0008 Jan 04 1961

[@alexanderjones9572]

Malcolm " Well, you know how it is, with the holidays and that..." Christine " Oh, I see, so you stayed away from me' mam's funeral because it was Christmas! Goodbye!"

[@carolineg1872]

Elsie Tanner had style. ❤🤘

[@SkyeandsSummer]

🤩🤩🤩

[@alexanderjones9572]

Poor Dennis! Elsie's been on at him long enough to get work, now he works nights and she still doesn't seem happy! Usually like the woman, but c'mon, Els!!

[@williamf4544]

You forget what a great character Ena Sharples was at this point - however even in the 70s and until she left the scripts didnt do her justice - the 60s was her era

[@connielincoln8681]

Ty auntie luv these episodes ty so much from nz

[@lizauger9828]

Captures 1961 perfectly you can almost smell the chip fat, ale and open fireplaces, gas ovens and scrubbing of steps.

[@louisaeggleton3426]

I like Ida. Ken should have spent his pound on new underpants, not a tatty old book. However, I kinda like Ken’s ambitions. What’s he need with a coat and treacle tins? Some new characters. You’ve got a right to view the body if you put in money for the wreath? How weird. A bad smell when Martha comes in? Oh, grow up, Ena. Yeah, kick Malcolm to the curb, Christine. Ken’s with the cool kids, going to protest against nuclear weapons. Well, that is really cool now! And the tins were for making the paint and glue for the posters. This would have been my kind of scene in the 60s but no drugs for me though. You know whats your with your generation?” “We have children like you”. That’s funny. Dennis is a credit to you “Is that meant to be an insult?” Ha, poor Dennis. The old ways of divorce an unusual thing for us to consider now. I reckon she should have got a divorce for desertion years ago and get the money, but I can see why she doesn’t want to grant one now, just out of spite. Having a bad guy in divorces make it such a messy business and I’m glad irreconcilable differences means there can be less blame in a terrible situation. The Elsie/Arnold storyline is interesting. And I really want to see more of Ken.

[@PeterShieldsukcatstripey]

dennis is adorable

[@marthagandier6229]

In 1961was it OK to adjust your junk in public? 2:59

[@dollyrawlins5470]

Yes and even more recent than that, I remember guys used to do it quite openly in the 80s and 90s.

[@johngore7744]

Yeah I noticed that. Lol. Btw I was born 5 weeks after this aired. Cheers from Montreal

[@tanyaweller309]

@ 7:28 Laverne and Shirley look-a-likes.

[@seltaeb3302]

Elsie's husband looks more like her father! If Corrie represents Mancunians I'll give 'em a miss. Argue-shout-argue-shout-argue..!

[@KeithDeley]

He's old enough to be Elsie's granddad 😂😂

[@alexanderjones9572]

Malcolm saying he didn’t think Christine’d want visitors? Bit lame. If I had a girlfriend who’s mother died, I’d be much more supportive ( and nothing’d stop me going to the funeral)!

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

I think I prefer Annie as she was here to when she went all luggage in advance.

[@multimill]

"Luggage in advance" what a great expression and so suitable for Annie Walker 😂

[@whyayetv]

Tony Booth, playing Malcolm Wilkinson, married Pat Phoenix on her deathbed in 1986. Author Dame Beryl Bainbridge played one of the Ban the Bomb protestors at the Barlows’.

[@WorldNews92]

And David Brierley who played the other Ban the Bomb protestor, Milo, would ironically end up dying in a nuclear war 23 years later in Threads.

[@Brankocroat]

And Cherie Blair's father.

[@alexanderjones9572]

David Barlow looks a bit like Steve McDonald did when he first arrived.

[@Footprinces]

Anyone else hear the overlap of some lady saying ohh noo!!!! Starting at 24 mins in the pub??? It’s driving me crazy 😜

[@johnking5174]

It is one of the extras, talking a little bit loudly than they should have. Remember this was all produced live.

[@alexanderjones9572]

Can’t understand Ena’s reasoning. Florrie gave to the wreath, so she’s a ‘right’ to see May’s dead body? Apart from the fact that she’s seen it-( she was one of the ones who found her)-why would she want to??

[@clairmarie3130]

Kind of shocked the way these kids talk to their parents and elders...especially Elsies nasty lot.

[@alexanderjones9572]

So Ken’s book (the trial of Mary Bateman) cost £1 and Ida’s fussing? That’s nowt’ these days!

