What a FANTASTIC year 1976 was, with super-producer the legendary Bill Podmore in the driving seat. Under his savvy leadership the comedy returned to the Street - along with Corrie icon ELSIE TANNER, and a brand new, dynamic Southern character called MIKE BALDWIN - a hit as soon as his cheeky Cockney charm hit the cobbles! Actors Pat Phoenix and Johnny Briggs became great platonic friends behind the scenes, and their chemistry shows on screen. In his autobiography, Johnny recalled how one day he was cold in the green room, dressed in his shirtsleeves. Johnny had to commute from down South each week, and stayed in a hotel. But in his first days on the new job he hadn't brought warm clothes, forgetting it got several degrees colder up north than he was used to down south! Pat noticed, and one afternoon thrust a bag into his arms, saying it was a little present. She'd gone out in her lunch break and bought him a beautiful blue cashmere sweater from an upmarket second hand clothes shop in Manchester she frequented for her own (and Elsies!) outfits. The sweater fit like a dream, and Johnny was so thrilled with it he actually went to the shop himself in hopes they had some more, but it was a one off - rather like Pat herself! It wasn't the only time Pat took pity on him, she often invited him back to her cottage for a home cooked meal (created by her elderly, live-in housekeeper Kitty). The pair would sit and chat after dinner, share a bottle of wine and rehearse their lines together (Johnny once said steak was his favourite, and Pat would buy it in for him). Sometimes if it got late, he'd stay in her guest bedroom and they'd share a car to the studios next morning - I bet Pat enjoyed the gossip their joint arrival must have inevitably triggered in the Granada corridors! Johnny Briggs unashamedly cried at Pat Phoenix' Manchester funeral, which she had planned meticulously with a live jazz band entertaining the guests. Her send-off typified her - upbeat and flamboyant. He must have lost a true friend. It breaks my heart Pat died at just 62, in 1986. She had so much more life to live, and I believe would undoubtedly have made at least one return visit to the Street as Elsie - she was too big a character to have been abandoned for good. Johnny in contrast lived to be 85, dying in February 2021. Two fantastic actors, who brought top quality entertainment to millions of people, for many years. Like all great performers, they have achieved immortality through the magic of film, God bless them both.
I don't know why everyone thought Elsie Tanner was so good. She talked so fast she flubbed her lines constantly. I never liked the Tanners except for Linda and the grandson.
@@christinefougere I've heard this criticism of Elsie/Pat Phoenix before. She did gabble her lines at times, but I rather liked her realism, and the less slick Corrie of yesteryear. People frequently stumble over their words in daily life, after all! You won't find any similar mistakes in modern Corrie. Today's version is slick and polished - but the scripts and acting are utterly dire!
@@glamdolly30 I so agree...the show today is awful...I fast forward huge chunks of it and still don't miss any of the inane story line...it's just DRIVEL...There's just no likeable characters anymore. The writing is substandard and absurd. The attempts at comedy fall FLAT and cringeworthy to the enth degree.
So many thanks for uploading you are giving so much pleasure to so many....these are the BEST years of Coronation Street so good I can watch them many times over...So sad we do not have these incredible actors with great personalities and great story lines that are funny, witty, a little drama and a lot of real life Thank you again
6:20 I was surprised to hear Annie Walker give the real date of actor Arthur Leslie's (aka her screen husband Jack Walker's) death, June 30th 1970. Arthur Leslie died suddenly of a heart attack while holidaying in Wales, 6 days after his last appearance on the show. It was a great shock to cast and crew, and such a shock to Doris Speed who played his wife Annie, that she seriously considered leaving Coronation Street. Thank God she was persuaded to stay - Annie Walker was the driving force of so many wonderful plots from 1970 until her departure in 1983. And for many viewers, myself included, Annie's solo tenure of the Rovers Return over her loyal staff Bet, Betty and Fred, represented both her's and the pub's golden era, chock full of drama and comedy. Arthur Leslie, who breathed life into Jack Walker, genial Rovers landlord and long-suffering husband, was just as highly respected and popular off screen. His death was a great blow to his fellow actors - though he was 70 years of age he was in good health, with no known heart issues. The show's writers decided to write him out by the same fate he had really suffered - and as Annie's statement in this 1976 episode shows, they even respected the actual date of his death and stuck to it. Jack Walker's funeral took place off-screen out of respect to his family, with characters discussing his death as a known fact from the start of the episode that was broadcast on 8th July 1970. Jack Walker had appeared from the second episode, transmitted live on 14th December 1960, so he served almost a decade in the Street.
Thanks for that. Good old Madge Hindle, former Mayoress of Blackburn when her mother was Mayor, is now 85. The mother of two is living happily with Michael her husband of 61 years, in Settle, North Yorkshire. I recall she was a great pal of fellow Yorkshire legend the late Russell Harty, and frequently socialised with him and appeared on the shows he did, house party style, from his own home. She was also a favourite of writer Alan Bennett, who discovered her and cast her in his 1966 comedy sketch show 'On the Margin' (John Cleese said it greatly influenced 'Monty Python'). She also featured in two of his TV dramas, 'Sunset Across the Bay' 1975 and 'Intensive Care' in 1982
Mavis and Derek stress me out, just as much as they did first time round. All that hyper-ventilating, gulping and wittering from Mavis and Derek acting like a sweetie wife drives me nuts!😠
Mavis deserved better...sure, she's a bit dizzy, but she is secretly _horny,_ deceptively _bright,_ deceptively cunning and a proper lady - Derek is a Mama's Boy with a strangled libido...a source of frustration.
