Coronation Street - October 1985

[@LadyOfShaIott]

36.30 - Kate Bush ‘Running Up That Hill’ - absolute masterpiece of a track, playing in the background at the cafe. I miss the 80s.

[@Deborah4Antiques]

Every time they mention someone liking Barry Manilow I cringe!

[@philstrachan]

They put snippets of 80s hit in, love it!

[@daniellefrancis1476]

They play that song now as they rereleased it a couple of years ago.

[@Self-Deport]

Me, too.❤️

[@markshillinglaw3003]

I was 8 in 1985 and used to love the opening credits with that cat

[@tinaquinn9042]

Same here I was 9 got to watch corrie then bed

[@Alan-ss3xp]

I try and guess Tabby or Ginger? The Classic Corrie at the moment has two cats! A fluffy grey and a black one.

[@deee1776]

I was 8 as well.

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

I was 8 in 1985 as well!

[@annmc8392]

Jack finally finds a Job he likes and wants to do, and Vera is spoiling it for him.

[@irenemorley75]

Vera was upset because Bet was using him, Vera had her husbands back..... could you not see this ?🙄

[@kimberleymclean6293]

it's a shame how hard-faced her character became. vera was a proper scream for the first few years she was on.

[@nicolemclean9028]

Vera the mouth of the south

[@luvmifro]

Bryan Ferry don’t stop the dance 💃🏽 🔥🎸

[@joannesears7019]

Don't stop ..... Don't stop the dance

[@glorysengo6289]

BRYAN FERRY DON'T STOP THE DANCE GLORY SENGO XXX 😘😘😘

[@glorysengo6289]

BRYAN FERRY DON'T STOP THE DANCE GLORY SENGO XXX 😘😘

[@Self-Deport]

I love it!

[@juliewebb1335]

Audrey is such a user

[@dirkdeboer7061]

Audrey; man eater, lazy, freeloader and parasite.

[@JayThomson-zt6vz]

but so funny while she's doing it

[@kuchikopi4631]

I love the songs they sometimes have in the background in the cafe or in some character's house. I think it's Sonny and Cher playing in the cafe. Now Kate Bush (Stranger things track now!)

[@TheGlassman63]

No, not quite. The song being played in the cafe is the 1985 cover version of "I Got You Babe" by UB40 which features Chrissie Hynde. This song topped the UK charts in 1985. Of course the Sonny & Cher original some 20 years earlier also topped the UK charts in 1965.

[@bsaunders5271]

On the jukebox

[@nztv8589]

The music does sound very intrusive in the first episode

[@R31922]

Wish Vera would tone it down a bit..gob and a half..volume down when she appears.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Volume down when high pitched, screechy voiced Gail shows up!!

[@alexanderjones9572]

That slap Ivy gave Brian when he asked how Bert would feel was worthy of another, similar, late soap matriarch-yes, I mean EastEnders’ Pauline Fowler.

[@zeddeka]

Interesting how they really beefed up the Jack and Vera scenes to replace Stan and Hilda as the comedy couple.

[@irenemorley75]

Vera and Jack have always been funny.

[@Assistant36]

Blimey Deirdre without glasses looks like a totally different person 😮

[@bsaunders5271]

3:16:22 it's weird how when Dierdre, Ken, Brian or Gail is seeing someone else, there is a huge uproar about it, but Jack Duckworth seeing that woman he cleans windows for is played as just a bit of fun....

[@zeddeka]

It's a bit of a re-run of the storyline that Stan Ogden had with the woman in Inkerman street when he was cleaning windows. They basically just copied and pasted a lot of the old Stan and Hilda type storylines onto Jack and Vera after Stan died. They wanted to make jack and Vera the replacement comedy couple in the street, replacing Stan and Hilda, so that's why they treated Jack's affair as a joke.

[@Alan-ss3xp]

He’s no Paul Newman! Says the hefty 66 year old😂

[@marieince1479]

notice theres no flame under the bacon in the cafe plus gail should have her hair up working with food

[@chicagogyrl4846]

I hope no one gets any hair in their drinks from that new bartender’s messy hair!

[@marieince1479]

Yeah I know .

[@carasmith549]

50:50 - Phyllis Pearce: "I can't help it if I inflame men!". Yes, Phyllis, but you inflame them with rage, not passion.

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

You'd think Tracy was a set of car keys the amount of times Deirdre loses her.

