Coronation Street - March 1978

[@professionalgun6674]

In memory of Johnny Briggs known to all of us as Mike Baldwin and also known for one episode as "The Debonair Dynamo of Denim" I've decked out the thumbnails for this video, and the two videos before this, with mostly pictures of the mighty man. These videos are where you can leave your remembrances and or condolences.

[@scottranger8909]

Is a sad day RIP Johnny 🙏

[@glamdolly30]

The Gods were smiling on Coronation Street and Johnny Briggs, when a new producer called Bill Podmore took the helm in 1976. It was Bill's inspired idea to introduce some Southern glamour and chutzpah to the show with a brand new character called Mike Baldwin. And when he saw Johnny in a far inferior, teatime soap called 'Crossroads', playing wheeler dealer Clifford Leyton, he knew he had found his man! Johnny didn't have to be asked twice. He departed the 'Crossroads' motel and signed his Corrie contract, becoming an instant hit in Britain's top soap. And he hit the ground running as Mike, the suave businessman and factory owner, and for the next 30 years he never dropped the pace! When you see Johnny's earliest performances in '76, you see that the character of Mike Baldwin was fully formed from day one, and didn't change. He clearly knew the man he was playing, inside out, and stayed true to him. That is the mark of a really great actor - and great scripts. The excitement and energy Johnny brought to the Street was incredible - his contribution to the show is immeasurable. And what a variety of strong storylines he had to navigate, proving he could meet any situation the writers threw at him. He brought intensity and truth to the emotional, Mike-Deirdre-Ken love triangle, macho mettle to his fight-to-the-death with baddie Don Brennan, and a light touch to comedic scenes like his 'dinner date' with factory char Hilda, when she won him for the day in a competition! Mike Baldwin could do it all with aplomb, and was the beating heart of some of 'Coronation Street's best ever scenes. Thanks to this wonderful KZbin channel, I've been able to enjoy Johnny Briggs' fantastic, dynamic performances as Mike over 30 years. And I can honestly say, it is hard to date an episode, just by looking at him. The man hardly aged at all over three decades! Johnny was a superb actor, when he walked into a scene your eyes went right to him - and stayed there. They used to call it 'stage presence', and 'star quality' is another term for that indefinable something any performer would give their eye teeth for. Johnny's debut in 1976 was the same year Street favourite Elsie Tanner, aka Pat Phoenix, returned to the show for her second and final outing as the iconic red haired street siren. Johnny and Pat had a lot in common as performers, both were blessed with oodles of style and charisma, an unapologetic love of the finer things, and a self deprecating sense of humour. They hit it off, both on and off screen, and were great friends until Pat sadly died aged 62, when Johnny was seen weeping unashamedly at her flamboyant Manchester funeral. Elsie & Mike's TV partnership was a great success. Who can forget the many battles they fought at the factory, which were sometimes peppered with his cheeky ad libs to her, such as "Keep taking the slimming pills" (which I'm sure she walloped him for, once the cameras stopped rolling!) Johnny wrote fondly of Pat in his autobiography. He recalled how, in his first week on the show Pat noticed him shivering in his shirtsleeves, in the green room. He insisted he wasn't cold, but in truth he'd forgotten it was a few degrees cooler in Manchester than the Midlands, where he lived. He had driven up that day and would be staying in a hotel Monday to Friday, but hadn't packed any warm clothes. That afternoon Pat handed him a gift bag, which he was astonished to find contained a beautiful cashmere sweater, which was a perfect fit. She had popped out specially to get it for him in her lunch break, from the high-end vintage clothes shop where she bought all of Elsie's outfits - and many of her own! Pat took pity on the new boy. Knowing he was away from home and family, staying at a plastic hotel and living on room service food, she often invited him round to her cosy cottage for supper. Her elderly housekeeper Kitty would cook them his favourite steak and chips, and surrounded by her many dogs (one of which was actually a wolf called Blackie she'd adopted from Chester Zoo), they'd sip wine and go through their lines for the next day. Seems they had a really lovely, platonic friendship. I've read his autobiography, and Johnny certainly didn't suffer fools or give praise lightly. He didn't like 'Crossroads' star Noele Gordon for example, and made it very clear in his memoirs! There were one or two Corrie co-stars he wasn't crazy about either (Percy Sugden, he claimed, never once bought a round of drinks). But he always spoke of Pat Phoenix with great respect and affection. I'm sure the feeling was mutual. Let's hope Johnny has now been reunited with his old mate Pat in some other time and place, and they're raising a glass and having a laugh together once more! I'm grateful to them both for all the entertainment they continue to give us, thanks to their powerhouse Coronation Street performances. Johnny and Pat live on, through their wonderful work, God bless them both.

