Coronation Street - February 1979

[@rabbit64sj91]

I turned fifteen in Feb '79. Great to see these again, 42 years on. Thanks for sharing with everyone. ☺💕

[@homeless_greg_games]

Same in the November . We loved it here in Australia too .

[@HerFatherDidntLikeMe]

This is great viewing. I was a kid when they were broadcast originally. The plots are simple but well crafted. The comedy is gold. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@glamdolly30]

1:01:00 Suzie was always so full of herself, and so disrespectful to Elsie, it baffled me why she let her carry on lodging with her! It really beggared belief Elsie would tolerate so much cheek from her, when she wasn't a nice girl, didn't have a heart of gold, and wasn't even related to Elsie. Elsie owed her absolutely nothing!

[@mr-yw2jb]

Perhaps Elsie saw in Suzie herself at that age? I think Elsie had a soft spot for Suzie, more than she was willing to admit to. Another character full of themselves back in those days was Brian the teeth, ghastly character who strutted around the place thinking he was some kind of Demi God. According to Helen Worth, Quinten was up his own posterior in real life.

[@phillipgreer4875]

@@mr-yw2jb I couldn't stand R Brian either.or Chris Quinten. Him and Don Brennan, who married Ivy Tilsley years later, were 2 of the worst characters ever in the street.

[@glamdolly30]

@@mr-yw2jb Yes, it was often mentioned in the scripts that Suzie reminded Elsie of herself at the same age, as if that explained her remarkable tolerance for Suzie's bad behaviour. But I think that stretched credibility at times. As I said earlier, Suzie wasn't Elsie's wayward daughter, granddaughter or niece. She wasn't even a friend - she met her through Gail Potter, who only brought her back to Elsie's house because she needed lodgings! Would Elsie really have been so indulgent with Suzie Birchall? Unlike Gail, Elsie had no history with Suzie. And obviously, Suzie was a grown woman, not a helpless child! Suzie was so unrelentingly selfish and ruthless, not caring who she trampled on as long as she got her own way, this idea she was like a younger Elsie didn't even ring true. Elsie Tanner was a rough diamond - but she always had a heart of gold! She was nothing like Suzie - and I don't believe would have set out to seduce her best friend's man as Suzie did, through petty jealousy and spite. Their final, bitter exchange when Elsie threw her out for trying it on with 'Brian-the-Teeth' behind Gail's back (at the time Gail and Brian were a married couple with a baby), referenced that too, if memory serves me. I think Elsie said something to her, to the effect: "I used to think you were like me, but you're not - perhaps you never were. You've become hard". I'm not sure if it was the writing, or the way actress Cheryl Murray portrayed Suzie - maybe a combination of both. I just feel there wasn't quite enough light and shade in the Suzie character. She was incredibly shallow - we didn't see Suzie care about anyone but Suzie! And we rarely saw the kind of vulnerability that can make you warm to a flawed character. I think viewers were supposed to feel affectionate towards her, but I struggled to see why! I know some viewers did like Suzie - and I really enjoyed her early stint with Gail as Elsie's young, daft lodgers, because of all the comedy. But I think producer Bill Podmore was right to drop Suzie/Cheryl Murray from the show when he did, as there was nowhere else to take the character (there may have been longevity for Suzie, in the hands of a more talented actress). Ditto Brian Tilsley, a role which for personal and professional reasons, had run its course by the time he was killed off in 1989. You're right, Chris Quinten got far too big for his boots. He was extremely lucky to get a leading role in Britain's top TV show (his earliest Street appearances were weak, and showed his acting inexperience). Sadly he made the mistake many soap actors do, of believing his positive publicity. It went to his head, big time! After he married US TV host Leeza Gibbons, he expected his Corrie bosses to allow him to continue to play Brian part time, dividing his time between the UK and US. He harboured ambitions to become a British movie star in the mould of Michael Caine! Apparently he was gutted when he learned Brian was to be killed off - and there would be no Corrie role to return to in future, if his dreams of movie stardom came to nothing. I believe Chris Quinten was last seen on British TV last year, playing a short-lived role in the Channel 4 soap 'Hollyoaks'.

