Coronation Street - July 1979

[@nandsall9492]

1979 was the year Coronation Street peaked. Imagine a cast of characters who crossed the generations coming together at the same time. Annie Walker, Deirdre, Bet Lynch, Ken Barlow, Emily, Elsie, Fred, Len, Mavis, Rita, Billy Walker, Ena Sharples, Alf, Hilda, Albert Tatlock, Renee, Mike Baldwin, Betty Turpin, Stan Ogden, Eddie Yeates. It was a dream team.

[@michellefalleur960]

Well well said, Couldn't have put it better

[@peterraimondi9569]

It was the best!

[@jimbanda]

Gail & Brian were the start of the rot imo.... and nobody could better the Stan, Hilda and Eddie trio. It concentrated on entertaining us back then, I stopped watching in the early nineties, people tune in now for the misery 😢

[@deanyaschempp]

never been another show like it.

[@robclark4507]

If the show started 5 yrs ago it would be axed

[@algie-t2w]

Stan and Hilda. What a great double act.

[@pandacutlets83]

Loved Bert, great character..level headed and placid...Ivy didn't deserve him

[@dirkdeboer7061]

True, Ivy is a bitch.

[@larkatmic]

Ivy is why husbands should never listen to their wives. If they do, they will suffer for the rest of their lives.

[@nandsall9492]

we didnt deserve ivy

[@bethshields4903]

@@nandsall9492😂😂

[@bethshields4903]

The double standard of the Brian and Gail story. It was very much like that then, and now sometimes . Ivy was a bitch too, acted like a jealous girlfriend . I read the actresses who played her life story, I don’t think she was much better in real life. She was puddled!

[@josephbland3904]

This is excellent viewing… I’m going through the entire vintage Coronation street day by day… When good television actually meant something.

[@crazyshedlife]

same!! I have completed 1977 and 1978... half way through 1979

[@mikevaughan4594]

I am really pleased these programs are not lost for ever and you really forget how really entertaining these programs were. Comedy thrown in as well , unforgettable characters !!! Far better than the coronation street these days !!!! That try to keep pace with EastEnders for doom gloom and violence !!!!! It's lost it's comedy, characters and IDENTITY !!!! NO WONDER I DONT WATCH IT NOW ! and I haven't watched it since it changed and it turned into a murder mystery and suicidal drama, a competition in arrogance where sadly lost is respect and friendliness for others , I don't think I am on my own when I say all this !!

[@williamf4544]

Who would have thought William Roach would still be playing Ken Barlow at 130

[@5gx673]

😂

[@glamdolly30]

WOO-HOO! My cup runneth over! Two new 1979 videos - THANK YOU VERY MUCH & BLESS YOU!!!! XXX

[@zeddeka]

Coronation Street is such amazing social history. The storyline about Gail's ex boyfriend totally reflects the social attitudes that were very common back then.

[@malimbep4298]

Loved Elise glad she gave Ivy a mouthful🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@jayrox40]

You are a star. Thank you.

[@shashik8847]

Loving these episodes thank you for uploading

[@moulinrouge5716]

Love the scenes of Bet and Rita in the caravan, before Len turns up, Rita speaks just like my grandma used to 💞

[@MultiKs22]

they were surrounded by fine looking blokes especially Rita's one Alec the moustached guy he was hot stuff.

[@bsaunders5271]

If it had been Suzi instead of Gail who'd snagged R. Brian, it would have been brilliant...I'd have loved to have seen Ivy try to bully HER, or nag R. Brian when Suzi was around. She's no doormat, unlike The Gloomy, Goblin-faced Gail.

[@josephbland3904]

Yes that would’ve been a far better storyline… Suzie would’ve cut Our Brian down a peg or two… Like it when she called him Brian The Teeth…😂😂.. And yes she would’ve put poison Ivy in her place too.. and Bert would’ve preferred to look at Sexy Suze instead of Ferret face Gail…

[@tracygrant7931]

@@josephbland3904 Brian the teeth 😁🤣🤣

[@susandoig4192]

Me and mum hated her laugh

[@covmiss1]

@@tracygrant7931 🤣🤣🤣

[@chicagogyrl4846]

@@josephbland3904If it were reality, he wouldn’t give no chin the time of day!