[@nicolataylor6011]

😂😂

[@marieince1479]

Look how Tracy turned out snide nasty and lazy

[@kuchikopi4631]

😂

[@irenemorley75]

Knowing what they know now.... I bet they wish she had never of been found lol🤔🤣🤣🤣

[@ChristineNicholson-bk9jq]

Lol that’s funny

[@lucywilliamsx1002]

The scene with jack and tracy with the pigeon is so lovely shows he wasn't always a lout

[@marieince1479]

Susan and Peter supposed to be brought up in Scotland yet no accent

[@elsiemaylarson3741]

I know the Susan that played her in earlier episodes had a Scottish accent but this Susan has got no accent and it’s very annoying voice

[@reginajohnson353]

Why is Nick in shorts all the time when the adults have coats on. Where are his pants/ trousers!.?

[@nicolemclean9028]

Gail thinks hes a royal kid always in shorts

[@multimill]

Swapped one hideous old piece of furniture for a collection of hideous pieces of furniture in No 1. Thought they wanted the space?!?

[@ysgol3]

Poor doomed Susan - the appalling Kenneth can't even remember how long she's been away - he keeps saying 20 years, but since Valerie fried in January 1971, it's less than 15!

[@rachelbrown2463]

With friends like these in Coronation street who needs enemies.

[@joshirley2308]

This is the start of Betts clutchs bags getting bigger and bigger

[@londonlady1966]

I know, they liked padded out. I've often wondered what she had in there.

[@irenemorley75]

@@londonlady1966 More ear rings.

[@mattoradio7406]

Vera….I’ll make you something light - like a jelly or blancmange…😂

[@marieince3239]

Ivy had more hair changes than dresses must have had a lot of wigs

[@AriAdu]

Alf should have stayed single. Audrey was the death of him.

[@Nats99]

Rather than his poor diet and lack of exercise.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

She had her chance with him, but turned him down because he didn’t have enough money! Now his store is bigger and she comes around again! Alf is so stupid not to see that she is only using him right from the start! She turned him down before! What makes him think that her feelings have suddenly changed??! 😂🤣

[@Self-Deport]

That’s true. He had more stress with her because she was constantly spending and demanding.

[@dementednun1175]

For all the Jokes about Pearcy his wife was 30 years younger than him in real life

[@irenemorley75]

He must have cash, he hasn't got anything else.🙄

[@stormhawk3319]

Terry was not the villainous character at all in his early years. A Jack the lad with money making schemes but that was all. Generally his heart was in the right place but the writers turned him into a total sociopath later on.

[@SuzyQ334]

I agree. They did the same to Tracey Barlow. I don't think the scriptwriters/producers who came after these marvellous early years gave a stuff about continuity or believable storylines - hence the sensationalist rubbish Corrie turns out these days.

[@dementednun1175]

Yes but remember eastenders had started a few months back and had nick cotton and a few other bad boys corrie needed one too.

[@shylinh5939]

Yes, a Jack the lad with a heart. He was very sensitive towards Hilda, he wanted to look after his baby and he loved his mum, he probably even loved dodgy, idle Jack. Then he ended up selling his own son, going to prison, escaping and doing a load of other dreadful things. I remember a glimmer of old Terry when he went to the hospital to look at his mother through the window to her room following her kidney transplant to save her grandson.

[@Nats99]

​@dementednun1175 So they could've introduced a new " bad boy" character. Not turned Terry. It wasn't realistic.

[@Thisistrulyoddtv_Mark]

Barbara Cartlands mother has just arrived made me laugh so much 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 and Vera playing posh lol 😂 😂

[@MultiKs22]

there was only 2 ladies in coronation street in that period and was Emily bishop and Annie walker who were posh through and through.

[@donmitchful]

Brian is a chip of the old block ivys double

[@irenemorley75]

Even the hair🤣🤣🤣🙄

[@multimill]

He really deserved that slap!!😂

[@croccus0311]

​@@multimillyes I agree 👍but acted dreadfully 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

​@croccus0311 Brian was rubbish wasn't he?

[@alexanderjones9572]

Anyone else notice how George got Jack’s surname wrong? “I’ve spoken to this chap-Mr-err-Shuttleworth.” And coincidentally there IS a Mr Shuttleworth in it years later!

[@Nats99]

Yes, that was a bit strange.

[@0flan]

Kens daughter lost her Scottish accent?

[@DIETRICHCICCONE]

1:39:22 Classic Hilda Acid Drop 😂😂 2:22:44 Vera & Stella Rigby 😂😂😂

[@jennydickson4424]

My daughter wanted a dog. Persisted to ask, beg and promise the earth. I told her if she got up at 6am for a week straight then I would get her one. First morning she got up at half 8. Next it was later. Lol. I got her the first of many hamsters

[@deee1776]

Deidre really gets on my nerves. All high and mighty!!