[@scottranger8909]

@@glamdolly30 well said

[@cherylreznor181]

Rip johnny xx

[@paullynton-green6570]

A truly beautiful tribute. You such a kind and compassionate lady.all the best.

[@anothercomment]

Thanks for the upload of these classic episodes. Elsie and Mike's scene in the last episode has to be one of the most well acted and well written scenes in the history of Coronation Street. So real, there are no over-the-top dramatics just to grab a few extra viewers. This is what made the programme so great.

[@glamdolly30]

Agreed, in its glory years (IMO 1976 - 1987) Coronation Street was simply the finest British TV drama ever written and performed. That two-hander between Mike and Elsie was unforgettable, and very moving.

[@EveEve5]

Rest in peace Johnny or how he was better known to me, the great Mike Baldwin. A talented actor and loveable character.

[@aflutteroffeminineconfusio1986]

Elsie Tanner.....one of my favourites...powerhouse performance as an actress ...

[@glamdolly30]

Agreed, I adore actress Pat Phoenix and the wonderful character, Elsie Tanner, she breathed such passionate life and fire into! A fantastic actress and a true star - back in the days when Coronation Street had stars, not a third rate cast of charisma-free actors!

[@bevtilbrook1675]

Johnny Briggs, a Corrie legend that we can still enjoying watching for a very long time to come thanks to you PG ❤️❤️

[@glamdolly30]

Amen, 'Coronation Street' is unimaginable without the great Mike Baldwin. It would have been a lesser show without him, no doubt about it. Johnny Briggs may not have been tall, but in terms of charisma and talent, he was a giant! Godspeed Johnny, and thanks for all the wonderful entertainment your performances on the Street are still giving us.

[@paulfrost8895]

@@glamdolly30 Ken 's about the only original character left now ' so sad.

[@glamdolly30]

@@paulfrost8895 True, actor Bill Roache as Ken Barlow is the only original cast member still in 'Coronation Street' from the very first episode broadcast live on Friday December 9th 1960. Roache holds the world record as the longest appearing TV soap actor in the world - now in the show for a staggering 62 years! He is 90 - so now older than actor Jack Howarth before him, who played Uncle Albert pretty much until he died aged 88, in 1984. Rita isn't far behind Bill Roache in age - @ March 2023, actress Barbara Knox is 89. Are Rita, Audrey and Gail still in the show? I no longer watch it, so I don't know! They're not original cast members like Ken obviously, but getting up there - Rita first appeared from the late 60s, and Gail & her mum Audrey appeared from 1974 and 1979 respectively. I gave up on it around 10 years ago. It's not a patch on the superbly crafted, high quality television drama it used to be. Today the Street is all lousy, sensationalist plots/scripts, and third rate actors, a million miles from the glory years of approx 1976 - 1987 under legendary producer Bill Podmore. Everything has its season, and 'Coronation Street's' is long over. It should have been put out of its misery 20 years ago, out of respect for the great drama it once was. But ITV keeps a death-grip on its cash-cows!

[@paullynton-green6570]

What a beautiful tribute.l totally agree with you're opinions and sentiments.

[@ginagina9720]

Love ❤️ the old ones for the 70s I remember my mum watching these episodes fond memories

[@londonlady227]

As I get older, I feel more empathy with the Elsie scene about aging and her reflections on life's choices.

[@peterraimondi9569]

Thank you so much for posting these videos. They live on forever. Johnny Briggs was such a great actor. Forever remembered.

[@MissMarie1377]

I LOVE that they included Hilda in the bachelorette party. It breaks my heart when they all leave her out and treat her so meanly.

[@sherylbarker9465]

Yes, that put a big smile on my face, I also dislike the way they treat her

[@jstewart3517]

Hilda is a kind soul her n Stan n Eddy needed their own sitcom

[@glamdolly30]

I hated the snobbery about little Hilda too, she was adorable! Rita in particular could be a right cow to her. Like when she refused to invite the Ogdens to her wedding to Len Fairclough in 1977 - that was just petty. Rita thought she was a cut above everyone though, especially after she married businessman and counsellor Len (like that toad was a catch!) She could be very high and mighty with poor Mavis too.