[@seltaeb9691]

This era late 70s-80s-mid 90s was when Corrie became an art form. The great Rovers bar camera weaved its way round from group to group as actors timed it too perfection & the Bet & Alec show behind bar then Hilda & Stan too the Corner shop antics plus Mike Baldwin. It's the only soap I watched. Then the Aussie soaps arrived & Corrie lowered it's standards too meet that Billy can of rubbish & that was that. RIP Corrie.

[@cicerodiello1]

The Aussie soaps were true crap. It’s a shame Coronation Street was never aired on prime time in Australia as the Australian soaps were in Britain. I can only imagine the Brits liked seeing the sunshine…..It’s marvellous that people take the time and effort to upload this wonderful piece of television history.

[@frazzleface753]

Bert is such a sweetheart. Ivy would test the patience of a saint! 1:07:33 Get in there Bert!

[@bibakroll8999]

Bert always gave me the creeps.

[@shylinh5939]

I'm amazed by Bert's reaction to Ivy, and he didn't even say, "you're a stupid bitch, love". Well done Bert and PG xx

[@bsaunders5271]

I'm surprised he didn't say "stupid bitch, d'you know what I mean"

[@SuzyQ334]

My late MIL was a world class b***h, just like Ivy. My late FIL was a total sweetheart, just like Bert. I loved how Corrie storylines used to reflect real people and real lives, with all the humour that us British are famous for. xxx

[@shylinh5939]

@@SuzyQ334 Sorry to hear you were unlucky with the MiL you got. Mine wasn't great, but fortunately she didn't live near enough to bother me too often. Glad you got a nice FiL to compensate though. I'm hoping I'll be thought of as okay one by the time my kids grow up and get married. But I also hope my son's don't end up with someone like Gail. Ugh! This era of CS is so good, it's full of excellent and recognisable characters. It's sad that it's gone so far downhill after such being at a high standard.

[@jaynehinds3339]

I lost my job for saying that to a bitch who had pointed 8n my face scream8ngvabuse at me ,,yeah,,,in this place that’s considered swearing

[@josephbland3904]

Yeah on rare occasions Bert could actually find his backbone with Ivy… ya know what I mean…

[@bsaunders5271]

I used to think Gail was annoying, in the 1990s. But 1979 Gail is plain maddening. Wet, whiny, hysterical, but most irritating of all, her ICKLE BABY VOICE!! 😫😫🙉

[@angiehazelaar]

@@wk1810 omg the voice!!!!

[@nicolataylor6011]

Shes absolutely vile

[@bibakroll8999]

But she's only likkle! I agree. She has to be the most annoying character ever. Makes you wonder how the actor kept her job so long.

[@josephbland3904]

Yeah no wonder Poison Ivy didn’t like Gail… Ooooh! That stupid annoying voice & that ferret face… Vomit inducing….

[@susandoig4192]

And dreary and ken

[@christinefougere]

It's lovely seeing Tracy as a little girl. Imagine she's in her 40s now...She was such a sweet little girl.

[@KuchiKopi179]

Elsie really tried to help Suzie didn't she. More's the pity Suzie never listened (much like Elsie in her younger years I guess).

[@eatenalive85]

Am i the only one who doesn't understand why the men are always falling all over Deirdre? She is not anything special. Also, she's so whiny and nothing ever makes her happy. She also seems lazy - Emily has been letting her live rent-free for several months now and she still hasn't even bothered to find a job or get her own place. Yes, Emily says she doesn't mind but Deirdre certainly takes advantage.

[@gilliangrant8764]

I agree, I think Deirdre became a much better character in the 80s, when she was younger she was a self entitled harridan who didn't look particularly special, so how everyone fancied her is beyond me!