It's amazing to see actors born well over a hundred years ago on Corrie, Albert 127, Ena 125, Minnie 126. Even Elsie Tanner was born 100 years ago next month! I was twelve in 1976, but even I'm closing in on 60 now, a sobering thought indeed! Great show back in '76. 😀💞
The scene where Gail is telling Elsie she feels too ashamed to speak to Mrs Thornly ended with her running upstairs crying. I wonder if it's the first time she does it, if so, it was the first of many. Everything about her is irritating, she is unbearable and it's difficult to understand Elsie's affection for her.
She's a mess, couldn't stand her then and can't stand her now. They made her character ridiculous. Notice she's wearing the same sweater every day just a different colour.
1:31:42 This is gold. The slow motion scene of the Haggerty boys is so beautifully 1970s. Children had fun without devices. Elsie Tanner sure gave the show a boost in 1976. Her big heart and presence was a fabulous and welcome return to the cobbles.
13:13:18 Funny how Gail was always talking about her dad with affection, in these her early appearances. By the time she got engaged to Brian and her mother Audrey appeared, she became the product of a single parent household, who never knew a father at all!
@@professionalgun6674 I recall reading something about that. I guess it was a back history for Stan that the writers came up with, long before actor Bernard Youens made the role his own. Stan loved his beer but he was never portrayed as an alcoholic or, God forbid, a violent bully. When it came to the crunch, Hilda wore the trousers! Interesting though, how as relatively recently as the 'sixties it was regarded as fairly normal for men to beat their kids - and their wives too, judging by the light hearted throwaway remarks about domestic violence that occasionally appeared in the scripts. Thank God some things do change for the better!
@@professionalgun6674 That's probably where I saw it too then! It could be true - you know how vastly a Corrie character can change from their initial inception, to months and years later, when the actor has put their own mark on it. The finished version of the best, most iconic characters, are those who are a seamless blend of the writers' and the actor's input. Annie Walker and Hilda Ogden spring to mind in that respect, both so authentically written and superbly brought to life by Doris Speed and Jean Alexander. It's always a joy chatting with you, hope you're keeping warm and well! XXX
@@glamdolly30 Shame how Stan was never the same after the actor's mild 1975 stroke, it feels like Stan of 1964-1975 was a different character to 1976-1984. Hence why they bought in Eddie Yeats to save the day as their lodger. Bernard Youens had a stroke but it was never bought into the fictional story, so the difference in Stan's speech, and the slight stiffness of his face was unexplained.
I know - and have you noticed Rita sings in that posh voice too, SO funny! I've heard those upmarket northern types referred to as 'Lancashire Royalty'!
Len having a pint before driving Derdrie to the hospital - thats how things were in those days folk thought nothing of getting bladdered after work then driving home it was probably the nineties before things started to change big time
And no one had to wear seat belts either! The road accident fatalities must have been way higher in the seventies and early 80s before the new law making front seat travellers belt up was introduced in 1983.
Its just now after watching these old episodes & being in my late 60s, do i appreciate the wit & delivery of Bett Lynch! Shes absolutely priceless She kept her role as crisp & sharp & energetic & hilarious from when she first took on her famous barmaid in England role to when she graciously bowed out 🍺🍻🍷🍸🍹 Her earrings were always a source of expectant guessing wondering what extraveganzas she'd be wearing each episode. 😆😆 I dont think i ever heard her fluff a line in her entire Corrie career! I was deeply saddened when she passed, a great actress with grit Determination, sass, professionalism and no ones fool. Oh its so alarming seeing Gail in these! Shes so young! But fit in with the established cast brilliantly! God Bless Julie Goodyear/ Bett Lynch, there'll never be another like you Hope youre happy in your spirit life! Regards 🇬🇧👧
@@cherylreid-panasiewicz6485 Oh i was sure that a few years back the newspapers did a attribute to Julie after she died from cancer & i was very sad But hey! If shes still alive & kicking then im overjoyed! Julie was FABULOUS as Bett Lynch & id seen her in a few other plays after she left Corrie I even got her autograph years ago when we were in Marbella in Spain. She was lunching with some friends & i was a tad scared to go & ask her for an autograph & hopefully a photo, thinking of Betts one liners & tough exterior But i went respectfully up to her table & waited a little till she turned & i asked her " oh please, Miss Goodyear, i hope you dont mind my asking you if you will sign your autograph but you have been my heroine for years & im thrilled to see you" She gave me her beaming smile & said with a thick accent " well sure, Cock, give us yer pen & all sign me moniker " Which she did, she was even more stunning in real life & her pal took a photo of Julie & myself on my camera, which i still have! The photo i mean. I do hope youre right & Julie is still with us! A legend in her own time Regards 🇬🇧👧
@@itallia666 You could be thinking about Anne Kirkbride (Deirdre Barlow), who unfortunately did pass away in 2015 at the age of only 60 from Cancer 😢😢. I looked it up on Google and Julie is alive and kicking. Really happy that you have such a wonderful experience meeting your hero 😊
