0156 Jun 11 1962

[@danrobinson572]

I wish this show had every episode from 1 up to the end. This show is really great. I’m from America and I’m glad I found it.

[@seltaeb3302]

I'm a Brit, you are lucky get these as so many have been lost. Funny as I jump from eps to eps, I quickly surmise the situation & accept it & don't feel I've lost anything because right thru the history it's always arguments, love, marriage, divorce, accidents & deaths ie your contract is terminated. Glad you like it & it does mirror Great Britain to a certain extent apart from all the bad luck Corrie (slang for..) people have!

[@danrobinson572]

@@seltaeb3302 yeah this show was awesome. I really like 🇬🇧 and Australia 🇦🇺 tv shows. Especially the old school kind.

[@vanessacahill2176]

This show has not ended. It is 2023 now and has been running since 1960.

[@wanderer299a]

@@vanessacahill2176 true, but it's not the same. Not worth watching now.

[@francofan100]

Actually only one episode has been lost (from 1972) and it was partially refilmed the following week for the omnibus to be sold overseas. So you could say it’s complete.

[@lyndaoneill6483]

Another fantastic early black and white episode.Great to see them.Thanks again .

[@reginaseelaIam]

black and white, my favs

[@jasbegs1258]

Well done episode - quite ground breaking in a way dealing with mental health issues. Well written and acted by Ken and Christine at the end.

[@connielincoln8681]

Ty so much for uploading these episodes great fan from nz here 💓

[@ysgol3]

Christine was played by the brilliant Christine Hargreaves who died in her 30s in 1975. She was once married to Klaus Voorman, close friend of the Beatles and designer of the Revolver album cover.

[@seltaeb3302]

Plays bass too on there solo records & sadly died a few months ago.

[@ysgol3]

@@seltaeb3302 Hi, Klaus isn't dead is he ? It was Astrid who died recently wasn't it ?

[@paulrobins8428]

Christine Hargreaves died in August 1984 from a brain aneurysm age 45 years old

[@ysgol3]

@@paulrobins8428 Sorry, my mistake. She was so talented, and died so young, such a terrible thing.

[@stancrouch9642]

Lots of good episodes missing. Enjoying the ones we have though.

[@briandelaney9710]

“Oh shut up , Martha!” Minnie finds her voice !

[@moulinrouge5716]

Watching these early episodes, I think Martha and Ena, were really quite mean to Minnie.

[@alexanderjones9572]

Cor, that Mr Papodopolous's family get about! They also run the launderette where Karen Taylor now works in EastEnders!

[@iangraham9988]

Alexander Jones In my personal head canon, the Papodopolous’ owns that second big estate on Emmerdale that hasn’t been seen in 20 yrs.

[@secretmermaidgirl2878]

and wasn't it the same family that ran some business in 'Birds of a Feather'??!!

[@chris7921]

And the cafe in birds of a feather

[@londonlady227]

Papagopolous....near enough

[@marcse7en]

This episode aired 17 days before I was born! My mum probably watched it with myself a fully-formed 9lb baby boy about to be born! 😂😂😂

[@clairmarie3130]

I like Albert in these early episodes! I wonder why the writers changed his demeanor to a mean old crank?!?!

[@seltaeb3302]

It's a puppet!

[@SimonandJojo]

Despite the rain coat and the flat beret and the horned rimmed spectacles you can see in reality Lynne Carol is a younger lovely looking actress, in real life she was only in her forties! Wonderful character actress.

[@johnmcdonald5594]

Look at the opening scenes to a movie called 'Possessed' 1931 and compare the factory scenes. Little changed in the 30 years between this and then. Consider the changes between this and 1992. CS is a great social document. How banal it is now is a reflection of where we are at now. Imagine if it reaches 100 years.

[@rogertemple7193]

"Coronartion Street balances out the drama with some comedy to liven the storylines,very good." -😀. 🌐🌍🌎🌏🗺🌏🌎🌍🌐.

[@alexanderjones9572]

Shame Ena wasn't around, actually. I think we'd have seen a different Ena then-she may have even talked Christine down! For all her front, she was a kind person.

[@seltaeb3302]

It's a puppet!..

[@emobloom]

Nah! she's horrible, and so is Martha.. especially to lovely Minnie.

[@reginaseelaIam]

@@seltaeb3302 character actor, did u mean

[@Shamimsie797]

the direction was brilliant

[@reginaseelaIam]

a mum is a mum, i can understand her character part, my mum did not think highly of me even if i tried my best, but after many years i still grieve for her

[@alexanderjones9572]

Ken and Minnie certainly put Martha in her place about Christine, quite rightly. Martha " The Lord will out." Minnie " OH, SHUT UP, MARTHA!" Don't think I've ever seen Minnie that vehement before! Quite right too!

[@briandelaney9710]

Alexander Jones “she caught my Bobby for me. “

[@clairmarie3130]

Too bad no one gave her a slap!

