Coronation Street - April 1994

[@standamoza]

Thank you Eve for another fantastic month.

[@katy4779]

This Derek storyline was so tedious.

[@EveHenleySpread]

I was just thinking that myself.. I’m having to wind through it as I can’t bear how dull it is! Infact let’s be honest there was very few redeeming moments for Derek in his whole time in the show but this selling dehumidifiers storyline is truly dreadful.

[@dommidavros2211]

£1.60 a pint? Seems cheap to me!

[@shylinh5939]

@@EveHenleySpread It really is dreadful, and I agree, there have been few redeeming moments involving Derek. Some of the Derek/Des storylines were amusing or would have been if they hadn't been done to death. He and Mavis just make each other even more irritating than they are separately.

[@paullynton-green6570]

I just feel so lucky and privileged to be able to watch this wonderful series.

[@HelloImNik]

all of his storylines were - it's got to the stage where I have to go past him and his whining voice

[@perniesweemmer51]

The way that Fiona juts her chin out and pushes her face forward nearly drives me insane!😤

[@claredrew8039]

She widens her eyes when she speaks. Spooky. Her and Steve have facial Tourette’s.

[@David-h4z2s]

Like Martin She's a very very boring character 🥱🥱🥱

[@jamesbm971]

Absolutely fantastic memories 😍. Thank you so much for putting this together!

[@ginagina9720]

I feel so sorry for Raquel being hurt by des and Tanya!

[@Kay_Watermelon]

I do too. She maybe be a bit hollow, but she means well and always ends up treated badly.

[@olgagarcia5710]

Why would Percy saddle himself with that woman? Is it because he needed a place to live?

[@Bessie66]

Why is Percy pushing that wheelchair like he’s going up hill - when it’s battery powered???

[@bsaunders5271]

Anyone familiar with The League Of Gentlemen may agree that Bernard the vicar is the double of Harvey Denton....?

[@roybarnes-thewildlifeman1855]

Haha. Coronation Street is very much like Royston Vasey. Wouldn’t be surprised if Ken breeds toads…

[@paullynton-green6570]

Lol.nice one.

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

THAT'S IT! Been doing my nut in who he looked like 😂

[@Fran-fv6pf]

It's a local street for local people! Surprised Percy didn't propose like "will you be my wife!"

[@bsaunders5271]

​. 😂😂😂

[@kathystahl4690]

Now I see why ALF did what he did with his will Audrey gets what she deserves

[@paullynton-green6570]

Yeah.nothing.

[@KuchiKopi179]

But she was left with a mortgage free house, salon and some cash. Pity about the life insurance though, serves Audrey right.

[@kittyward1797]

I disliked her from day 1 money grabbing wench.

[@carasmith549]

April 1994 - lukewarm month. We're in the midst of the EnviroSphere borefest - at least it proved to Derek (at long last) that he wasn't one of the world's greatest salesmen; elsewhere, Tanya's seduction (and corruption) of Des Barnes picks up speed, and Emily sadly loses her fiance, providing Percy with a convenient get-out of his sudden and unexpected engagement to Maud.

[@helentucker6407]

I love bet lynch! She makes me laugh 😅

[@jillboyer-gunn3234]

In bed with a dose of the flu. Thank goodness for these old replays of Coro. Thank you 😊

[@EveHenleySpread]

Hope you're feeling better soon! 😉

[@robyneastlake5740]

I just want to say as a mother who has lost her child when Gail said when Brian died she knows how the mother who lost her daughter feels. no sorry you don't know how she feels unless you lose a child of your own, you felt grief when Brian died but its NOTHING like the grief losing a child

[@paullynton-green6570]

I totally agree.

[@angelapryde1902]

I lost my daughter too n that angered me No comparison If I was that woman I'd have went crazy at that comment

[@pandacutlets83]

I don't have kids and I thought the same...there would be no comparison. Yes, there would be grief but the only comparison would be the sudden nature of it all. Of course, it's only a show, and we should never negate someone's grief, but there would be no comparison.

[@MissMarie1377]

I thought the same thing. There is NOTHING that compares to losing a child, NOTHING.

[@carasmith549]

I fully agree. Gail saying she knows how the grieving mother feels, is quite an insult. Gail and Brian were at loggerheads and leading completely separate lives when Brian was killed. Okay, she probably didn't want him dead, but at the time he died - she didn't want him.

[@ginagina9720]

Maud made me laugh 😂 “it’s not my fault you are married to a grave robber” the things maud says makes me giggle 🤭 she just says it as it is!