@@cherylreid-panasiewicz6485 Ahh yes, i knew about Anne Kirkbride, terrible shame but they said she was a heavy smoker & you could tell whenever she laughed, you could hear the throaty rasp. Im so happy Julie Goodyear is still around, she always took me as a very strong willed person with determination to carry on Through any adversity! I always thought that the character of Bett was very much The same as Julies. To play a role with such convincing authenticity you have to put a great part of yourself into the role & after meeting Julie in Marbella she was utterly charming, witty & funny but id not like to cross her, that steely resolve like Bett's is just under the surface. Still, she was always my fave Corrie character, and more so after watching these old episodes & after a 45yr dateline I appreciate Bett even more so. Her pairing with Alec Gilroy was a genius stroke, they were amazing together, i could watch them all night The rapport they shared & the touching, on screen love between them is terrific. I used to love watching Roy Barraclough ( Alec) with the late Les Dawson when they played the 2 lady friends, Cissie & Ada, I still to this day, crease up laughing at the pair of them. Im sure Roy B modelled his " lady" on Annie Walker of the Rovers & Les's lady on a lose, More common version of Hilda Ogden!!! It really made my day to know Julie Goodyear is still alive & Kicking! Plus good old Reet from the Kabin! Is Mave the Rave still about? Id love to find out just who is still around, from these glory days of Corrie even if they are no longer in " The Street" Oddly, i sort of met William Roache ( Ken Barlow) in a group of people, years ago at a Pagan Festival with various groups & the Druidic Bards. Its well known " Ken" was in real life, a long serving member of the British Druid Society He was as different as could be from his Corrie character, the Smarmy, boring Ken!! I was pleasantly surprised by his Real personality which was warm friendly, quick to jest & laugh, interested in what others said & so unlike Ken, i completely forgot He was " Ken" Since then, ive realised what an excellent actor Bill Roache is to be the dour & uppity know it all He portrays. His son Linus Roache is also a brilliant actor, ive seen him in some marvellous roles on screen film & theatre!. Anyway, im absolutely loving these old episodes & have already taken 3 weeks constantly watching month by month, year by year since the 1962 episodes & im now at Dec 1987! I gave away my television about 18yrs ago, never a huge tv addict As tv began to deteriorate from the year 2000, plus i wrote alot & read, began lecturing again too & took painting up again, & began my great love of Radio 4 on BBC Radio, which my mum used to love & i decided to tune into & learned all i needed from News events, plays, great items & for the 1st time became a huge fan of The Archers!! ( its something we seem to do as we get older) Its when i realised my tv was redundant! No further use so i gave it away with dvd player to The local community centre. I only ever watched documentaries etc, stopped watching Corrie when the awful Battersbys appeared. The show was going downhill by then, so stopped watching & judging by the many many comments from these old episodes, have said the same! Todays Corrie is rubbish & i take their word that it is. The new script writers just haven't got it! Not like the old ones, they cant seem to develop & introduce great characters Like old Corrie nor the amazing humour & one liners that entertained us Brits. Well, thank you for letting me know about Julie Goodyear! Maybe we shall come into contact again in some other video of Corrie episodes! & drop a line to each other! So far im loving the Bett & Alec story, the initial intro of Don Brennan to Ivy ( who i used to hate in the 80s but watching now find i have a soft spot, as she has such a vunerable caring side to her, under her hard outer shell) Things went slow & a tad boring in 1986 & part of 1988 & the Mave & Derek saga is so old & tired & stupid now, the writers have a cheek foisting these 2 rediculous characters on us. If only Victor Pemberton would kidnap Mave, take her into a cosy Bothy up in the Lake District & make her his sex slave! Oki Doki in the Okefenoki, Take care & spread a little sunshine all around, Blessed Be 🇬🇧👧
Best corrie comment EVER !!....talk about laugh 😂 and probably very true...lord knows I'd do the same thing if I'd been Ernie ...Emily would drive a man to drink !
3:13:09 - Gail's "father" soon got forgotten about, and within a year or so she was retconned as the illegitimate daughter of a former teenage floozy, Audrey. And "cooking is not her strong point" but by 1979 she was working in Dawson's Cafe - soon to be Jim's, which she ran for the best part of 20 years.
Would it be possible for you to upload Deirdre and Rays wedding reception and the few days after, so 1458 and the few after. The episodes where Deirdre and Ray stay at ritas and have a mini honymoon
Jesus crist to listen to Albert tatlock ud swear he fought and won ww1 all by himself and that fighting for his country gave him the right to be grumpy selfish and down right rude to everyone he really yanks my chain
I always sleep with the big light on and im not afraid of the dark - not too keen on silence either when i sleep i like the sound of the fan heater in the back ground - theres nought as queer as folk as they say
Strange how Gail is always talking about her dad. What Dad? We met him in 2008 and he knew nothig about her or she him. Maybe she didn't want others to know she didn't have a clue who her dad was.