[@shylinh5939]

The idea that Elsie's affection for Suzie was based on seeing aspects of her younger self in her isn't credible. Middle-aged Elsie was a bit abrasive but she was empathetic, kind and genuine. Young Elsie is likely to have been much the same but more vulnerable and impetuous, so inclined to be hurt by people. With a few exceptions, Suzie gets hurt not because she's vulnerable or gives too much of herself, she gives practically nothing; it's when people she's involved with realise how calculating, manipulative and selfish she is and react against that, or reject her. She doesn't care what impact her behaviour makes on others, whether it's Elsie, Gail, Steve, who earlier on was inexplicably devoted to her despite her obvious disregard for him, or anyone else she interacts with becomes involved with. There wasn't much kindness in Suzie or a capacity to love, something she frequently reminded those around her of. It seems they didn't retain this knowledge, however, because with few exceptions she was able to do it to them again and again. Elsie, in accordance with the way her character was written and played, wouldn't have had an awareness of what Suzie was about very quickly. The writers gave some indication as to why she may have been very self-protective and lacking in empathy when they included the father she was estranged from in a few episodes. It turned out that he had been abusive towards Suzie and her mother, who had left him. Despite outward appearances, his character eventually became apparent, but that storyline and Suzie's earlier homelife were abandoned rather than explored. Doing that could have added depth and complexity to her, even if the character wasn't going to remain.

[@glamdolly30]

@@shylinh5939 Great post! I'm glad it isn't just me who found little to like in the character of Suzie, and felt she was fundamentally shallow, selfish and hard to relate to. You make an excellent point about the storyline of her abusive father appearing and trying to drag her home to look after him and his house, after her mother had left him. That was a clue as to how she became so hard and self-serving. But it didn't really go anywhere. And on its own, it wasn't enough to make us warm to her, or forgive her many conceits and cruelties! There was another, similar development when Suzie's secret husband turned up out of the blue, an abuser like her father, and again practically tried to kidnap her. In both cases the crisis was handled for Suzie by Elsie, who sent both men packing, and was a sort of 'mother confessor' figure for her. If those two plots were an attempt by the writers to put some meat on the bones of Suzie's character and make her more relatable to viewers, then IMO they failed miserably! You nailed it when you wrote that Suzie's problems were usually of her own making, due to her ruthlessly self-serving, and at times downright nasty behaviour. It surprises me when people comment here on vintage Corrie episodes that Suzie shouldn't have been written out when she was, or even stranger, that she should have been brought back. Suzie's biggest appeal was her youth - without that, what's left? And that, in a nutshell, demonstrates why the character of Suzie is so totally different to Elsie Tanner. Actress Pat Phoenix joined Corrie aged 37, and played Elsie until her final departure in January 1984, aged 60. Elsie was never a young 'dolly bird' type in the mould of Suzie and Gail. Yet over those years, she remained the Street's most magnetic, intriguing and popular female character. Elsie's appeal was far more complex and real than a mere dolly bird. When Pat Phoenix took a 3 year break from the Street in the early 'seventies, viewers were clamouring to see what the older and wiser, early 50s Elsie would get up to on her return in 1976. And they weren't disappointed - her second stint on the show was surely her finest. Elsie only improved and became more fascinating with age. Viewers forgave her her flaws and mistakes, because she was fundamentally big-hearted and cared about others. Though Elsie was always glamorous, even wearing full make up in scenes when she'd supposedly just woken up, she was self-deprecating about her looks (who can forget that 1960s scene with her gazing into the mirror prodding her wrinkles, while uttering the immortal line: "Ee Elsie, you're just about ready for the knackers yard!") Suzie by contrast, over estimated her own looks, believing herself deserving of a successful modelling career! I'm not sure how much of Suzie's shallowness can be blamed on the script writers or on actress Cheryl Murray's performances. But whatever the truth, there just wasn't enough light and shade to the character to justify her returning to the show. Very few actresses have the charisma Pat Phoenix did, to fascinate in middle age. Many actors (of both sexes), owe their early successes primarily to their youth. And when it's gone, they're in trouble because they've little else to offer. Like Gail's previous friend Tricia, another vain and vacuous young woman with an inflated opinion of herself, Suzie was pretty much a one trick pony, whose exit came not a moment too soon. And I'm not surprised she was never asked back - what on earth would the writers have done with a middle aged Suzie Birchall???!

[@ddrose06]

Ahhhhhh, the salad days. The days before Vera became a full-time shrieking harpy.

