All credit to the scriptwriters; Hilda Ogden is singularly the greatest character ever to hit the screen or stage. Just the epitome of brilliance. And Jean Alexander…. Other actors - anywhere or anytime - could only aspire to her brilliance.
I have said the same since I first heard her speak in her normal voice out of character Jean alexander was the best thing that ever happened to coronation Street a truly remarkable actress
ALL CREDIT TO SCRIPTWRITERS HILDA OGDEN IS SINGULARY THE GREATEST CHARACTER EVER TO HIT THE SCREEN OR STAGE JUST THE EPITOME OF BRILLIANCE AND JEAN ALEXANDER OTHER ACTORS ANYWHERE OR ANYTIME COULD ONLY ASPIRE TO HER BRILLIANCE GLORY SENGO XXX 😘😘😘
I love how Hilda spoke her mind she Just said it as it was! And she never beat around the bush, I think she played a great character one of the best RIP jean Alexander you were a star ⭐️
Jean Alexandra played a great character as hilda i love ❤️ the old ones of coronation street i remember watching these episodes with my mum as a teenager I have many fond memories
Hilda ..shes got a heart of gold ..hated the factory lot for what they did to Henry.. Miserable Claytons arrive in the Tanner house..glad they didn't last long
What a rotten lot to take against Henry like that. Ida Clough is a gruesome witch! She could have just dumped that letter and said nothing, but no, she had to be seen as the high and mighty and lord it over him.
Totally agree a right rotten bunch and I'm glad told everyone about themselves right to their faces. Frustrating though that he never mentioned that about his ill mother...maybe even that wouldn't have changed them.
@@professionalgun6674 been watching 1977 to about 1988 in a loop for two years (every night). youtube deleted them all, but then you appeared, so thank you. Love these .... I'm on about loop 8 now (ha ha)
@@eatmywords I bet they did, but I always saw Corrie as a Tory propaganda soap. Never brought up any of Thatcher’s policies that was destroying the North, including Manchester.
@@stormhawk3319 1984-5 was a very transitional period for tv, if not the country. the miners strike was a deeply rooted, and felt, period, that cut across class lines. i don't know if many people remember the broadcasting strikes, and the public sector strikes that followed the miners' strikes. about this time peter madelson joined world in action as a producer. i just felt this storyline was very puerile, and wholly emotive that failed to balance any aspect of the upheaval these strikes were the consequence of, and the consequences they in themselves brought about.
@@eatmywords like I said, a Tory propaganda soap. William Roache was a Tory monarchist who obviously had a lot of influence on the show simply because he was it’s last original actor.
I have just realized that there are two actors in these episodes who later became Paramedics in Casualty years later. Jane Hazlegrove and Ian Bleasdale.
The guy that visits The Recorder for advertising is Dave Dutton who played Oswald in the brilliant 80s/90s Granada comedy "Watching." Apparently he played 9 different characters in Coronation Street through the years 🤷🏻♀️
Did Ken mean to say hitting a hammer with a nail? Jean Alexander...wow...just THE BEST!! The days when Coronation Street was up there with Literature! The scenes between Hilda and Henry, especially the whole library scene...genius! No wonder Coronation Street appealed to so many from all walks of life. Beautiful stuff! I haven't watched it for years since it became drivel. Thanks for these screenings!
Eastenders debuted in February 1985 so there was 6 British soap operas Coronation Street, Emmerdale Farm, Brookside, Crossroads, Eastenders and Take the High Road
There can't be many people Emily Bishop DOESN'T consider herself superior to. She is SO snooty and stuck up, and seems to think she is in a class above pretty much everyone, except maybe Ken, Deirdre and Alf. Who died and made HER Lady of the Manor? Dierdre is almost as bad, scoffing at The Duckworths, Hilda etc. She's hardly in a position to look down on anyone, in the social scheme of things, is she....
Fun to see Hilda so hesitant to go into the library - perhaps the writers did it intentionally. In real life, Jean Alexander had been a librarian before she was an actress and in later years took part in a campaign to save local libraries.