[@emgee81]

@@glamdolly30 Yes, Rita and Len treated Mavis appallingly at times. Remember when they were so ruthless about Mavis's dire living situation and her auntie Edie? The poor woman died alone because they wouldn't let Mavis go to her during one afternoon shift whilst they were spending time in the rovers! The only reason they relented about Mavis having the flat above the kabin was because they were afraid of losing an employee who could work the early morning shift instead of them! :(

[@glamdolly30]

@@emgee81 Lord yes, Len and Rita were well suited, both totally selfish and pretty nasty when they didn't get their way - I well remember how they exploited poor Mavis at the Kabin. They didn't respect her because she was a gentle soul - but also I sense, because she was unmarried. Back then, women were very much judged according to their marital status. There was a terrible stigma about being 'on the shelf' as they called it. So a spinster (awful word!) who was in her 30s as Mavis was, was somewhat despised, and regarded as an object of pity. Rita and Len often made spiteful quips about her, they acted like her time wasn't so valuable because she didn't have a hubby and kids to look after - like she should be on call to them first, because she had nowt better to do! That reminds me - do you remember an episode when Rita had to go away for some reason, and she asked Mavis to go to her house every day to make Len some lunch? Unbelievable a grown man couldn't make himself a sandwich! The women were very much slaves to their menfolk - the guys just came home from work and put their feet up, and their wives rushed around preparing big cooked meals for them (and doing all the housework), before flopping into bed exhausted. Then probably expected to provide conjugal rights - which in the case of Len Fairclough makes me heave, lol! Hard-faced Rita obviously married Len to improve her social and financial position. She wouldn't have looked twice at the toad if he wasn't a local businessman who owned a shop, and was a councillor to boot! That's another social change that amuses me watching these episodes today - the way Alf and Len being councillors was regarded as something special, like they were MPs or something! It's plummeted in status since then - quite rightly in my opinion!

[@standamoza]

So great to have Mrs Sharples back. See sure does grow on you over the years.

[@mattburke3457]

Alf and Renee r sweet together. I've only seen him w Audrey, Renee was such a better fit for him...I love her specs too

[@paullynton-green6570]

Renee was lovely unlike gold digging Audrey.

[@bethshields4903]

I remember watching this episode that some uploaded a few years ago And laughing at Elsie And Len dancing at the wedding. Love the show thanks very much for these episodes.

[@samnpoppythedog4416]

Watching these brings back so many memories within your mind, of course back in them days you'd never thought you could be watching these episodes free and easy as you can. So thank-you for bringing back the golden years of Coronation Street, I stopped watching the street as avid viewer soon after Jean Alexander left. I did watch it now and again after Jean left but just never felt the same, l saw an episode a few months back and it just didn't have its magic.

[@Darkeyed89]

R.I.P Johnny Briggs✝️....rest peace mike Baldwin 👖👖👙👙🏌️🏌️⛳️⛳️💙💙

[@pamib29]

I just noticed the actor Dave King in the bar Elsie turns up to playing Bernard Lane. (The one that propositions her & insults her) he turns up in the street 16 years later in 1994 as Clifford Duckworth Jacks brother! 🙂

[@glamdolly30]

Good catch!

[@fiesta142]

Love watching the old actors, days when the Street had amazing actors who played believable characters and depicting real street life. The bonus for me is watching again these episodes and knowing where these characters are heading during life on the Street.

[@ritanolan9492]

Mike was my favorite CS character. RIP

[@shylinh5939]

Mine too, more and more as I watched him over successive years. He could be calculating and ruthless, but he was also vulnerable and sensitive, as well as having a devilish sense of humour when he wanted. He was regularly up against it with the factory girls, belligerent Ivy and Ada, and skiving big-mouthed Vera, but he showed a softer side with them too. He was supportive to Ivy when Bert was injured, then when he had mental health problems. Vera, as well as having a tendency to be obnoxious, was next to useless as an employee, just like Gail and Suzie when he had the shop, but they all managed to keep their jobs. He was in some great storylines too, the loathing between him and Ken after his affair with Deidre was always entertaining, and after their on-off confrontations Ken mostly came out looking even more of a pompous prick than he did before. Mike Baldwin was an excellent character with lots of facets and Johnny Briggs played him perfectly.

