Coronation Street - September 1981

[@lindarowe8550]

There will never be another Hilda Ogden never.

[@SuzyQ334]

Hilda was very special, especially her singing! Happy Corrie days. Loving these retro episodes.

[@perniesweemmer51]

Linda Rowe....absolutely!!!!👍🏻👏🏆👏

[@julielewis5051]

Never! ❤

[@leehambleton9919]

I agree

[@lindarowe8550]

@@leehambleton9919 thanks Lee she was the greatest soap opera character

[@frazzleface753]

Poor Bert 🙁 Typical government kicking a bloke when he's down trying to make a few quid while those in power do whatever and fiddle the rules to make as much money as they want.

[@sephirothff7ps164]

here here, i was bert in the early 90,s 3 kids to feed and cloth, my ex- sister-inlaw grassed me up, thankfully she snuffed it this year , oh yes.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jstewart3517]

Just who snitched

[@lindarowe8550]

@sephirothff7ps164 dead right things have not changed toda5

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

Thatcher’s government was the worst. Had adverts on the telly about grassing up your friends and neighbours. The worst thing was that their theory of economics meant they needed a good level of unemployment to keeo wages down etc. Just sickening. They also started all the deregulation which lead to the rich getting richer at the expense of the workers and the environment and leading eventually to the banking crisis - which cost govetnments around the world hundreds of billions. Puts Bert’s few quid into perspective

[@lesgeorge9166]

Felt sorry for him til he told the truth the f ing idiot!!! Got len in the shit

[@thertraumatic]

49:48 "I hope that silence was sufficiently expressive" Emily fades into the background a lot, but she's SO good when they actually give her something fun to do/say ❤

[@bsaunders5271]

I love Hilda. I love everything about her. A total one off, in every way.

[@SuzyQ334]

Absolutely. These amazing classic episodes prove there were many fabulous characters in Corrie but Hilda Ogden definitely topped them all. Loved her to bits - especially her singing. Ha ha!

[@elinebrock5660]

My favourite Hilda was when she shouted upstairs to Stan, he yelled down "Are you talkin' to me?" and she replied, "No, I'm chewin' a brick."😂😂

[@paullynton-green6570]

Jean Alexander should have won an Oscar.

[@tarquinbullocks1703]

@@paullynton-green6570 Check her Wikipedia. She won a bunch of awards and was - and is - Britain's favourite soap actress. What a lady!

[@lindarowe8550]

@@paullynton-green6570 dead right

[@ginagina9720]

I love ❤️ the old ones of Corrie because it takes me back when my mum would watch them I was a teenager in 1981 and remember these episodes so well

[@alexanderjones9572]

Annie “This really is not good enough, Fred. Bet and I have been struggling on our own, haven’t we Bet?” Bet “Yes I have.” ( and who decided Fred and Eunice had to look for alternative accommodation anyway? Takes Fred a bit longer to get to work now, after you chucked him out, Annie. Live with it.)

[@bsaunders5271]

If I was Mrs.Walker I'd have thrown all of Fred's belongings out onto the road in front of the bin lorry.

[@josephbland3904]

Too right… Mrs Walker thought she was practically Royalty most days… she was just a over the hill landlady & complete jumped up snob.. Fred put up with waayy too much.., Chauffeuring her about & pandering to her every whim… he was better off without her so much…

[@alexanderjones9572]

So according to Emily, Albert just kept nagging the Germans and wore them down into surrender 😂😂

[@williamf4544]

Makes you realise how people in general change over the generations - these people were different from us - and we are different from the young generation thats about now - trouble is i dont think people are changing for the better - i dread to think what people will be like generations after i have gone

[@olgagarcia5710]

Scary to think how much worse it’s going to get.

[@stormhawk3319]

The actor playing Brian was how shall I put it, bad…

[@londonlady227]

A terrible actor who overplayed his hand thinking he could still be in Corrie and married to Leeza Gibbons in the US. She thought she had married a huge UK soap star. When he went to Qwaaatarrr, that was part of when he was dividing his time between doing that. I think he asked for more money and then tried to look for his big break in the US, both didn't work out so they killed him off. A few rumours including from Gail (Helen Worth) is that he was very egotistical on set.