Deirdre “I thought there might be summat in it to give Ken some ideas.” Rita “There’s magazines that specialise in that. Only we don’t stock ‘em.” And Mavis didn’t say anything!
Gosh a young Jane Hazlegrove …aka Bernie Winter here with Percy and Deidre but as a totally different character. These are great memories all these old episodes 🥰😊I started watching Coronation Street when I was about 8 and I’m 50 now. Thanks for the memories from here in New Zealand 🇳🇿 ❤
Often, people in the comments section say how evil and poisonous Ivy is but Vera is worse. She's clearly a bully and has been unfaithful to her husband on more than one occasion. She only gets away with it because of her bubbly personality.
My understanding is that Ivy's "poison" personality came later. Here she seems genuinely contrite, telling Hilda she will go to confession and asking for Hilda's forgiveness.
After Stan died, the magic of Corrie was diminished even though Hilda carried the torch by herself......they tried to start the Vera/Jack, Emily/Percy double act...but nothing compared. Even when they brought Kevin into number 13, it wasn't the same, then Sally arrived......downhill from there. After Jean Alexander left that was the end tbh. It ended up being the Bet Lynch show.
Well spotted. Brown to grey. I worked for Nikki Clapp years ago, she did the continuity on Out of Africa. I’ve always had a fascination for it since used to drive the wife mad I’d say “ did you notice that?”
Curly “That’s a very sexist comment, Terry. I think you’re a male chauvinist pig on the quiet.” Terry “There’s no ‘on the quiet’ about it! I’m proud of it.” 😂😂😂
Vera and Ivy, I have to turn down my volume Ivy has an unattractive square mouth when she is required to laugh or cry. Hard to tell if shes happy or extremely sad.....hahaha
2.46.41 Did Wilf just say you could hardly notice Deirdre had specs on? Is someone as visually challenged as that a man Bet really wants behind the bar??🤣🤣
Whenever I get frustrated, with the anti-common sense of 2023, I find myself coming back to the 70s. Where we all grafted or went without. Where you was posh if you had a new car, colour telly, fitted carpet or central heating. I know I’m guilty of nostalgia. But, I’m the sort of old fool that values community more than inanimate objects. Silly old woman but easily pleased.
How did BogFace Barlow and Deidre not get another appraisal after he low-balled her so much from the get go? Only 2/3 thru this but ..I don't seeing them getting it back
Sure uncle Albert is related to ken ( ken is such a pantie waist.but its okay for loud mouth Vera to cheat the time clock n steal from work,ivy is in same boat. Unions arent they great for the company
Bet struggling to find a man to do bar work. In `real-life` back then in 1985 all she would have to do is advertise for one in the job centre and she would have 200 applicants the next day. Seemed only in mythical Weathefield that it was a struggle to fill jobs.
I sometimes have trouble understanding certain characters (such as Irma Barlow), but I thought it was because I'm a yank and am still getting used to the northern accent and slang. If I watch a scene twice, I can usually pick up more.
@@shaneobrien2257 I don't know, Shane. I only started watching the show in January. I was curious because it was mentioned on the resumes of actors I was familiar with. Judging by the comments on UA-cam, there are at least a few of us.
The borders of Australia, India, South Africa, Hong Kong, America e.t.c. weren't necessarily respected by.the British, now were they? It's pretty easy to blame immigration - the whole world has changed...not just England.
You sound like an ignorant person Niamh. You don't even know the political history of the country 😅 north and south divide, mines closing forcing many families to destitution, the political and social revolution, could go on and on, but no doubt you can hopefully google as well.
All credit to the scriptwriters; Hilda Ogden is singularly the greatest character ever to hit the screen or stage. Just the epitome of brilliance. And Jean Alexander…. Other actors - anywhere or anytime - could only aspire to her brilliance.
I have said the same since I first heard her speak in her normal voice out of character Jean alexander was the best thing that ever happened to coronation Street a truly remarkable actress
ALL CREDIT TO THE SCRPTWRITERS; HILDA OGDEN IS SINGULARLY THE GREATEST CHARACTER EVER TO HIT THE SCREEN 📺 GLORY SENGO.