[@glamdolly30]

@@shylinh5939 Great tribute - there will never be another Mike Baldwin, in Johnny Briggs' skilled hands he was a unique, exciting and totally believable ICONIC character.

[@ElenaOBrien-l1t]

@@glamdolly30oh yes there is. His name is Donald Trump

[@glamdolly30]

@@ElenaOBrien-l1t Lol!

[@SchulzTrain]

All the young people involved in C/St in 1978 ( I was 17 ) most have gone to the street in the clouds… me 63 now.. reminds me of my youth and fun times..

[@michele4195]

I'm 65 and its great watching CS all over again.

[@francesgillotti1378]

These shows were the best 🤗

[@theresapierce3934]

I love Reenes wedding dress, very classy compared to the thing Rita wore on her day.

[@bsaunders5271]

Each dress suited each bride, that's for sure.

[@professionalgun6674]

I only just noticed this now but Jack Duckworth is behind the bar with Betty at Renee and Alf's wedding do at the Rovers Return.

[@paulfrost8895]

He did make several uncredited guest appearances before he joined the cast.

[@glamdolly30]

@@paulfrost8895 Yes, Bill Tarmey spent a few years as an uncredited background artist at the Rovers. He even had a few lines from time to time - I recall he once gave a jailbird thug who came into the pub Ken Barlow's address, and he went straight round there and started a fight (which Ken won - he KO-ed him!) But it was a while before the producers decided to cast him as Vera Duckworth's layabout husband Jack - an inspired choice! Bill certainly paid his dues, and it's wonderful that he finally got the break he deserved. Many years ago as a trainee newspaper reporter, I joined a journalists jolly to Morecambe. The tatty resort was on a promotional push, and had paid Bill Tarmey and Liz Dawn a tidy sum to turn up, be quizzed by assorted reporters from up and down the UK, generally say nice things about Morecambe, and then switch on the seafront lights. It was the early nineties, and there's no doubt Morecambe was in trouble. It always had a reputation as Blackpool's poor relation, but in recent years had gone badly downhill. It looked decidedly tatty, and the holidaymakers were few and far between. Sadly not even national treasures Jack and Vera could save it! I recall the pair were utterly delightful - warm, friendly and down to earth. It's fair to say their real personalities weren't a million miles from the Corrie characters they played so well, though they were both considerably gentler and better behaved! I recall during the press conference when we were asking them questions about why they were promoting Morecambe (the honest answer I'm sure was MONEY!), Liz put her foot in it. She'd obviously been briefed by the tourist board to big Morecambe up. But she momentarily forgot her brief, and when I asked her if she'd enjoyed many holidays at the resort she replied "No never - me mam and dad always took us to Bridlington 'cos it were posher!" God bless her - a real 'Vera' moment!

[@katy4779]

It irritated me back then and still does to this day... Ken Barlow's nasal voice... aaargh! Thankyou for the upload, great to watch.

[@bsaunders5271]

I agree, his voice does make whatever he is saying sound rather boring. William Roache gets very irritated when accused of being boring, or so I have heard!

[@bibakroll8999]

@Sodham G'morris Not to mention how condescending he is to everyone he speaks to.

[@paullynton-green6570]

Can't stand the man.

[@jonathancheetham7683]

I think it was a mistake to kill off Renee. I think she was very likeable - much better than Alf. One of the few (independent) business women on the show at the time.

[@michellecommon6618]

Just love these episodes, have only just found them recently. But blimey how big is the Rovers??? It’s a tardis!! The select just wouldn’t fit from the oustside view of the pub!!!!

[@bobslobbers5311]

Same with the gents bill podmore himself if you went true bog you would be in Ken’s living room

[@EveHenleySpread]

Thanks ever so much for posting this.. would you mind putting on the rest of 1978? (And 1979 if possible.. it seems to jump to 1980 on KZbin)

[@peterdockrill9653]

I was actually working and living in Manchester march 78 for Ladbrokes in cheetham hill. We moved into new premises 24 March 78, the Easter weekend I seem to remember. My father had a furniture business and he did a lot of work for Elsie , I think she had a pub in Derbyshire besides a house.

[@glamdolly30]

You're right, Pat Phoenix did own a pub in Derbyshire for a time, called the Navigation Inn at Buxworth. It's still going strong I believe - its blurb boasts about it's famous former owner! There are photos of Pat pulling pints - a rare sight I imagine, but she looked very glamorous doing it!