[@th8257]

I got the impression that after Stan died they moved Vera and Jack to replace Stan and Hilda as the Street's comedy couple, with Vera replacing Hilda as the nagging wife and Jack as the feckless husband. They even gave Jack the window cleaning round.

[@swaggerjagg22]

I think Elsie and Ron were a lovely couple and should have been married

[@glamdolly30]

Agree with you 100% the Irish actor who played Ron Mather, Joe Lynch (born County Cork 16th July 1925 - Died Alicante, Spain August 1st 2001) was very talented and charismatic. His career showed he could play drama and comedy with aplomb. I never understood why Elsie didn't marry him and form an appealing married couple. It could have given the character of Elsie a new lease of life. Instead the writers gave Elsie nothing but negative storylines, grotty lovers, and heartache! It was great to see Ron on the Street, an attractive older man for a change. Too many of the male characters cast were very unattractive - and the poor actresses, like Pat Phoenix as Elsie, Barbara Knox as Rita, Julie Goodyear as Bet Lynch etc, had to play romantic scenes with really unsexy men! It was an insult to both the actresses and the glamorous characters they played. Why did they turn Alan Bradley into an evil wife beater/would be murderer? The actor who played him Mark Eden, was a real draw for Coronation Street - a former movie actor and a still very handsome leading man, Rita could have had a wonderful partnership with him. He was a sight more likeable than her previous hubby the warty toad Len Fairclough! But when the Corrie bosses decided to make him a villain, his days on the show were numbered. They threw away a great actor, who could have become an iconic Corrie hero!

[@dementednun1175]

​@@glamdolly30he wanted to leave the show he was offered the lead in an Irish soap

[@saxongreen78]

Yeah...Ron was a good 'un.

[@bsaunders5271]

​@@glamdolly30being unlucky in love was a big part if not the biggest part of Elsie and Bet's characters. Both doomed. It made for more exciting viewing I suppose, than marital bliss. And it certainly kept the viewers on the edge of their seats.

[@glamdolly30]

@@bsaunders5271 True, I read that Pat Phoenix in particular loved the dramatic storylines best, when Elsie did the flashing eyes, red-headed, hot-blooded diva bit! I guess it is hard to imagine Elsie as a happily married 'Stepford Wife', she was just too fiery to settle down!

[@colinjennings3661]

Superb nostalgia.

[@jayrox40]

Thank you so much!

[@adrinathegreat3095]

Rita also sounds flat and tuneless, I could never understand why she was regarded as a great singer who was in demand

[@lepreconlon5586]

lovely episodes, these are great thanks a lot

[@mr-yw2jb]

Another great month of Oggie and Hilda, bliss. Can't wait for the chicken episodes. The only downside to 1979, we have to suffer with the intolerable Chris Quinten!

[@glamdolly30]

True, though I always get a few chuckles from R. Brian's fluorescent teeth, and over trained upper body! And his late 'seventies disco dancing homages to John Travolta were bloody hilarious. In one episode, he actually did a back flip on the dance floor. Not sure if the party was in someone's front room or in the Rovers' Select, but space was very tight as I recall - everyone had to take several strides back to accommodate his supposedly spontaneous acrobatics!

[@phynessea247]

@@glamdolly30 I think that was at Gail's 18th birthday in the Rover's select

[@glamdolly30]

@@phynessea247 Yes it was in the Select you're right - I stumbled on the infamous R. Brian back flip episode recently, it was utterly hilarious!

[@acesigma06]

@@glamdolly30 in his defence, he started off as a dancer , and I thought his disco dancing was good, for the small space he had, he managed remarkably well , shame about his faux posh accent at the beginning 🤣🤣👍🏻

[@glamdolly30]

@Rockstar What do you mean, 'I Am Doing'?

[@sarahshilvock9009]

I love it so much ♥️♥️👌👍🤗

[@angieo5513]

Thanks a lot-love these!

[@markgraham4732]

Just beautiful viewing xx

[@nitad4203]

Thanks for the Upload :-)

[@professionalgun6674]

At Bert and Ivy's house warming party Vera tells Fred her Jack is no where around even though he's at the party large as life...as a nameless party guest.

[@glamdolly30]

Ha! Ha! Good catch!

[@christinefougere]

Yeah he doesn't become Jack until Gail's wedding when Vera introduces him to Ivy as her husband but he's been on the show for about two years before he became Jack

[@operatorjeffdeathstar7759]

Ivy giving the old bag both barrels...pure gold...