Agree stunning actor
ALL CREDIT TO SCRIPTWRITERS HILDA OGDEN IS SINGULARY THE GREATEST CHARACTER EVER TO HIT THE SCREEN OR STAGE JUST THE EPITOME OF BRILLIANCE AND JEAN ALEXANDER OTHER ACTORS ANYWHERE OR ANYTIME COULD ONLY ASPIRE TO HER BRILLIANCE GLORY SENGO XXX 😘😘😘
Dame Jean Alexander, it should have been ...
I love how Hilda spoke her mind she Just said it as it was! And she never beat around the bush, I think she played a great character one of the best
RIP jean Alexander you were a star ⭐️
Jean Alexandra played a great character as hilda i love ❤️ the old ones of coronation street i remember watching these episodes with my mum as a teenager I have many fond memories
Mike warning hilda man Norman play Cupid for Terry
Look at those two clowns curly is worried 😮😮 Kevin don't know 1:45:11
Hilda ..shes got a heart of gold ..hated the factory lot for what they did to Henry.. Miserable Claytons arrive in the Tanner house..glad they didn't last long
Hilda Ogden is really a wonderful lady, with a 💖 of gold!🥰
The actresses who played Ida Clough and Ivy Tilsley both had small parts in the 1979 film Yanks starring Richard Gere and Vanessa Redgrave.
What a rotten lot to take against Henry like that. Ida Clough is a gruesome witch! She could have just dumped that letter and said nothing, but no, she had to be seen as the high and mighty and lord it over him.
Totally agree a right rotten bunch and I'm glad told everyone about themselves right to their faces. Frustrating though that he never mentioned that about his ill mother...maybe even that wouldn't have changed them.
@@professionalgun6674 been watching 1977 to about 1988 in a loop for two years (every night). youtube deleted them all, but then you appeared, so thank you. Love these .... I'm on about loop 8 now (ha ha)
@@professionalgun6674 the storyline is about Hilda's often unknown to others heart of gold and it worked for me
Well-Ivy and Shirley did their best for him, but the others overruled them.
@@alexanderjones9572 neverending drama on the street +_+ keeps me on the edge of my seat
Hilda was the greatest. None better.
The only one who stood up for Henry in that whole street. Even “socialist” Ken Barlow didn’t even bat an eye.
i think you'll find the champagne socialists flooding itv at the time had more to do with that very biased storyline.
@@eatmywords I bet they did, but I always saw Corrie as a Tory propaganda soap. Never brought up any of Thatcher’s policies that was destroying the North, including Manchester.
@@stormhawk3319 1984-5 was a very transitional period for tv, if not the country. the miners strike was a deeply rooted, and felt, period, that cut across class lines. i don't know if many people remember the broadcasting strikes, and the public sector strikes that followed the miners' strikes. about this time peter madelson joined world in action as a producer.
i just felt this storyline was very puerile, and wholly emotive that failed to balance any aspect of the upheaval these strikes were the consequence of, and the consequences they in themselves brought about.
@@eatmywords like I said, a Tory propaganda soap. William Roache was a Tory monarchist who obviously had a lot of influence on the show simply because he was it’s last original actor.
Very well depicted in Billy Elliot. This could have been a great storyline in mid 80s Coronation Street.
I wish I had somebody like hilda to fight my corner
I WISH I HAD SOMEBODY LIKE HILDA TO FIGHT MY CORNER GLORY SENGO XXX 😘
These are the greatest months for the street-all well written & acted…thank you so much for sharing!! Much appreciated!!! 😃😃😃
I have just realized that there are two actors in these episodes who later became Paramedics in Casualty years later. Jane Hazlegrove and Ian Bleasdale.
Henry didn't have a choice, he had to work to at least try and save his Mum who was ill
Lets all pretend Andrea Clayton is a right stunner - i know its not gonna be easy
The only good thing about every great character leaving is I can go back to 1960 and watch them all again. And I will be when Hilda leaves.
same here.
