Coronation Street - Elsie Tanner Vs. Ena Sharples (27th January 1965)

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[@Banshmansh]

BY GOD; When Ena Sharples and Elsie Tanner went at it; The whole bloody country stopped to watch and listen; It was superb acting by a generation of soap actors who have now gone, and we will never see the likes again; God bless you Violet; God bless you Pat;

[@haydenharris3059]

I don’t think today’s Corry can top that, flipping magnificent ❤😂

[@RonMotta1972]

I’m an American, so I’m seeing these for the first time. What strikes me so much of these early episodes is how they were basically 30 minute plays. I mean, the band playing through after the fight has broken up was just genius.

[@bojack40]

Absolutely. It didn’t become Soap as we know it until later. It’s not just a UK thing. Watch the first episodes of the Mary Tyler Moore show. They are also 30m plays.

[@michaelroberts7374]

It was filmed live up to a certain point. Then they did live episodes much later. It really was a ground breaking, amazing phenomenon for a good 40 years. Then it went south, badly. A reflection of our times?

[@stevenmoffett494]

Proper Corrie the way scripts should be written in today's shows

[@Sawrattan]

To think Ken Barlow is a living connection between these characters and everyone in the Street right now.

[@peter0010]

Rita too, kinda. She wasn't in it from day dot but she was in 1964 and again in 1972 onwards.

[@laminage]

@@peter0010 Exactly! Also next year will be a banner year. Helen worth will celebrate 50 years as Gail, Sue Nicholls (Audrey) will celebrate 45 years. Peter Bergman will celebrate 35 years as Jack Abbott #2 on Y & R and Melody Thomas Scott will celebrate 45 Years as Nikki. I would have loved for Don Hastings (Ex Bob Hughes) As The World Turns to play Ken Barlow's old american pen pal.

[@hadenhumphries5870]

I always crack up when Mrs. Sharples makes that sudden "huh" shocked noise when Elsie reminds her of the broken window. 🤣🤣🤣

[@HelenA-fd8vl]

And no “effing” and “blinding” - just sheer creative brilliance with the English language.

[@sporkfindus4777]

The comedy!! I can see why my grandmother was addicted to Coronation Street. It was pretty good in the 80s and 90s too, when I remember my mum watching it.

[@clarkpatient7950]

90s corrie could be hilarious!!

[@sachinchahal4131]

I'm 20 years old and a massive Corrie fan. I respect if people like Corrie less than these times but I still think it's an amazing soap. I absolutely love this scene. Ena and Elsie were and still are the TRUE Queens of Soap

[@Ilyana.k]

I’ve watched this clip so many times and only just realised the man who talks to Mrs Sharples at the end is Captain Mainwaring from Dads army.

[@sashineb.2114]

I love it -- after that catfight between Ena & Elsie, the Christian band marches through!

[@laminage]

Man that was a Classic. Even the US Soap Ladies Bert Bauer (Guiding Light), Jo Tanner (Search For Tomorrow) and Nancy Hughes (As The World Turns) wouldn't carry on like that. Will there be a Coffeetable Book to commemorate it's 60th next year?

[@alexanderjones9572]

laminage Hope so. Going from the 60s, right through to the present day, featuring characters like Elsie and Ena (RIP), right through to Sinead ( RIP) and Evelyn.

[@laminage]

@@alexanderjones9572 It did and I bought it and downloaded on my Kindle Tablet. Emmerdale are celebrating 50 Years this Month in October and The Bold & The Beautiful celebrated 35 Years this past March. I would love for there to be a Soap Switch. Have Eric Forrester come to The Village and relax at a B & B, while have Victoria Sugden come to Los Angeles who won a Contest and sees a Forrester Fashion Show.