We know that Audrey had many fellas in her time. In the days gone by we didn't call them Stepdad/Stepmum; we were forced to call them Mum or Dad. If our Dad had a mate that was a good one he was 'Uncle' same as our Mum's besties, 'Aunty'.
Bet’s suggestion that Rita give her flat for the night to Mavis and Derek, so they could be intimate for the first time… Rita’s response: 😏”Bit crude, innit?”-“There ya are, kids. Get on with it.” 😂😂😂
Sure shows most homely ones live across the pond 😱 all those guys make fun of stan but u dont see them picking up a shovel ( ken does hold his coat sweater over the shoulder like hes important ) Albert such a complaining old fool Rays opinion on women is his guilty conscience speaking
The hatred & Vitriol from the likes of Albert Tatlock, Ivy Tilsley & every other nasty Character written into this program beggars belief. It’s over 40 odd years since I saw the original, I hated watching it then & this time I have had the pleasure of being able to turn the rubbish off. This is not a national treasure, it must have taught teens & kids that being nasty, cheating, lying was acceptable.
What a FANTASTIC year 1976 was, with super-producer the legendary Bill Podmore in the driving seat. Under his savvy leadership the comedy returned to the Street - along with Corrie icon ELSIE TANNER, and a brand new, dynamic Southern character called MIKE BALDWIN - a hit as soon as his cheeky Cockney charm hit the cobbles!
Actors Pat Phoenix and Johnny Briggs became great platonic friends behind the scenes, and their chemistry shows on screen. In his autobiography, Johnny recalled how one day he was cold in the green room, dressed in his shirtsleeves. Johnny had to commute from down South each week, and stayed in a hotel. But in his first days on the new job he hadn't brought warm clothes, forgetting it got several degrees colder up north than he was used to down south!
Pat noticed, and one afternoon thrust a bag into his arms, saying it was a little present. She'd gone out in her lunch break and bought him a beautiful blue cashmere sweater from an upmarket second hand clothes shop in Manchester she frequented for her own (and Elsies!) outfits.
The sweater fit like a dream, and Johnny was so thrilled with it he actually went to the shop himself in hopes they had some more, but it was a one off - rather like Pat herself!
It wasn't the only time Pat took pity on him, she often invited him back to her cottage for a home cooked meal (created by her elderly, live-in housekeeper Kitty).
The pair would sit and chat after dinner, share a bottle of wine and rehearse their lines together (Johnny once said steak was his favourite, and Pat would buy it in for him). Sometimes if it got late, he'd stay in her guest bedroom and they'd share a car to the studios next morning - I bet Pat enjoyed the gossip their joint arrival must have inevitably triggered in the Granada corridors!
Johnny Briggs unashamedly cried at Pat Phoenix' Manchester funeral, which she had planned meticulously with a live jazz band entertaining the guests. Her send-off typified her - upbeat and flamboyant. He must have lost a true friend.
It breaks my heart Pat died at just 62, in 1986. She had so much more life to live, and I believe would undoubtedly have made at least one return visit to the Street as Elsie - she was too big a character to have been abandoned for good.
Johnny in contrast lived to be 85, dying in February 2021. Two fantastic actors, who brought top quality entertainment to millions of people, for many years. Like all great performers, they have achieved immortality through the magic of film, God bless them both.
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A great story. Loved the interest you have shown here.
I don't know why everyone thought Elsie Tanner was so good. She talked so fast she flubbed her lines constantly. I never liked the Tanners except for Linda and the grandson.
@@christinefougere I've heard this criticism of Elsie/Pat Phoenix before. She did gabble her lines at times, but I rather liked her realism, and the less slick Corrie of yesteryear. People frequently stumble over their words in daily life, after all!
You won't find any similar mistakes in modern Corrie. Today's version is slick and polished - but the scripts and acting are utterly dire!
@@glamdolly30 I so agree...the show today is awful...I fast forward huge chunks of it and still don't miss any of the inane story line...it's just DRIVEL...There's just no likeable characters anymore. The writing is substandard and absurd. The attempts at comedy fall FLAT and cringeworthy to the enth degree.
Didn't realise that you had recorded all these old episodes off tv and put them all together! Thanks for your efforts. Love the 1970s episodes 👍
So many thanks for uploading you are giving so much pleasure to so many....these are the BEST years of Coronation Street so good I can watch them many times over...So sad we do not have these incredible actors with great personalities and great story lines that are funny, witty, a little drama and a lot of real life Thank you again
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Professional gun 66 there's no end to your talents. Thanks from the bottom of my heart .
☺️💯Me too. Grateful as all get out.
6:20 I was surprised to hear Annie Walker give the real date of actor Arthur Leslie's (aka her screen husband Jack Walker's) death, June 30th 1970.
Arthur Leslie died suddenly of a heart attack while holidaying in Wales, 6 days after his last appearance on the show. It was a great shock to cast and crew, and such a shock to Doris Speed who played his wife Annie, that she seriously considered leaving Coronation Street.
Thank God she was persuaded to stay - Annie Walker was the driving force of so many wonderful plots from 1970 until her departure in 1983. And for many viewers, myself included, Annie's solo tenure of the Rovers Return over her loyal staff Bet, Betty and Fred, represented both her's and the pub's golden era, chock full of drama and comedy.