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

She was stupid in the way she dealt with Tracy over the dog!

[@Siasmummy]

The start of Tracey being the spoiled brat she grew into 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@luvmifro]

Lord! I wish Deirdre would’ve let Tracy have the 🐶… 💚

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

Why didn't dreary see about getting Tracy a cat instead as they are less bother!

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

The rovers reminds me of the old fashioned working class pubs in Canton in Cardiff like The Canton!

[@acesigma06]

2:05:56 there’s Susan, back after 20 years, without so much as a Scottish accent

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

That Susan was rubbish! Joanna Foster was better!

[@glamdolly30]

@@joannesaltfleet2071 Johnny Briggs who played Mike Baldwin agreed with you - he couldn't stand her! Apparently the lack of chemistry between him and actress Wendy Jane Walker is the reason their soap marriage was short lived and she was written out of the show in 1987. Another reason, presumably, was that she couldn't act!

[@bsaunders5271]

Wendy Walker played Susan when she was a litte girl as well.

[@dementednun1175]

The Scottish accent is very difficult to understand... and that actress in question was in Take The High Road a Scottish Soap

[@zeddeka]

@@dementednun1175 it's a reference to a Victoria wood joke about the continuity errors in coronation Street. Highly improbable that someone would like in Scotland for such a long time and come back with zero trace of a Scottish accent.

[@donmitchful]

Pity they found tracey really

[@gracegomez1060]

😂😂

[@rbr2023]

Taking those glasses off took years off Deidre

[@donmitchful]

Christ dont vera nag jacks doing his best

[@irenemorley75]

How would Ken know that Tracy would turn out so wicked herself🤔🤭

[@bowler8]

George Newton called jack Duckworth, shuttleworth to Bet and she didnt correct him, wonder if that was a mistake?

[@kevinfowkes2327]

Corrie obviously didn't have money to waste on stuntmen or effects in 1985, Jack's fall from the ladder is so unrealistic it is funny. He fell to the side from a 2 story ceiling height yet landed on his back with only a broken ankle? Fantasy. As seen so often on 24 hours in A&E etc, in reality he'd have broken his neck.

[@tinaquinn9042]

👍😂😂😂😂

[@masterknife8423]

That's what Coronation Street has always been. Fantasy

[@Alan-ss3xp]

My dad’s wooden ladder snapped when I was using the third level pruning trees and fell on to the car park. Slightly shaken and walked across to Homebase to buy an aluminium ladder. I still don’t know how I was so fortunate. So maybe Jack had similar luck?

[@angelfish08]

“It’s the talks o the bowls club” 🤣🤣 I’m dead 🤣🤣🤣 xxx

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

We always make a picnic when we go out in the car or on the train as those service places are a rip off!

[@alexanderjones9572]

Why does Jack make me think of Carson from Downton Abbey when George Newton arrives at the Rovers? Can just picture when they went through to Bet. “Mr Newton, your ladyship.”

[@debbiemccarthy3864]

1:40:40 why is Gail talking to the wall 🤣

[@veneker9949]

A breath of fresh air with the dreary Claytons gone, including their daughter doing her school exams in her mid-20s. Percy will need to utilise all his army combat training to prevent being ravished by Phyllis whereas Martin Platt had to deal with a TV critic saying he resembles an angry parrot. Don't like Alf's new shop, imho a monument to shiny naffness.

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

The Claytons were rubbish!

[@marjoriejohnston3038]

Tracy going missing wasn't very convincing. Stereotypical performances from Ken,Deirdre and Emily. I'm surprised Tracy behaves the way the writers made her. I doubt she'd be as bratty.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

How in the world is Jack going to get the River’s when Number 1 It’s Bette’s, and number 2 he doesn’t have the money for it!! 😂🤣

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

Very worrying, when Tracy went missing. Not sure of that blokes intentions she travelled on train with. She probably did right thing turning down his offer and speaking to the policeman at station. Could mean the difference between life and death. Response to video only.

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

That Gail platt looks like ET!

[@chicagogyrl4846]

How did Alf’s store suddenly get much bigger??! 😂🤣

[@parati1309]

Our Vera was as camp as a Christmas Cracker. A real star: 2:27:10

[@elterrifico9522]

3:01:12. Jack’s magical disappearing hat

[@alexanderjones9572]

Martin talking about asking Audrey out one night-to Gail! Bet he never thought he’d end up married TO Gail! Wonder what’s have happened if Alf had ever asked Gail out...

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

When i was at primary school i would look after the rabbits in the holidays!