[@katy4779]

To be so young, her dress sense was horrendous... so fuddy duddy.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

I was just saying to myself is there a single lady shortage over there??! She was engaged to Billy before. I have no idea what happened with that. I also don’t know why her and Rennie wear those big, awful glasses! Makes both of them look awful! Diedre actually gained around 50 pounds in one year! The year they went to Spain she was in a bikini, the next year she was big and dumpy! And in reality, these men would not be interested in her! She’s still married, for one!! 😂🤣

[@chicagogyrl4846]

I always skip all of the Deidre parts, as well as any with Ken and Emily. Boring and useless. Just like Deidre!

[@colinjennings3661]

Quite brilliant

[@francesgillotti1378]

Ivy was a rotten cruel person

[@itallia666]

Ive just been watching the earlier episodes of Corrie from 1960 up to the 1970s & ive got to say Albert Tatlock looks no different from the early 60s! Same with Len, Annie Walker, Ena sharples, ken looks better & not so gangly & studenty! Id love a run down of Corrie actors from back then until 2000, alot of channels do that A " Then & Now" video of certain hit shows! Maybe this channel could do something similar. I bet there are tons of Corrie fans Would like to see what happened to the actors who played such long standing roles & When they died & their ages. Anyway thank you for all these episodes 🇬🇧👧

[@mirandawinstead6540]

Eddie Yates is uncle Keith from inbetweeners

[@williamf4544]

Elsie became much more glamerous though

[@croccus0311]

I think Len definitely changed since the 60s, he was quite a slim man when he was younger.

[@MarilynVanWinkle-mr1ji]

Started watching Corrie during the pandemic. I watched some earlier shows streaming then found 2 of the latest seasons & continue to watch new episodes every day. I have gone back & watched seasons 1975-2020. The earliest season will be my next but they don’t have all complete Seasons. I’m retired but love watching in any order & find them all or be great stories.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

I don’t know how you can start at 1975 and not go back and watch earlier episodes to know some of the history of the characters, and know what’s going on.

[@nitad4203]

Thanks for the Upload, much appreciated :-)

[@mirandawinstead6540]

With a bit of luck you'll only marry once.. now only if Elsie could see Gail now 😂

[@ragnarragnarson5184]

Gail is so annoying and over the top but i still love these old episodes from my childhood

[@bsaunders5271]

Gail would turn any man to drink.

[@jimbanda]

Brian stabbed himself I heard 🤔

[@journeybymoonlight3216]

Brian's hairdo looks much better than his hairdo in the 80's.

[@R31922]

Wish I had a pound for every time ivy said Bert.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Wish I had a pound for every time they say daft and skivvy, whatever skivvy means!

[@R31922]

@@chicagogyrl4846 Skivvy means female domestic servant ,who performs menial tasks.

[@londonlady227]

Yes, my sweet?

[@marieince1479]

Gail gets on my wick baby voice one minute screaming banshee the next

[@twinkle3026]

I'm really enjoying watching this great blast from the past! Thank you! ...... Incidentally, Ken's broken Italian pronunciation of beans, during his romantic dinner with Deirdre made me smile, when he pronounced the G as in FAG, but I am a Brit of Italian descent and, I can tell you the G is pronounced J as in FAJ. The correct Italian spelling is FAGIOLI. ..... Kind Regards from The UK. xxxx

[@bernadetteaspinall6710]

What a brilliant bit of acting by the chap playing the small part of Herbie , Eddies mate from Walton..Totally believable as a chancer down on his luck and life chances.

[@bigalf5173]

In the days when Corrie was brilliant .Eddie Stan and Hilda .love these old series . Cant watch Corrie now .total rubbish .

[@shylinh5939]

I agree, I'm finding it difficult to watch now after seeing how good it was in the old days.

[@lindarowe8550]

I agree it's a load of rubbish now. Cannot watch it

[@wk1810]

I stopped watching Corrie years ago when it became too like American soaps.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

@@wk1810Like American soaps??

[@Simon-fr4ts]

Bet Lynch has a full on wasps nest attached to the back of her head!

[@malimbep4298]

A big LOL. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jonathancheetham7683]

Suzy Burchill was much better a character than Gail. She should have been paired up with Brian and become Ivy’s daughter in law. Imagine the mutual sparring then!? Would have been even better!