[@soapsfans]

Ena Sharples: "Look, this bag was a birthday present - it's not a plaything for any common harpie to go on!" Elsie Tanner (incensed): "What did you call me?" Ena Sharples: "I called you a common harpie!" Albert Tatlock (interrupting Ena and Elsie's argument): "Now, come on Mrs. Sharples, it's beneath yer, this sort o' thing..." Elsie Tanner: "Oh, it's beneath 'er, is it, but it's not beneath me, I suppose? That's the sort of thing I do, is it?" Albert Tatlock: "Oh, I never opened me mouth." Elsie Tanner: "If she chucked you out o' your house you'd be screamin' from 'ere till Christmas, so you shurrup!" Ena Sharples: "She's never been short of men in their house since Arnold took 'is 'ook - many more than Fanny Hill!" Elsie Tanner: "Get back off to yer Mission, Mrs. Sharples, as fast as yer can before I really get me rag out!" Ena Sharples: "I've handled Tanners before, Mrs. Tanner, an' I'll handle you again!" Elsie Tanner: "Now look 'ere - you'll only move me out of this house when I want to go. In the meantime, go an' jump in the cut!" Elsie Tanner (after the fight ends): "You're still me landlord, are you?" Ena Sharples: "Oh, yes, I am that." Elsie Tanner: "Well, you'll pay for that winder!"

[@MegaStig25]

Poor Minnie Caldwell getting dragged into the middle of it. Oh Ena. Albert Tatlock suggesting that live together wasn't met with a lot of positivity either, lol

[@MegaStig25]

You bandy legged old bat

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

The good old days !

[@lewiswise7808]

Ena Sharples & Elsie Tanner - 2 very feisty ladies

[@mikehudson8884]

There is a nice scene about 15 yrs later when Elsie has Ena to stay with her for a few days and they chat and reminisce over the breakfast table......

[@ferencrupeck845]

Nothing more entertaining than a common street brawl. Ena Sharples tounge was as fast as track greyhound!

[@ryanwade6019]

Everyone addressed each other as Mr & Mrs back in those days, even when they're arguing with each other 😆

[@dilrozakbar7036]

Love the old classic episodes, those northern women were very tough and never failed lose an argument.

[@fl3162]

2:22 “Ah … shut up yer daft clown”. Hilda put in her place by a youthful Stan. 😂

[@kuchikopi4631]

2 legends!

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

And they were all so eloquent !

[@melissawright1979]

Wow!! Ena used to talk REALLY fast!!

[@artrandy]

An especially inspired moment, when Albert Tatlock manages to unite the two woman in their shock and disgust, that they might live together...😀...

[@jakejames4005]

throwback to when people *actually* fought face to face… nowadays 50 year old bats are whipping up aimed facebook statuses for attention and that they are actually scared like fuck to argue in person

[@brandycat8513]

More like a comedy when viewed retrospectively. Priceless!!

[@malcolmabram2957]

0:16, in those days, and I remember them well when policeman roamed the streets wearing custodian helmets, we see an example of a policeman taking an interest in law and order on a street.

[@Stephen_Reid]

Lol the way Albert just stood grumpily in the background

[@lillianflorence6056]

Jack and albert

[@samanthaxx8750]

Soap isn’t the same anymore and I say that as a woman in my 30s I miss the classic episodes from 90s and before where there was warmth and comedy now soap seems to be too dramatic doom and gloom and depressing. No more iconic characters.

[@masterknife8423]

Warmth and comedy? This is literally a clip of two middle aged women arguing...

[@michaelmuldowney8]

Violet and Pat - both fantastic actors. Arthur Lowe as Leonard Swindley was so massively popular that he was given his own series playing the same character - Pardon My Expression.

[@vikxnder]

Please post more old episodes loved watching this xx

[@theeastendboy]

Ava Costa-Balker yeah, I’ll have a look for some interesting clips 😊

[@alexanderjones9572]

Funny seeing the original Nellie Dingle in this ( Sandra Gough). She played Stan and Hilda’s daughter, Irma. Now if Emmerdale had ever had Nellie’s mother in, Jean Alexander ( Hilda) would be perfect!

[@stickytapenrust6869]

You’ll be lucky. Jean Alexander died a few years ago.

[@lindasolomon4235]

Sadly it's gone down hill fast.

[@paulwild3676]

“You big Mard Mary.” Classic Lancashire.

[@georgemeller7173]

just noticed that fiz n tyrones house is the only one with the original front door.

[@damienocallaghan7914]

KEN BARLOW Williiam Roache is still there 10 THOUSAND episodes 50 YEARS 2020 and he says he wants to be there until he is a Hundred!!!!!!!!!!

