living as was the custom with the working classes - we only ever seen Uncle Alberts front room when he started to use it as a bedroom and Elsie Tanners when Marrion was going to use it as a bedroom
“She hit him with her handbag” The background noise is really distracting. “Sling ya hook”. Ena is being told off for going to the pub. Judge not lest ye be judged, Ena! Linda’s a demanding bitch. Ivan’s doing his best. He doesn’t want to go into debt. Linda’s so self-entitled. Am I meant to hate her? Is the social commentary about how woman who want to work are selfish? Or is this meant to be a liberation thing? 8*Spoiler alert** Oh, she’s pregnant. I thought she might have been in the first episode but discounted it when it didn’t come up. Well, she should only be drinking lemonade in the pub then. Aargh! She’s smoking! Dennis Tannner now looks familiar. Oh, it’s him! He came back to Corrie when he was older. Nasty kids singing an awesome song (Living Doll) but it reminds me of the Young Ones. It’s cool they show where people live in these credits. No wonder Sharples goes to the pub when she’s that close. I would too. Third episode down and must admit I’m finding it really fun watching these vintage episodes. Not very drama-filled yet but entertaining none the less.
Keep up the good work on here mate hove a good day mate am a big fan of u do a relly good job on here mate how are u OK mate keep up the good work on here mate form Greg bouchard how are u OK mate form Greg bouchard keep up the good work on here mate keep up the good work on form Greg
Linda is one of them girls that turn into an old bag as soon as they get married - in them days guys just put up with that shit and got walked over the rest of their lives
@carolineg1872 Used to see that sort of couple a lot. The wife spent years belittling the husband in private and public. Nagging away until he just did what he was told and stood where he was told to stand when out shopping. The wife would despise him for being what she turned him into. Of course it happened the other way, too, with Men grinding their wives down. The difference was that the downtrodden wives were pitied (never helped) by neighbours while the ground down men were ridiculed. There are still some couples like that around now.
Was extremely popular in NZ when I watched it in the mid 60s.......years later as the story lines became grubbier and less believable, we just gave it up. OK..there are people like that...but all in one street?.... got a glimpse and surreptitious photo of the CS set during filming for a window up in the science museum in 2006. It is still played here on NZ TV but well past its use by date even 15 years ago.
Why use an actor from Helsinki to play a Polish man...the accent is completely wrong....so annoying....plus he looks more Asian than Polish...very confusing 😕
Ena was 62 when she first came on coronation st she was in it for 20yrs till she. Passed away in December 1983 at the age of 85 Ena was a legend R.I.P.👍👍👍
They were so good it's easy to forget they aired live. ❤
This era is gone of real actress n actors ❤
Only just noticed these! I've been watching corrie all my life and I've always wanted to see the original episodes! Thank you so much for uploading them!
Oh, Mr Swindley! The late, great Arthur Lowe, well before Dad's Army. I love him. The relationship between Mr Swindley and Miss Nugent was brilliant. This has made my day 😊
8 years before he got even more big fame in Dad's Army in 1968
I love the end credits and the extended version of the theme tune
So many lovely memories, i watched with my late Mum and Dad.
I agree i too watched with my late parents
I didn't as my mother said ITV was common. And it was! So I missed out a lot but we watched Sunday Night at the Pally as the Queen went there so that was ok & Take Your Pick,
Coronation Street was created by a young Tony Warren (Real name Tony Simpson) He was asked to write about Manchester, he did, centred around growing up observing and watching people in every day life. The rest is history.
The writing so much better in those days I met Tony Warren at Leigh Turnpike Gallery in Leigh where he was doing a talk on Coronation Street he once said if he passed away the show Lose it's grip, there were signs in the late 1990s that the show was starting to go down hill
The 60s 70s and 80s was definitely the days of Coronation Street
I think Corrie should have finished with some dignity just before the Jane McNaught era began in late 1999.
Tony Warren was in a relationship with the very handsome Ernst Walder (Ivan Cheveski) at the time. Both were also good pals socially with Pat Phoenix.
Yes very handsome - thats interesting thanks for sharing
don't talk ridiculous , that sort of thing didn't happen in those days
@@johnsmith-bx4rn they did stuff in closets aparantly - i remember reading it somewhere
@@johnsmith-bx4rn "That sort of thing" has happened for thousands of years
@@Ryujenini bullshit, never happened when i was young
Ladies are kindly requested to leave the bar after being served. Holy crap imagine that today! Crazy lol
Obviously Annie doesn't regard Elsie as a lady.
And the way the men treat alcohol as a kind of drug. Stand there and pour it down and leave, like it's a clinic
l. watched this in Ireland when i was young and Ena was old , now im older than her now .
RTE started to air Coronation Street in 1978 when their second channel launched called RTE 2, so I wonder if they ever bothered to show the first 18 years?