Arthur Leslie, who breathed life into Jack Walker, genial Rovers landlord and long-suffering husband, was just as highly respected and popular off screen. His death was a great blow to his fellow actors - though he was 70 years of age he was in good health, with no known heart issues.
The show's writers decided to write him out by the same fate he had really suffered - and as Annie's statement in this 1976 episode shows, they even respected the actual date of his death and stuck to it.
Jack Walker's funeral took place off-screen out of respect to his family, with characters discussing his death as a known fact from the start of the episode that was broadcast on 8th July 1970. Jack Walker had appeared from the second episode, transmitted live on 14th December 1960, so he served almost a decade in the Street.
He died on my birthday.
@@christinefougere Awww... Life goes out, and life comes in - the eternal circle, and eternal mystery.
Nice to know that Renee is still alive in 2022 - so many of the actors in this have passed away
Thanks for that. Good old Madge Hindle, former Mayoress of Blackburn when her mother was Mayor, is now 85.
The mother of two is living happily with Michael her husband of 61 years, in Settle, North Yorkshire.
I recall she was a great pal of fellow Yorkshire legend the late Russell Harty, and frequently socialised with him and appeared on the shows he did, house party style, from his own home.
She was also a favourite of writer Alan Bennett, who discovered her and cast her in his 1966 comedy sketch show 'On the Margin' (John Cleese said it greatly influenced 'Monty Python'). She also featured in two of his TV dramas, 'Sunset Across the Bay' 1975 and 'Intensive Care' in 1982
Mavis and Derek stress me out, just as much as they did first time round. All that hyper-ventilating, gulping and wittering from Mavis and Derek acting like a sweetie wife drives me nuts!😠
Anxious budgies, aren't they?
Mavis deserved better...sure, she's a bit dizzy, but she is secretly _horny,_ deceptively _bright,_ deceptively cunning and a proper lady - Derek is a Mama's Boy with a strangled libido...a source of frustration.
@@elizabethblevins1880 That is the perfect way to describe Derek and Mavis
Totally agree 🙄
I didn't know that Derek went that far back. He had a good innings. And yes, they made quite a pair.
It's amazing to see actors born well over a hundred years ago on Corrie, Albert 127, Ena 125, Minnie 126. Even Elsie Tanner was born 100 years ago next month! I was twelve in 1976, but even I'm closing in on 60 now, a sobering thought indeed! Great show back in '76. 😀💞
Elise is in great form- loved her working in the shop.
You mean Elsie , Elise is my daughters name and gets called Elsie 😁
Me too, Elsie was born to sell ladies clothes or make up, she was so glamorous!
Thanks for the great upload once again. I love this channel and watch it more than TV. Fantastic content.
The scene where Gail is telling Elsie she feels too ashamed to speak to Mrs Thornly ended with her running upstairs crying. I wonder if it's the first time she does it, if so, it was the first of many. Everything about her is irritating, she is unbearable and it's difficult to understand Elsie's affection for her.
I know she acts like a big baby
She's a mess, couldn't stand her then and can't stand her now. They made her character ridiculous. Notice she's wearing the same sweater every day just a different colour.
Gail was always a pain screeching on .
1:31:42 This is gold. The slow motion scene of the Haggerty boys is so beautifully 1970s. Children had fun without devices. Elsie Tanner sure gave the show a boost in 1976. Her big heart and presence was a fabulous and welcome return to the cobbles.
I do love Ena and her one liners. 😂😂😂
Mavis and Derek were so funny. the first date, nervousness and making silly mistakes, love it.
The fellas buying the greyhound reminds me of Frankie Barrow selling Harold Steptoe one.😂
13:13:18 Funny how Gail was always talking about her dad with affection, in these her early appearances. By the time she got engaged to Brian and her mother Audrey appeared, she became the product of a single parent household, who never knew a father at all!
This is why I disregard Stan's offscreen backstory that he beat his children in drunken rages.
@@professionalgun6674 I recall reading something about that. I guess it was a back history for Stan that the writers came up with, long before actor Bernard Youens made the role his own. Stan loved his beer but he was never portrayed as an alcoholic or, God forbid, a violent bully. When it came to the crunch, Hilda wore the trousers!
Interesting though, how as relatively recently as the 'sixties it was regarded as fairly normal for men to beat their kids - and their wives too, judging by the light hearted throwaway remarks about domestic violence that occasionally appeared in the scripts. Thank God some things do change for the better!
@@glamdolly30 It's on Corriepidia but their is no evidence for it. Anyone could have written it.
@@professionalgun6674 That's probably where I saw it too then! It could be true - you know how vastly a Corrie character can change from their initial inception, to months and years later, when the actor has put their own mark on it.
The finished version of the best, most iconic characters, are those who are a seamless blend of the writers' and the actor's input. Annie Walker and Hilda Ogden spring to mind in that respect, both so authentically written and superbly brought to life by Doris Speed and Jean Alexander.
