Coronation Street - July 1978

[@mughug9616]

In my 60s now and remember watching this as a kid in the sixties/seventies with my Mother. Brings back many memories :)

[@Argonaut121]

I was going to say the same thing, but you beat me to it.

[@bethshields4903]

Me too

[@lorrainemackin3749]

Same here

[@kmn7171]

yep👍🏻me an’all

[@mr-yw2jb]

The strikers causing havoc in the street. More great, fantastic Hilda Ogden moments and one relationship that I always found enduring and that was the one between Eddie Yeats and Ena Sharples, the way that Eddie referred to Ena as Duchess, you could tell there was a fondness there for each other.

[@mikehudson8884]

Oh yes I always love that too....That had a lovely relationship.

[@ritanolan9492]

I wish Emily had done something with her ugly hairdo.

[@michellefalleur960]

Yes, I really love that, and it was a lot of respect as well from him to her

[@zeddeka]

They had basically recycled a plotline with Ena and Eddie (as they very often did). In the 1960s, Minnie Caldwell had a similar friendship with another scouse criminal character, Jed Stone 'Sunny Jim'. Eddie was actually meant to be one of his former cellmates.

[@clivestuarteardley6049]

Fabulous episodes with the strike over Hilda!

[@noelheenan]

10 times better than the rubbish they are turning out today. These had dialogue drama and comedy, today's soaps copy each other with shock horror glum, and doom stories and have lost their entertainment value. Thanks for sharing these.

[@michellefalleur960]

I'd say they're at least 400 times better than today's absolute rubbish

[@zeddeka]

I'm not sure soaps really work today. That whole world that they were based on of small, inward looking communities where people rarely went anywhere and spent a lot of their time gossiping about each other, no longer really exists.

[@michellefalleur960]

@@zeddeka very good point, that's so true

[@lindasavage1042]

What a wonderful trip down memory lane. Brings back great memory of how good and realistic life was in Coronation Street. Loved to see all the favourite characters. NO PC OR WOKE. Thank You

[@lordwalker71]

Anyone who uses the word woke instantly says they are bigoted in some way.

[@SausageSideways]

​@@lordwalker71that's their own word they used for themselves first 😂🙄 Also you're bigoted by definition if you don't agree to the other side of something.

[@tezza22c]

@@lordwalker71 No a bigot is someone who can't accept a difference of opinion. i.e. you.

[@franceshaypenny8481]

The brainwashed wokies are the most bigoted censoring uptight babies aren't they luv. 🤗

[@clarkpatient7950]

Coronation Street has always been 'woke'. Look how it aired people like Elsie Tanner and Bet Lynch who lead lives different to the prudent views of the past. It also featured punks , domestic violence, and frequently discussed feminism.

[@SuperLisalis]

Ohhh I'm young again, thankyou for these, classic.

[@algie-t2w]

This programme was writer and character driven. Written, performed and viewed by grown-ups. Such very fine and natural performances.

[@senianns9522]

Viewed by morons an OAP's --I know I'm an OAP!

[@michaelhammett9016]

What a great community they are taking care of each other

[@cherylreznor181]

Nowadays they just go round murdering each other

[@kathystahl4690]

This is how life was like in those days its called CARRY FOR YOUR FELLOW NIEGHBOR

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@kathystahl4690 CARRY what??🤔

[@pheezy1970]

I can’t thank you enough for all your hard work doing these . Classics are a big part of my life , cheers

[@susi-emily]

I'm two and half minutes in and all I've said so far is "OMG Mavis! OMG, Eddie Yeats! OMG, Ivy TIlsley and Vera Duckworth! OMG Emily Bishop". This is me set for the next 3 hours. Thank you for uploading.

[@CB-xr1eg]

That just tells us one thing, if all you can say is OMG you need to improve your vocabulary.

[@michellefalleur960]

@@susi-emily 😍 😊 💐

[@cherrytate7149]

O M.G....HOW WONDERFUL.... MY MEMORIES ....RIGHT THERE!!! REMEMBERING EVEN THE CAT SNUGGLEING ONTHE ROOF ..😻😻😻😻 Havent seen Ena Sharples since the 70's either ...LOVE THEM ALL .😍❤❤ AND ...ANNE KIRKBRIDE......went to school with her....in Oldham ..... COUNTHILL GRAMMER SCHOOL THOSE WERE THE DAYS .❤❤❤ As Mary Hopkins used to sing .🤣🤣

[@kathleenbaker6927]

The Northern dialouge is so enchanting. I loved every minute.