[@chicagogyrl4846]

They actually look like a real life couple, and look good together, rather than no chin Gayle.

[@itallia666]

Ohh it IS wonderful in the Lake District! My life long friend lives just a scant half a mile from Lake Ullswater in a beautiful cottage in Watermillock Ive spent many wonderful visits There, so peaceful & tranquil Theres a tiny village just 2 miles north of my friends cottage called Greystokes & my friend & I are still waiting to see Tarzan swinging along the lanes from tree to tree! Lol There are so many amazing places to visit in the Lakes My friends nearest town is Penrith which is lovely! So great watching these episodes of Corrie! Thank you 🇬🇧👧

[@mirrors23]

THESE are wonderful episodes. Watching the show how it is now is very sad!

[@janwong9437]

Gail’s child like voice 😬🥊

[@weavethehawk]

By far the most common phrase in this entire series is "cuppa tea".

[@liamb8644]

Suzie Birchall, pioneering WFH - in 1979.

[@janethammond5925]

Coronation Street 70s and 80s was peak perfection. A pity it was ruined by the later turns it took. I see from the comments that people found Gail annoying during this timeline but I found Mavis much more annoying! A nice person, but that wittering voice drove me up the wall. I'm guessing her actual voice was totally dissimilar, just as the actress who played Hilda Ogden was actually very quietly spoken! Great actors and actresses all of them. 😊

[@chicagogyrl4846]

I’m sure her voice was the same. Hard to keep up a fake voice episode after episode.

[@smartieplum]

Ivy was absolute poison

[@jerryhead5379]

I love Bert's calling poison IVY a stupid B.... Of course it was to be the only time he stood UP to her .....but nice try anyways, Bert .

[@SuzyQ334]

I am thoroughly enjoying catching up on Corrie's golden years. But Ivy Tilsley - omg - the mother from hell. And rumour has it, the actress wasn't a very nice person in real life either. She was known as Poison Ivy. Talk about life imitating art!

[@zeddeka]

Lynne Perrie was diagnosed later as being bi polar, which explains a lot. There's a good documentary here on KZbin that channel 4 made about her in 1996 called "Ivy's Ghost". It's worth a watch. A lot of her life was pretty sad.

[@williamf4544]

She played that part very very well

[@seansmith445]

I've never heard the rumour she wasn't a nice person in real life. She was nothing like her character however, she was very promiscuous and a big drinker.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

@@seansmith445 Big drinker just like everyone on Coronation Street! 😂🤣

[@stormhawk3319]

Deirdre was obviously bowled over by Ken’s boring manner

[@5gx673]

😂

[@saxongreen78]

Mike pawing at Steve's toast and scoffing in the caff was outrageous...I'd have lamped him for that.

[@jstewart3517]

Len character is a mean one

[@paulweston6049]

I always wondered why Gail Hated Ivy so much...Watching these i now know..lol

[@bsaunders5271]

Both annoying as hell

[@lucywilliamsx1002]

The woman was pure evil how she ended up with such a lovely husband like burt was beyond me

[@tracygrant7931]

I don't really care. I disliked Gail as much as Ivy lol. At least Ivy was entertaining though, unlike gloomy whining baby-voice ET's girlfriend

[@susandoig4192]

Got crap after Elsie and Hilda left

[@ddrose06]

Some folk feel sorry for the way Hilda is treated. I most certainly do not. She brings it all on herself.

[@eddielloyd4070]

has nobody spotted that they use the same iron the yellow with the burnt bottom in every household in the street ..eddie yates is always a laugh as is dizzy mavis ,,ken is a total bore as is dreary deirdrie

[@joejohnson6763]

Yes, it's the same with the cups and saucers.

[@mattburke3457]

Aren't those blue pants ivy is wearing the same ones Suzie wore to the disco when she was dancing w R'Brian? I swear I seen Suzie in those pants before, or trousers or whatever

[@francesgillotti1378]

Poison is Ivy .😢

[@LeopardprintBet]

It’s good to know some things in life remain a constant. Gail the wail is simply the most annoying cryer in history.