[@louiseowusu246]

That wedding speech by Reenie's stepdad is the stuff nightmares are made of.🤦🏿‍♀️He's like that relative you don't want at your do, turns up and disgraces himself and everyone else. But that mayor looks a bit like Stan

[@mariabrabiner7491]

Pat Phoenix as Elsie, Absolute Star, top class acting

[@huiawalker203]

Pat Phoenix as Elsie talking to Mike was superb acting

[@philiphalpenny9761]

Flawlwss...in those very long takes...

[@Paulzor923]

Go on Alf sticking up for Renee didn't know he had it in him lol.

[@algie-t2w]

Councillor Alf in love with the Corner Shop - I mean with Renee.

[@jstewart3517]

Rita is so cruel at times

[@paullynton-green6570]

Thoroughly selfish,nasty peirce of work.

[@sherylbarker9465]

I dislike her so much

[@angelapay3718]

She’s vile.

[@krish2427]

The one thing that slightly annoys me people knock on the door and a second later knock again no chance to get up and open the door

[@peterraimondi9569]

Elsie looks like she's calling for a cab while dancing @ 2:34:26

[@bsaunders5271]

She's got the moves!!

[@kato2644]

That made me laugh out loud. Lol 😆

[@kato2644]

I'm watching this for the second time and I remembered your comment about Elsie's dancing. Still makes me laugh.

[@BernadetteSwemmer-jz7yl]

Thought exactly the same thing!😂

[@paulinecorreia5538]

I bet Rita’s stupid joke backfired on her. I wonder 💭 if she learned her lesson. Possibly not. She gets 2 carried away.

[@njf669x]

Thank you...Can you please tell me which episode Stanley falls asleep and lets the bath water ruin the muruel

[@TheGlassman63]

August 28th 1978 (episode 1838) & August 30th 1978 (episode 1839).

[@tracygrant7931]

Lol can't wait for that 🤣🤣

[@Kiinell]

Why does Ken always have to be the speaker at every event?

[@stormhawk3319]

I know, droning voice.

[@ElenaOBrien-l1t]

@@stormhawk3319because he is literate, can speak a meaningful sentence and has aplomb

[@scottranger8909]

Suzy gets on my wick

[@glamdolly30]

Gawd me too, Suzie was a horrid character IMO! I find it hard to believe Elsie would have put up with her selfish ways - she indulges her as if she were a daughter, but she wasn't even a friend. She only knew her through her lodger Gail, who lumbered her with Suzie as a second lodger. She then proceeded to forget to pay her rent most months, try on her brand new dress without permission and let a mucky-pawed dog jump on it, and steal her last pair of tights every week!

[@bsaunders5271]

Mine too. Her cheekiness is supposed to be endearing, but I find her just very rude!

[@williamf4544]

A good reflexion od real life - some people you like - some not so much

[@louiseowusu246]

I agree 100%. The way she manipulates others, always wants to be the centre of attention and bullies Gail - narcissistic behaviour.

[@cherylreznor181]

@@glamdolly30 maybe she just put up with her so she wasnt lonely, if she kicked her out gail might of gone too. I know past experience myself that some put up with ppl they dont even like because its better than being alone :(

[@MissMarie1377]

If Suzie gets her job back after ALL the BS she has pulled I will lose my mind! She is a terrible person and a worse employee

[@fiesta142]

this is Elsie at her best a tear springs to my eye

[@theflowerofscotland9737]

This is the real Coranation Street.

[@paulinecorreia5538]

I knew Emily would never 👎 sign that petition.

[@WilliamjameswestWEST]

Just started watching..these...really enjoyed them....I was never allowed to watch them as a kid..ha.

[@paullynton-green6570]

Albert turned up for the free nosh and booze.always on the scrounge..

[@cathy3613]

Ken is still in the show as 1,000 years ago

[@queendeirdre7436]

Gail was a pain in the ass then, and she hasn't changed even now 😂

[@ddrose06]

Would you credit it? The Oggies are at the wedding due, under protest and simply being tolerated. Yet, the way Hilda carries on, you'd think they were honored guests.

[@AlbertSquareAfterDark]

I wouldn’t mind something stronger than tea… I’ll make you a coffee then. 😂

[@Kevin-vc9nw]

I think deep down Mike Baldwin dose care about Elsie. But dose not want to get personally involved

[@cherylreznor181]

Why did emily go court by her self (except for hilda) who obv only went to be nosey. If len was ment to be her support? well you would think deirdre or mavis even annie walker would of gone with her to support her.