[@bsaunders5271]

I like it when she calls Reg a "pillock"

[@nicolasudjum8077]

She is hilarious

[@ginagina9720]

⁠@@bsaunders5271yes makes me laugh 😂 also maud just reminds me of my own grandma she would just get straight to the point and wasn’t scared of saying what she thought in other words she said what was on her mind and didn’t hesitate to say it my grandma also loved to laugh 😂 and always enjoyed making people laugh 😂 that was just her nature to make people laugh because she loved making sure people were happy 😂because my grandma loved meeting new people

[@dirkdeboer7061]

Maud is a low life, she is poison.

[@MosesDeLaRoses]

Maud was a legend. The Greatest Generation learned to speak their mind

[@ibaisaic]

I don’t remember any of these storylines, so I must have taken a break from Coronation Street in 1994. All I can say is, Derek’s heart attack can’t come soon enough for me. Anyway, I am glad these episodes have been uploaded, so thank you for that since I seldom watch the dirge the mainstream channels churn out these days.

[@newdawn3320]

Well, i like Maud. She's devious and witty and takes no nonsense from anybody, plus anyone who can irritate Reg has my vote every time 😅

[@RazSux]

That has to be one the worst combovers ever

[@itallia666]

If Mike is skint, whatever happened to the £10,000 he borrowed off Emily? Did he pay her back? What did he spend the 10 grand on? It was supposed to be for a Spares Business & Emilys money was an investment but Mike scrubbed that idea I may have missed an episode re Emilys money, if not, does anyone know what happened to the £10,000? Surely she cant have forgotten? Cheers 🇬🇧👧

[@bsaunders5271]

😮😮😮

[@newdawn3320]

I was wondering the same thing. Thinking he's just spent it on the honeymoon and Mark. Then I thought, nah, maybe that debt is part of why he needs money every month, to pay Emily interest plus bits of the loan. Or something.... hmm... 10k question there 😅

[@shylinh5939]

That vicar is dreadful, practically every word he utters sounds doom-laden. Emily, for all her charitable acts, isn't the nicest person, in fact, she's often petty minded, self righteous and unpleasant, but she doesn't deserve this tedious cleric.

[@bsaunders5271]

Emily has form when it comes to choosing fellas.

[@bibakroll8999]

Well, he wouldn't be my cup of tea but I see nothing wrong with him.

[@jstewart3517]

Same attract Emily is so self righteous

[@lynnem3300]

I think Emily absolutely deserves the tedious cleric.

[@paullynton-green6570]

The vicar sounds like david Attenborough.

[@olgagarcia5710]

Stupid Derek he never should have resigned from his job!

[@newdawn3320]

Yeah he knows it now! 😅 Apple polisher! Trying to please his wife, so sweet but totally the wrong path. Mind you, perhaps he had the same dreams and ambitions as Mavey Mavis, being together all the time... hmm... I don't believe husbands and wives want to be together 24-7 😂 But some might, at the beginning anyway

[@KrystalStardust-i9c]

"I might go to Bingo in mine" Vera is so funny.

[@barbaracockerill6367]

Please get rid of bernard

[@briangatt2956]

Derek would make a great politician he's got great confidence but lacks foresight.

[@antoinettehowes6964]

Listening to Emily's Bernard is like listening to a David Attenborough wannabe impressionist. All that's missing is the subject matter 😮

[@christinefougere]

Does anyone understand what Bet, Audrey and Rita were talking about? I think it was Denise and her showing up at Audrey's for dinner. I never understood a word except Alf's was hungry

[@paullynton-green6570]

A bootle of champagne from bet.her generosity new no bounds.classy lady.

[@nicolasudjum8077]

REG when he laughs

[@francesgillotti1378]

I love Regs faces he is so funny or maybe disgusting!

[@bibakroll8999]

@@francesgillotti1378 Disgusting. All that gurning ...

[@itallia666]

I also love Maureens laugh especially when she snorts at the end of one of her hysterical guffaws! I could watch Reggie & Maureen all the time, they are like a couple of 8yr olds being naughty & mischievous! 😆 Cheers 🇬🇧👧

[@HelloImNik]

Many years on and Martin is still producing those annoying uncle vibes

[@David-h4z2s]

Martin 🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱😭

[@R31922]

And sighing,tutting and slurping. Excruciating.

[@KrystalStardust-i9c]

I'm skipping the Derek storyline it's so boring?

[@angelapay3718]

Derek is perfect MP material.

[@paullynton-green6570]

No.derek isn't corrupt .

[@jstewart3517]

Darrick is such a plank

[@EveHenleySpread]

Derek?

[@francesgillotti1378]

Who’s Darrick’s?