The guy that visits The Recorder for advertising is Dave Dutton who played Oswald in the brilliant 80s/90s Granada comedy "Watching."
Apparently he played 9 different characters in Coronation Street through the years 🤷🏻♀️
There's more reality and heartfelt concern in the Henry story than anything that has appeared in this programme since 1995.
Wow those factory workers and the trade unions were incredibly harsh. Poor bloke.
Phyllis and Percy are comedy gold 🤣
Did Ken mean to say hitting a hammer with a nail?
Jean Alexander...wow...just THE BEST!!
The days when Coronation Street was up there with Literature!
The scenes between Hilda and Henry, especially the whole library scene...genius! No wonder Coronation Street appealed to so many from all walks of life. Beautiful stuff!
I haven't watched it for years since it became drivel.
Thanks for these screenings!
Poor Henry 😢😢
Sue Clayton ( Andrea’s sister) is played by Jane Hazlegrove-who’s on it now as Bernie Winter ( Gemma’s mum).
Eastenders debuted in February 1985 so there was 6 British soap operas Coronation Street, Emmerdale Farm, Brookside, Crossroads, Eastenders and Take the High Road
Loved EE still watch but getting dull! I am know binging on old Coronation Street
Then 6 months later, the ill fated “Albion Market”
There can't be many people Emily Bishop DOESN'T consider herself superior to. She is SO snooty and stuck up, and seems to think she is in a class above pretty much everyone, except maybe Ken, Deirdre and Alf. Who died and made HER Lady of the Manor? Dierdre is almost as bad, scoffing at The Duckworths, Hilda etc. She's hardly in a position to look down on anyone, in the social scheme of things, is she....
I loved Mrs Bishop - she has been a role model for me all my life - when in doubt i just think what would Mrs Bishop do - you should try it
@@williamf4544HA! no ta chuck
1.16.31 Don’t lump Ivy and Shirley ( the only two who stuck up for Henry) in with you lot, Vera...
I used to have one of those jumpsuits many years ago!
Iv still got mine!
@@niamhosullivan1291 I had one too! It was yellow and I proudly wore it with red shoes, a belt, and enough hairspray to keep Super drug in business!
Me too, what a palaver going to the loo!
Fun to see Hilda so hesitant to go into the library - perhaps the writers did it intentionally. In real life, Jean Alexander had been a librarian before she was an actress and in later years took part in a campaign to save local libraries.
Deirdre “I thought there might be summat in it to give Ken some ideas.”
Rita “There’s magazines that specialise in that. Only we don’t stock ‘em.”
And Mavis didn’t say anything!
Oh, Riter...(blush)
And then she followed up with DIY magazines, I nearly spat out my tea.😂😂
I've only been to Manchester once but I wonder if that beautiful building that was the library is still open to the public
The storyline about the factory girls going against that guy henry because he abandoned his strike team. The man was in debt, give the man a break
They were pretty militant.
Gosh a young Jane Hazlegrove …aka Bernie Winter here with Percy and Deidre but as a totally different character. These are great memories all these old episodes 🥰😊I started watching Coronation Street when I was about 8 and I’m 50 now. Thanks for the memories from here in New Zealand 🇳🇿 ❤
If only Henry stayed with Hilda he wouldn't have spiraled into a life of crime culminating in being Peter Barlow's cellmate about 20 years later 😂
😄🤣
😮
Often, people in the comments section say how evil and poisonous Ivy is but Vera is worse. She's clearly a bully and has been unfaithful to her husband on more than one occasion. She only gets away with it because of her bubbly personality.
Vera was the biggest hypocrite in the street as soon as someone pointed out her behaviour was the same as someone else's she would go quiet
My understanding is that Ivy's "poison" personality came later. Here she seems genuinely contrite, telling Hilda she will go to confession and asking for Hilda's forgiveness.
Baldwin’s carousing in the 80’s would get him arrested in 2021. 🤣
Thank God for the 80's then
He was worse in the 70s.
