Coronation Street - September 1980

[@notonyournelly5475]

Mike was actually quite nice sticking up for Hilda. He did have some good touching points to his character.

[@glamdolly30]

Yes, Mike had a heart of gold beneath the tough exterior. I loved his relationship with Hilda, he was kind to her many times, eg slipping her some cash to go on the factory outing to France, and when she 'won' him in a prize draw, and he was so kind to her on their dinner date at a posh restaurant.

[@Scottfree166]

@@glamdolly30 I love their relationship too & the episode where Hilda ‘wins’ Mike for the day is a classic. I enjoy reading your many comments on these episodes, please keep them coming. 😊

[@glamdolly30]

@@Scottfree166 What a lovely compliment, thank you - always a pleasure chatting with you here! X

[@Scottfree166]

@@glamdolly30 Pleasure is all mine, you always have a great point of view, and reading your comments only adds to the experience of enjoying the halcyon days of ‘the street’. 😊

[@glamdolly30]

@@Scottfree166 You're very kind - I'm sure my ramblings bore many to tears, but I can't help myself, lol! Passionate about vintage Corrie. Wishing you & yours a wonderful Sunday and hope to see you down the road/Street! X

[@bethshields4903]

Vera . “Was halfway up our street and I realised I had our jacks teeth in” makes me laugh every time 😂😂

[@glamdolly30]

1:03:07 Funny to see Percy Sugden introduced as George Turner. I recall this same actor also appeared in an earlier episode from the late seventies, as an old pal Rita called on for a loan when Len's building firm faced financial troubles. I love the way 'Coronation Street' would recycle actors like this. Peter Dudley who played Bert Tilsley had several bit parts in the show before he landed his leading role. Kevin Webster first appeared as a grotty teenage paperboy who gave Mavis grief in the Kabin, and was warned off by Eddie Yates. Racquel first appeared as a totally different character - a walk on part as a girl Jack Duckworth wanted to rent their back bedroom to, before Vera stopped it! There are no doubt many more examples of actors playing multiple Corrie roles - the Manchester/northern acting scene is a different world to the London one.

[@alexanderjones9572]

Didn’t Maureen Lipman (Evelyn) once appear as a temporary manager of the Rovers?

[@alexanderjones9572]

Imagine if George had got together with (and married) Emily after it all went wrong with Arnold! It’d have been the same two actors at no 3 in the nineties-except he’d be a different character, and there’d be no Percy! Would Phyllis still have been after him, tho?

[@glamdolly30]

@@alexanderjones9572 Now there's a thought, Percy and Emily as a married couple - as religious as she is, I think she might have ended up divorcing him! I didn't know Maureen Lipman had been in Corrie before. Having Googled it, I found the details - she was brought in as Lillian Spencer, a relief manager at the Rovers as you said, in July 2002. Great info! I think I had given up on the show by then, which is why I didn't know! I got sick of the bad scripts and even worse acting. In my view it was 'Coronation Street' in name only by the time the ghastly Battersbys arrived in 1997. Worst soap family ever - and Les Battersby was the worst character, played by the unfunny and totally unlovable Bruce Jones. Producers obviously thought he'd be another Jack Duckworth, but they were so wrong. Jack was a bad boy but the viewers adored him. Battersby had no redeeming features at all - not helped by the fact Bruce Jones is a lousy actor. I had the misfortune to meet him once, as a TV booker - he was really playing himself on the Street, a yob, no acting was required!

[@pamib29]

Raquel was Wendy for about 2 mins Garry Mallet about the same time was Pete Jackson, Terry ran away with his wife, there’s been loads! Love these classics addictive viewing thank you♥️

[@glamdolly30]

@@pamib29 Ooh I didn't know the actor who later played Gary Mallet was in the show before - good catch! Yes, Sarah Lancashire's early role was a blink-and-you-miss it, couple of scenes. Her father Geoffrey Lancashire was a Corrie scriptwriter at the time, and no doubt put a word in for her!