[@ChristineNicholson-bk9jq]

In my opinion - Bette did that to herself!!! The Brewery gave her a chance “as a woman” and she proved how emotional and vulnerable “as a woman” she was! I don’t know what she expected to happen!? She was still basically “under probation”. Real shame as I really like her character.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

I don’t know what kind of woman would be that “emotional and vulnerable “ to abandon her business, leaving only 1 bartender, and no other help, to run off with some man she barely knows, who obviously was a liar and a scamming user! I knew this man was just using her from the very first date! The other man she fired got another job at a pub, so why didn’t her fancy man get that job, instead of the other??! Runs off with a user and liar, then wonders why it didn’t work out! She jumps into bed with any man she can get her hands on, and is very unintelligent when it comes to men! And don’t worry, she won’t be losing the pub, because then they wouldn’t have a story line for Bette! 😂🤣

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

Those council houses Gail is in remind me of those on the Greenway road in rumney cardiff!

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Funny how she got a council house so fast when everyone else is on a waiting list!! 😂🤣

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

​@chicagogyrl4846 Nowadays there's a long wait on your usual 3 bed family house!

[@MultiKs22]

Audrey was a gold digger she never loved Alf like Renee did she just wanted a man to be her sugar daddy and Alf was just daddy to fall for her charms. and flattery

[@irenemorley75]

Good on her......what else would she want him for🤣🤣🤣

[@veneker9949]

It was always a matter of debate whether Audrey wanted Alf for his six-pack or his bank account. It was also rumoured that Britain's Strongest Man tried to rip in half a jumbo-sized diary containing lists of Audrey's ex-boyfriends and couldn't manage it.

[@fluxington]

Please answer me honestly... What is wrong with your keyboard? Why do you have a variable number of spaces?

[@Nats99]

​@@fluxington😆

[@chicagogyrl4846]

She had her chance with Alf before, but turned him down, because he didn’t have enough money! Now his store is better, now she comes around again! And Alf is a very stupid man not to see she was just using him from the start!!

[@rbr2023]

George looks like Chris Tarrant!

[@Nats99]

I thought that too.

[@shirleypalmer7597]

Just for once I actually felt a bit sorry for Jack!😢

[@olgagarcia5710]

This is a different daughter to Ken.

[@roybarnes-thewildlifeman1855]

Is it just me or does Ivy look like Paul McCartney in drag?

[@tinaquinn9042]

😂😂😂😂

[@annmc8392]

😮😄😃🤣😂

[@juliewebb1335]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@irenemorley75]

Its just you🙄

[@Alan-ss3xp]

Then Vera’s Harpo Marx!

[@multimill]

2:47:38 Mavis had a clear case of amnesia about Sally Waterman having splashed her private life across national newspapers!!

[@chicagogyrl4846]

I wonder how Helen Worth as Gayle felt about her mother actually being only 8 years older than her in reality! 😂 And in reality, Brian wouldn’t give Gayle the time of day! This show never makes any sense!!

[@jonathancheetham7683]

Tracy starting to turn into a devil child haha

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Why is Brian talking to Aubrey about Ivy??! Look what Aubrey does!!

[@shaunjesko6799]

Two days standers would be classed as a stalker for Percy funny though

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Why are these videos under different names of people on UTUBE??

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

Tracy was never very nice even as a little girl!

[@Deborah4Antiques]

Nicky doesn't seem to be too fond of "Our Brian."

[@angelapay3718]

Strange considering the little boy’s real parents are mates with him in real life

[@Deborah4Antiques]

@@angelapay3718 Really, he pushes away from Brian and fusses.

[@queendeirdre7436]

Holy crap! Vera is such a fish wife 🤣. Her voice could grimd stone 😮

[@dirkdeboer7061]

Vera can rent herself out as a living foghorn.

[@angelapay3718]

Ivy’s precious religion ends up sending her 🤪

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

Why wasnt audrey at the job centre looking for a job?

[@beulah3484]

Poor Jack!! How does he put up with Vera? 😒

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Firing people based on their sex appeal is not allowed, but hiring them is!

[@lorraineydays57]

I'm glad Bet was put in her place re Jack being Cellar man, no idea why she felt she was a cut above the rest.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

I don’t understand this set up. Why did Bette need to pay 6,000 pounds to manage someone else’s brewery??! They control her and everything else! With 6,000 pounds, she could have bought her own pub, or building to make one! Who takes the profits??! Or does Bettte just get a salary?? 😂🤣

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

Thing is thats what kids do throw tantrums when they cant have their way due to their lack of maturity!