@@johnking5174 Irish people watched on the British channels.
@@sconesindi2222 Depending on where you lived in Ireland right? I read border counties and east coast could watch UK channels via spill over, and then cable television in big towns and cities by 1980s right?
@@johnking5174 yes, that must be it. My mum, who lived near Dublin, watched Corrie with her mum since it started.
@@sconesindi2222 Well Corrie started in December 1960, and so the only way she could have seen it was from Ulster Television in Northern Ireland, as West Wales didn't get an ITV region until 1962. So she must have been one of many who had massive TV aerials pointing up to Northern Ireland. There is one funny article which I have just seen, which said air traffic control over Dublin were concerned with the size of the aerials used, to receive BBC and UTV from Belfast. They were tall and huge, and sometimes a danger to Dublin airport air travel LOL.
I wish ITV would release these on Britbox.
Not surprised the kids’ singing was too much for May really. If it could be heard that loud in the house, when they were outside...and what they were shouting at the end!
Three episodes in & it's still the same day.
Binge watching!
Yeah me too, my whole public holiday will be gone
American Soap Operas were set in the more affluent neighborhoods and cities
the upper class and middle class in the forefront of the storylines and in hospitals,
fancy restaurants and nightclubs, and the nicer side of the street but the Soap Operas
from the UK and other countries the main characters are from the not so nice side of the
street and the settings were in pubs, cafes, delis, corner shops, side streets, etc and the characters were lower
class laborers instead of high level business people.
Until Coronation Street, British soaps were set in well to do leafy suburbs. Apart from The Archers, which was originally intended as a way to pass agricultural information on to farmers and the public in an entertaining way.
I was busy being born the day this first went out.
Lol, you share the same day with me, only I arrived 9 years before. ...
Lol... my husband was two days old! And I wasn’t even born 😂
Another gem of an episode - did we ever see Elsie's (good) front room? Funny how Elsie's always showed the back room and e.g. Christine's the front room? Love in these early episodes the fires were blazing . Ivan was a good looking one - I read he was the real life partner of Tony Warren who created CT. Had to laugh re- the children singing living doll in the background- however, a poignant ending - cruel children / cruel people - mental illness was certainly taboo then.
We see Elsie's front room in the early 80s when Eddie's wife moves into it, but I'm not sure if it's seen before then.
The front rooms were seldom shown. They still aren't apart from the houses that are now open plan.
Ken calls it The Parlour.
Mary Taylor now sleeps in said front room at no.11.
Has anyone seen Ken's son?, he is an actor on one of the Law and Orders....looks just like him.
A little before my time..I bet the whole family would sit around the TV., and watch corrie
Yes, magor stars watched it, most people would miss it, alas not now. ..
"I don't cook my cabbages twice": a phrase repeated years later by Hilda Ogden (during a row with Elsie Tanner).
julieann carter
Watch again with the subtitles turned on.
They are very amusing.
I remember reading a Book where The Owner of a Cafe screamed at Two troublemakers after Dr. King got Assasinated and she screamed "Get Out Of Here And Don't Make Me Chew My Chicken Twice!"
And kind words don't butter parsnips.
Now think on. 😁
@@carolineg1872 And look sharp.
Thank you so much for posting. Absolutely wonderful. 💖💖💖💖
Ty aunty corrie 2 great fan here from nz luv it
Thank you very much for the uploads.
Such a good show in those days,not trashy like today
Wrong. It's was trashy back then, that's how life was in Manchester & elsewhere & how it spoke & laughed at you & we the viewer didn't realise what writer Tony Warren was revealing. Now, like everywhere, Corrie lost its & our roots. Only character Ken Barlow is the only Corrie connection left & when he exits stage left so does Corrie.
@@seltaeb9691 no it wasn’t trashy back then, it was very real to life and working-class.
The show today is trash and unrealistic
Love the old corries from the 60s
Lovely to watch these. I was 10 when it first started. 🙂
Ivan surprised at Linda's temperament😒....look at her mother. Might've saved some trouble. 🤔
Coronation Street Storyline Peter Susan
I Am Doing Coronation Street Ray Langton Hair Ray Langton Sideburns Scenes Storyline December 16 1960
Really wanting to see January 1968 when the hippies come to Coronation Street. Can anyone help?
6:35 there is power, power wonder working power in blood of the lamb🎤🎶🎵🎶🎵we sing that song in Black Gospel Church here in America🤎🧡🖤💛🇺🇲
Thank you for uploading these just love all the old ones
Cocoa on top of milk stout. Blimey, lead lined stomachs. 🤢
Social history now...brilliant! Thanks
would the kids carry on singing for so long
like the closing credits showing the houses and the characters who appear
would have been good to redo that for the 60th episode
Thanks for the memories 😊
No wonder this was a huge success at the time. I grew up in a street like this, and at that time. All the characters were there, the bright kid who went to University and was embarrassed by his parents, the corner shop woman, Esther Hayes...and how I dreamed of Linda Cheveski and Christine Hardman!