It's always a joy chatting with you, hope you're keeping warm and well! XXX
@@glamdolly30 Shame how Stan was never the same after the actor's mild 1975 stroke, it feels like Stan of 1964-1975 was a different character to 1976-1984. Hence why they bought in Eddie Yeats to save the day as their lodger. Bernard Youens had a stroke but it was never bought into the fictional story, so the difference in Stan's speech, and the slight stiffness of his face was unexplained.
Watching classic coronation street at mo …. Rita’s accent goes from down to earth to posh!
I know - and have you noticed Rita sings in that posh voice too, SO funny! I've heard those upmarket northern types referred to as 'Lancashire Royalty'!
That adventure play area would pass no health and safety checks these days... I bare many a scar from my childhood escapades at DIY parks...🤣
Me too and yet no-one sued anyone. You played at your own risk.
Thanks for the excellent editing and the contiguous format, subbed.
Uncle Albert was a good, realistic character
Funny how times have changed (thankfully) - Deirdre giving up bike riding on Dr. Advice with being pregnant - yet continuing with her 40 cigs a day!
And a cheeky lager int Rovers....😳🍺
well have you ever tried riding a bicycle and lighting a cigarette at the same time
I know right! .makes ya laugh I give ya that ...no wonder Tracy turned out way she did !
You know people in 30 years will laugh at what we do too. We don’t have it all figured out. We are just as confidently clueless as they were
Well her daughter Tracy drank all through her pregnancy. Everyone smoked back then even the doctors
Rita: Stick Your Chest Out. Mavis: I am doing. Classic Corrie at its peak [forgive the pun][
Having Elsie as a confidante, how wonderful would that be....
Uncle Albert is funny I wasn't born the time he was on but he sure is funny
Gail is the absolute spitting image of a tortoise 🐢
I thought gail didn't know who her father was until later in life
Len having a pint before driving Derdrie to the hospital - thats how things were in those days folk thought nothing of getting bladdered after work then driving home it was probably the nineties before things started to change big time
And no one had to wear seat belts either! The road accident fatalities must have been way higher in the seventies and early 80s before the new law making front seat travellers belt up was introduced in 1983.
interesting to see that Deidre was always temperamental ...one thing about Corrie charactors - they are consistent !
Deirdre was quite the dolly bird in her younger years!
Mavis was so pretty! A bit like Bette Davis.
Loving these. Born in 76 'x
At 1:28:57 Stan's feeble attempt at catching those kids was hilarious.
Its just now after watching these old episodes & being in my late 60s, do i appreciate the wit
& delivery of Bett Lynch!
Shes absolutely priceless
She kept her role as crisp & sharp
& energetic & hilarious from when she first took on her famous barmaid in England role to when she graciously bowed out
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Her earrings were always a source of expectant guessing wondering what extraveganzas she'd be wearing each episode.
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I dont think i ever heard her fluff a line in her entire Corrie career!
I was deeply saddened when she passed, a great actress with grit
Determination, sass, professionalism and no ones fool.
Oh its so alarming seeing Gail in these!
Shes so young! But fit in with the established cast brilliantly!
God Bless Julie Goodyear/
Bett Lynch, there'll never be another like you
Hope youre happy in your spirit life!
Regards
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Good news Julie Goodyear isn't dead, she is still going strong at 80 😊
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Oh i was sure that a few years back the newspapers did a attribute to Julie after she died from cancer & i was very sad
But hey! If shes still alive & kicking then im overjoyed!
Julie was FABULOUS as Bett Lynch & id seen her in a few other plays after she left Corrie
I even got her autograph years ago when we were in Marbella in Spain.
She was lunching with some friends & i was a tad scared to go & ask her for an autograph & hopefully a photo, thinking of Betts one liners & tough exterior
But i went respectfully up to her table & waited a little till she turned & i asked her
" oh please, Miss Goodyear, i hope you dont mind my asking you if you will sign your autograph but you have been my heroine for years & im thrilled to see you"
She gave me her beaming smile
& said with a thick accent
" well sure, Cock, give us yer pen
& all sign me moniker "
Which she did, she was even more stunning in real life & her pal took a photo of Julie & myself on my camera, which i still have!
The photo i mean.
I do hope youre right & Julie is still with us!
A legend in her own time
Regards
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@@itallia666 You could be thinking about Anne Kirkbride (Deirdre Barlow), who unfortunately did pass away in 2015 at the age of only 60 from Cancer 😢😢.
I looked it up on Google and Julie is alive and kicking. Really happy that you have such a wonderful experience meeting your hero 😊
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Ahh yes, i knew about Anne Kirkbride, terrible shame but they said she was a heavy smoker
& you could tell whenever she laughed, you could hear the throaty rasp.
Im so happy Julie Goodyear is still around, she always took me as a very strong willed person with determination to carry on
Through any adversity!
I always thought that the character of Bett was very much
The same as Julies.
To play a role with such convincing authenticity you have to put a great part of yourself into the role & after meeting Julie in Marbella she was utterly charming, witty & funny but id not like to cross her, that steely resolve like Bett's is just under the surface.
Still, she was always my fave Corrie character, and more so after watching these old episodes & after a 45yr dateline
I appreciate Bett even more so.
Her pairing with Alec Gilroy was a genius stroke, they were amazing together, i could watch them all night
The rapport they shared & the touching, on screen love between them is terrific.