[@bibakroll8999]

Followed closely by Dreary with that smoker's croak of hers.

[@eatenalive85]

@@bibakroll8999 LOL! Dreary is the perfect name for Deirdre! Always moaning about something even though people are always waiting on her hand and foot.

[@krish2427]

Alf trying to save a few quid did himself out of much more money I was never keen on him all he did was penny pinch and shout

[@francesgillotti1378]

The story line about Gayles past boy friend is ridiculous and I just cannot list to Ivy anymore .

[@zeddeka]

The thing is though that it was reflecting people's attitudes in the 70s. It seems absolutely ridiculous to us these days, but it shows the huge double standards there were towards women back then.

[@williamf4544]

My mother would have acted just like Ivy if i hadbeen in Brians position

[@bethshields4903]

@@zeddekaI was a teenager then and it very much reflected the standards of the day. Seems ludicrous to us now.

[@MarilynVanWinkle-mr1ji]

I’ll be glad to see Susie go. Totally self absorbed.

[@PaulDoe79]

They needed a character like her. She was the Leeann/Toyah/Becky/Kylie long before them. Not as common but self absorbed and trouble

[@adamgregory5274]

Susie really was a hateful character who deserved everything she got

[@eatenalive85]

And so lazy and whiny! Elsie should have thrown her out by now!

[@martinistakis1825]

Corrie has always missed Suzie Birchall. Wish she could come back for an older lady showdown with Gail.

[@jstewart3517]

Glad that nasty person is gone no a ting there

[@michellefalleur960]

That would be a good idea, to have her back

[@eatenalive85]

Suzie was a lazy little tramp and her antics were getting tiresome by this point in the show, but it would be fun to see her come back now and give Gail someone to fight!

[@williamf4544]

I seem to remember it being mentioned the actress who played her has health problems now- What ever the problem is i hope her health improves - She played the part very very well

[@gilliangrant8764]

Yes, she has MS and has retired from acting as a result.@@williamf4544

[@SharonMulligan-jy8yt]

That what I call Corrie are great show then the good old days

[@ara8253]

Bert calling Ivy a stupid B. Top lad 😊

[@minecachair]

You would think Sunblest was the only brand of bread available in Manchester.Since the very first episode,there's always been a loaf prominently placed in several scenes.Yes,it was very popular but there were other bakers as well-product placement.

[@janethammond5925]

Just a quick addition to my other comment...Deirdre rejects Billy Walker because he doesn't 'excite her' (see previous episode) but then goes on to marry Mr Mogadon himself, Ken Barlow. The most boring man ever to exist. Oh well.

[@malimbep4298]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@seansmith445]

Exactly, I'm pretty sure Ken didn't excite her either.

[@5gx673]

Maybe he incited her

[@bibakroll8999]

It's supposed to be July and yet Dreary's still wearing that nasty old coat.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

“Wait until Prince Charles gets married.” There were no problems there!! 😂🤣

[@MsArrowroot]

I find it hard at times when Elsie refers to Gail and Suzie as "kids" or "bits of kids" when both actresses clearly look and are both approaching 30.

[@tracygrant7931]

1:33:36 Lol when Elsie sat down 🤣🤣🤣

[@mikedonlan5963]

Hi, please could you post September, October, November and december 1988 if possible.

[@professionalgun6674]

It is not just possible it is inevitable.

[@mikedonlan5963]

@@professionalgun6674 good stuff.

[@seltaeb9691]

@@mikedonlan5963 it's all from a 10-12 dvd set I think, which I bought from Amazon & not expensive also. I've not seen it yet as KZbin have it here! I had not discovered KZbin till later on. Is Take the High Road here too & Crossroads? After 2000AD I ain't interested. Basically when Bet & Hilda left the writing was on the loo wall..

[@vanessasimmons1175]

Loved that era. Sad how it is today. Utter rubbish

[@jonathancheetham7683]

Brian is a plank of wood.