[@williamf4544]

The character who played Minnie had a foul mouth in real life - when she for got her lines she was known to say oh f**** hairy balls and other such niceties - when talking about those in charge at Granada TV she is quoted as saying theyre all c*****s lol

[@derekhorne8076]

@William f - shows what a good actress she was to make Minnie so believable and loveable considering how different she was to her character.

[@Velasca]

@@derekhorne8076 Yeah I'd love to see a Margot Bryant interview

[@rgs6236]

This episode was on tv a month before I was born... I remember vaguely the earlier episodes of Coronation street but 1966 onwards 😊

[@alexanderjones9572]

Wonder if when Emily has a breakdown in the nineties, she thinks back to when she said she couldn’t understand how Christine could be pushed that far...Ok, Emily doesn’t attempt suicide, but...

[@roderickscott7429]

9.35 , still holds true in 2021 you could say

[@margaretpolzin5813]

Emily Nugent is quite pretty. Why she would even think about an old fool, like that Swindley character, is beyond me. The writers could have given her a bit more self confidence, a bit more sparkle. She's a good actress and could have had a more prominent role, even this early on, associating her with the younger crowd. Instead, they cast her in a part, where she looked like an old ugly duckling, which she wasn't, by any means. ------- Christine was always a loose cannon. Moody, unreasonable, indecisive and just strange. There are missing episodes, so I don't know what caused her to fall into such a depression, at this point, and really crack up.

[@helengazzara8725]

margaret polzin I’m wondering what happened to Christine as well.

[@stevebbuk]

@@helengazzara8725 She married a former boyfriend, Colin Appleby, but he died in a car crash. She eventually ended up in Southampton after remarrying and having children.

[@alexanderjones9572]

@@stevebbukDidn’t Ena refer to her in a later episode-saying she knew Christine was happy. ?

[@stevebbuk]

@@alexanderjones9572 Yes she did mention it to Ken Barlow but I can't recall the exact episode. I didn't much like the character and can't imagine her being happy with anyone, but I suppose after the suicide attempt the scriptwriters decided on a happy ending.

[@alexanderjones9572]

You're not supposed to physically push customers out of the shop, like Leonard Swindley did to Frank! Not good customer service! 😂😂😂 Frank may tell Jack Walker or someone that he was physically pushed out the door of Gamma Garments. Word spreads, Mr Swindley!

[@tempusfugit7127]

I absolutely detested that actor who played Swindley when I was only 9-10 years old and still couldn't stand him in Dads Army . In real life he was a bully and a woman beater ...plus my brother watches every repeat of the latter which is why I avoid the television because of all these repeats . Love my Tablet because I only watch what I like. ..especially BBC I player .

[@emobloom]

@@tempusfugit7127 What are you talking about, Arthur Lowe was neither a bully nor a woman beater. You need to get your facts straight, as you have no idea what you're banging on about.

[@jacksugden8190]

I remember A Lowe in the Street

[@alexanderjones9572]

Poor Christine! 😨😨😨

[@adetrants7380]

An early depression storyline.

[@alexanderjones9572]

Who’s blouse did Frank splash? Ida’s dead, he’s not seeing Christine yet...who’s he seeing?

[@greggildersleeve3484]

He's been dating Florrie.

[@marcse7en]

Do they make PVC Raincoats at the Raincoat Factory? I like PVC Raincoats! 👍😂

[@ysgol3]

Most people, if Kenneth came up onto the roof, would jump immediately.

[@happiness4812]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@reginaseelaIam]

lol

[@mikeelmira]

Christine was a miserable character.

[@alexanderjones9572]

What does Mr Swindley need with a hairdresser?

[@reginaseelaIam]

lol, thought same

[@seltaeb3302]

Barlow to the rescue (who else), & what a shoe string police force - can you go up luv for a talk (it's on the bloody roof copper!) can you ring for a ambulance!

[@CleverEwe]

Gamma Garments, Baldwins Casuals, Underworld. Did I leave out any factories?

[@paulmason6474]

Didn’t Shirley Birchall and Gail Platt work in an American denim type store too

[@damiencrowley5546]

Is there any information on Eileen Mayers? I cant find a Wikipedia on her. Is she living or dead? Her mouth looks familiar and I think I saw her in something in later years.

[@pauluspotter9829]

thx

[@alexanderjones9572]

Policeman “Where’s her ( Christine’s) mother?” Sheila ( I think) “She’s dead.” Policeman ( thinks) ‘Heck. I just told ‘er to go to ‘er mother...’ Tbh, it was stupid of him to start talking about Christine’s mother waiting for her when there was every possibility she WAS dead!

[@Newpegasuspainter]

Eastenders stole the idea and used it with Dot Cotton's dynasty.

[@reginaseelaIam]

june brown (dot) was also in an early episode of corrie... talking to Ena about her prodigal son , the organ player

[@reginaseelaIam]

p.s. dont think his name was nick though...lol

[@jstewart3517]

Emily is so dramatic and annoying