I used to love watching Roy Barraclough ( Alec) with the late Les Dawson when they played the 2 lady friends, Cissie & Ada,
I still to this day, crease up laughing at the pair of them.
Im sure Roy B modelled his
" lady" on Annie Walker of the Rovers & Les's lady on a lose,
More common version of Hilda Ogden!!!
It really made my day to know Julie Goodyear is still alive & Kicking! Plus good old Reet from the Kabin!
Is Mave the Rave still about?
Id love to find out just who is still around, from these glory days of Corrie even if they are no longer in " The Street"
Oddly, i sort of met William Roache ( Ken Barlow) in a group of people, years ago at a Pagan Festival with various groups & the Druidic Bards.
Its well known " Ken" was in real life, a long serving member of the
British Druid Society
He was as different as could be from his Corrie character, the
Smarmy, boring Ken!!
I was pleasantly surprised by his
Real personality which was warm friendly, quick to jest & laugh, interested in what others said & so unlike Ken, i completely forgot
He was " Ken"
Since then, ive realised what an excellent actor Bill Roache is to be the dour & uppity know it all
He portrays.
His son Linus Roache is also a brilliant actor, ive seen him in some marvellous roles on screen film & theatre!.
Anyway, im absolutely loving these old episodes & have already taken 3 weeks constantly watching month by month, year by year since the 1962 episodes & im now at Dec 1987!
I gave away my television about 18yrs ago, never a huge tv addict
As tv began to deteriorate from the year 2000, plus i wrote alot & read, began lecturing again too & took painting up again, & began my great love of Radio 4 on BBC Radio, which my mum used to love & i decided to tune into & learned all i needed from News events, plays, great items & for the 1st time became a huge fan of The Archers!! ( its something we seem to do as we get older)
Its when i realised my tv was redundant! No further use so i gave it away with dvd player to
The local community centre.
I only ever watched documentaries etc, stopped watching Corrie when the awful Battersbys appeared.
The show was going downhill by then, so stopped watching & judging by the many many comments from these old episodes, have said the same!
Todays Corrie is rubbish & i take their word that it is.
The new script writers just haven't got it! Not like the old ones, they cant seem to develop & introduce great characters
Like old Corrie nor the amazing humour & one liners that entertained us Brits.
Well, thank you for letting me know about Julie Goodyear!
Maybe we shall come into contact again in some other video of Corrie episodes! & drop a line to each other!
So far im loving the Bett & Alec story, the initial intro of Don Brennan to Ivy ( who i used to hate in the 80s but watching now find i have a soft spot, as she has such a vunerable caring side to her, under her hard outer shell)
Things went slow & a tad boring in 1986 & part of 1988 & the
Mave & Derek saga is so old & tired & stupid now, the writers have a cheek foisting these 2 rediculous characters on us.
If only Victor Pemberton would kidnap Mave, take her into a cosy Bothy up in the Lake District & make her his sex slave!
Oki Doki in the Okefenoki,
Take care & spread a little sunshine all around, Blessed Be
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OIY ! .. I just researched Julie Goodyear's bio.. and didn't have any mention of her passing.
She is my FAV Corrie actress !
I love Elsie such a lovely caring lady but as strong as a bull....reminds me of my my childhood with my Gran and great aunts
I enjoyed the part about those cute 🥰 kid 👧🏽 with Eddie Yates. That was funny 😆.
Annie Walkers permanently pursed lips get me.
I wish corroe had more characters like this
Hilda can be seen in Last of Summer Wine she runs a 2nd hand store
Please can you find all off 1979 episodes thank you for this
I often thought what was stopping anyone from jumping over the fence at the Yard and nicking everything?
Fred Gee and Mrs Walker together would give us such a lot of laughter over the years. The Landlady (Annie) and her Manservant/Chauffeur (Frederick).
Thelma Barlow on Loose Women in 2024 is stunning! What a lady ❤
I reckon Ernest hired a hit man to shoot him so he could escape Emily
Best corrie comment EVER !!....talk about laugh 😂 and probably very true...lord knows I'd do the same thing if I'd been Ernie ...Emily would drive a man to drink !
Sounds plausible
😂😂😂
😁
1:30:11 the first appearance of the flying ducks....❤🦆🦆🦆
interesting gail talking about her father as far as we knew she didn't know who he was until he turned up in her life in around 2009 ish time
3:15:16 ‘Tony’ from Abigail’s Party asking for wine I think? 🤔
Derek feeding ducks was an omen for their long, staccato affair...a bad one! 😊
37:40 Elsie, always on the verge of complete mania. Valium would've been her best friend.
3:13:09 - Gail's "father" soon got forgotten about, and within a year or so she was retconned as the illegitimate daughter of a former teenage floozy, Audrey. And "cooking is not her strong point" but by 1979 she was working in Dawson's Cafe - soon to be Jim's, which she ran for the best part of 20 years.
If you see what was served up in 'Jims' she still couldn't cook.
Would it be possible for you to upload Deirdre and Rays wedding reception and the few days after, so 1458 and the few after. The episodes where Deirdre and Ray stay at ritas and have a mini honymoon
Shaking hands is a sign of respect, albeit not between men and women in a romantic setting. Respect between a couple is a good foundation.
