Coronation Street - Aug/Oct 1979

[@H3len50]

I would not dream of watching Corrie now or any other soap but I am hooked on these old ones, I don't even watch telly but can't stop watching these...hahahah.

[@andywright3450]

Me too watch them all day am so hooked lol 😊

[@angelfish08]

Im 60yrs old n haven’t even had a telly for many yrs.. the vintage Corrie showed up on my phn via KZbin n I’m now obsessed.. also loving the fact that the videos r about 3hrs long on KZbin.. my nights r now bottle of wine, snacks and nostalgia 🥰🥰

[@glamdolly30]

@@angelfish08 Agreed - 3 hours of vintage Corrie, with all the wonderful characters and stories we loved from the show's glory years, is better than any movie! God bless @professionalgun6674 for all the time and energy that goes into this fabulous channel. It is clearly a labour of love from a fellow 'Street' fan - many of us (especially insomniacs like me), are indebted to that hero!

[@christinefougere]

Me too, rarely watch TV except for sports but I've binge watch Corrie on my laptop. I'm probably on my third go round,lol.

[@marymongan6360]

My mother loved older Corrie and it’s because of her I am hooked on it Pint of beer cost 40 pence ???? £15 to £20 a week for your wages????? A house cost between 6 & 7 grand New car depending on what make Cost around £2,500 to 3k ,, Couldn’t buy a good car these days for that sorta money mad Times

[@HerFatherDidntLikeMe]

Thanks for uploading these classics. I grew up watching Coronation Street. This is the vintage period for me. The comedy moments are wonderful. The plots might be mundane but I think they're well crafted.

[@christinefougere]

Jean Alexander made this show. It's never been the same since she, Stan and Eddy left, May the all rest in peace.

[@glamdolly30]

💯💯💯SO TRUE! Hilda Ogden was and will forever be a national treasure. 👏👏👏Her dear friends and colleagues Bernard Youens (Stan) and Geoffrey Hughes (Eddie), as you rightly point out, were the most sublime co-stars/foils. In the late 'Seventies/early 'eighties, Hilda, Stan and Eddie became a trio more glorious than the legendary 'Three Musketeers'! The late, great JEAN ALEXANDER was quite simply one of the finest television actors this country has ever produced. She will always be among Coronation Street's TOP icons, never matched, and certainly not surpassed. Thanks to actress and star Jean Alexander's genius, Hilda was beloved by millions of viewers, all of whom felt they knew her personally. Hilda Ogden was a whole, extraordinary and totally believable character. We loved her because of her flaws, not in spite of them, and that means we loved Hilda unconditionally. What an accolade! With the guiding hand of The Street's incredible scriptwriters, Jean Alexander put her heart and soul into creating Hilda,. And it showed for every single, magical second she was on screen. You simply could not take your eyes off her. That little lady positively radiated star quality! Jean was an extraordinary woman and actor. She always knew she wanted to leave The Street in time to try her hand at other parts. And this she did with aplomb after her Rovers leaving party on Christmas Day 1987, securing leading roles in ITV drama 'Heartbeat' (when she was reunited with her old pal Geoffrey Hughes), and in popular BBC sitcom 'Last of the Summer Wine'. Though Jean didn't care for the trappings of fame, red carpet photos and all the other frou-frou that came with celebrity status, she was always totally devoted to her craft above all else. God bless her, she was the very best.

[@jimbanda]

Very sad when you remind us. They were true stars and by all accounts... Lovely people in life ❤ RIP 🙏

[@R31922]

Amen to that.

[@bethshields4903]

@@glamdolly30beautifully said as usual my friend . Happy new year. 😊

[@DFina-mp3se]

Can’t thank you enough for these! They are wonderful! 😊

[@professionalgun6674]

These are the episodes that aired before and after the strike so their are none for September. Episode 1936 (not really an episode) had Len and Elsie chatting in the Rovers, just to remind viewers what happened weeks before, about the goings on. I have never seen it myself. Enjoy.