[@kato2644]

Muriel from the factory could have a twin in Olive from On The Buses lol.

[@gilliangrant8764]

I was just thinking that!

[@mikehudson8884]

No Olive was believable. That Muriel character is so crass, the actress that played her overacts. Everything about that character is awful!!!

[@theresapierce3934]

RIP Anna Karen. x

[@tmgorton]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@susandoig4192]

She’s a pain in the arse

[@matthewa.morgan6214]

What a lovely story of the residents rushing around getting Mrs Sharples a new mattress

[@steveguitarman1488]

Thank you so much for the hard work in posting these. I prefer the older episodes as opposed to the up to date ones. The older episodes had a more homely vibe about them. Much more cozy. Instead of being too depressing and shocking. Just light entertainment.

[@EveEve5]

Great episodes, Ena and her new bed and Stan and Eddie trying to cope without Hilda thanks again for your upload.

[@nitad4203]

Thanks so much for all these great episodes. Much appreciated :-)

[@paulinecorreia5538]

The guy that plays Eddie, on this show is also funny 😆 in Keeping Up ⬆️ Appearances. In that show, he played Anslow.

[@RiaLake]

Geoffrey Hughes who played Onslow in KUA and Eddie in Coronation street. Excellent actor.

[@cherylreznor181]

Also twiggy in the Royal family. He was in heartbeat too but I never watched that x

[@paullynton-green6570]

Also starred in curry and chips and carry on at you're convenience.

[@susandoig4192]

He was a brilliant actor and friends with Freddie starr

[@CB-xr1eg]

He was in Heartbeat as well but I didn't like him in that. Nowhere near as good as Greengrass played by Bill Maynard.

[@algie-t2w]

When I was a boy I always liked Emily best as she was such a gentle lady-like person.

[@BoxersRealty]

I actually remember some of these episodes. My mother loved this show, as well as CrossRoads. Thank you for the upload!

[@CB-xr1eg]

Crossroads, the dreariest soap ever to be on the telly. Has Benny found his spanner yet?

[@ulsdon7]

Great times for coronation Street, they didn't need a murder or sex crime nearly every week for people to watch, just really good scripts.

[@brianpendergest5159]

When coronation street was good

[@ericp202]

It was never good we just didn't have much choice ITv was new and we were easily pleased

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@ericp202 This was 1978, not new at all it started in the early 60s. Pretty sure there were 4 channels to choose from.

[@jakehaymes4438]

Of course there weren't 4 channels.

[@jhine1055]

I don't think there was a channel 4 in the 60s I think it was more in the 70s back then and the old coronation street was the best and brilliant to watch i dont watch it anymore now i haven't watch it for many years now it not that good anymore. The old coronation street is the best from 60s until 2000.

[@TheGlassman63]

Makes me laugh how Len & Ray are struggling, but always have money for a pint.

[@adrinathegreat3095]

Yea Len spends every afternoon and evening boozing it up, buying everyone else drinks whilst moaning about being in desperate need of money. He must have been over the limit every time he drove that van

[@nigellee9824]

Don’t forget that Len used to spend a lot of time at the local swimming baths…

[@adrinathegreat3095]

​@@nigellee9824Or Bert who spent a lot of time at the local public conviences

[@sicr7373]

@@nigellee9824 A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat

[@Urko2005]

Not unlike how many make out today , on the breadline but money for fags and beer.

[@williamjohnbedford5776]

These Classic Corrie Episodes, beat the new Corrie hands down, Times were better then, Thanks for all these GREAT nostalgic Episodes, BRILLIANT. 🇮🇲👍🇮🇲

[@pamib29]

I love these episodes! ♥️ I was listening to John Summers, Brenda’s husband talking to Emily & I was thinking that he sounds like someone I’d heard talking recently in another programme, but was much posher🤔 I was just going to sleep & remembered. His name is Bruce Bould he played a rich student called Guy in The Good Life who stayed with his girlfriend at Tom & Barbara’s!

[@paullynton-green6570]

Also starred as david Harris Jones in reggie perrin.super.

[@barneybiggles]

@@paullynton-green6570 Great.

[@CB-xr1eg]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing that fascinating titbit.

[@fredo1070]

The acting is superb for a soap.

[@EveHenleySpread]

Thank you once again for this!

[@garyproffitt5941]

Very creative and intelligent with the women including the late Eine Sharples.