Ena was just formiddable. Fantastic.
Thank you for sharing 🙂
Ena and her cronies at the start...lol
The cruel kids with a vulnerable adult. That's what happened to me also. Can't ever forgive them, made my life miserable for 15yrs.
Linda Tanner was the hottest of all time in CS. Good casting there too.
Coronation Street Storyline Peter Susan
I Am Doing Coronation Street Ray Langton Hair Ray Langton Sideburns Scenes Storyline December 16 1960
Anyone recognize mainwaring from dads army?
How can May and Christine live there? All that noise constantly from outside would drive me round the twist!
thats what was to be Hilda Ogdens front room - May and Christine had lived in a big posh house so they used their front room as a living room - everyone else used the back room for day to day living as was the custom with the working classes - we only ever seen Uncle Alberts front room when he started to use it as a bedroom and Elsie Tanners when Marrion was going to use it as a bedroom
@@williamf4544 Thanks for this info.
They don't make programmes as good now!!
Ivan is gorgeous!
Eww I wouldn't go that far
Tony Warren's boyfriend i think
Waiting for Reggie and Ronnie kray to walk in hahaha!!
_A paranoid schizophrenic walks into the Rovers Return..._ 🔨🔨
@@eat_a_dick_trudeau haha 😂
Violet Carson was only 62 when this episode aired! Ena was supposed to be at least 70!
If u look for the episode she is accused of shoplifting she clearly states born November 14, 1899
“She hit him with her handbag”
The background noise is really distracting.
“Sling ya hook”.
Ena is being told off for going to the pub. Judge not lest ye be judged, Ena!
Linda’s a demanding bitch. Ivan’s doing his best. He doesn’t want to go into debt. Linda’s so self-entitled. Am I meant to hate her? Is the social commentary about how woman who want to work are selfish? Or is this meant to be a liberation thing?
8*Spoiler alert** Oh, she’s pregnant. I thought she might have been in the first episode but discounted it when it didn’t come up. Well, she should only be drinking lemonade in the pub then. Aargh! She’s smoking!
Dennis Tannner now looks familiar. Oh, it’s him! He came back to Corrie when he was older.
Nasty kids singing an awesome song (Living Doll) but it reminds me of the Young Ones.
It’s cool they show where people live in these credits. No wonder Sharples goes to the pub when she’s that close. I would too.
Third episode down and must admit I’m finding it really fun watching these vintage episodes. Not very drama-filled yet but entertaining none the less.
Knew the accent wasn't Polish, but Austrian.
I was talking outside the pot shop lol. I used to go with my mam to one near my grandmas, paying on tthe weekly 😅
7:15 A youthful Captain Mainwaring!
S. Giles
And the same officious attitude 🙂
in DEC IT WILL BE 60 YEARS OF CORONATION STREET. 1960-2020
10 /10
Ahh the days of real life in Britain
Love Martha ❤ big mistake to kill her off just for Ogdens 😮
23rd December 1960
Keep up the good work on here mate hove a good day mate am a big fan of u do a relly good job on here mate how are u OK mate keep up the good work on here mate form Greg bouchard how are u OK mate form Greg bouchard keep up the good work on here mate keep up the good work on form Greg
Linda is one of them girls that turn into an old bag as soon as they get married - in them days guys just put up with that shit and got walked over the rest of their lives
They could leave.
@@carolineg1872 Not really - in them days guys couldnt cook and iron clothes and stuff themselves so an old bag was better than nothing
@@williamf4544 Says more about the men.
Thank God things have changed.
@carolineg1872 Used to see that sort of couple a lot. The wife spent years belittling the husband in private and public. Nagging away until he just did what he was told and stood where he was told to stand when out shopping. The wife would despise him for being what she turned him into.
Of course it happened the other way, too, with Men grinding their wives down. The difference was that the downtrodden wives were pitied (never helped) by neighbours while the ground down men were ridiculed.
There are still some couples like that around now.
Was extremely popular in NZ when I watched it in the mid 60s.......years later as the story lines became grubbier and less believable, we just gave it up. OK..there are people like that...but all in one street?.... got a glimpse and surreptitious photo of the CS set during filming for a window up in the science museum in 2006.
It is still played here on NZ TV but well past its use by date even 15 years ago.
What did it mean to say somebody is "chapel"?
It meant that the person wasn't c of e they were non- conformist.
Why use an actor from Helsinki to play a Polish man...the accent is completely wrong....so annoying....plus he looks more Asian than Polish...very confusing 😕
How long did it take you to come up with this nonsensical drivel? Get a life, ffs…
The actor was Austrian.
Elsie- the most worst acting ever!