[@chrisredditch]

Every time Brian Tilsley is in a scene it's like someone has thrown a wooden chair on the set

[@janethammond5925]

More like a wardrobe! I can't understand why he was ever hired to play that role...his wooden acting sticks out a mile in a cast of such talented actors.

[@Raven4508]

@@janethammond5925 he was a dancer, not an actor.

[@glamdolly30]

Hilda's football pools prank on the factory girls was one of the best Corrie storylines ever!

[@matthewa.morgan6214]

I really enjoyed this storyline too, her and Stan made me laugh when she legged it over to factory and she came back and said " they"ve swallowed it Stan " xx

[@glamdolly30]

@@matthewa.morgan6214 Yes! Hilda's face when she sees Stan's horror, realises the serious implications of what she's done, and runs out of the house to fix it, brilliant! You just knew she'd be too late, and get inside the factory to find Vera and the girls celebrating and planning the purchase of fur coats, etc!

[@matthewa.morgan6214]

@@glamdolly30 I can tell you are a big corrie fan like me, who are your all time favorite characters

[@glamdolly30]

@@matthewa.morgan6214 Oh yes, I'm obsessed, but only with vintage Corrie, I gave up on modern Corrie around 2000, the plots were too depressing! The best years IMO were the legendary Elsie Tanner's second stint on the show, 1976-'84. Elsie has to be my all-time favourite character, I love her! But I also love Hilda (of course!), Annie Walker, Vera and Jack Duckworth, Eddie Yeates, Alf Roberts (a big, cuddly teddy bear), Mike and Alma Baldwin (shame they divorced, she was his best partner!) and Ivy's spats with Gail were always good value! How about you, who are your favourites? And do you have a favourite Corrie era?

[@matthewa.morgan6214]

@@glamdolly30 I will have to agree Elsie tanner was my favourite, bet lynch, alec Gilroy, Hilda and Stan, Minnie Caldwell, ena sharples, ivy tilsley, Fred gee, Mavis I don't follow corrie much these days accept if it's a storyline to do with older members,ken, Rita, Gail etc, but I can watch classic corrie over and over, I think it went down hill after bet lynch left, I would say last great big storyline was the Richard Hillman saga

[@mikaylacrookes]

Thank you for these, brilliant, brass faced article is my favourite saying now

[@anjkovo2138]

I love it. I'm addicted to them. THANKS BUDDY👍👍

[@archer7033]

Someone's always on their way in a door when Someone's on their way out have you ever noticed

[@MrIrrepressible]

'Corporation pop' haha my mum used to use thst phrase when i was a kid.

[@GinaRussell-c2c]

Water out of the tap 🚰 lol 😂

[@MrIrrepressible]

@@GinaRussell-c2c Exactly

[@zeddeka]

Also used to hear "council pop"

[@alexanderjones9572]

Mavis “I went to London to see the sights. Like Westminster Abbey, and the Tower of London...oo, and Buckingham Palace.” Rita “Were they there?” 🤣🤣

[@4oclocktimefortea794]

I love the thought of Stan spinning a cocoon under the covers! Eddie and Stan are brilliant.

[@croccus0311]

OMG......see the big red telephone childs toy at 1:59 ☎️ in the Kabin. It really took me back to my childhood and also reminded me of a toy sweet shop I had one christmas. 🍬🍡😂

[@Bessie66]

If only they all knew how Tracey was going to turn out?

[@miriammacdermid8163]

As a 62 year old Australian Anglophile I cannot believe that “Ekky Thump” was really part of the vernacular. I thought it was one of “The Goodies” jokes. 😂

[@themistermillson]

Elsie must fluff one word of every line she has.

[@jasonbarron3047]

God I remember these like they were yesterday this was coronation street at its absolute finest sadly all these characters are gone now it just shows how fast time passes us by and how life ends for us all. Thanks for sharing these episodes with us this channel is the absolute best on KZbin x

[@GinaRussell-c2c]

Gail is still in it as well as Rita Ken Audrey so not all of them are gone

[@alexanderjones9572]

Martin ( to his girlfriend) “You can come and have a look at her tonight, if you want, before we go out.” Elsie’s not an exhibition, Martin!