[@jakehaymes4438]

cherylreznor181 totally illiterate.

[@ddrose06]

There was nothing likeable or interesting about Ray Langton.

[@glamdolly30]

I never liked Ray Langton, he gave me the creeps! My favourite episode was when Elsie Tanner clocked him round the bonce with her handbag - after putting a heavy glass 'Rovers' ash tray in it! I've long had a theory that Corrie writers ended up writing the Street characters, by watching the actors who played them. After getting to know the cast, the writers would make the words reflect their true personality. Because it's odd how often the actor and the character were pretty much exactly alike! It's true of Elsie Tanner, Annie Walker, Len Fairclough, Rita Fairclough, Fred Gee and most of them (there are notable examples of course, like Jean Alexander, who was nothing like the character she created, Hilda - which just shows what a superb actor she was). I always suspected Neville Buswell who played Ray Langton was a sleazebag in real life. There was a scandal about him, many years after he left the show. The newspapers said he had a rape allegation against him, and hinted that was the reason he left the show and emigrated to the US in the 'seventies, to become a croupier in a casino. It did seem a strange thing to do, when he was enjoying such fame and a great income on Coronation Street. Apparently he couldn't return to the UK for Anne Kirkbride's funeral, for fear of being arrested over the historic rape allegation.

[@dominewimbury2039]

​@@glamdolly30so how could he return for Deirdre and Ken's wedding and nearly run Tracy and Amy over. Then die in the Rovers at Deirdre and Ken's wedding reception?

[@glamdolly30]

@@dominewimbury2039 The sex assault allegation was reported to police after Neville Buswell's return to the Street, and after the scenes you describe had been broadcast in 2005. Presumably the alleged victim was prompted to report him after seeing him back on the soap for that 6-week run, with all the surrounding publicity. But by that time Buswell had gone home to the US, so police couldn't pursue it. Had he come to the UK again for Anne Kirkbride's funeral in 2015, he risked arrest over the allegation. Buswell died on Christmas Day 2019, aged 76.

[@paullynton-green6570]

​@@dominewimbury2039well said 😊

[@ZowieBBowie]

Interesting. I find him the most attractive male cast member it sounds as though he may be one of those with high levels of testosterone so I can kind of believe he was a wild one in real life too despite being married, such people are shameless !! Now Derek Wiltern on the other hand not such a man with big casternets.

[@ritanolan9492]

Rita is a self centered smart aleck who thinks she is so cute. She’s not.

[@ritanolan9492]

I’m in B

[@louiseowusu246]

Every time Mavis defends herself against Rita's cattiness, Rita patronises her.

[@ianpooletalksabout494]

Never been keen of the character of Rita. I know she's seen as soon kind of national treasure these days but this is simply down to longevity and not much else. In my humble opinion. :-)

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

3:16:00 She should have called in sick or asked Gail or Susie etc to let factory know. Response to video only.

[@shaunjesko2387]

So did the young puff behind the bar can't say things like that now

[@stevenhighams4190]

What's so funny about it is that I don't know what gave her that idea. Love the way she delivered that line, though, and the way she seemed to almost swallow it afterwards. A great scene.

[@cherylreznor181]

The bring back hanging petition :/ I wonder how many would sign it now.

[@rabbit64sj91]

More than in 1978 I'd say! 😉

[@cherylreznor181]

You realy think so? I realy didnt think so because so many snow flakes nowaday and a lot of people are to scared to give their proper opinion incase it destroys them, saying something that other people dont agree with, god knows you can not have an opinion anymore

[@mattburke3457]

Fn Ivy being so incentive and actually ask Emily to sign. Yes it was her husband that was killed and yes she is a church goer but by no means does she come across as "an eye for an eye" person. Seems like that's the last thing in the world she wd want.

[@tracygrant7931]

@@mattburke3457 well it was best to at least acquaint Emily with the knowledge that she was handing this petition out, clearly relative to the klling of Earnest; it is best to do this instead of doing it behind her back and she finds out later. But I do agree she shouldn't have expected someone as good-natured and magnanimous as Emily to sign such a petition while grieving.