[@jstewart3517]

Ivy is the poster face of pushy oldbag im amazed Ivy never got a knuckle sandwich

[@388Caroline]

Ivy is a horror show 😣

[@professionalgun6674]

Suzy, as we know she never learns from her mistakes, she forgets them.

[@colinjennings3661]

How old is that bloke? About 70?

[@glamdolly30]

Exactly! And she certainly never apologises for them!

[@Luckystar94199]

1:16:29 ''I don't believe every word, Bet. I believe the conjunctions like 'and' or 'but''' such a hilarious line hahah!

[@munhl]

My favourite line from a few episodes ago was Stan talking to Eddie "I thought I'd enjoy the depression, but I don't...got a job you see".

[@uszatku9417]

Love how Ralph Lancaster has sunglasses on in a nightclub - he must have been bumping into everything!

[@adrinathegreat3095]

He must have been tone deaf as well thinking Rita could sing

[@glamdolly30]

@@adrinathegreat3095 LMAO!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheGlassman63]

Had to laugh how Len made a big thing off how Eddie managed to get into the yard when it was locked up, yet when him & Eddie left to do the gas fire job, it appeared that locking up both the office & yard was not required !

[@jakehaymes4438]

He and Eddie* Of*

[@th8257]

The Ivy Tilsley argument in the pub with Annie Walker is a classic soap intro for a "new" family. Trying to stir up interest with the new characters. They did pretty much exactly the same when the Ogdens moved in in the 60s. "Watch out, here comes the new family"

[@user-kx3fq1zo6f]

And they've been doing it ever since.

[@deborahwatson2730]

“The Rovers ! ….after all the trouble I’ve been to”. She’s only poured a few glasses of red wine and put them on a tray. 🤣

[@pamib29]

Omg! I just googled Paul the older guy that Susie was seeing (John Collin)because they kept saying he was 50!😮 I’m thinking no way he’s hitting 65/70yr old! Well he was born on the 18th of October 1928 & died 25th of February 1987 so he was only 59 after all! Bert’s only 44 too & looks older! 😊 edited from 51 to 59 because I’m a twit & can’t count! 😊

[@Scottfree166]

I remember him as the slightly dodgy DS Haggar in Z-Cars & also as another dodgy character in an episode of The Sweeney. He didn’t have much of a part in this though, (at least he was the same age as his character, unlike the 30 year old ‘teenager’ who shot Ernie Bishop), even if Gail reckoned he was older than God’s dog! 😂

[@ddrose06]

@@Scottfree166 I remember him playing Helen's old fella, in "All Creatures Great and Small."

[@jstewart3517]

Bert had Ivy

[@adrinathegreat3095]

Bert must have aged very quickly as he was in coronation street in 1977 working in the jewellery shop when Alf and Renee came in to buy a ring.. I'm not sure if it was around this time or after he became famous when he took up cottaging and was caught multiple times with his trousers down in public toilets that he suddenly aged

[@glamdolly30]

@@adrinathegreat3095 Yes, sadly actor Peter Dudley sabotaged himself with the cottaging scandal in the early 'eighties, after he'd landed the regular Corrie role he'd wanted for years. He was an old pal of Pat Phoenix, and she was always nagging the producer to cast him in a proper role (he did a few walk-ons like the jeweller part, over the years). He was over the moon to be cast as Bert Tilsley, and fast established Ivy's kindly, long-suffering husband as a popular character. Producer Bill Podmore devoted a whole chapter of his 1990 book to the tragic story of Peter Dudley. He recalled how Dudley knocked on his office door one day, shame-faced, then burst into tears as he confessed he'd been arrested for cottaging. He was so thrilled at landing the role of Bert Tilsley, then stupidly jeopardised it. He was terrified he'd be fired. There was a lot of homophobia in the press, and the tabloids had a field day. Bill Podmore was a good man, and decided to weather the storm. Peter was a very well-liked cast member, and his actor colleagues remained loyal to him too.But just when the cottaging scandal was dying down, Peter Dudley knocked on Bill Podmore's office door once more - unbelievably, he'd been caught cottaging a second time! This time he felt indignant at the arrest, as he'd been caught by a young policeman loitering as a gay man on the pull - and Dudley felt it was entrapment. He opted for a jury trial, but the stress of the impending court case aged him overnight, as can be seen on screen. It soon brought on a major stroke, which had to be written into the script as a garage accident, to explain why Bert lost the use of one arm. Dudley took a break from the show to recover, and prepare for the trial. But tragically, he would not live to see it. A heart attack killed him in October 1983, at just 48. I believe Bert had the makings of an iconic Corrie character, who could have remained in the show for decades. His collapse and premature death, over what amounted to ill-judged but totally consensual sex between consenting adults, was a tragedy. He had many good friends among the cast, they must have been devastated at his loss. They were awful times to be gay.

