When built in 1938, the Quarry Hill flats were very desirable modern living. They were inspired by the The Karl Marx-Hof flats in Vienna. The development was noted for its radical and modern features included; solid fuel ranges, electric lighting, a state-of-the-art refuse disposal system and communal facilities. By the time this program was made in the early 1970's, the flats had become very grubby and looked the worse for wear. They were demolished in 1978. Most of the buildings in the first panorama shot have long since gone. The old bus station, and the old stalls in the outside market area e.t.c.
Lived there in the 70s, but I was a baby so don’t remember it. Not there long but my mum said it was awful. Only watching to see the Leeds I grew up in
We had the same cooker, Parkinson Cowen Prince one. Bought in 1969 and was still going strong in 2011 when i sold the old family home. When Britain could make stuff that lasted. And it still looked like new.
You're lucky. I had a cooker from even earlier mid Sixties still going strong. Then a gas man came to install new energy meters. Took one look at my cooker and said by law he will have to cut it off. He said my cooker is a fire and safety hazard. I told him it's been in my family for over 50 years with no problems. He said it doesn't matter and disconnected all connecting pipes.
The opening scenes are now the Leeds Playhouse around the corner from my canal boat at Leeds Dock. I miss those days and the people who were alive then.
Diana Dors, I mean come on you don't get much more glamorous than her. She always looks a million dollars, even towards the end of her life she outshone those around her, a proper star she was, a nice lady too ❤️❤️❤️
Theres an interview of her with Larry Grayson. She was so charming, intelligent and humourous. Larry Grayson too seemed to be enjoying her humour. So lovely
The times I hear her get pulled down and slagged off.... she's was a legend alive and in death! An absolute talent on two lovely legs, plus this series was and still is fabulous 👏👏👏👏👏❤❤❤❤❤
+Secretmermaid Girl Hello darling! We're a camp pair of old things aren't we!!! I just found some wonderful sketches from Granada's 'Wood and Walters' on here if you're interested in watching some vintage Victoria Wood - what a treat! Hope you're well my fellow Kitsch Queen, big hug. X
Yes most hoses and flats had entrance halls - walking straight in to the living room really only started being a thing here when they started building those really tiny one bedroom housing estate houses in the 80s/90s
When built in 1938, the Quarry Hill flats were very desirable modern living. They were inspired by the The Karl Marx-Hof flats in Vienna. The development was noted for its radical and modern features included; solid fuel ranges, electric lighting, a state-of-the-art refuse disposal system and communal facilities. By the time this program was made in the early 1970's, the flats had become very grubby and looked the worse for wear. They were demolished in 1978..
Kudos, k_ow, for this splendid upload. Not only Diana Doors dominates the proceedings from the moment she appears with her charisma and perfect timing but the supporting cast is excellent with names who would become famous years later, such as the nemesis who wants to evict them (she'd later play Ivy Tilsley in Coronation Street where the actor who played Alf already had an important role). And the actress who played Nora in Last of the Summer Wine. The scenes filmed outside in the streets show exceptionally good camera work for any sitcom from the 70's. Pity that series one coincided with the television cameramen strike which forced all the other S01 episodes to be filmed and videotaped in black and white. A treasure nevertheless, very funny in many places, thank you.
Although the location was unspecified on screen, parts of the series were filmed in Quarry Hill, Leeds. The council flats, where it was filmed have since been demolished.
So we have DD, lyn perry, the guy who was in porridge Lyn Perry's son out of kes and Percy's battleaxe in coro st. Not bad. Oh missed one Nora Batty. And finally Alf Roberts coro st.
Another ITV show that must have looked desperately outdated on first showing. Setup and script straight out of 50s rep theatre, written with Peggy Mount in mind by the look of it.
Hard to believe though he was probably only just 33 when this was filmed, he looks nearer 50! He must have had a paper round uphill and into the wind when he was a boy.
@unclemort1960 He was jailed in 1970 along with the singer Leapy (Little Arrows) Lee for their part in a pub brawl in Sunningdale in July where the pub landlord got stabbed. Lake got 18 months (served 12) and Lee 3 years.
That Ivy Tilsley, Phyllis Pearce and Alf Roberts get around God bless 'em! Is anyone still alive who starred in this? Sad - but I suppose it was about 40 years ago!
k ow Just did a quick Google check and Tony Caunter and Barry Rutter are still with us. It was fab watching this I'm a big Diana Dors fan but Queenie's Castle was before my time so it was great to find it here - thanks so much for uploading!