[@lindarowe8550]

Thank you so much you're an angel pg66

[@TheGlassman63]

Not sure what you mean PG66 when you say episode 1936 is missing. You have it on here. It starts at 1:08:52 mins and ends at 1.31.57 mins, 1937 then commences with Rita & Mavis in the shop. In regards to episode 1936. Im afraid you are in error to say that it wasn't really an episode which contained just Len & Elsie. 1936 a full episode but was not broadcast by Thames or HTV on Aug the 8th 1979 but it was to the rest of the ITV network. Sadly then the strike action to hold and no more Coronation street or any more ITV programmes until October the 24th. Then Episode 1937 was introduced by Peter Adamson (Len Fairclough), describing what had been going on in Weatherfield to refresh everyone's memory, and for the benefit of viewers in Thames and HTV who missed episode 1936.

[@jasonwood3377]

I could’ve sworn the strike was 1978, but then again I’m getting old 😂 I remember the blue screen where ITV was, only I was raised in Yorkshire and Yorkshire TV had the blue screen like everyone else saying sorry for the interruption in service, only they had a contact number to ring if anyone had any details about the ripper, quite unsettling as a young lad if I was in the house on my tod 😳

[@Rob-jx1wh]

@@TheGlassman63 Episode 1936 (Aug 8th) begins at 45.46, (Milk float in street),and finishes at 1.08.52(Deirdre crying),then is followed by Episode 1937 (In The Cabin) - (Oct 24th)

[@clivestuarteardley6049]

Thanks for the update on this!

[@cindyenglert.az51]

Thank you so much fo reposting these old episodes. So I much better story lines in the old episodes than the New Coronation Street. I wish all the episodes from the beginning were available on line.

[@PennyBloater]

It's worth remembering that in September 1979 ITV was on strike and off air, so no episodes.

[@RY4N0909]

Why did they strike?

[@sheenamcguire123]

Might have been over pay

[@clivestuarteardley6049]

I forgot all about that.Yes there was only BBC.

[@glamdolly30]

OMG! You superstar! My crazy insomniac self is awake again at 02.56am - off to fetch a cuppa and watch these much anticipated episodes. Thank you so much - you're a real pal! XXX

[@professionalgun6674]

That made the two of us awake in the we small hours.

[@londonlady227]

Oh Hilda, we love you. ❤

[@professionalgun6674]

1:30:54 Mavis wakes Eddie up who fell asleep infront of the telly while The Good, The Bad and The Ugly was on... sacrilege!

[@maxb28]

55:56 it’s moments like these that was absolutely classic Corrie back in the day. Mrs Walker lamenting about hard work then goes off for a lie down. 😂😂

[@nicolataylor6011]

So appreciated these episodes..thank you

[@RichardGodber-p1s]

Never watched a soapie in my life including our own Neighbours etc but hooked on these classic Corries

[@peterraimondi9569]

PG66 does it again. Thank you for posting!

[@bethshields4903]

Some cracking actresses came out of corrie. Anne Reid , brilliant versatile actress , Sarah Lancashire, also superb, Joanne froggart( not sure if the spelling) is amazing too. Suranne Jones . They are all amazing , hit their start on corrie, Probably more but we don’t see them in Australia. I think others left thinking they could make careers but couldn’t cut it.

[@noeljr.7724]

As someone who landed back here from the 90s, it's weird to see Barlow and Baldwin getting along with each other.

[@excelents]

01:03:23 had not realised Jack Duckworth was in CS so early on propping up the wall at the back of the shot.

[@johnlarkin-i3z]

Deirdre never utters a sentence that doesn't include the word "Tracy" ...

[@cs2709]

Brian one of the all time great actors.. only other one close to this superb actor was Benny from Crossroads

[@mrsWELCOME008]

A complete wind up, well done CS. The actor who played Brian was a real prima donna, who thought he was something special and it showed when he flunked being a big name in Hollywood.

[@ironknobsteelworks4063]

@@mrsWELCOME008 Brian couldnt act to save his life!

[@paullynton-green6570]

Lol

[@cs2709]

@@mrsWELCOME008 daisy he was incredibly bad , he was so bad that I really enjoy watching him in episodes

[@cs2709]

@@paullynton-green6570 Paul did you ever see an episode where he was dancing at a party it was hilarious

[@nitad4203]

Thanks again for all the Uploads. You are so good :-)

[@angieo5513]

Oooh-lovely. Thanks so very much.😊

[@emgee81]