[@doctorwhoproductions834]

Apart from his childhood we have seen Ken and William grow old and its 60 years

[@joshua-wayne2439]

My great-grandmother died 11 days before to heart disease prior to this episode being aired. She was 39

[@theeastendboy]

Joshua-Wayne jeez mate I’m sorry to hear that!

[@davidhodgson2025]

That’s no age at all sorry for the loss

[@user-yn9os7uc1v]

ok?

[@tomsdottir]

Oh what lovely shoes Elsie's wearing...

[@ushoys]

Christ almighty I'm now older than Ena Sharples.

[@MrGoneTroppo]

Mam, your sprouts are burning

[@amanreads9074]

I think they recorded this live. Amazing.

[@johngellard1187]

You avent had your pills😅

[@albenagergova7471]

It’s okay Jim! I’m here now!

[@BubblyJubbly]

3:18 What’s in that handbag? A brick?

[@MegaStig25]

Probably, most old women had one back then. Tough old birds they used to be

[@gerryman4589]

I remember as a young kid see a picture of ena and bursting into tears corrie was the best in those days along with world in action a family at war all from the granada stables hardly watch telly these days

[@eddionrodanronnie]

Those were the days That’s acting If the scrips were half that good I watch it again

[@stephenguppy7882]

Corrie was never better than in the 60s and 70s. The writing and acting were top notch and spot-on. By comparison, it is rubbish now.

[@clarkpatient7950]

It's rubbish now even without a comparison!! Even a lot of its loyal viewers are getting dismayed by how half-asked and joyless it is now, I see them on Twitter sometimes complaining about the lack of any older characters.

[@sb6678]

Never thought I'd see the day when Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford version) would engage in a common drunken brawl in the middle of a street

[@kjmusicalmarshall]

Trust good old old Captain Mainwaring to break up the fight! :-)

[@alexanderjones9572]

Shame Pike wasn’t there. ‘You stupid boy.’ 😂😂

[@laminage]

Nikki Newman had her share of arguments with The Ladies in Genoa City, WI from Jill Foster Abbott to Diane Jenkins one of Victor's many Wives but this set the Bar so high. Now more than ever US Fans are watching UK Soap sand they love them.

[@user-vp5yg3zk1w]

classic

[@happiness4812]

I would have been selling tickets!! All the way to Bessie Street😂❤😂❤

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

And Albert Tatlock too ! Great stuff !

[@lukedavis3703]

When the corrie fights were fun and entertaining to watch rather than just depressing and violent like it is now

[@regwatson2017]

Captain Mainwaring saves the day !!!

[@vikxnder]

Could you upload the clip where Valerie Barlow dies I think it’s January 1971

[@albenagergova7471]

Everything’s going to be all right!

[@liamholmes9169]

Ken Barlow is by far the best character. since his debut.

[@senianns9522]

Captain Mainwaring sorted it out!

[@davidhodgson2025]

Wish ena and Elsie where still alive. pat went to soon and would’ve returned to Corrie if she survived the cancer

[@sachinchahal4131]

Can anyone make out what Ena called Elsie as she swung her handbag at the window? Sounded like she said "You..." something

[@lesigh1749]

Those houses look about 8 feet wide. And is that Captain Mainwaring ?

[@jubileebaby9787]

Pat Phoenix Pre Facelift

[@stephendines1936]

£3 a week state pension

[@alexanderjones9572]

Might be like that again, soon...! Wouldn't surprise me.

[@laminage]

Did you ever see the scene on The Young & The Restless where Victor screams "I Will Crush You!" after Jack acquired Newman Enterprises in a Hostile Takeover conveniently forgetting he took over Jabot when the Company went Public and he had enough Money to buy a large amount of Stock.

[@MrRobangelo]

PROPER Corrie.............none of the drivel they give us now........

[@ksc9954]

Does anyone no what episode this is

[@stephenmontgomery8530]

Ena Sharples was a star in the early days with her sharp tongue and quick wit .

[@sashineb.2114]

3:05 -- what was this, with a door closing? Did they make a mistake with editing?