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Just like Gayle! 😂🤣

[@007beck9]

36:30 Kate Bush - Running Up The Hill

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Why doesn’t Gayle ever have a job??! And she says she has nothing to do. She should be out looking for a job! She had one, but she probably quit! Where is this mess of a woman getting money for the pub and everything else from??!

[@AriAdu]

Deidra is jealous of Susan. Putting Curly on to her, doesn't want Ken to give her a job...just evil. Good play on the writers

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

Thing is Ken is old enough to be deirdres father!

[@chicagogyrl4846]

I hope people don’t get any hair in their drinks from that bartender’s messy mess of hair!

[@eivissalyn655]

Bet has changed and isn't very nice now!

[@philstrachan]

She never was. Goodyear's delusions of grandeur carried through to real life. Vile woman, can't stand her.

[@madwatermelon1316]

Oh no, just when the the dreary Clayton's have left, the dreary Susan Barlow arrives.

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

That Susan Barlow was rubbish!

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

Thats an insult to southport comparing it with ivys miserable face!

[@markstevens9660]

I wonder if Vera had a sore throat at the end of filming 😱 ….not a particularly great actress and all her lines are screeching 🤷🏼‍♂️😳

[@philstrachan]

It ruined her singing career in real life.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

The high voiced screechy one is Aubrey! She actually gives me a headache, I pulse not stand being around her in reality!

[@chicagogyrl4846]

@@philstrachan She tells and screams. I hear nothing wrong with her voice!

[@philstrachan]

@@chicagogyrl4846 she was the one who said that. 😉📺🍻

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

Couldnt they come to a compromise about having a pet with Tracy and ask if she fancied a cat instead?

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Amazing how fast Tracey grew!! 😂 I don’t watch anything regarding Ken or Dreary way too boring and useless! 😂🤣

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

​@@chicagogyrl4846Ken was a boring old fart!

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

​@@chicagogyrl4846Ken was a boring old fart wasn't he?

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Why is Audrey bored??! She should be out looking for a job! Who knows what happened to the last one she had!

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

Why isn't she out at the job centre?

[@chicagogyrl4846]

So George is a liar. Why did he tell Ivy he was widowed??! 😂🤣

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

Better to tell the truth and then you don't have to remember anything!

[@ara8253]

Dreary , dreary, dreary The worst acting that you can be subjected to.

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

Why didn't they get Tracy a cat instead?

[@kuchikopi4631]

Deirdre is mean.

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

@@kuchikopi4631 I would have suggested a cat instead!

[@MissMarie1377]

Because they didn’t want their house to stink like cat pee.(no matter how insanely clean people are you can smell if they have a cat. You are lying , have gone nose blind to the stench or need your nose checked if you say otherwise )

[@deborahwatson2730]

@@joannesaltfleet2071 …then it would be the cat wandering off all the time instead of Tracy.

[@kuchikopi4631]

​​@@deborahwatson2730 bwahaha, I can imagine missing cat posters on every window, door and blooming cobblestone on the street.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

I wouldn’t have anything else to do with George because he’s a liar!!

[@MissMarie1377]

There is zero reason you can’t be home Derdrie, it is purely a choice on your part. For some reason you think being a cashier is more important than raising your own child. Sad since she hasn’t had the most stable situation as far as percents go. Too bad you can’t put your “passion” for checking people out when they buy cheese aside for your daughter. Understandable I guess, who would want to spend all the time possible with your child, ick…..strangers and your passion for running a cash register are obviously higher on the list of priorities 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@deborahwatson2730]

It’s called “earning a living” …it’s one of those things you do when you can’t manage to pay all the bills and a mortgage on your husbands income alone.

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

There's not always a choice in having to go out to work when you have a child to support!

[@JayThomson-zt6vz]

Susan Barlow: human diazepam.

[@user-ns4wt9zf6x]

I wish Vera would stop nagging at jack!

[@chicagogyrl4846]

If she didn’t they wouldn’t be entertaining, and they were trying to replace the nagging Hilda with Stan dynamic.

[@cathy3613]

Percy is the biggest pain in the arse and I would have told just that

[@MissMarie1377]

A filtered cigarette in a holder?!?! Ummm I think that’s not how they were intended to be used. They became a thing when there were no filtered cigarettes. It looks ridiculous having modern filtered cigarettes in a holder like that. If you are going to use it, use it the right way

[@sunflower51]

That was the right way

[@irenemorley75]

You are wrong, they were meant for filtered cigarettes.

[@philstrachan]

It's to keep the smoke away from your clothes so you don't stink as much.