On the 6th August 1979 a strike started at 10.07pm at Thames Television in the London region of ITV when the ACTT (Association of Cinematograph Television and Allied Technicians) Shop Steward and two deputies were suspended for refusing to work with equipment which had been operated by management in lieu of staff from the EETPU (Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union) who were working to rule over a pay claim. A similar incident occurred at HTV in the West Country two days later over concerns about allegedly unsafe lighting rigs set up in studio by management rather than EETPU members. This meant that episode 1935/6 8th August 1979 was the last to be shown in those two regions until 24th October. On 10th August, the strike spread to the rest of the country meaning that Coronation Street was not broadcast by any ITV station for nine consecutive weeks. The dispute lasted until Wednesday 24th October when programmes resumed at 5.45pm and Episode 1937 of Coronation Street was transmitted at the usual time of 7.30pm that evening. It remains the longest transmission break in the programme's history.

[@Scottfree166]

I wonder why the writers chose Betty to be stolen from? It’s not too long ago that she was falsely accused of stealing from Annie, maybe that was on the writer’s mind, to show the other point of view perhaps?

[@jayrox40]

Thank you!

[@gilliangrant8764]

Emily looks so much younger with her hair flowing loose

[@williamf4544]

Yes very much like Kate Bush in Wuthering Hieghts - or that bird of the flake advert that runs along the beach

[@glamdolly30]

Agreed. Emily was written as a 'plain Jane' character, yet actress Eileen Derbyshire (who played her so brilliantly for over 50 years, from 1961 - 2016 - with a brief final appearance in 2019), was a very attractive and feminine woman, petite, with a unique beauty. I loved seeing Emily with her own soft, longer hair - that terrible wig she wore so often disguised how pretty she was. At time of writing this, 6th June 2023, I'm thrilled to say Eileen Derbyshire is still with us, aged 91. I felt the same about the character Bet Lynch. Her yellowy-blonde acrylic wigs gave her a hard look. On the rare occasions you saw her own long, bleached blonde hair flowing down, she looked so much more attractive. We often saw Bet's lovely long hair when she ate breakfast with hubby Alec Gilroy, after their 1987 wedding. I just looked up Julie Goodyear's age out of curiosity, and was staggered to see she's 81 (sadly she was recently diagnosed with dementia). But I was even more surprised to see Thelma Barlow, who played the one and only Mavis Wilton (nee Riley), has reached the grand old age of 93!

[@sherylbarker9465]

Thankyou

[@williamf4544]

@@glamdolly30 I stopped watching Coronation Street after Derdrie died - however i did watch one last time to watch Emily leave out of respect for the actress - never watched a single episode of present day Corrie since that night

[@glamdolly30]

@@williamf4544 I probably gave up on modern Corrie around the same time as you did! It ceased to bear any resemblance to the fantastic show it once was - far too many down & depressing stories. And when the second serial killer moved into the Street, it stretched all credibility - how likely is that to happen?! People never used to watch 'The Street' for gritty realism, rapes and murders - it's not a true crime documentary. It's supposed to be entertainment. The show used to be about life's small dramas - Hilda forging the factory girls' Pools win and being sacked for it, Ken, Mike and Deirdre's love triangle, Elsie's holiday romance turning up on her doorstep and annoying her boyfriend, etc etc. These were the kind of things that could happen to us - and no less gripping for it! The producers fell into the trap of competing with 'EastEnders' when it arrived in 1985. But it was a totally different style of show! 'Corrie' lost its heart and humour, the qualities that made it so special. When it started relying on serious crime to get viewers' attention, you knew it was all over. Thank God for vintage Corrie - these episodes are superb, the writing, characters and performances will never be bettered!

[@susandoig4192]

Ken avoiding things as usual like bringing up Peter and susan

[@paulinecorreia5538]

Poor Stan, he’s alway’s skint. I know how he feels many times.

[@josephbland3904]

Stan practically brought & paid for the Rovers in the amount of Ale he supped…

[@soniaclarkstewart]

If he worked a little harder and didn’t give into his indulgences, he would be better off.

[@davidstewart9665]

No STV between August to October 1979, missing Garnock Way was great because I hated it, the blue screen of the strike.

[@williamf4544]

I used to see Mary Baxter in Glasgow from time to time - not seen her for a while though

[@vinnyvincent2862]

Dang Deidre was a player ! from her first season to her very last appearance she went through more fellas than fellas went through Betty's Hotpot pies ! 😂

[@glamdolly30]

Good on Deirdre - she must have done wonders for the sales of specs! 🤣🤣🤣

[@amyishere67]

You have to watch these episodes with closed captioning- hilarious

[@johnlarkin-i3z]

Why does Gail announce herself with "I'm not stopping", every time she calls on Ivy and Bert? It would infuriate me to have such a reluctant visitor.