[@bsaunders5271]

She was, to some!

[@glamdolly30]

It was very cute how proud Martin was of his glamorous grannie! Loved it when he boasted to his girlfriend how she wore make up, drank gin and went out with loads of fellas, lol! Go Elsie!

[@bethshields4903]

@@glamdolly30😂😂

[@spartybrearly7221]

Stan Ogden was just a semi-mobile blob of chips, beer and ciggies. His laziness almost surpasses that of Betty and Audrey.

[@spartybrearly7221]

Deidre decides to start a singalong to liven up the hen party. Until that point, the only excitement in the room was Betty’s cheddar and Worcestershire sauce sandwiches.

[@bsaunders5271]

I wonder if the writers put "you know what I mean" in all Bert's lines, or whether he just couldn't help himself 2:27:43

[@ltel-hv3vc]

I thought that as well 😂

[@TheGlassman63]

I'm sure you are right `my sweet` !

[@glamdolly30]

It was obviously a verbal 'tic' by the actor Peter Dudley, but I think the catchphrase added to Bert's believability! He was a lovely character who lived for his family, and adored Ivy. She never knew love like Bert's again, he was a gem of a husband who forgave her pretty much anything - even giving birth to mummy's boy R. Brian! Her second husband, horrible one-legged psycho Don Brennan wasn't a patch on him - on or off screen. Peter Dudley was so popular with cast and crew, they loyally stood by him through his trials (in both senses), whereas Geoff Hinsliff who played Don was by all accounts deeply unpopular with the cast. Lynne Perrie as his wife Ivy wrote some very uncomplimentary things about him in her autobiography, there was no love lost between them and having read it I can see why! She claimed he fancied himself as a ladies' man, was always moaning that Ivy was too old for him, and would badger the producers to write in affairs for his character Don as he felt he deserved more exciting storylines. Lynne also alleged he would pull actors' tricks to steal the limelight from her when they were playing scenes together. I just looked at his Wikipedia entry, and noticed that an unflattering line which referenced his unpopularity behind the scenes with cast and crew has been deleted! I also noticed it states he has a daughter who is a national newspaper journalist - and the article was recently edited. Call me Columbo, but I reckon his little girl may have done a bit of editing for her old dad (who is still going strong at '83-84', according to the ever accurate Wikipedia!)

[@ironknobsteelworks4063]

Bertus maximus know what i meanus.

[@fionamontgomery8105]

I can't help but laugh every time Bert says it now, I like his character a nice gentle fella x

[@laurajones8526]

poor Bert always trying to keep the peace between shrieking Ivy moaning Gail and wooden Brian

[@andywright3450]

Love Elise tanner great actress .... Sadly missed 💯😊

[@spartybrearly7221]

Alf’s corner shop withstood the big supermarket tidal wave - until Bettabuys emerged in the late 80’s/early 90’s.

[@TheGlassman63]

Listen at 12:41, when Stan sits down, you can hear a pencil fall on the floor.

[@shaneobrien2257]

Does anyone know what Bert means?

[@sheenamcguire123]

Brilliant lol

[@MissMarie1377]

No, Fred, “technically” you are wrong. Once you throw something out, it’s anyones stuff. It’s why police can go through your garbage and people can grab things you set out on the corner for pick up. It is NOT stealing to take anything and everything you want from other peoples trash. END OF STORY. Also, it is heartbreaking the way they treat Eddie. He is a good guy with a kind heart

[@williamf4544]

I think there is some sort of law against it actually if i remember correctly but it seems to be ignored these day

[@MissMarie1377]

@@williamf4544 in England? Oh, I guess I should think about that before I go quoting American law 😊

[@michaeldibb]

That's American law not English.