+Bobby Tumbleweed Oh yes you are so right - Diana Dors is a total legend, there will never be another! Thanks for your update, fascinating. I think though perhaps you are not correct about Tony Caunter who as far as I know was in 'EastEnders' (as Pat's husband) not 'Coronation Street' - maybe ypu are thinking of the late, great Brian Mosley who played Alf Roberts and ran the corner shop? Thanks for posting!
+Bobby Tumbleweed Bless you! Thank God for UA-cam to see all these great vintage shows again. By the way, there are two fascinating documentaries about Diana Dors on here if you're interested - 'Who Got Diana Dors Millions' and an 'Arena' special called 'Blondes'. Well worth a look over Christmas when there's nothing but reality shows on the telly!
+glamdolly20 Yes I am still alive. I am Brian Marshall who played Bunny. I had a great time as a stand up comedian touring with Cliff ,Cilla Johnny Mathis etc and did loads of TV stuff. I eventually became an agent and scriptwriter and represented Wayne Sleep and Sheila Ferguson from the Three Degrees, I also devised Get Your Own Back which was a very successful kid's programme for the BBC. Also wrote the TV series for the Krankies and Keith Harris. I retired with neck Cancer but was clear for 8 years and then it came back but I am now clear again!! Cant keep a good man down! I now run and own a Care Agency with my wife and Director Gillian Marshall called Marshall Homecare limited. Its is very successful and my showbiz days seem like a completely different life. I had great fun making Queenies Castle and the cast and crew were a delight to work with. I have not had any contact with any of them once the series ended.
Thanks for this upload, a rare show! Unfortunately this breaks the cardinal rule of a comedy show, make it funny, people just want to laugh! I really appreciate the point of difference here, but I think this was/is just too challenging to watch, it actually reminds me of 'Bread', but not as well written not as well made & with less sympathetic characters. What a shame, another star vehicle failure for Dors, she deserved better. Amazing that it got passed series 1!!
It died a death. 1st its all over the place and I remember Charlie (kes).. Lyn perry (kes)...coronation st 81 2 ish ....Regardless ..Diana Doors ....she was the " blonde bombshell" ....very pretty. Best role? Steptoe rides again.
Diana Dors a Star and will remain a STAR that will shine in our galaxy God Bless Her xxxx
Hear! Hear! ❤👏✨✨
Who’s watching this in 2019 for the first time ever
Watching it in America just turned up in my recommendations I'm liking it pretty much
Me. Never heard of it and I grew up in the 1970's, maybe they didn't show this in my region, being in South Wales.
December 1st 19:14
@@tolfan4438 you need help bro im english i hate my country for thos truly awful tv and music shit oh wow this is truly the worst one yet.
Don't remember this, but I was working shifts from 1969 till 2002 so I missed a lot of TV.
When built in 1938, the Quarry Hill flats were very desirable modern living. They were inspired by the The Karl Marx-Hof flats in Vienna. The development was noted for its radical and modern features included; solid fuel ranges, electric lighting, a state-of-the-art refuse disposal system and communal facilities.
By the time this program was made in the early 1970's, the flats had become very grubby and looked the worse for wear. They were demolished in 1978.
Most of the buildings in the first panorama shot have long since gone. The old bus station, and the old stalls in the outside market area e.t.c.
(Sighs heavily...) That's progress, huh? 😕
Forgive me for asking, but why would it not have had gas or electric ranges?
Solid fuel seems a bit of a misstep with such a progressive building
Wow thanks for the insight
It Proves anyrhing Marx! Communist is worthless and totally unworkable.
Lived there in the 70s, but I was a baby so don’t remember it. Not there long but my mum said it was awful. Only watching to see the Leeds I grew up in
We had the same cooker, Parkinson Cowen Prince one. Bought in 1969 and was still going strong in 2011 when i sold the old family home. When Britain could make stuff that lasted. And it still looked like new.
You're lucky. I had a cooker from even earlier mid Sixties still going strong. Then a gas man came to install new energy meters. Took one look at my cooker and said by law he will have to cut it off. He said my cooker is a fire and safety hazard. I told him it's been in my family for over 50 years with no problems. He said it doesn't matter and disconnected all connecting pipes.
Smiths Sectric gingham wall clocks like the one in the kitchen still run today, too
Watching this for the first time ever tonight!!!
2020 the year I discovered the very Beautiful and talented Diana Dors 💝💝💝💝
I just found this one and love it!! Classic British comedy all the way. Thanks so much for sharing this with us 👍
I heartily concur !
Lovely Diana Dors, what a lovely lady, beautiful in her late 30s early 40s what an actor, what a woman. She died way too soon.