[@shylinh5939]

The nightclub singer is even worse than Rita!

[@paullynton-green6570]

She looks like lrene handed.

[@paullynton-green6570]

And that's saying something.

[@Able363]

Jack Duckworth was slow dancing at the Tilsey’s party just before Vera said Jack wouldn’t come to Fred Gee made me laugh

[@Wildzippy]

No matter how many times they tell us what an amazing singer Rita was - she was average at best. Always make me laugh when various cast members wax lyrical about her amazing singing voice!

[@R31922]

Brilliant Bet with one liners.❤

[@ironknobsteelworks4063]

Peak Corrie. Professionalgun i salute you.

[@R31922]

Len goes to the yard and moves planks of wood around..again.plus very creepy men in the gatsby club.

[@imthedaddy3477]

Strangely there’s no fridge in Alf’s. Milk is taken from the floor under the Weetabix. No lid on the freezer as well. Bizarre.

[@artemiszeus9735]

I was 6. I remember much of this. Ow-er Bry-nnnn. You sense a country on the cusp of Thatcherism.

[@bsaunders5271]

Ivy is really horrible to Deirdre. Accuses the street's residents of "ganging up", then proceeds to bully Dierdre all along the road. D should've given her a slap. I hate her! (Although she IS very sweet to Uncle Albert, I'll give her that)

[@saxongreen78]

Ivy is horrible, but the Tilsley's were right to be livid about being gazumped: Deirdre's conduct throughout the process was pretty inconsiderate to everyone involved.

[@bsaunders5271]

@@saxongreen78 Dierdre has always been selfish.

[@deborahwatson2730]

Not sure why Ivy even uses the term ‘gazumped’….that basically means that a potential buyer has been pushed out because a higher offer has been accepted from elsewhere, it doesn’t mean the vendor has withdrawn the property as is the case here.

[@bsaunders5271]

@@deborahwatson2730 she wouldn't accept the truth from Dierdre.. she actually believed her offer HAD been gazumped.

[@deborahwatson2730]

@@bsaunders5271 ….true…I’d probably think the same in her situation.

[@josephzahn68]

They should bring Susie Burchall back in new episodes! Her & Gail together again!

[@H3len50]

Is it just my perception or is Deidre a right pain the arse and a bit self centred as well. One minute she wants to sell, agrees to it then let's them down at the last minute all because she does not want to live in a flat.

[@gilliangrant8764]

In all honesty, Deirdre was a very unlikeable character in the early days, she behaved basically like a spoiled brat half the time! She became more likeable in the 80s, but seriously although Anne Kirkbride was pretty, I could never see how so many of the men in the street fancied her so much!

[@annsuttie6990]

@@gilliangrant8764 All I can see is Olive off On The Buses and a voice like a foghorn 😂

[@TheGlassman63]

LOL, i disagree with all what you say Gillian, though im looking at it from a man's perspective and yes, i was one of those who found her very attractive. I thought Deirdre was likeable in her early days, when i say early days i mean the 1970s. It was only when he got lumbered with the likes of Emily, then Ken, then the dreaded perm that she fell off my radar.

[@poppytop3806]

@@TheGlassman63 That perm was absolutely shocking!

[@nicolataylor6011]

@@gilliangrant8764 I always though deirdre was lovely..one of my favourite characters

[@christopherhayes2556]

bert was referred to as the streets favourite grandad such a shame that he had to be killed off and the way it was done(no funeral screened),FOUR characters passing away in the space of twelve months through death /off screen scandals,also violet carson died during that period plus eddie/elsie departing. times were changing the end of a golden era.never felt the same

[@saxongreen78]

Some folk did take light globes upon vacating...in Holland, Langton would have been required to provide his own bayonet fittings because homes only came supplied with bare wires - true fact. (He could also _squat_ if he chose to and nobody would move you on - it was decriminalised then and provided you were clean then you were golden.)