[@Kay_Watermelon]

Derek is such a massive helmet. On the plus side, I think this is the only time I've ever been able to tolerate Percy. Him and Maud are quite a feisty pair.

[@ddrose06]

That's the Duckeggs, all over. Showing up, uninvited, to a party, empty-handed.

[@MosesDeLaRoses]

Agreed. Jack was funny at least, but I'd rather be trapped in a Dutch oven by Derek Wilton than spend five minutes with Vera Duckegg

[@paullynton-green6570]

I love em 😅

[@allysonaustin4527]

This is where the balance of characters starts to fall apart and the writing becomes too typical instead of real. Norris, Dereck, Reg, Maureen are all over characterised as comedy characters in a farce while real characters like Emily, Jack, Sally are in decline. The artful skill of writing comedy into the tragedy of real life is disappearing .... Still good, but the excellence of previous decades is seen less and less, and those Alan Bennett like philosophical one-liners are almost non-existent in favour of drawn out dry-as-a-bone storylines. Having watched 2 decades on the bounce it's really obvious. I can't find anything between the lines anymore.

[@David-h4z2s]

The early 80s Coronation Street looks like something out of Eastern Europe very dull and boring 🥱🥱🥱

[@barbaracockerill6367]

Where is Derek getting money from when he's not working

[@lynnem3300]

Will Derek EVER be told?

[@kato2644]

Percy has his faults but Emily is downright nasty towards him. The vicar has had a lucky escape.

[@francesgillotti1378]

No , I think she is very kind and caring to people ❤️💕😍

[@MissMarie1377]

@@francesgillotti1378 you really think she treats Percy in a kind and caring way? I think she puts on a good front in public but can be downright cruel

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

Needed a good dose of the shits. The tea soaked old boot!

[@candythomson844]

​@@MissMarie1377I agree she can be very intolerant and nasty she was the same in latter years with Norris

[@MosesDeLaRoses]

Percy was a miserable b*****d, but at least he lived his life by a rigid set of moral standards. He wasn't a pervert like Ken Barlow, or a boaster like Des Barnes

[@Deborah4Antiques]

Little Rosie pushes Kevin away twice and won't kiss him.😐

[@charmainesecretjewels7454]

Did Percy say fruit cake after telling the Rev. about Emily's mental illness

[@leehambleton9919]

Rita trying to buy the affections of the Websters by giving them 5 thousand pounds but knocks on Vera's door to tell her paper bill needs paying Rita is a snob

[@kathystahl4690]

Gail isn't rinsing the dishes

[@bibakroll8999]

I think a lot of people didn't/don't. I know my parents never did.

[@normasouthwood3182]

No one on Corrie rinses dishes.

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

I do my dishes under running water. Always have. Any other way is just minging!

[@lucretia3606]

Don’t the food taste like soap?

[@roybarnes-thewildlifeman1855]

Good to see Ken gave his ferret a run at The Waltzing Weasel….

[@MosesDeLaRoses]

Denise was the ultimate Corrie milf. Maureen Holdsworth was a close second. There should have been a storyline with Denise and Maureen wrestling in oil

[@heathercreighton9613]

😂😂,😂

[@newdawn3320]

😂😂😂😅😅😅

[@staceygrove5976]

2:57:54 Denise very much in Sybil Fawlty mode with that cackle of hers in this little scene.

[@staceygrove5976]

3:19:17 £1.60 for a pint of bitter at t'Rovers? It was definitely only £1.20 just a couple of months earlier. Did Ken Clarke whack up the beer duty by a huge amount in the March budget or something?

[@EveHenleySpread]

lol.. I doubt it somehow, we all know how much he liked a drink judging by the size of his waist!

[@staceygrove5976]

@@EveHenleySpread It's just got to be a script error! There's no way the regulars would have put up with a 33% price rise without protesting about it or even noticing it. Just been watching an episode from May '94, and Tanya charges Reg Holdsworth £2.40 for two pints, ie the price is still £1.20.

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

Derek's "party" for Mavis. It's hardly the gathering of the juggalos and juggalettes. 😴

[@luvmifro]

🥰 history lesson Percy is Kevin’s Uncle

[@EveHenleySpread]

Not quite.. Percy’s niece married Kevin’s Dad and then swanned off to Germany together, so not sure what that makes him 🤷‍♀️

[@bsaunders5271]

@@EveHenleySpread makes him Kevin's step great Uncle

[@David-h4z2s]

Martin thinks he is the big I am now he's a little nurse He's doing my head in a lot lately 😠

[@R31922]

Alway got on my wick...from the start.