[@robclark4507]

Anyone else notice jack duckworth in the rovers 1.03

[@acesigma06]

The big strike of 1979, as they were aware, It was supposed to be 1935 and 1936 was 2 scripts in one episode, similar to a episode 18th November 1970,it was transmitted 06th August 1979 after 10 long weeks, there is a a small segment which shows Bet and Len meeting in the middle of coronation street, discussing what’s been happening , and what they’ve been up to, this was filmed by ITV, and shown on ITV news, Coronation Street began broadcasting, 24th October 1979

[@stevek6432]

funny seeing ken and mike all pally

[@tinaquinn9042]

The cheek of len to Ken, the biggest womaniser going

[@GinaRussell-c2c]

Hilda makes me giggle 🤭 she just says it as it is, I think she made this show such a brilliant actress, RIP Jean Alexander you were the best!!!! I thought Mike and Ken didn’t like Each other?

[@lucywilliamsx1002]

Do men like burt tilsley still exist cos I want one lol

[@ivandickson6063]

Pray to St Anne... St Anne St Anne send me a man as fast as you can 😉🤣🤣

[@josephbland3904]

Yeah plenty of spineless yes men around nowadays… Men have been constantly made weaker, more effeminate & generally door mats for women for the last two decades… Males have all metaphorically had there balls cut off these days.. Fairy’s & woofers… that’s all that’s promoted & championed in the media these days … That being said Bert did have a genuine honest streak about him which was endearing. With all sincerity I hope you find your dream fella… Enjoy the rest of these episodes….

[@paullynton-green6570]

Yeah.bert was lovely fella.

[@bethshields4903]

That bell spoiled those scenes .

[@eyezj7412]

​@@josephbland3904aren't fairies and woofers the same thing 🤔😂

[@stevek6432]

so the contents of rays letter were an unexpected ten week cliff hanger

[@stevek6432]

3:04, looks like somebody's half inched one of hilda's ducks as well as the clock

[@tonyhancock3912]

Always amazes me that Brian didn't win an academy award

[@lucywilliamsx1002]

Someone really needed to put Fred gee in hospital

[@josephbland3904]

Eddie Yates should’ve had a proper go at him.. Yes Fred Gee fancied himself as a bit of a hard man way too much.. He was 15 years passed his prime & over weight…

[@lucywilliamsx1002]

@@josephbland3904 definitely

[@paullynton-green6570]

I could've flattened the fat slob.

[@williamf4544]

Hey wait a cotton pickin minute here - it wasnt Fred that stole Betts clock it was that fat no good Eddie Yates mate - Eddies the one that should have got a doing

[@Peaceandlove13]

Love me some ken,but the audacity of him messing with this married little girl and wanting to miss the consequences, Gail and Brian getting married with nowhere to live,even birds are smarter!😂😂😂😂

[@eyezj7412]

To think old Ivy was right all along. Marrying Gail could not have gone worse for him

[@Sarah-z1f6c]

Was there no episodes broadcast in September 1979?

[@elterrifico9522]

Yeah, the Weatherfield Gazette would be so interested in Deirdre’s divorce. 🤣

[@spartybrearly7221]

There’s plenty of light from a few candles🤔

[@theresapierce3934]

Typical, everyone egged Stan on to stop the noise, then they all take the pee and slag him off.

[@Sarah-z1f6c]

Our Brian was a Red flag right from the start. Gail was wasn’t perfect, but she deserved better than him. 🚩

[@kathystahl4690]

Bravo Emliy put Ken in his place😊

[@paulinecorreia5538]

Looks like Eddie can’t relax like he wanted. He can’t make himself at home 🏡 either.

[@cs2709]

Brian truly was a dreadful actor

[@cs2709]

@@shitstainknobknocker was a lost cause

[@paullynton-green6570]

Wooden.us a joker.

[@susandoig4192]

Our brian

[@cs2709]

@@susandoig4192 me mam

[@DFina-mp3se]

And in real life turned out to be a sleeze!

[@chicagogyrl4846]

I think I’m going to have a heart attack! She doesn’t have her curlers in!!