[@ElenaOBrien-l1t]

@@cherylreznor181 of course you can have an opinion, it’s just that yours are no longer popular and therefore you feel put upon.

[@reddiva1544]

Omg lol i new Rita was going to say that very obvious 😂

[@londonlady227]

Ray is right, you sell something that's expensive and you dont know....thats your lookout.

[@nicolemelnyk152]

I m surprised ena, didn't show up for the trial

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

Great moment when 'Spineless Steve' made that vile, selfish, over-confident manipulator Suzi come to heel. Hilda really shouldn't be so likeable considering how heartless and confrontational the writers seemed to make her. Although only Hilda could turn up to a "hens night" in curlers 😂 It's also a great pity Ena couldn't manage regular appearances at that time, her early incarnation is unmatched and sorely missed here. Thanks for providing me with a glimpse into life during those times with your uploads.

[@michealbrett1983]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤10/10

[@rbr2023]

2:45:36 I’m probably wrong but the guy on the left looks like old Bert from the Adrian Mole series in the 80’s🤔🤔🤔

[@WilliamjameswestWEST]

Johnny Brigg,a......I remember him playing a sailor.

[@uszatku9417]

At 29:50 Ray stubs his cigarette out on the floor of the pub with his foot as if he were outside! Did people do that in pubs back then?!

[@rabbit64sj91]

Yes, they did! 😂🤣

[@ironknobsteelworks4063]

1970`s corrie dropping some brutal black pills.

[@kato2644]

Since when did Elsie wear a headscarf. Lol

[@TheGlassman63]

Well if you mean at the court, she (Elsie) was trying to purposely dress down in response to Hilda doing the opposite and dressing up.

[@Susan.1958]

Suzy as a bad attitude and i would say a free loader even in the 70s that’s how children learn off these t.v. Programs brazen bad mannered👎👎

[@londonlady227]

1:30:11 step away from the plate slowly....like Acorn Antiques.....

[@childoftruth1738]

He wasn't a bad lad, he killed on accident. Yeah ok, just lock him up for 30 years muhuhaha! Idk what happens I haven't seen the trial.

[@cliveevans9795]

Packet of my cigars

[@mazzab1970]

Mr Partridge from Hi-de-Hi. Good to see the character is as miserable here.

[@paullynton-green6570]

Nearly as miserable as tatlòck.

[@markwest3083]

I didn't like when Hilda and Elsie was at the court thing Hilda was been quite mean and nasty to elsie

[@BernadetteSwemmer-jz7yl]

I wish that Steve would cut his hair. He looked so much better in casual clothes. The suit and long wispy hair is really drippy!!!

[@Alan-ss3xp]

Is that French guy at around 14.30 minutes Alistair McGowan?!

[@mattburke3457]

Anyone know where I can find August 78 to watch

[@adrinathegreat3095]

Elsie moaning about being mistaken for a pro, very offended that anyone would think such a thing, then says thrown out by that poof behind the bar

[@rabbit64sj91]

Prejudice breeds prejudice, unfortunately! 😢

[@stormhawk3319]

Suzy was the definition of a self centred sociopath.

[@memoir4you]

Yep well said, she totally had a high opinion of himself.

[@artemiszeus9735]

Is that Lena Martell?

[@paullynton-green6570]

Spot on lan.

[@Kevin-vc9nw]

There are times when Ivy can come across a bully

[@adrinathegreat3095]

Stick a red nose on susie and she'd look like Ronald McDonald

[@CT-vo2iu]

Question… why do the writers make women so desperate for a man and marriage but once they’re married they do nothing but fight? I know it’s a soap but it seems like the fighting and nastiness starts right after the honeymoon.

[@AriAdu]

Mike bumped the guy with the shotgun that's what made it go off and kill Ernest

[@ElenaOBrien-l1t]

You’re right good old wonderful Mike Baldwin is responsible for nice Ernest’s death.

[@sherylbarker9465]

​@@ElenaOBrien-l1tno the guy who pulled out the gun is responsible not Mike

[@WilliamjameswestWEST]

Seem,s strange to see furniture...had we had in those day,s.

[@jakehaymes4438]

Bet looks a bit like Raquel ( Curly's wife) over breakfast.

[@marieince1479]

Ldnt stand suzie and gail pity she didnt leave with suzie aful character .

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Why that woman dyed her hair from blonde to that ugly red, I will never know!

[@jakehaymes4438]

Ivy- horrible. Small minded.