So enjoying these episodes. The characterisation is so much better than the modern corry.
Thank you.
Even Doris Day gets a mention -great upload.
I was 19 in 1976. ..
Me too
Brilliant Mrs Walker,Bet ,Stan & Hilda..❤
Did they really look this young? I was 12 at the time and they look quite ancient then!
Mavis and Derek always drove me nuts till he died
😂
Failure for Neville started when he left coronation Street betamax vs VHS was the reason given for his failure in Hollywood!!!!
I know it's supposed to be funny, but Mavis and Derek are painful to watch.
He always gets a number 52, and it's different in every shop 😁
I couldn't at the time but now I tend to fast forward their scenes together......
😂 Hear no evil speak no evil see no evil at 2.10.29 🙈🙉🙊
44:25 The artistic Mrs Walker ✨
Again I am glad fate stepped in When Ray or Nathan came to America and his TV career was done! America has enough Ray Langtons
I really like 👍 the dog 🐕.
1:09:42 I noticed Neville had very sweaty underarms all the time.
1:59:54 a ghost taking a book off the shelf...?
Wow, never noticed that. Maybe it was Gale's tone of voice that moved the book. She's made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up many times.
Many of the cast did say the set was haunted.
The orbs too floating between them 😮
Jesus crist to listen to Albert tatlock ud swear he fought and won ww1 all by himself and that fighting for his country gave him the right to be grumpy selfish and down right rude to everyone he really yanks my chain
1:31:57 what’s the odd sound effects meant to signify?
Six million dollar man
Greyhound dogs always look such unhappy and depressed creatures.
I watch classic corrrie every day never seen this😊
Have I missed something.. when did Hilda's Muriel go up??
1:31:00 what on earth was all THAT about....? Slow motion running and space noises...?!
Probably the directors spoilt kids who pestered him to be on telly or the writers were high on drugs.
@@professionalgun6674 a weird style
I loved that
It was a parody of the Six Million Dollar Man, a US show very popular around that time.
@@andyforshortbutnotforlong5351 yes I think you're right. A few bionic jokes at Stan's expense later on as well.🥰
The specs of Deirdre and Renee; 2 for the price of one!?
I used to get those two confused when I was younger!
Renee Bradshaw is upsetting customers left, right & centre.
What the hell is Elsie wearing at 3:13 she looks like Dracula's mother!
That's not Elsie.
@@bibakroll8999 Flaming Nora, yes it is.!! Talking 3 hours to be precise.
Lol I often think her outfits look like pantomime costumes 😆
I think I would poo my pants if I saw Elsie like that.
Really dear ? - How very common
Ray's package!!!!! 4:10:47
I would if anyone who has watched Corrie for along time that Rita has made lose her breath more than any man 😂and longer!
24:25 Is Elsie afraid of the dark? It’s just that she seems to sleep with the big light on.
I always sleep with the big light on and im not afraid of the dark - not too keen on silence either when i sleep i like the sound of the fan heater in the back ground - theres nought as queer as folk as they say
10 /10
@1:31:50 The Six Million Dollar Man 🙂
Great ending 😊
Mimsy and dopey I fast forward when there on same with dreary and ken .
Alf wears nice suits
Strange how Gail is always talking about her dad. What Dad? We met him in 2008 and he knew nothig about her or she him. Maybe she didn't want others to know she didn't have a clue who her dad was.
We know that Audrey had many fellas in her time. In the days gone by we didn't call them Stepdad/Stepmum; we were forced to call them Mum or Dad. If our Dad had a mate that was a good one he was 'Uncle' same as our Mum's besties, 'Aunty'.
Does anyone know how many times Rita caused Mavis to lose her breath! As close as Mavis came for a lot of years!
Bet’s suggestion that Rita give her flat for the night to Mavis and Derek, so they could be intimate for the first time…
Rita’s response: 😏”Bit crude, innit?”-“There ya are, kids. Get on with it.” 😂😂😂
Corrine is a shadow , of itself now. Nothing but negative storylines.so would sooner watch, the classi vs vs thannks, for the upload xx
Thank thee 💋
1:11:12 Elsie looks like Lucille Ball.
Meat & potato pie, by eck.
Anyone no where that bridge is at 2 14 where alf fred are
Dierdre's plaids...
Mavis was so annoying with that daft voice...imagine that around you all day 🙄
Sure shows most homely ones live across the pond 😱 all those guys make fun of stan but u dont see them picking up a shovel ( ken does hold his coat sweater over the shoulder like hes important ) Albert such a complaining old fool Rays opinion on women is his guilty conscience speaking
The campest thing in the universe
What is? 🤔
I can’t stand Deirdre
The hatred & Vitriol from the likes of Albert Tatlock, Ivy Tilsley & every other nasty Character written into this program beggars belief. It’s over 40 odd years since I saw the original, I hated watching it then & this time I have had the pleasure of being able to turn the rubbish off. This is not a national treasure, it must have taught teens & kids that being nasty, cheating, lying was acceptable.
This isn't an airport lounge, you don't need to announce your departure 👏🏻 ta ta