[@uszatku9417]

Thank you!!!!!!! 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

[@lepreconlon5586]

lovely episodes, keep em up

[@helenbartoszek243]

Was that a young Onslow from Keeping Up Appearances?

[@PatJenningsGloves]

The late Geoffrey Hughes, him and the Ogdens were brilliant❤

[@juleerowley9706]

He was in Royal Family too...a great actor

[@neighbourhoodwitch18]

I’m getting sentimental in my old age I think. Albert asking Ena for a drink (finally) got me a bit misty-eyed 😊 Edited to say: and his wee chuckle, and Ena trying out her bed 🥰

[@skyealgleb]

I used to watch Coronation Street every day, but have not seen it for years now.

[@CB-xr1eg]

You didn't, it was never on "every day".

[@rozdoyle8872]

Mrs Sharpels & Mr Tatlock have just lifted a gloomy Saturday Evening for me , that little invite to the Pub was just top notch.

[@CB-xr1eg]

Blimey, Ena & Albert can't think of anything less gloomy than that pair.

[@sidensvans67]

Lovely Anita Carey as Pat from I didn´t know you cared , and the Likely Lads .

[@MultiKs22]

Len and Rita were the perfect couple in the street they knew how act and give quality viewing to the fans and Len what a man,

[@williamf4544]

Yes they seemed right for each other

[@chrissywales6575]

Pity about the pedo scandal surrounding him at the time.

[@Handlebar-MustDash]

Len Fairclough was North West Junior Girls Swimming Coach of the Year for 5 years on the run. 😂 He had a very particular stroke of his own that he favoured.

[@baz810]

I wouldn't pay 8 pence today for the Daily Mirror 😂

[@CJ-ft9yo]

😂

[@CB-xr1eg]

But you never know when there might be another shortage of toilet paper. 🤣

[@glorysengo6289]

I WOUDN’T PAY 8 PENCE TODAY FOR THE DAILY MIRROR 🪞

[@jetblack.7186]

Was there a cafe at the back of the cabin.

[@anothercomment]

Yes, until Dawson's (later Jim's Cafe) opened up next door. The cafe shop in the Kabin was closed due to Mr Dawson reporting them for not having any toilet facilities!

[@scarlettthebrave5854]

Love watching these🥰 thank you so much for your time and effort ❤

[@mikehudson8884]

What an absolutely AWFUL character Muriel is....I love Corrie from this period but they got that one terribly wrong.

[@lindarowe8550]

I don't know i quiet liked muriel she was funny

[@mikehudson8884]

@@lindarowe8550 I know what you mean. You cannot take the character seriously as she is definitely a caricature so yes I agree in that respect she is funny.

[@elterrifico9522]

She was a bad cartoon character

[@angelapay3718]

10 a penny in Ely Cambs………

[@susi-emily]

Is Muriel the one who keeps pulling Nazi salutes when she's supposed to be raising her hand for voting purposes?

[@dannygroom3327]

Thumbs up Len

[@adrinathegreat3095]

Eddie Yates great character, it's a shame he pretty much played the same character in keeping up appearances, heartbeat and the royal family, they were all really variations of Eddie Yates. I guess that's the only part he knew or the only character anyone wanted to see

[@leehambleton9919]

Emily was an angel of a woman and if she was my neighbour I would have told her that

[@nigellee9824]

Sorry to tell you, but she was an actress playing a character….not actually real

[@leehambleton9919]

@@nigellee9824 Thanks for that I though corrie was real

[@stevenhighams4190]

Bad continuity with Hilda saying Stan would never hit her, because he did in the past and I doubt she would have forgotten that.

[@adrinathegreat3095]

Yes both her and Stan have both mentioned that he'd never hit her even though he threatened it. Yet his original character was a violent alcoholic who regularly knocked Hilda about and beat their other 2 kids that ended up in care. When their daughter Irma was In it, she never really had a good word to say about Stan and she often mentioned how he use to knock Hilda about and her siblings and thought her mother was stupid to stay with her violent lazy alcoholic father, who steal from Hilda purse to buy a drink meaning the kids went without eating. Yet they somehow changed him into a loveable rogue that still spent every penny boozing and made Hilda work for his boozing

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@adrinathegreat3095 Probably different writers that's all.

[@rbr2023]

8:58 I might be wrong but I’m sure Deidre’s metal loop belt had a revival when she wore it constantly in the early 2000’s 🤔🤔

[@GavTatu]

ohh deidre... i'm in love all over again !