[@Bessie66]

For terraced houses they are huge rooms!

[@peterdockrill9653]

These later 1979 episodes, to me feel like the beginning of the end. The nonsense with the trapped budgie.

[@susi-emily]

Ken is absolutely right regarding the divorce, and Deirdre is being unreasonable and totally idiotic.

[@jstewart3517]

Gail still a whinner

[@josephbland3904]

Yep old Ferret face never stopped going in with that annoying voice of hers…

[@dominewimbury2039]

Sammy Fletcher? The same fella was renamed Sammy Chadwick by 1982. Bad continuity error there

[@Rob-jx1wh]

It was mentioned here in 1979 that Sammy Fletcher was in his 70's ,and married a woman of 28,and in 1982 Sammy Chadwick (played by John Judd) was in his 30's

[@dominewimbury2039]

​@@Rob-jx1whah!

[@adamgregory5274]

Peter Cushion. I'm done🤣

[@cs2709]

What happened to him

[@spartybrearly7221]

Alf’s chair isn’t such a good business tool. Stan will sit on it and fall asleep.

[@stevek6432]

7:20 who's the random kid?

[@pamib29]

The little blonde boy? I wondered too! 🤔

[@ivandickson6063]

Just a street urchin hanging around lol

[@susandoig4192]

He stayed in viaduct street

[@williamf4544]

Ronnie Pickering

[@5gx673]

The crucial witness

[@michealbrett1983]

Love you ogden ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Olliebear38]

How come Alfs Mrs was never in the Rovers ?

[@williamf4544]

She was a home biddy and didnt go out much - and she had terrible varicus veins

[@queendeirdre7436]

Oh the irony! Mike Baldwin giving Ken advice on Deirdre!

[@larkatmic]

Ivy is such a horrible character. She’s the reason why husbands don’t listen to their wives. If they do they will suffer.

[@spartybrearly7221]

Sharples has no authority to say who can and who can’t play the Rovers piano.

[@josephbland3904]

Everyone respected Ena Sharples..?She was hard but fair & could show great charity when it was needed.

[@paullynton-green6570]

Nobody argues with the indomitable ena sharples.heart as big as a bucket. Corrie legend.

[@Bessie66]

Imagine drinking and working today 😱

[@williamf4544]

I wonder what the Americans make of Hilda Ogden

[@5gx673]

Love her

[@cathy3613]

😮

[@stevebbuk9557]

Strange how Ena recounts pleasant memories of the Lake District to Annie, yet they don't mention the 1969 coach crash at Bowness.

[@paulinecorreia5538]

Usually Mavis dosen’t know what she’s on about.

[@5gx673]

Save that bird's life!! 😂

[@Sean-Ireland]

Gail was a good looking bird in her day bet Brian's dad Bert was looking forward to catching her in her smalls each morning when they moved in, being married to Ivy he had to find something to keep his pecker up

[@catrionamcgowan8203]

It’s just your mind 😳

[@bibakroll8999]

Gail wasn't good looking at any age.

[@josephbland3904]

Old Ferret face was Never attractive.. Even her tweety voice was vomit inducing….

[@williamf4544]

Shows how much you know

[@sheenamcguire123]

@@bibakroll8999totally agree

[@Kevin-vc9nw]

First time iv seen Emily with her hair down

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Why in the world does it say Renee Bradshaw on the store??! Wouldn’t it be better business to put Store on it??! 😂🤣

[@johnlarkin3821]

Ivy ... the world's most unconvincing Catholic.

[@welovecars6607]

Proper folk and proper acting non of this bullshit today . This is what life really was !! Never again unfortunately!!!!

[@jstewart3517]

Why do these men seem unable to get up an fetch their own food seems like there always smacking their lips ( but have mo problem picking up a pint 😅) this was dieders exit from ken

[@williamf4544]

Emily looks so different with her hair down and no teeth in

[@williamf4544]

I wouldnt have let Eddie Yates anywhere near my nic-nacs - way to risky

[@yvetterock2728]

Deidre was so thick re divorce! Ken was right in this inst. 😮

[@robclark4507]

God suzie Birchil was fit even though I wernt born when this waa aired

[@SharonMulligan-jy8yt]

Me two do not like corrie now sorry to say

[@josephbland3904]

Beautiful Dreamer…. 😂😂😂