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

I take it Martin's bird is supposed to be the same age as him? Cos she looks at least 30. Missing Mrs Sharples to break the monotony of having to sit through any Gail and Brian or Emily and Arnold scene. Moan out the way, Hilda, Stan and Eddie are as epic as ever. Every Rovers scene is gold and Vera starting to come into her own. Thanks again.

[@alexanderjones9572]

By ‘eck-George Turner’s a bit different to Bill Waddington’s later role, Percy Sugden!

[@bsaunders5271]

He is! Very different!

[@stormhawk3319]

Jesus, Ivy was a bloody nightmare as a mother and mother in law.

[@spartybrearly7221]

She was a control-freak and had to micromanage every aspect of her family’s lives. She did the same to Don. Constant whinging about Brian and the glorious Tilsley family.

[@imthedaddy3477]

Surely Bet’s landlord would have a spare key ?

[@TheGlassman63]

Jeez, how very rude of Len at 15:14 mins.

[@lynnjones4609]

How is it that, 45 years on, I can remember the names of these characters from a tv show that my mum used to watch but I can barely remember what I did yesterday?!

[@bsaunders5271]

1:56:14 why is Bet's hair piece always a totally different shade of blonde to her fringe...? It has to be deliberate

[@mattburke3457]

And why does she where curlers and then put a hairpiece on ?

[@michellefalleur960]

​@@mattburke3457 it's to give the 'illusion' that she's curling her own hair, but as you know, of course, she's not !

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

Such a foolish prank Hilda played, with the factory workers pools coupon. Very noble of Hilda not to let Martin take blame.

[@sheenamcguire123]

Well she was too blame

[@clarkpatient7950]

Not really noble when she was the one that did it 😭

[@dementednun1175]

Posion Ivy met her match with Audrey they should of had a proper Dynasty Cat Fight

[@amyishere67]

Deirdre is so annoying around Emily and Arnold

[@nicolataylor6011]

Little Tracey was adorable

[@scottanthony6269]

But then she grew up

[@jenlfpotter3870]

She went through a quiet, shy, cuteness stage, certainly, but baby Tracey and today's Tracey was and is, hhorrible.

[@LeviJamesRE]

​@@scottanthony6269and turned into looking like Michael Jackson

[@spartybrearly7221]

George Turner is the spitting image of Percy Sugden

[@homeless_greg_games]

It is him .

[@sheenamcguire123]

Em it is him don’t be silly

[@williamf4544]

Eee the muck around that Bet Lynch"s door handle

[@geecee4746]

That new machinist at Baldwins was beautiful, anyone know who she is?

[@theresapierce3934]

How nice Gail looks in her maternity dress. Shame girls of today look like slappers instead of expectant mums.

[@glamdolly30]

I agree, Gail looked lovely. Mums-to-be should look mumsy!

[@dominewimbury2039]

Not all! My sister and cousin are not slappers thanks!

[@ironknobsteelworks4063]

Gails never looked nice

[@tracygrant7931]

@@glamdolly30 mums to be should look how they want to look

[@glamdolly30]

@@tracygrant7931 I don't like to see bare pregnancy bellies on display and I'm not alone. It's about dignity for mother and baby.

[@niamhosullivan5795]

Elsie was proper gorgeous

[@bsaunders5271]

Fine figure of a woman.

[@glamdolly30]

I think Elsie improved with age - she was always fabulous, but I far prefer the Elsie who returned for a second stint on the show in 1976, to the original, 1960s - early '70s version. It's like she left in 1973 as a girl, but returned a mature, sophisticated, knockout woman! Pat Phoenix made middle age sexy, I say God bless her for that!

[@Velasca]

Madge Hindle (Renee) said in a recent interview that she thought Pat was very beautiful

[@ironknobsteelworks4063]

@@glamdolly30 I agree. In the earlier episodes her chin disapeared into her fat neck.

[@spartybrearly7221]

She was in the 60’s. Not so much by 1980.

[@TomBartram-b1c]

Vera was the Leanne Battersby of back then. Always looking for a scrap.