[@theeastendboy]

Sashine B. Oh no it’s the way I edited the clips, I must’ve accidentally kept a bit in from the previous scene, it’s two different scenes

[@sashineb.2114]

@@theeastendboy Thanks! I haven't seen the full episode so I didn't know they had cut to another scene. Glad I've found your channel, new subscriber here. Have a great day!

[@theeastendboy]

Sashine B. Ah thanks you 😊

[@ThePlataf]

I speak fluent English, but I cannot understand a word of this.

[@HelenA-fd8vl]

Don’t worry. I am a native born Londoner and I can’t follow all of it either.

[@stemple11100]

Wonder what ena would think of some of the women in the show today 😂

[@doctorwhoproductions834]

Why did they have to kill off Dennis, he was great

[@suemassey5076]

I didn't know he died, do you know when?

[@doctorwhoproductions834]

@@suemassey5076 He died off screen in 2020

[@BLTKellys]

Hilda Ogden thrived on the misfortune of others.

[@sachinchahal4131]

If they recreated this nowadays between Evelyn and someone, who would Evelyn go up against??

[@jamesbailey9936]

I wonder if ken Barlow and Dennis tanner ever had a punch up

[@theeastendboy]

James Bailey I’m not sure they probably did

[@alexanderjones9572]

Why would they? I wasn't watching when Dennis was in it ( or when he was in it again later), so sorry if they had a big feud I knew nothing about. Kens only big feud I knew of, tho, was with Mike Baldwin.

[@arthurvasey]

Had a few punch-ups with Len Fairclough - one in the Rovers over a newspaper article Ken wrote!

[@CallumFreeman1]

No they didn't. In fact, I don't recall Dennis fighting anyone in his original 1960s appearances.

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

Trouble at ' Rovers ?

[@Uksoapfan]

Two strong feisty women, Ena being the feistiest of the two.

[@patrickmurphy1803]

Is that captain.mainwearing arthur lowe😅

[@julianswatteridge5995]

Lets hope we can have the earlier days back on ITV, we have 1995 shows currently on ITV 3 weekdays but soon we will have 2 new characters arrive in the Street that put me off my dinner and that we when I stopped watching the Show and will again.

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

And all it took were a few milk stouts !

[@alexanderjones9572]

3:04 I know two ladies who remind me of Elsie and Ena, and I once made a suggestion like Albert's. Didn't go down well, for some reason!!😂😂

[@ohwell94]

Lol A smart man knows to never ever get in the middle of a fight between 2 women Just grab a beer and wait it out

[@hannahwillmott7398]

Elsie tanner got more people on elsie tanner side then Ena sharples

[@cliveevans9795]

Corrie at its best

[@MegaStig25]

Albert Tatlock - why not move in together? Like that's gonna sort it all out.

[@hannahwillmott641]

if iwas on Coronation Street if someone said to me would you stop elsie and ena from fighting i stay no way this full of Excitmant

[@GayorgVonTrapp]

Is that Ken Barlow or Harrison Ford?

[@albenagergova7471]

Uuu!

[@Bubu-o2i]

Elizabeth James

[@Bubu-o2i]

Elizabeth James

[@Bubu-o2i]

Ethanol crying Everything Cheta cheta

[@Bubu-o2i]

Justin Cyrus

[@Bubu-o2i]

Justin crying) Justin Sad Justin Cyrus) Justin cry)

[@Amusementnational]

Corrie was good up until before covid. After that it is just not good. All the amazing characters are going.

[@anothercomment]

Corrie hasn't been good since the 90s, in my opinion.

[@albenagergova7471]

QUIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

[@stevebuckley2429]

This is the essence of coronation street, it's all a pile of the brown stuff now.

[@ericmaine]

Elsies such a hot mess!

[@jaxthename]

‘Ouse and ‘Ook …… wotta laff

[@albenagergova7471]

CAN YOU NOT ARGUE PLEASE?

[@willowbrooke1215]

I am sorry, I grew up with this shit in New Zealand, today they got nothing on this! (Born 1965)

[@charliehogg3976]

69 like ;)

[@sexobscura]

*You just don't want to push the button of Shakespeare's sister*

[@jeffersonwaters9970]

How common....