[@5gx673]

But how about those dance moves 😂

[@bernadetteaspinall6710]

Thanks so much for these..magic times.. Bet and Rita in the caravan .. so funny.. Bet having a snog… “stop me mams watching “.. bloke eyes Rita up and says ..”I’ll give her a kiss as well”😂😂😂

[@connielincoln8681]

Good on Elsie giving it to ivy horrible person horrible mother

[@williamf4544]

Shame Len turned up i recon they would have got what they wanted eventually - Bet was a sure Bet and may well have "entertained" them both - they weren"t too bad in a randy married men on the pull kinda way

[@mattburke3457]

I am surprised Len took that as well as he did, given his history of jealousy and flying off the handle... If their was a time I would think him to brawl, it wdve been walking into that situation. Was shocked he didn't swing

[@dominewimbury2039]

Flamin Ivy! 🙄😡

[@Kiinell]

I don't like Suzi's new hairdo.

[@mattburke3457]

Definitely doesn't suit her at all

[@jameskeeth4037]

Ivy was poison

[@londonlady227]

Suzie always looked better with red hair. That blonde washed her out.

[@simonbrown3200]

Ken is a real snooze fesr

[@johnlarkin3821]

Dreary seems attracted by Ken's poshness, but she reacts to it by talking music-hall common... a defence mechanism, I suppose ...

[@DelosFive]

I don't think Elsie can do a single sprint of script without messing her lines up. It's like bingo. You just know she's gonna fluff an upcoming line, as sure as eggs is eggs.

[@Scottfree166]

2:42:57 Check out the transcript 😂😂😂

[@shaneobrien2257]

Do we EVER discover what Bert means???

[@awgroom]

horrible evil Ivy

[@londonlady227]

£800 for being nearly killed and in a coma. Peanuts even back then.

[@philiphema2678]

It is now 2023 and I'm watching reruns of Corrie Street. At first it was interesting and then I realised that these characters lived such miserable, interfering, judgemental lives. In the 1970s, I had no life experience with which to compare but now I do.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

A silver blonde rinse. Is that hair dye? She doesn’t need any right now.

[@angelapay3718]

Getting slight Pigsy vibes from Birchall’s new barnet.

[@MsArrowroot]

1:11:53 She certainly knew how to have a good row did Elsie. Off she trots in her high heels.😅😅🤣

[@madamstan]

Male customer at kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGHQaYBvf5anarM looks very familiar. Thought it was Mark Wing Davey at first (real life husband of the battered wife from previous year)

[@dirkdeboer7061]

Suzie can smoke and drink but she can't pay the rent!

[@TraceyMella]

Why does Betty wear nightdresses all the time?

[@jennydickson4424]

Watching ivy and her poison I'm glad Gail went her own way with Brian's funeral. The ultimate slap in the face

[@77hwjeushs81]

Len such a pain , stubborn, how Rita put up with that

[@joe-vl3nd]

Lens a boozer

[@johnbroadhead6813]

Kate Bush not what I'm looking for lol

[@Staggercfc]

A glimpse of Tina McIntyre's mum at 1:51:00

[@AriAdu]

Corrie was in need of talent from other groups of people living in that area

[@josephbland3904]

Vera had some mouth on her… as did most of the girls in Mike’s Factory… Militants all of em!… Dunno why Mike bothered… should’ve sold the lot and put his feet up…Steve was a good lad…Glad he told Our Brain he was a Mammys boy…

[@eatenalive85]

Speaking of Vera - how tall was she? She looked gigantic!

[@MissMarceline-wp6oq]

​@@eatenalive85About 5ft 10

[@josephbland3904]

Dreary Deirdre… she though she was something special… Lord knows what grey gravy Ken ever saw in her… And Billy Walker had a very Lucky escape that armour plate glasses Deirdre didn’t want him…

[@eatenalive85]

I just made a post before I saw yours and asked what in the world was supposed to be so great about Deirdre. She's not that attractive, all she does is whine, and she's ungrateful.

[@johnlarkin3821]

False friend Ken constantly gainsays Uncle Albert ... he actually denegrates him.