Mike Hudson I remember when she had a house in sunningdale not far from where I live
@@jamie78lee78 lying bastard.
The opening scenes are now the Leeds Playhouse around the corner from my canal boat at Leeds Dock. I miss those days and the people who were alive then.
As the camera swings around you see the Headrow and the police station where the Yorkshire Ripper investigation was based. It's all changed.
@@willhay6148 That terrible market carpark and milgarth is now John Lewis in the Victoria gate shopping centre.
Ahh the old days.
Diana Dors, I mean come on you don't get much more glamorous than her. She always looks a million dollars, even towards the end of her life she outshone those around her, a proper star she was, a nice lady too ❤️❤️❤️
Every time I see films relating to Diana Dores it brings back memories of the past.
She was pure Class!
I certainly have a notion to second that emotion !
"Just look at how they spelt the Count in Dracula!" - I guess that one flew under the radar in the 70s ! 🤣
Not one of YTVs finest, but great views of Leeds and Quarry Hill. Brings back memories of the 70s
Who cares about the plot or casting. It is Diana Dors. That's all you need.
She would have been a great character if she appeared in coronation street
I think more the Eastenders Queen viv Landlady
Diana does a national treasure
I've heard of this but never seen it so thanks I'm going to enjoy watching these later.
Remember watching with my dear mother, oh we had some great comedies in them days
Freddie Fletcher and Lynne Perrie were in "KES" of course, as Judd and Mrs Casper, while Tony Caunter later played a DCI in "JULIET BRAVO"
Theres an interview of her with Larry Grayson. She was so charming, intelligent and humourous. Larry Grayson too seemed to be enjoying her humour. So lovely
Ahh I love this. Diana Dors was so beautiful, our answer to Marilyn Monroe.
Oh god no... Marilyn was pretty
With an answer like that you'd have to say you forgot the question.
So basically, Carla Lane just nicked this, moved it to Liverpool and called it 'Bread'.
Comment stealer
I saw Keith Waterhouse in the gents at the Old Vic a few years back. Told him how much I admired his column.
In the gents..🤣
Was his column quite big ?
The times I hear her get pulled down and slagged off.... she's was a legend alive and in death! An absolute talent on two lovely legs, plus this series was and still is fabulous 👏👏👏👏👏❤❤❤❤❤
Have you seen her in Adam & The Ants video music video Prince Charming? She plays the Fairy Godmother, looking FABULOUS!
I used to love this show. When I was 14. Set in lovely Leeds. Department of Heath Hq now occupies the site of the flats.
Thanks for the upload, love these 70s comedy's.
Ivy Tilsley watering her flowers!
When Leeds used to have a great city centre & market. It's horrendous now !!!
Diana Dors, what a star! They don't make 'em like that anymore SIGH.
+Bobby Tumbleweed Oh darling you are bang on the money! That really made me chuckle, so true!
+glamdolly20 hahaha NOT surprised to bump into you again on here - and I so agree with your postings!! :)
+Secretmermaid Girl Hello darling! We're a camp pair of old things aren't we!!! I just found some wonderful sketches from Granada's 'Wood and Walters' on here if you're interested in watching some vintage Victoria Wood - what a treat! Hope you're well my fellow Kitsch Queen, big hug. X
glamdolly20 I wish they did!!
She was a beauty
I often wondered whether Dick Emery based his character Mandy on Diana Dors.
Love the wobbly captions at the end. No expense spared on this one.
Haha. I noticed that as well. 😄😆
As an American I have to say it's quite nice that for an apartment as small as that they still managed to have an entrance hall.
Yes most hoses and flats had entrance halls - walking straight in to the living room really only started being a thing here when they started building those really tiny one bedroom housing estate houses in the 80s/90s
When built in 1938, the Quarry Hill flats were very desirable modern living. They were inspired by the The Karl Marx-Hof flats in Vienna. The development was noted for its radical and modern features included; solid fuel ranges, electric lighting, a state-of-the-art refuse disposal system and communal facilities.
By the time this program was made in the early 1970's, the flats had become very grubby and looked the worse for wear. They were demolished in 1978..
@@philld1201 very insightful, thank you 🇬🇧👍
WE ALL MISS Diana Dors xxx
Love this show
U can see where the concept of the series *BREAD* came from...
diana dors had an inward beauty ....as well as an exterior one.
Well said and well put !