After Stan died, the magic of Corrie was diminished even though Hilda carried the torch by herself......they tried to start the Vera/Jack, Emily/Percy double act...but nothing compared. Even when they brought Kevin into number 13, it wasn't the same, then Sally arrived......downhill from there.
After Jean Alexander left that was the end tbh. It ended up being the Bet Lynch show.
Bet, oh Bet. Rovers Warrior Queen!
Bet handled vera like a pro
2:30:00 How the hell did Hilda forget all Henry talked about was railways?
Vera’s an opinionated loud mouth. Funny to think she was one of my favourite characters later on.
They were playing a song we used as a title for a program in New Zealand country calendar at the dance night
did anyone else notice one of the draymen went on to play a policeman ( Phil) in heartbeat..
Hilda should go to the factory and say why Henry couldn’t join the strike.
Hilda operates in mysterious ways +_+
Yes, and it is maddening that she doesn't.
It takes one to know one Percy is selfish and is only happy unless he's making someone else miserable!
I think Percy is just so full of himself that he doesn't realize the effect he has on others.
2:15:30... If Ken pulls them pants up any higher....
He'll be singing like Hilda!
😂😂😂
dr phibes the are so tight umm.
Lol.
Nut crushers 😂😂😂😂
Watched a Classic Corrie this week on Itv3. Fred refers to the lad in his shop as Morris when the lads name is Boris. Anyone else spot it?
One of the worst family to enter the street, especially their girls 😮💨
Did anyone see the slight continuity mishap at 6:42 when the suitcase Bet has changed Colour 😁⭐️✨
Well spotted. Brown to grey. I worked for Nikki Clapp years ago, she did the continuity on Out of Africa. I’ve always had a fascination for it since used to drive the wife mad I’d say “ did you notice that?”
@@Alan-ss3xp Interesting! Thanks for sharing! 👍
😮
2.07.14 Bet does her best Peggy Mitchell. “Gerrout a’ my pub!”
About a decade before Peggy Mitchell, maybe Barbara Windsor based Peggy on Bet Lynch.
Ken reading that newspaper article about uncle Albert during the war makes me emotional everytime I hear it 😢
2.47.37 How small a gap is there between the Kabin and the cafe? When Jack walked into the Kabin, it was as if he’d just that second left the cafe!
Their entrances were in a little lane at side of Rosamund Street - the main window was on R.Street
It's bang opposite.
Phil from Heartbeat as the younger delivery guy haha
Trying to imagine Annie, when she took charge, doing the same as Bet!
Yea, luckily Annie had her Jack ;)
Curly “That’s a very sexist comment, Terry. I think you’re a male chauvinist pig on the quiet.”
Terry “There’s no ‘on the quiet’ about it! I’m proud of it.”
😂😂😂
men are wonderful +_+
Not sure what boring Andrea’s appeal is …
Gloria was about the prettiest Bar Maid the Rovers ever had. Gloria was a bit smart mouthed at the beginning, she got kinder as time went on.
Why is Percy SO awful to Phyllis?? I don’t like it. It’s hurting my heart to watch it
I think he's just not attracted to her and finds her advances awkward. He makes several unflattering comments about her size and age.
I. Cannot. Stand. Ken.
Me. Neither.
I. Agree.
“By ‘eck/by the ‘eck” count ….27.
Dame Jean Alexander!
Tight pants Ken wearing a tie while putting up wallpaper 🤦🏼♀️
With his middle age paunch testing the strength of his belt
Vera and Ivy, I have to turn down my volume Ivy has an unattractive square mouth when she is required to laugh or cry. Hard to tell if shes happy or extremely sad.....hahaha
🤣
Can't stand Vera!
@@Amy-ps6hf Thats what them factory workers are like
"Emily Bishop is wasted as a widow" what a stupid thing to say!!!
That's Percy: the soul of tact.
Hilda’s walk 😂
Years ago we had the joy of knowledge that came out every week!
Shirley and curly she was first lady oh
Mike actually did Henry a favour by sacking him. It wouldn’t normally be a favour-but as Mike explained, I can see how it was in this case.