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

From 3:05:03 "...and the BAFTA goes to..." 🙈😂😂😂

[@barbaracockerill6367]

I should think everyone can hear jim in that pub

[@hugorune766]

Honestly.... I have no TV But this lockdown shit has forced me to to find my entertainment on t'internet I am enjoying watching this series of old ones in order, thankyou @EveHenleySpread ... but it shocks me as to how far from reality this was back then.... still, nothing better to do than watch these, thanks again

[@londonlady227]

Try going to th'olesalers in th'ambulance

[@angelapay3718]

@@londonlady227 th’olesalers? Surely one would take th’ambulance t’ th’ospital?

[@annmc8392]

@@angelapay3718 😄🤣

[@ddrose06]

Percy and Maude. Two horrible miseries. They deserve each other.

[@Able363]

Maude is a miserable old bag

[@olgagarcia5710]

But Maude is very nasty and a hateful woman.

[@leehambleton9919]

Creepy Don

[@Deborah4Antiques]

Percy, that was evil.🙈🙉🙊 Don Brennan, you are going into Creep again.

[@BernadetteSwemmer-jz7yl]

1,30.. Vera's earings 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@ryanwilliams1800]

I'm no surprised Brian Park axed Derek tbh. He is embarrassing.

[@kaysmith8992]

90s Corrie over-focused on elderly characters, 2020s Corrie over-focuses on teenage characters... 2000s were the best decade for Corrie, something for everyone.

[@bsaunders5271]

70s were my favourite

[@nicolasudjum8077]

Loved late 70s and and early 80s

[@monicajackson2658]

60's to 70's were the best era.

[@02bher1]

How can the women be pregnant and still drink?

[@lynnem3300]

I don't understand either. When I was first pregnant in 1988 everyone knew about fetal alcohol syndrome.

[@agems56]

The same way the women still smoke when they are pregnant, and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome still runs rampant among First Nations children!

[@David-h4z2s]

Some woman did back then Over 30 Years ago

[@katrinahopkins6208]

We knew not to drink back in the 70s when I had my family ❤

[@staceygrove5976]

2:54:30 I wonder whether Reg is a distant relative of Elton John? Come to think of it, Elton's real name is Reg, is it not....?

[@leejones8582]

The show was very boring it did need the shot in the arm from 97 but we did lose alot of characters.

[@VincentRE79]

Yes but now it has gone the other way and far too serious.

[@kaysmith8992]

@@VincentRE79 that's why I always thought the 2000s was the real golden age of Corrie, it had a more realistic modern grit but still a lot of old-school humour.

[@VincentRE79]

@@kaysmith8992 What year would you say it changed and became too serious and humourless? I am currently watching Classic Coronation Street, it is now in mid 2000.

[@kaysmith8992]

@@VincentRE79 I wouldn't say it's humourless today, but it's a different humour. When Blanche died around 2010 and Janice left around 2011, a lot of the old-fashioned acid-tongued humour died with them. In the 2010s the main 'comedians' were Beth or Kirk who had a different kind of humour, more for 'simple' tastes :)

[@VincentRE79]

@@kaysmith8992 I try not to watch the current show and when I do just find it too serious and lacking warmth. I am currently watching Classic and it is in the year 2000 we still have Fred Elliott, Les Battersby & Norris, this was the show at it's best.

[@tinarocca1652]

Percy has sure aged Mrs Bishop. He would drive me into an institution. How she puts up with him is beyond me. I wouldn't call her a Saint....

[@willowj.1147]

On paper Audrey is an extremwly awful and very shallow person but I can't not like her. She's a hoot of a character. I really do enjoy her scenes. Sue Nicholls is hil-lair!

[@nicolemclean9028]

Audrey is just a gold digger cant stand her

[@olgagarcia5710]

I enjoy her scenes as well.

[@dirkdeboer7061]

I Don 't like her at all. She took Alf for his money. I hate her.

[@paulettejadowski7758]

Betty would be an ideal Mayoress.

[@David-h4z2s]

Bets new boyfriend speaks in such a low tone

[@jstewart3517]

McDonald's win drawing and jims wifey always does the drawing Im with Jack Alf is a yes man

[@R31922]

???

[@hendersondavid666]

Poor sound quality

[@hugorune766]

poor acting quality... sorry, this lockdown has made me watch this shite, but I find myself enjoying as to how far from reality these episodes were back then. ;)

[@sheilaoneil18]

Starting to get fed up with Coronation Street now! Predictable stuff! Plus, Raquel's silly voice is beginning to grate. I can't understand a word she says. Rita is still superb and I love little Sally. Maureen and stupid Reg Aaaagh! Derek and Mavis so childish! Maud's good though and I like Emily and Bernard....nice old fashioned Coronation Street and I always like Ken. I don't think him and Denise is credible at all.