Kudos, k_ow, for this splendid upload. Not only Diana Doors dominates the proceedings from the moment she appears with her charisma and perfect timing but the supporting cast is excellent with names who would become famous years later, such as the nemesis who wants to evict them (she'd later play Ivy Tilsley in Coronation Street where the actor who played Alf already had an important role). And the actress who played Nora in Last of the Summer Wine. The scenes filmed outside in the streets show exceptionally good camera work for any sitcom from the 70's. Pity that series one coincided with the television cameramen strike which forced all the other S01 episodes to be filmed and videotaped in black and white. A treasure nevertheless, very funny in many places, thank you.
The customer in the bakery is a young Nora Battey from last of the summer wine.
Jill Summers (Phylis Pearce on Coro) as the woman complaining.
2024 still enjoy 😉 this comedy sitcom 😅😅
Although the location was unspecified on screen, parts of the series were filmed in Quarry Hill, Leeds. The council flats, where it was filmed have since been demolished.
under the black wig and glasses........LYNNE PERRIE AKA IVY TILSLEY........Coronation Street cast regular then fixture from 1971 to 1994......
Diana dors in her prime cracking stuff xxx
DIDN'T REALIZE THE MULTI-TALENTED MS. DORS WAS SO GOOD WITH COMEDY....
She carried everyone in this. I've never seen such a dismal cast.
@@billcobbett9259 It was shit. And Dors' character was awful and very unlikeable.
The casting is ridiculous. Diana Dors looks at most 5 to 10 years older than her sons. At first I thought they were meant to be her brothers!
Love it 😃 👌👍✋
thanks 4 the upload😉😂😂
My sentiments exactly !
I am a big fan of Diana Dors and Lynne Perrrie but this is painful
Alf Roberts (just after Get Carter). Diana what a raver she was
I had a boyfriend who lived in Quarry Hill Flats where this was filmed. It was like a rabbit warren. Now demolished. It was a landmark in Leeds.
Rough as a badgers bum!
No, I said that!
Brian Morsley, Lynne Perrie and Jill Summers all ended up in Coronation Street together
Good lord, Ivy Tilsley in a black wig!
And Nora Batty in it too! The brilliant Kathy Staff!
“Very elegant with food, crisps and the like....”
- Crisps?!?? Elegant!!!!????
Love this show thanks for sharing 😉😂😂😂👏👏👏
That was Nora Batty in the cake shop😆
So we have DD, lyn perry, the guy who was in porridge Lyn Perry's son out of kes and Percy's battleaxe in coro st. Not bad. Oh missed one Nora Batty. And finally Alf Roberts coro st.
They probably all thought it was going to be good with DD being in it - surprised any of them worked again
Thanks kowonu
That opening brass section tho. Seriously.
They all sound like the voice overs from buggernation street
Nora batty, ivy tilsly, Alf from the corner shop.
10:47 🥰 It’s Ivy from coronation street 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
First time, not the last. Ms Dors as loverly as every….
She was a beauty
Indubitably !
Wow. Even the studio audience are struggling to laugh.
I have a very vague memory of this. God, isn't it awful!
@phil Walton here here!!!
Another ITV show that must have looked desperately outdated on first showing. Setup and script straight out of 50s rep theatre, written with Peggy Mount in mind by the look of it.
Is that Roy Evans the guy that played pats husband in EastEnders ?
Fabulous
oh wow, the guy at 5:38 is Roy Evans from EastEnders!!
I missed him, so that's another.
He was in a sitcom called Beryl's Lot .it waa very funny in case you want to look it up
Tony Caunter is in quite a few programmes.
Hard to believe though he was probably only just 33 when this was filmed, he looks nearer 50! He must have had a paper round uphill and into the wind when he was a boy.
Phyllis Pearce too in the street scene.
A Pre 'Last Of The Summer Wine' Star Kathy Staff in an rare comedy appearance before she struck gold with Wrinkled Stockings.
Diana Dors` husband Alan Lake was originally going to play the part of her brother but he was detained at her majesty`s pleasure.
+unclemort1960 he committed suicide didnt he after her death?
Bobby Tumbleweed yes i learned of the story from her son at an interview.
Bobby Tumbleweed so did they get their money? the sons. i think she had 2
Bobby Tumbleweed yeah so true.
@unclemort1960 He was jailed in 1970 along with the singer Leapy (Little Arrows) Lee for their part in a pub brawl in Sunningdale in July where the pub landlord got stabbed. Lake got 18 months (served 12) and Lee 3 years.
Diana Dors
💐💖💐
It's Ivy Tillesley!
And at 6:41 Phyllis Pearce!
freddie fletcher and lynne perrie both were in kes
And her brother Duggie Brown played the Milkman in Kes, Barrie Rutter played the part of Oakes in the film version of Porridge.
a great actor diana and very good looking
Didn’t Diana Dors play Dora Bryan’s part in A Taste of Honey on TV?
