Coronation Street: Annie, Jack, Albert, Minnie and Ena (Sept 1964)

[@ysgol3]

Annie and Ena drunk - PERFECT television, absolutely perfect.

[@williamf4544]

Hahah Minnie and Albert quite happy having a conversation - both talking about completely different subject - expert timing

[@oz1902]

The guy who plays trumpet on the Coronation Street theme tune, was given a choice. He could have the going rate for a session musician or he could have royalties for every time it was played. As Coronation Street was only supposed to run for six weeks he chose the set wage, about £7.50, and missed out on a small fortune.

[@cogidubnus1953]

Glorious characters...older folk like these used to be so common...and that sense of community...seems so far away now...my background was Sussex and we had elderly Sussex and Kent neighbours, and you could tell'em apart so easily...you can't now...even the accents have virtually disappeared...

[@kennybrown4920]

Revisited Coronation St and glad to see it's standing the test of time. This modern effort is a disgrace though.

[@chap666ish]

Priceless.

[@TheSpinDoctor]

Annie and Ena pissed as arseholes on cherry brandy and Benedictine is my very favourite moment in almost 60 years of Corrie. Violet Carson always played Ena drunk so brilliantly (like when Denis’s strippers bought her 6 milk stouts or when Albert smuggled rum into the snug and put it in their drinks). She show has not been the same since Ena, Elsie and Annie left. Amazing characters that were archetypes but could never be copied.

[@davidjames9457]

you wouldn't shag them though...........or would you ?

[@TheSpinDoctor]

david james Shag Ena Sharples? She blocked it up with damp newspaper and an old brick years ago as she’s no use for it!

[@davidjames9457]

how do you know ? this is quite worrying and did the newspaper get damp after it was inserted ?.

[@martinepstein3332]

Drunk you mean

[@judithbirch700]

Good picture quality thanks from stockport 😺

[@creamclassic]

Annie and Ena pissed........hilarious!

[@xssy22]

But didnt Annie and Ena sing so beautifully together.

[@arthurvasey]

Xssy Commons Violet Carson (Ena) used to be a singer during the war - as was Betty Driver!

[@sandrabaker8135]

Love it love it❤

[@lindsaycarruthers641]

love this

[@raymondmcmenemy303]

Happy memories of a bygone era. Thought life would just roll along the same way. Sadly mistaken.

[@carolsurridge4087]

Coronation Street when it was great with its good writing and humour! !! Not like it is now I keep hopeing thing will change like kate oaks leaving and taking the rubbish writers with her!!!!

[@grahamnancledra7036]

Quite simply - Absolutely Marvellous. The writers of today have no idea. They should be forced to sit down and watch all of the sixties and seventies episodes and maybe learn something. Of course half of it today is the piss poor actors as well as the writing and production.

[@Anthony-g7s8i]

Classic Corrie 😅😅😅😅😅

[@liamhemmings9039]

Jeepers, this lot talk like my grandparents did (from Salford and Miles Platting). The writing is incredible. It is better than most of what’s considered classic. Compare this cast of real actors to the likes of Kirk and Ashley.

[@Velasca]

And cretins like Sean and Fizz with their clique behind the scenes. Imagine that lot against Doris, Violet and Pat.

[@cliveevans9795]

Annie in one of her sulks

[@williamf4544]

Coronation Street struck lucky - a lot of the cast they got in the first 10 years should have been in films but the British film industry had almost died - No amount of script changes will ever bring back that magic to present day Corrie - people are different and peoples way of lives are different - and neither are all that nice or interesting hence why they need murders and rapes to get viewers

[@luvmifro]

💚💚💚

[@arrblue94]

hi my angel miss you xx

[@Sarah-z1f6c]

Annie Walker the snob!

[@davidjames9457]

more sedate times