[@johnlarkin3821]

It looks like Emily and her future sister in law go to the same old maids' outfitters shop.

[@lindsaygrieve4384]

That orange kettle gets around !😅

[@sherylbarker9465]

So does the blue cups and saucers 😅

[@imthedaddy3477]

1.37.55. The first litter I’ve ever seen in The Street.

[@TheKonga88]

Sooooo good 🎉🎄🎅🎁✨🌠🌲🪔🎃🥳🥳🥳🥳😭

[@paulinecorreia5538]

I think 🤔 it’s hilarious how Bert mocks Ivy 😂like a parrot 🦜. 1:19:26

[@themistermillson]

1:05:10, so who is looking after Tracy?

[@ronnahjohnson5013]

I wish I understood what they were saying!

[@jstewart3517]

Ivy was on very early episodes with dark hair and married to a jack

[@bsaunders5271]

Looking at her behaviour back then with fresh eyes, Ivy really was an emotional cripple. Totally passive aggressive. 2:10:15

[@2500mike]

I can't get over what a nervous wreck Mavis is.

[@bsaunders5271]

@@2500mike I know, it drives me up the wall.

[@maxipazz8214]

Elsie V Audrey classic @ 1:51:40

[@spartybrearly7221]

Percy Sugden smoking 😂😂😂

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Why in the world doesn’t she have a spare set of keys at work??! 😂🤣

[@alexanderjones9572]

2,23.36 Bet’s phone’s oddly placed! I mean luckily she did hear it, but she could easily not have-and it was important news.

[@bsaunders5271]

It is a communal phone, out in the hallway, for all the residents.

[@jenlfpotter3870]

Red flags all the way there. Firstly, never, carry valuables in your plastic carrier bags, always, keep them inside your clothing or somewhere on your person which can't easily be pickpocketed or taken. Keep valuables separate, from the rest of your possessions, but also, keep them handy where only, you will know where to find them. Never, take anybody's word for it if they should phone to tell you somebody handed your bag in. If you know where it was handed in, anywhere, even the police station/cop shop, a department store where you were shopping, like poor Bett, looking for bargain buys and things in the sales there. Always, ring the store before, you go flying off to fetch a handbag which isn't there and which you would possibly never see again. Also, never give out your street address unless it is absolutely necessary. If you have been burgled, also, never, touch anything, put a cloth or glove or your sleeve over your hand if you must touch anything before the police are on the scene with Soco and maybe even a dog unit so your fingerprints don't smudge those of the b words who turned your place over. Lastly, for flips sakes, get the locks changed as soon as you clock your keys were taken with your other valuables, windows and doors both. You should be able to raise your letting agent or landlord or at least, ring their emmergency out of hours numbers if you should need to contact them out of hours. I want to get new locks myself for security reasons, but I would have to OK it with my letting agent at the very least if I wanted to change things like locks. A locksmith would come out to you and change a lock in the middle of the night if you needed it.

[@Iamjames1985]

Gail & Ivy are both irritating, I cannot decide who I find more aggravating.

[@MsArrowroot]

They deserve each other.

[@alexanderjones9572]

Audrey’s new bloke looks like Arthur Fowler! (EastEnders)

[@janethammond5925]

Odd to see Arnold Swain's best man was the future Percy Sugden. Talk about recycling actors! 😊

[@GinaRussell-c2c]

Arnold’s best man George turner later became Percy sugden Emily bishops lodger

[@sheenamcguire123]

Yes we know we not stupid we are Corrie fans

[@carriejmichael9377]

George turner ?????Its percy sugden 😮

[@BrendanWeir-i7y]

Why are houses on British soaps so small n depressing

[@Kevin-vc9nw]

I agree with Eddie Yates if the items are being thrown out why should the council get all the profit

[@eat_a_dick_trudeau]

Because houses in England are small and depressing.

[@lordwalker71]

Forgot how much I hated the character of Ivy.