[@TheR1U2T3H4]

Thank you ❤😊

[@adrinathegreat3095]

Even whilst Len is desperate for money he can still booze every afternoon and evening, and always buying drinks for everyone else

[@carasmith549]

Brenda the Battered Wife - isn't that Judy Mallett's mother from the 1990s? I'm sure it's her voice, but the face is much younger.

[@stevenhighams4190]

It is.

[@cherylreznor181]

Omg I thought I recognised her!

[@sherylbarker9465]

She reminds me alot of Moira without the Scottish accent from Emmerdale

[@NeilHollis]

Love Hilda and Stan and mrs sharples

[@elterrifico9522]

What’s with the kids wearing heavy winter coats in July? I’ve heard the North is chilly but this seems over the top!

[@joshirley2308]

That bell in Renee’s shop does my head in.

[@deejay5224]

The time when they had all.the iconic characters

[@jennydickson4424]

Love how Ena mellowed so much over the years.although she's always been a joy to watch, her constant put downs of Minnie were hard to hear.

[@claudemaassen2963]

Mrs Bishop is a saint. Such a compassionate person.

[@CB-xr1eg]

Quite nice looking in those days as well.

[@robertjonas6216]

I probably actually watched these when they originally aired as an 8 year old kid when I was growing up in the UK

[@nicoladouglas3270]

I was 8when this was aired...53now😂 Corrie was funny back then...shame Corrie lost its humour today

[@NeilsidneejmasIreland]

Itv hates white people

[@lruss5050]

Love this! I have a very hard time watching the current Corrie!❤🇨🇦

[@RaveDave871]

Only watchin this for the OTT 70s wallpaper 🧐

[@bevtilbrook1675]

The sergeant played the Queen Vic owner ‘Eddie’ on Eastenders. I liked him but it didn’t end well for that character.

[@susi-emily]

Thank you! I knew I recognised him, but IMDB failed me with his name.

[@kvk1960]

A billion x better than the rubbish the show is now. I was hooked as a Canadian teen and started watching around this time. It was magic until about 20 years ago then it was all woke causes and crime and ridiculousness. I hated Dev what a creep and finally stopped watching. These old eps are a treat! Thank you!! ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[@PatJenningsGloves]

All the characters seem dull and interchangeable now, not a patch on these classic years.😀

[@ticketyboo2456]

I held out till ten years ago or so. There was a stupid plotline about a drug dealer being buried under a house extension. Had been s fan for decades but that was a plot too far...

[@HelloImNik]

woke is ok tho, if you're using the word right, being aware of people and social issues. But Dev is definitely and always has been a massive creep ugggh

[@CB-xr1eg]

These days it's that gormless young girl who gave birth to quads. I swear I have never seen her with her mouth shut. Such an idiotic character.

[@RovingRoy]

Onslow from Keeping Up Appearances tried to bum that newspaper!!!

[@carasmith549]

Is that Muriel Clough trying to be an Olive Butler (On The Buses) copycat? At least Olive had some warmth and humour, and Muriel's voice could sand down every door frame in Weatherfield. Almost makes your ears bleed. She is awful.

[@susandoig4192]

I know she is dredfull

[@acesigma06]

2:20:38 blimey to think people used to think like that, thankfully we’ve changed for the better

[@melissakrauss9180]

I really don't like Baldwin! Did he really sack Hilda because she asked for new cleaning material, and he accused her of faking it?😮

[@cherylreznor181]

Yes he did

[@thertraumatic]

He’s the worst!

[@williamf4544]

Bosses are like that - ive had bad bosses and really good bosses but i have never had one who didnt go into ar"e hole mode at some point or another

[@Alessiasbackheal]

It's not real

[@juleerowley9706]

I was 17 then...where have the years gone 😢

[@leehambleton9919]

Was some big iconic characters in corrie in those days mainly the female cast could not stand Ivy though

[@TheGlassman63]

Hugely disappointing to find no August 1978. Hope this will be uploaded.

[@MultiKs22]

Ryan smith it was previously uploaded about 2 years ago I remember watching them it had episodes like Mr Dawson opening the Dawson Cafe for the first time and the cabin cafe being forced to close because they didn't have a toilet for the customers when the dinned there. much to Len's disgust. he later replaces the cafe with a record section which remained in the cabin for 9 years up until 1987. it was the start of Jim Cafe. I guess they must have taken it down due to regulations of copyright. control that's my understanding of it.

[@francesgillotti1378]

Haha beds were £30 back then now mine was £1,600. Now I need another one as the bed is sunken down .😫😤😡

[@Nickbyrnes-h6s]

30£ would still be a lot back then

[@RaveDave871]

£1600 bed shouldn't sag down. Wat ya been doin on it ?