Go Diana!
That Ivy Tilsley, Phyllis Pearce and Alf Roberts get around God bless 'em! Is anyone still alive who starred in this? Sad - but I suppose it was about 40 years ago!
Freddie Fletcher is still knocking around, just off the top of my head
k ow Just did a quick Google check and Tony Caunter and Barry Rutter are still with us. It was fab watching this I'm a big Diana Dors fan but Queenie's Castle was before my time so it was great to find it here - thanks so much for uploading!
+Bobby Tumbleweed Oh yes you are so right - Diana Dors is a total legend, there will never be another! Thanks for your update, fascinating. I think though perhaps you are not correct about Tony Caunter who as far as I know was in 'EastEnders' (as Pat's husband) not 'Coronation Street' - maybe ypu are thinking of the late, great Brian Mosley who played Alf Roberts and ran the corner shop? Thanks for posting!
+Bobby Tumbleweed Bless you! Thank God for UA-cam to see all these great vintage shows again. By the way, there are two fascinating documentaries about Diana Dors on here if you're interested - 'Who Got Diana Dors Millions' and an 'Arena' special called 'Blondes'. Well worth a look over Christmas when there's nothing but reality shows on the telly!
+glamdolly20
Yes I am still alive. I am Brian Marshall who played Bunny. I had a great time as a stand up comedian touring with Cliff ,Cilla Johnny Mathis etc and did loads of TV stuff. I eventually became an agent and scriptwriter and represented Wayne Sleep and Sheila Ferguson from the Three Degrees, I also devised Get Your Own Back which was a very successful kid's programme for the BBC. Also wrote the TV series for the Krankies and Keith Harris. I retired with neck Cancer but was clear for 8 years and then it came back but I am now clear again!! Cant keep a good man down! I now run and own a Care Agency with my wife and Director Gillian Marshall called Marshall Homecare limited. Its is very successful and my showbiz days seem like a completely different life. I had great fun making Queenies Castle and the cast and crew were a delight to work with. I have not had any contact with any of them once the series ended.
Woman serving in the bakers is Ivy Tilsley from Coronation St
Customer was Nora Batty of Last of the summer wine fame
Me ,4.4.23 - fab RIP MS DORS
Thanks for this upload, a rare show! Unfortunately this breaks the cardinal rule of a comedy show, make it funny, people just want to laugh! I really appreciate the point of difference here, but I think this was/is just too challenging to watch, it actually reminds me of 'Bread', but not as well written not as well made & with less sympathetic characters. What a shame, another star vehicle failure for Dors, she deserved better. Amazing that it got passed series 1!!
Ivy tilsley and the old bird after Percy. Philis lol
this is going back a bit i used to love this
This show should have ran for more seasons.
LOVE the marching through the market, the whole fuck off face attitude.
Phyllis Pearce from Corrie at 6:41
If you grew up on a estate and didn't have a family like this, you where the family like this
Try again.
Does anyone know the original air date for this episode?
5th November 1970
It died a death. 1st its all over the place and I remember Charlie (kes).. Lyn perry (kes)...coronation st 81 2 ish ....Regardless ..Diana Doors ....she was the " blonde bombshell" ....very pretty. Best role? Steptoe rides again.
was her other series all of our saturdays wiped? don't see anything about it anywhere apart from an picture of a old tv times on pintrest
It is still locked in the archives, from information I can find, it is complete.
This is edging close to a "Comic Strip" parody.
This was our local corry street.
she lived in sunningdale up the road from me
Wonderful house right at the end of the road ..I worked down the same road ..
Filmed in Leeds at Quarry Hill flats. Now demolished.
she was that good i thought she was from yorkshire, i told her that whaen i met her years later in her home town of Swindod
omg dianna dors x
Yorkshire Television... the sign of some *quality* shit!
Er, what about Rising Damp? Pretty sure that was Yorkshire Tv? Which as we all know is the greatest tv comedy ever.
Kieth Waterhouse wrote the classic & excellent 'Billy Liar'
Cant believe he wrote this sad effort
Not his thing really, TV comedy- the pace is different.
Amen, it's utter shit.
He was sprayed with ant pheromones. 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜👵👵👮🎃🔥⛄😁🎈🎍🎁🎄🎇🎆
I like this show. bought the DVDs.
does anyone know where tis was filmed - the estate with that huge arch?
Quarry Hill Flats, Quarry Hill, Leeds
Thank you! I see it's been demolished, sadly
It's filmed on Mars 🎃🎃🎃🎈🎄🎄👵👵👽👽👽👽👽👽👽
I love her clothes too!