[@callummorgan5058]

Hello does anyone know what guitar song Brian changed the record

[@keriannandrews7362]

Ada, Vera and , ivy, the three musketeers lol 😂

[@denismoynihan4996]

When did the door in no 5 change from left to right. In this episode the hinges are on the left and later year's it's on the right. Maybe it was changed when the street set was rebuild?

[@markwilks1896]

And the room alot bigger then

[@lorraineydays57]

Ivy turned me right off corrie back in the day, I remember I kept hoping they would write her out, her and wooden Brian.

[@thertraumatic]

I can’t believe how much I disliked Suzie when she first arrived, and now I really really like her (much more than I like Gail). Great scene between her and Elsie at 1:45:47.

[@christinefougere]

Not me, although I don't like Gail either.

[@thertraumatic]

​@@christinefougere That's okay, wouldn't it be boring if we all had the same opinions?

[@adrinathegreat3095]

She was a good character because that's all they are, just actors playing roles, take old Annie walker who in real life stated she had nothing in common with her character and almost polar opposite views.. Many of the cast had similar punch lines and wise cracks, you could easily swap over Renee with Deidre or bet lynch, they all had pretty much the same kind of dialogue. Suzie before growing her hair long looked like Ronald McDonald and almost comical

[@AriAdu]

All Rita does is argue with Len. Why did they put them together? Then again they paired her with Mavis and she just bullies her.

[@christopherhayes2556]

those cosy looking household interiors are so unrecognisible to how they look today(you could barely swing a cat in no5 today) although no 11 still looks homely

[@homebell4866]

Rita sounds like a flushed toilet, "Shit" 🤣

[@queendeirdre7436]

Good for you Suzy! The most intelligent thing you have done in a while 😊

[@blipblip88]

A future Jack Duckworth at 2:43:31 behind Bert and Stan.

[@christopherhayes2556]

rita and ivy to len and bert references to "snuffing it" OMINOUS! the characters were to die within weeks of each other, were the writers fortune tellers or privy to what was happening off screen?

[@nandsall9492]

Deirdre"s predicament brought out the worst in human nature and it was captured brilliantly by the script-writers. Ray, Rita, Renee and Ivy came out as the most despicable self-serving ingrates you would hope to never meet

[@user-ff8el4hq4u]

Brian is the original thick-as-mince Himbo ...

[@markwilks1896]

Couldn't act to save his life

[@carolbrand181]

At the beginning when Eddie looked through the office windows in lens yard the lights were on then len came & put key in the door & the lights were off?????

[@maggieb369]

Burt was a good guy

[@jameskeeth4037]

Puddled 😂😂 perfect description of Hilda

[@glamdolly30]

21:15 Another of the frequent, accidental glimpses of the Granada Studios corridor the actors actually enter the Rovers from!

[@williamf4544]

That old bird wasnt such a bad singer once she got in the swing of it

[@TheGlassman63]

LOL, Ken's speech certainly put the mockers on it for the Tilsey's. Many happy years, NOT !

[@Kiinell]

It had to be yyyoooouuuuwwhheerrrhth

[@melanieweider2497]

why is Deidre wrapping things up in newspaper just to move next door? and did she seriously hire a van just to move to the next house along?

[@ladylagertha4910]

The van was to take her furniture and things she wasn't taking to Emily's in to storage.

[@theresapierce3934]

@Lady Lagertha never to be heard of again just like the, nice young couple, Ray and she sold the house to when they were moving to Holland. Writers taking the proverbial once again.

[@Mrs.Beezley]

okay...can someone please tell me why Hilda gives Stan a dirty look whenst they walk into the Tilsey party?

[@williamf4544]

Because he said they had all been asking where she was to get her to go - she realised it was just a line when she walked in and nobody even said hello ot batted an eye lid

[@lucywilliamsx1002]

Len to Rita in reference to a singing job I don't go then you don't go ppfftt sod that for a game of soldiers I'm so glad I wasn't an adult back then no way I'd put up with that shit

[@chrishaps6846]

well done Rita !

[@user-kx3fq1zo6f]

I always wonder what on earth the extras in the background such as Bill Tarmey 2:43:28 talk about 🤔

[@thebadtemperedbrit]

I'm a little sketchy on the 60's Street, but is Ivy the first pretty nasty female character, I can't think of anyone as viscous as this, Ena Sharples was razor-tongued, but not like Ivy?