[@operatorjeffdeathstar7759]

44:32...Bounce

[@croccus0311]

I really didn’t get the storyline of Mavis booking a holiday to London and miss Emily’s wedding 🤷🏻‍♀️It seemed so strange, it felt like she was avoiding being a Bridesmaid yet again 😂

[@elterrifico9522]

Alf might be having a bit too much fun at the stag do, all things considered

[@bblair2627]

Alf was such a lovely gentleman

[@valuetraveler2026]

if i was throwing a party Id invite Bert, Elsie and Mavis.

[@Nats99]

Me too. They were my favourite characters in the show at this point. Loved Bert and was gutted about what happened to Peter Dudley.

[@shaneobrien2257]

Yes, Bert. We know what you mean. 😉

[@theculturedthug6609]

George that's Percy Suggden???

[@spartybrearly7221]

Percy had a split personality.

[@journeybymoonlight3216]

Ivy is a trouble maker, poor Gail.

[@gilliangrant8764]

Gail is a whiner!

[@jenlfpotter3870]

Gale is a trouble maker. She and Ivy are both as bad as each other.

[@dominewimbury2039]

Couldn't stand Fred 😡

[@Kevin-vc9nw]

😂

[@olgagarcia5710]

Boy Deidre sure slimmed down.

[@johnlarkin-i3z]

Martin is too gormless to be a wiley Tanner ...

[@cherylreznor181]

Poor bet x

[@ChristineNicholson-bk9jq]

They def did a good job casting the older Nick Tilsley! He is like Brian in a way 👍

[@kitten7336]

God every man that meets Tracy Barlow is an "uncle" it's very creepy

[@annmc8392]

Tut tut ivy! and you went to church😔

[@thekingerlavelle8906]

Vera , i can feel it in my handbag 👜😅

[@guyjackson2671]

Martin muscles 💪🏽

[@tracygrant7931]

What muscles?

[@MsArrowroot]

Where?

[@DIETRICHCICCONE]

Deirdre was foxy in her youth 🔥 Elsie Tanner, Duchess of Tanquerey ⚡ 1:33:08 Typical Scouser 😂

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Who in the world invites people to a bride party the same day of the party??! 😂🤣

[@queendeirdre7436]

The funny side of a Mickey Mouse watch 😅😅😅😅😅

[@rbr2023]

Did Audrey kiss Brian on the lips?!😮

[@sherylbarker9465]

Most probably, I've seen Ivy do it

[@RichardGodber-p1s]

Love hearing Start ! By The Jam on the hifi

[@MultiKs22]

why Deidre was turning that hunk of man away he only wanted to get romantic with her all alone in each other arms. she was foolish .

[@debbiesummers7979]

That's Percy

[@paullynton-green6570]

Deep down mike was a soft old bugger.

[@trappistpreserves]

Brian "Andy Gibb" Tilsley and his unfeasibly tight trousers!

[@marieince3239]

Hilda was rotten doing those pools coupon they should of sent her to coventry .

[@algie-t2w]

My God, the Tilsley's are a bore.

[@AriAdu]

Alf is the reason Renee died. If he had stayed in the car....will he admit it?

[@NayanapNap]

brian might be pretty, but he is a self obsessed narcissist

[@jstewart3517]

Diedre isnt all that pretty shes a gaint next to the men

[@nandsall9492]

01.12 Gail Alert!!!! Gail Alert!!!!!

[@opinionday0079]

Grimm

[@margolenney6032]

Ivy Tilsley. She should have been on the credits as Vitriol on Steroids

[@MJ69ism]

Totally gutted that Elsie was being homophobic I wasn’t expecting that

[@eyezj7412]

It's 1980 soft lad 🙄

[@MJ69ism]

@@eyezj7412 I’m not being soft at all, it’s just that Elsie was always the open minded one, it would of made sense for ivy to have said it or Vera, I’m fully aware of the history regarding homosexuals during this time, and what I went through makes me stronger not weaker, you cretin.

[@valuetraveler2026]

haha. You can do what ya like just leave my boy alone