[@emobloom]

God, I HATE Rita! not a word of apology to Emily

[@BernadetteSwemmer-jz7yl]

🤣

[@smartieplum]

Percy and Maud suit each other, they are both vile

[@philstrachan]

Derek wants to be a weaver 😳 Seriously? Wow, Corries definately dropping, on its way down.... 🙄 Mavis thinks Dereks a hero for putting colour back into Emily's cheeks 🤔🫠🖖 Bet he slaps them 🤪🎭😳🙄 5:29:27

[@nicolasudjum8077]

Could not bear Fred Elliot after 1997 I STOPPED WATCHING IT.

[@StellaBastienne]

Gail shocking losing husband isnt same losing child disgusting

[@itallia666]

Can anyone tell me.. 1) how many times does Rita get married after she became a widow after marrying Ted Sullivan? 2) how many times did Gail marry? after Twice married to Brian Tilsley, then Martin Platt Was her next marriage to Richard Hilman? 3) after Kevin Webster did Sally remarry & to who? Have i missed anyone out? I didnt watch Corrie alot from 1995 then from 2000, not at all. Also did any of the husbands, Ie Kevin & Martin remarry? Thank you to EHS & anyone who can answer the above questions Cheers 🇬🇧👧

[@SavāgeBückeṭ]

I think I can answer your questions. I know that Sally is married to Tim Metcalfe, has been for a few years now. Rita married Elsie Tanners Son and I think one more time after. Gail married Richard and then 3 or 4 more men after that. They all ended in divorce bar one who died I stopped watching modern corrie in 2017

[@SavāgeBückeṭ]

Oh and Martin had a "relationship" with a teenager in the early 2000s. I don't remember him with anyone else before he left Kevin... He cheated on Sally and had a Son who's 12plus years old. I can't remember if he remarried. Ashley remarried after Maxine but that ended in tragedy

[@clairemelia4950]

Martin had an affair with a nurse too, not the Irish one, another one who was in Waterloo rd. Think they moved to Liverpool in the end.

[@jenngraham1812]

Tanya is the modern version of Elsie Tanner

[@bibakroll8999]

Never!

[@londonlady227]

Never and her clothes look like thrift store. Dowdy.

[@itallia666]

Ooh i think Tania is much more devious & cunning than Elsie ever was, she didnt chase after her neighbours husbands However, i love the Tania character! Shes like a shrew Very malicious & enjoys the discomfort of others Makes you think.. was she born that way or did she suffer disappointments & comparisons as a child? Too complex for Corrie really Although i think any students studying sociology would do well studying old Corrie episodes Even I, looking back over episodes from the 1970s & 80s which i lived through as a young adult, can see vast differences in public opinion, tastes, views & values of those times Looking back over its a different world in many respects Id also say alot better than today in many respects. Cheers 🇬🇧👧

[@KuchiKopi179]

Denise is the spitting image

[@cicerodiello1]

No way. When Denise initially moved to The Street there was some resemblance before the writers and producers lost the plot. Pat Phoenix was magnetic and had star quality. Tanya is bloodless and pursuing husbands and boyfriends of others is like a sport for her. Elsie Tanner had a heart of gold.

[@CherylCoolCat]

3:24:33 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

[@BernadetteSwemmer-jz7yl]

Denise has wierd wrists

[@EveHenleySpread]

Yep she has a deformed hand a bit like Beadle had

[@BernadetteSwemmer-jz7yl]

Oh how interesting... who's Beadle (excuse my ignorance?) Thankyou for your reply and making these episodes available! Best wishes!💌

[@EveHenleySpread]

Oh your welcome Bernadette! Are you not UK 🇬🇧 based? There was a famous TV presenter/prankster by the name of Jeremy Beadle who also had a deformed hand like Denise. Sadly he’s no longer with us.

[@BernadetteSwemmer-jz7yl]

@EveHenleySpread I'm sa based..sorry to hear that and thankyou for making these episodes available!💜

[@EveHenleySpread]

Ah I see!.. well you won’t have heard of Beadle then. And you’re very welcome (sorry about the adverts if you’re not on Premium - not my doing lol)! 😉

[@mikespikeey4625]

derek `s Vauxhall Cavalier Commander if it was still around could go for £3000+++ now ^¬you get the :@{}_ even in 2024 lol did we have a no s%^^&: night

[@flumpaustin1994]

So what?