[@jakehaymes4438]

Scouse handshake Eddie and Len.

[@tramainecovington9107]

Anybody else notice the similarities between Suzy Birchall and Bethany Platt? Maybe it’s a big eyed, round faced blonde thing.

[@michellefalleur960]

Yes , ... Really similar, Uncanny. ... Could be mother and daughter.

[@cn4936]

Oh this makes me so angry! Deidre STILL owns that house. Ivy needs to get a life. Horrid woman.

[@glamdolly30]

16:22 Funny to see what a wooden actor Chris Quinten was when he first joined The Street (his Middlesbrough accent was very noticeable too). To be fair he improved no end, it was obviously a great training ground. By the time R. Brian was killed off 10 years later, Quentin was a decent actor, who had created a three-dimensional and popular character. I just checked Wikipedia to see how much acting experience Chris Quentin had before being cast as Brian. It says he started out as a dancer in West End theatre productions (hence Brian's love of disco dancing and back flips!). His first acting role was in 1978 in the film 'International Velvet' starring Tatum O' Neill (it can't have been much of a role - he wasn't credited!) After that he got TV parts in 'Quatermass' and 'Hazell', before The Street called. So I think it's fair to say he was an unknown when he landed the plumb Corrie role. It was one hell of a break for a young actor! Fun fact - Helen Worth as Gail is six years older than Chris Quentin - You certainly wouldn't know it to look at them!

[@markwilks1896]

He improved 😅😅 when

[@bsaunders5271]

Barbara Knox really has a knock out voice

[@Iamjames1985]

Battleaxe I count not stand Rita, Ray passed out so her voice was literally knock out.

[@veronicaboyce6794]

The music for the party was 😂😂😂😂😂Absolutely awful 😂😂a complete struggle to dance to😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lucywilliamsx1002]

Can't work out weather Elsie was just look out for susie or if she was jealous that she wasn't young and having fun anymore

[@glamdolly30]

I don't think Elsie was ever jealous of Susie - or Gail for that matter. She knows she's a different generation and she's fine with that. That's why the relationships between her and the girls were so heart warming, Elsie only wanted what was best for them, and didn't want them making the same mistakes she had!

[@margolenney6032]

Who ever put the Tilsleys into Corrie should have been sacked. Lynne Perry & her evil tongue were poison on steroids.

[@tinaquinn9042]

Omg dinny from glenroe 🇮🇪🇮🇪 8.49

[@ivandickson6063]

yea, it's lovely seeing him again, he was a great character in Glenroe!!

[@glamdolly30]

@@ivandickson6063 I loved that actor, Ron Mather was good looking, cheerful and single - quite a catch. I never understood why Elsie didn't marry him. She didn't even like him very much, telling him she wanted to be free to see other blokes etc ! I thought Elsie and Ron made a great couple.

[@user-hc8sn1vs2k]

Watch it Eddie 😅😅😅😅 fireplace 31:38

[@markwilks1896]

Burts only a Tilsley by marriage 😅

[@dominewimbury2039]

BRIAN! 1:23:52 🤣🤣🤣

[@frazzleface753]

1:53:35

[@jstewart3517]

Brian is a momma boy

[@lindsaygrieve4384]

I'd forgotten what a lousy actor he was 😂😂

[@newzealander1462]

Are they flying ducks on Gail's top /

[@glamdolly30]

29:20 Deirdre's shut her 2-year-old, barely walking baby outside in the back yard, all alone, in freezing February - just so she doesn't 'get under anybody's feet'! She's no candidate for mother of the year is she? It's a wonder she doesn't tie a pork chop round her neck, so the local stray dog will play with her! 🤣🤣🤣

[@helentucker6407]

😆 I remember my mother having a thing about fresh air for babies, she'd leave the pram near the washing blowing on the line even in the winter!

[@HelloImNik]

The 70s 😂

[@damiencrowley2506]

Ivy was such a cow.

[@munhl]

1:10:31

[@Susan.1958]

Didn’t like suzie she was bone idle and very selfish no respect for any one not even for Elsie needs to throw her out 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

[@TraceyMella]

Brian is a bit of a div.

[@emobloom]

I don't like it from this point on