[@RaveDave871]

8 pence for newspaper ! Aint inflation awful. To think they halfpenny when i went off 1900 to Boer war !

[@ddrose06]

Would you credit it? 5 minutes since, Deidre insisted on 50% of the profits. And now, she insists on 0% of the liability.

[@algie-t2w]

I think that Muriel looks and sounds like Alan Carr in drag.

[@londonlady227]

Here lies the truth, sometimes you cant help the people who need it. A battered wife believing there is no hope with two kids and no house and staying in the abuse.

[@tonybaloney1737]

64p for a large scotch and half a pint of lager. Those were the days indeed.

[@OlafProt]

There mustn't have been any major characters changes other than Ena for about 10+ years. I remember us watching this from about 1982 onwards and theres no difference! 8:15 cant remember the name of Mike's lacky... nice to see Deirdre being so much more glam!! So good to see Albert Tatlock, and Stan Ogden (always eating lol) and the muriel. Was there EVER a more moving scene that when Hilda got Stan's stuff back from the hospital?!

[@CB-xr1eg]

Deirde...glam?? You need glasses like she wears if you think that. Now Gail was fit in those days and very flirty too.

[@philstrachan]

Good on Emily for her strength and bravo to the CS writers in covering Domestic violence in 1978 👏🇦🇺♥️🍻

[@kyledowson541]

I was a young boy then

[@PatJenningsGloves]

I was 11, so grateful to see these uploaded.Classic stuff.

[@scottanthony6269]

Betty can be two faced at times

[@michealbrett1983]

❤❤❤❤❤ ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤10/10

[@gailsmith5334]

8p for a paper 😮

[@juleerowley9706]

It's about 1.50 now 😮

[@p.stephens9305]

Ay, them were the days lad

[@andywright3450]

Great great proper Corrie not that rubbish what's out now

[@mieka31]

You have to admit the Abi and Imran storyline is getting good, even though the timeline of the baby's birth was kind of strange.

[@Mitch87121]

Great videos is there a August

[@lordwalker71]

Before the storylines became ridiculous.

[@MargueriteAskar]

The cop that came in to break up the strike looks so familiar. Who is that?

[@carolbrand181]

He was once a landlord of The Queen Vic in Eastenders

[@phatman3573]

How life has changed….I prefer the then to the now as far as how society has changed and the obvious financial changes…half a larger and a double whiskey 64p…..when the govts kept the simple things cheap for the average person….

[@PatJenningsGloves]

8p for a newspaper in the Cabin.😀

[@ravenshireful]

My the place has changed, I visited a few years back and it's like a bubble of old northern England, while the real Manchester looks, er, very different from England.

[@denismoynihan4996]

Every other character from Ivy to Emily always put milk in their cup and then the tea. Is this am English tradition?

[@londonlady227]

It was done that way to protect the cups used, usually fine bone China, from cracking from the hot liquid. As cups were made thicker and people musing mugs etc., the tradition subsided by putting the milk in afterwards therefore controlling the strength of the tea.

[@sherylbarker9465]

​@@londonlady227thankyou, didn't know that

[@gilliangrant8764]

we always put the milk in first to stop tea leaves from floating to the top. This was before teabags of course.@@londonlady227

[@bethshields4903]

I did not know that either. We always add the milk after the tea .

[@PaulChiesa-db5zn]

The Golden Years

[@ka2146]

when it you have time could you please add August 1978? Thanks:)

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

Back when soaps were worth watching. Response to article only.

[@mairhoward3450]

The good olde days..

[@Monbleydonraces]

Even the theme tune sounds like someone with a bad wind problem😂😂😂😂

[@sharonboult4042]

When factories were on the doorstep &corner shops,

[@388Caroline]

Albert Tatlock is a rogue 😣

[@denisetrott5085]

He is a self entitled bum.

[@planahath]

I don't see the episodes for August 1978. Are they missing?

[@planahath]

Albert Tatlock demanding his money back for a few mint imperials stuck together. It was a funny show back then.

[@merpav]

My god it is Onslow

[@ThatMattOne]

This is Corrie in its heyday. Sheer brilliance in regards to characters, storylines, etc. Relatable stuff. Not like the tripe it is nowadays. I think they have a serial killer or something equally daft every year these days.

[@yetidodger6650]

thats Eddie Royal...the cop.

[@beckyflower7297]

Aye up