Yes by accident Mike did Henry a favour by sacking him as he can claim unemployment benefits!
@@joannesaltfleet2071 Mike told him that he did that on purpose, for that very reason.
My word...I'd rather break rocks under the Aussie sun than work at Baldwin's with those bitches.
Love Mike ❤
Aww Shirley and curly this was a long time for the Dr and ruby hmmm SU garden
2.46.41 Did Wilf just say you could hardly notice Deirdre had specs on? Is someone as visually challenged as that a man Bet really wants behind the bar??🤣🤣
You can't miss drearys glasses!
Wilf was flirting.
Go on Hilda telling Percy to get out!😂
That reporter was Jack Osborne in hollyoaks!
Bernie, Gemma's mam
PC Phil Bellamy from Heartbeat, shifting barrels at 1:33:00
Was Mrs clayton Ashley's wife's mother?
Whenever I get frustrated, with the anti-common sense of 2023, I find myself coming back to the 70s. Where we all grafted or went without. Where you was posh if you had a new car, colour telly, fitted carpet or central heating. I know I’m guilty of nostalgia. But, I’m the sort of old fool that values community more than inanimate objects. Silly old woman but easily pleased.
that guard at the library building with the thick moustache is quite hot who was addressing Hilda about her enquires to where Henry might be,
Ooh Bet your my kind of Karate Gal ❤❤
That’s what Mavis gets for telling big mouth Rita all of her business!! 😂🤣
Who played Florrie? I bet she was one of the leading lights of the local AmDram society
Phyllis ❤❤❤
How did BogFace Barlow and Deidre not get another appraisal after he low-balled her so much from the get go? Only 2/3 thru this but ..I don't seeing them getting it back
Bet drink comedy lines Dolly Parton 😅 2:07 SU garden
So Mavis spills to the reporter. Figures! 😂🤣
Dave is Josh from Casualty haha
2:06:31 best part love it
Wonder if Gloria’s dyslexic?
Sure uncle Albert is related to ken ( ken is such a pantie waist.but its okay for loud mouth Vera to cheat the time clock n steal from work,ivy is in same boat. Unions arent they great for the company
Bet struggling to find a man to do bar work. In `real-life` back then in 1985 all she would have to do is advertise for one in the job centre and she would have 200 applicants the next day. Seemed only in mythical Weathefield that it was a struggle to fill jobs.
Its funny curly say Mrs and Mrs now called first name expect Percy hmm SU to
Haven't seen Tracey for a while
She'll come back downstairs from doing her homework and having a kidney removed lol
*Tracey-luv
Am I the only one who can't understand 75% of what some of these characters say? Especially Vera and Percy. 😒
I sometimes have trouble understanding certain characters (such as Irma Barlow), but I thought it was because I'm a yank and am still getting used to the northern accent and slang. If I watch a scene twice, I can usually pick up more.
@@greggildersleeve3484Do many Americans watch Coronation St? Just curious….
@@shaneobrien2257 I don't know, Shane. I only started watching the show in January. I was curious because it was mentioned on the resumes of actors I was familiar with. Judging by the comments on UA-cam, there are at least a few of us.
@@greggildersleeve3484 I see. Cheers, buddy 👍
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Ken must be sick in the Head for being with derdrie!!!!!!!!!!
Who is the two clowns talking to Norman
39:37
Factories, houses, communities, local employment, homes, wages! England was just incredible before 0pn B00drs
I'm certainly no lefty, but I'd say Thatcher done great damage to that list before the borders were flung wide open.
The borders of Australia, India, South Africa, Hong Kong, America e.t.c. weren't necessarily respected by.the British, now were they? It's pretty easy to blame immigration - the whole world has changed...not just England.
You sound like an ignorant person Niamh. You don't even know the political history of the country 😅 north and south divide, mines closing forcing many families to destitution, the political and social revolution, could go on and on, but no doubt you can hopefully google as well.
@@kuchikopi4631much of the south was in poverty. It looks like the north had it better if you were to believe the soaps.
@chrissywales6575 The rent is so much higher in the south, it leaves them with less disposable income.