I remember seeing this the very first time as a kid and I remember thinking how exciting for Coronation street! Thanks very much for uploading - I've always wanted to see the fire episode again. I did feel sorry for Edna though.
Character 'Gene pool' at play - Edna Gee is the prototype/forerunner to both Vera Duckworth and Karen Philips/McDonald.....whilst Tricia Hopkins was obviously a forerunner to Suzie Birchall and later characters like Candace Stowe
its odd how character types revolve.eastenders were shit at it .dirty den was replaced by identical lookalike tricky dicky and the mitchell bros as grant left so often had numerous sets of crooked brothers to fill the gap and we had so many similar gangbosses it got impossible to tell them apart.vera and jack were bought in to be the new stan and hilda as age then death softened the characters and slowed them down .when jack and vera started to age the battersbys were the same type but younger .rita returned to the street really as the new version of elsie tanner who left then came back but was then in her 50s. percy sugden was the grumpy but secretly nice old man to fill the slot left by jack howarths death as albert.when jack duckworth called it a day they even had a very similar looking barman john michie who started like the younger jack then as soaps go became a serial killer or something.
@@mikekemp9877 Interesting point about 'Soap Gene Pool' - also Max Branning (EastEnders) was VERY Dirty Den-like, but it is fair to say that soaps in general do take elements of personalities from each other to create their own characters i.e Corrie legend Bet Lynch must have provided (intentional or maybe unintentional) the inspiration for the Kat Slater character in EastEnders, similarly Hilda Ogden must have partly inspired the Dot Cotton character as both were quite similar in personality.
@@fmensah8581 oh i agree.corrie formed the template for every soap in the uk that followed. crossroads for example ignored the potential of the storylines of thousands of guests passing through in favour of dishing out a simililar style of show to corrie.even today new soaps cling to the idea of the pub being central to the life of the community when in reality they are shutting down at an alarming rate! of course the basic idea of coronation street got subverted simply because of the shows success.originally the show was brilliant in its simplicity .we see a bunch of locals in the pub on the corner fairly true to the times. what was breathtaking for the time was it then showed the bits we dont see the people in their homes.therefore lovely intelligent handsome ken is an inutterable snob indoors hating his family.carefree loose woman elsie is bereft when she finds her son dennis has rifled her purse etc. sterotypes often dont come off either .eastenders at the start wanted a ena sharples character whom everyone would love.they had lou beale whom everyone hated and had to be killed off! even the oz soaps foloowed the same path in no small measure due to the popularity of corrie down under. mrs mangle was a crude version of the immortal hilda!
What man in his right mind would lust over Ivy at all . She said in her autobiography. She had an affair with one of the younger men in the cast, she didn’t want to mention his name, because he had a young family goodness knows who it was because she was no beauty .
Smart choice breaking glass on a leather hose really that what a sub officer can think as a bright idea and 2 appliances and 1 ambulance for a 'make pumps 4 person reported' REALLY what budget cut did the LFB suffer
I remember seeing this the very first time as a kid and I remember thinking how exciting for Coronation street! Thanks very much for uploading - I've always wanted to see the fire episode again. I did feel sorry for Edna though.
Never seen this episode. Thank you .
Thanks this episode lost archive good story 😊
Edna was interesting character an upmarket vera duckworth
Character 'Gene pool' at play - Edna Gee is the prototype/forerunner to both Vera Duckworth and Karen Philips/McDonald.....whilst Tricia Hopkins was obviously a forerunner to Suzie Birchall and later characters like Candace Stowe
its odd how character types revolve.eastenders were shit at it .dirty den was replaced by identical lookalike tricky dicky and the mitchell bros as grant left so often had numerous sets of crooked brothers to fill the gap and we had so many similar gangbosses it got impossible to tell them apart.vera and jack were bought in to be the new stan and hilda as age then death softened the characters and slowed them down .when jack and vera started to age the battersbys were the same type but younger .rita returned to the street really as the new version of elsie tanner who left then came back but was then in her 50s. percy sugden was the grumpy but secretly nice old man to fill the slot left by jack howarths death as albert.when jack duckworth called it a day they even had a very similar looking barman john michie who started like the younger jack then as soaps go became a serial killer or something.
@@mikekemp9877 Interesting point about 'Soap Gene Pool' - also Max Branning (EastEnders) was VERY Dirty Den-like, but it is fair to say that soaps in general do take elements of personalities from each other to create their own characters i.e Corrie legend Bet Lynch must have provided (intentional or maybe unintentional) the inspiration for the Kat Slater character in EastEnders, similarly Hilda Ogden must have partly inspired the Dot Cotton character as both were quite similar in personality.
@@fmensah8581 oh i agree.corrie formed the template for every soap in the uk that followed. crossroads for example ignored the potential of the storylines of thousands of guests passing through in favour of dishing out a simililar style of show to corrie.even today new soaps cling to the idea of the pub being central to the life of the community when in reality they are shutting down at an alarming rate! of course the basic idea of coronation street got subverted simply because of the shows success.originally the show was brilliant in its simplicity .we see a bunch of locals in the pub on the corner fairly true to the times. what was breathtaking for the time was it then showed the bits we dont see the people in their homes.therefore lovely intelligent handsome ken is an inutterable snob indoors hating his family.carefree loose woman elsie is bereft when she finds her son dennis has rifled her purse etc. sterotypes often dont come off either .eastenders at the start wanted a ena sharples character whom everyone would love.they had lou beale whom everyone hated and had to be killed off! even the oz soaps foloowed the same path in no small measure due to the popularity of corrie down under. mrs mangle was a crude version of the immortal hilda!
Thanks for this. Been wanting to see it
Thanks never seen this episode either
Just watching for R Hazza's notifications 🤣
Must have started watching soon after this episode was aired (recognised all the characters, bar a couple)
Wow Coronation Street meets Towering Inferno!
And he mentioned Woolworth's
Whetes hilda shes usually first on the scene
The heat of the fire melted her curlers an they all stuck to her hair - a right oogy mess it was
What's the Video or is it Private?
So, Edna opens the door, screams and evaporates into thin air?!?!?!?!?
First fire engine got there soon as alarm sounded. Where was it, parked just around corner?
Its an half hour soap not an episode of 24 !
Did they ever find out the 2nd fatality? I remember the next episode said 2 died in the fire 🔥?
I'm wondering that
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Fat Nellie from packing - nobady liked her because she ws smelly
ne nor ne nor ne nor 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Who in their right mind would lust after Ivy when they were married to Edna?
Some men get bored with filet steak all the time and start craving egg and chips
Fred Gee was not right in his mind though.
What man in his right mind would lust over Ivy at all . She said in her autobiography. She had an affair with one of the younger men in the cast, she didn’t want to mention his name, because he had a young family goodness knows who it was because she was no beauty .
Smart choice breaking glass on a leather hose really that what a sub officer can think as a bright idea and 2 appliances and 1 ambulance for a 'make pumps 4 person reported' REALLY what budget cut did the LFB suffer