[@johnking5174]

£1 in 1961 is worth around £25 now in 2021.

[@tracygrant7931]

Back in those days value of money was almost like 50x higher than today.

[@rubydawn1]

i am hocked on cornation street

[@walshjable]

Tony Booth swaped his nose in Till desth us do part

[@carolineg1872]

The couldn't say pregnant or show a pregnant woman, Linda remained slim throughout lol.

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

19:50 Elsiecwas supposed to ask on what grounds. No wonder her husband nearly pulled the house down as he left.

[@sarahlouise7163]

they go on about Modern Corrie being all arguing and shouting 😆

[@alexanderjones9572]

People say how much better this is-and it is good-but modern Corrie is good too in my opinion!

[@alexanderjones9572]

Did Ena deliberately mispronounce Martha’s name as they’d fallen out-Martha Longworst not ‘Longhurst’? 😂😂😂

[@michealbrett1983]

10/10

[@fintan3563]

Hey, Elsie, if you divorce Arnold you can marry Steve, Alan & Bill. (Spoiler alert!)

[@happiness4812]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alexanderjones9572]

"Me' uncle Albert 'ad to give me away!" So was Albert Arnold's brother? I can see a similarity, actually! But then how come he's called Tatlock, not Tanner?

[@gordonbennett5638]

She's not referring to Albert Tatlock.

[@eat_a_dick_trudeau]

Blimey you're simple.

[@alexanderjones9572]

" Oh, you don't know that Mrs Dunbarton! I know for a fact she doesn't think I went to a funeral yesterday afternoon!" Wait-they've already had May's funeral? That was quick! Why was she only in it such a short time, anyway? Did the actress Joan Heath fall out with the producers? (Joan Heath died in 2000, aged 87, so she could have been a really long-term character! She could've worked for Mike, been a friend of Ivy and Vera's, etc...!)

[@whyayetv]

Alexander Jones Coronation Street was only planned to last 13 episodes so it was never supposed to be a long-term job for any of the actors or actresses. Tony Warren wrote all 13 in one lump so they were in place before the cast was found. I recommend you watch The Road To Coronation Street, the drama written by Daran Little and made by Granada for the BBC back in 2010.

[@alexanderjones9572]

whyayetv 18 episodes, but it's been going for 58 years (and counting!) Wow!

[@richardeasther2569]

How can they call the crap they make now the same name that they called this ,because it is the same you watch this and we will steal everything

[@analogueandy8x10]

Enjoying these very theatrical performances...wobbly sets and all. The prerecorded, looped, pub background chatter is annoying though.

[@4evernate28]

Yeah, that repetitive “Ooh!” Was getting on my nerves in the last scene.

[@johnking5174]

Andy, Granada Television never used looped recorded background chatter in 1961. They would never waste money on that. The chatter you hear are the cast, the extras talking. Stop viewing these episodes with a 2021 point of view, 1961 productions was a totally different world.

[@francofan100]

They could have had one of those sound effects vinyl records with background chatter. Foley effects like that go back to the dawn of television.

[@Lucy0809]

Why is Elsie’s cooker in the dining room? 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️😂

[@morganm5370]

Lucy Badman Why do you keep asking 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@sarahlouise7163]

why is the Duckworth’s kitchen in their living room? ☺️

[@morganm5370]

sarah louise ahh well technically it’s not, there is another room next door that is the front room/living room, but they never use it. I guess it’s now a bedroom? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@eat_a_dick_trudeau]

Why do you keep asking that on every episode?

[@londonlady227]

It was technically a dining room/kitchen and than a pantry area through the door. Many old houses were built like that, Len's house was like it too. The front room was usually best room of the house called the parlour. It could be converted to another bedroom as Marion did when she was dating Eddie Yeats. I dont think it was a bedroom at this time, Maybe Linda shared a bedrom with Elsie..although im not too sure when she married Ivan what the arrangements were...

[@bpoleary1]

Most of the characters in the first four years of Coronation were quite forgettable. I find the second half of the 60s a lot more enjoyable than the first half.

[@grahamnancledra7036]

Was Dennis Tanner gay?

[@SavāgeBückeṭ]

No, he eventually marries Rita in the 2010s

[@eat_a_dick_trudeau]

Philip Lowrie who plays Dennis is gay.

[@chris7921]

The actor that plays him is gay though. I always thought he come across a bit camp