[@soniaclarkstewart]

He was a dancer and was hired for his looks.

[@chrissywales6575]

​@@soniaclarkstewartHis looks? Nice shape body, but I was 15/16 at this time, I never thought that he was remotely good looking.

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

@@chrissywales6575me either. It was 1981 and he still looked like a throwback to the seventies (a couple of years out of date was like a century when you’re 17!) I thought he was disgusting in that way that only a teenager could think.

[@nicolemclean9028]

A player

[@itallia666]

I just love these origional Corrie characters! Its a tribute to the acting skills of Gails mum, Audrey Potter, as she portrays a strong accented Lancashire twang when in real life she was a titled lady! Being The Right Honerable Susan Nicolls & has quite a cut crystal or posh natural speaking voice! Some of the other actors also have well spoken voices, but their skill in speaking the Lancashire accent is (well To me it sounds good) excellent But i remember seeing Actress Sue Nicolls being interviewed when she became a more regular Character in Corrie & i was Astounded when i heard her natural voice! I think her father was a " Sir" But im not sure of this or what the title The Right Honerable Stands for! May be someone can tell me! Im slowly working my way through every year of Corrie Its great fun Regards 🇬🇧👧

[@soniaclarkstewart]

Her father was a MP.

[@itallia666]

@@soniaclarkstewart Yes youre right, her father was Lord Harmer Nicolls 🇬🇧👧

[@williamf4544]

She has a hint of Parker Bowels about her

[@derekhorne8076]

Then you should look up her appearances in Crossroads in the 60s where her Brummie accent is on display. If you listen carefully I'm sure you can occasionally here a faint brummie twang in Audrey's speech

[@dominewimbury2039]

I knew John's mum looked familiar. Later played Valerie in the Royle Family. He was a good character young John. Like someone else, I wish he was in it longer or returned later on for longer. Away from the horrible stepfather

[@NICKROBERTS23]

Sharon Duce played Valerie in The Royle Family, and Mrs Spencer was played by Jane Wood.

[@dominewimbury2039]

@@NICKROBERTS23 oh! Yeah, they look slightly similar lol

[@theresapierce3934]

Rita is at it again, self, self, self.

[@EveEve5]

Great line, if you went in for selling toffee apples instead of beer, the script writers were very talented.

[@londonlady227]

Rita, always looking after her own investments, she was always like that. She let people down over money, Bet in particular, she could've saved her job in that pub. She gave money to Sally and Kevin, to really buy the "gerls", Surrrphee and Reeersie. The way she talked to Mavis, was a soft line in bullying. She let Mavis down too after agreeing to buy into the B &B in Cartmel. Yes she gave the Kabin to Sharon, but that was to keep her there, buying effectively a daughter. She did Deirdre out of a much needed job, when she needed it the most, because Rita wanted her damn dishwasher and kitchen making up, so much so she walked out on Len. Selfish and narcissistic. She wasnt treated well by Alan Bradley but she wasnt the easiest for sharing her money, which is what he wanted her to do, invest in him, that drove him batty. Six of one, half a dozen of another. To add: the money she did have, was left to her from Len initally. The Kabin and the Yard.....then Ted Sullivan left her very comfortable. She was just a second rate Blackpool warbler. She looked down on everyone, always wanting more...better house, better life and she got it but through others.

[@tarinzuk6661]

Well said, totally concur wretched,awful character....

[@paullynton-green6570]

Horrible gold digger.overated singer and totally disloyal to her friends.

[@stevenhighams4190]

I thought she became loathsome later on, but when you look back on the old episodes, she was always dislikeable. Her partnership with Mavis in the Kabin was great, but she did bully Mavis in the early days. I find her later obsession with young girls a bit strange, really. You're right, she lets down old friends while chucking cash at those she barely knows. The only good thing in the days before Len died and she became nouveau riche is that she wasn't playing Lady Muck quite so much. Anyone who's watched it long enough knows where she came from. But this was a great era for teams. Rita and Mavis in the Kabin; Annie, Betty, Bet and Fred in the Rovers; Mike with Elsie, Ivy, Vera and Ida in the factory; the Ogdens with Eddie...

[@alexanderjones9572]

In the 90s, when you complain about Percy, remember this time with Albert, Emily...

[@deirdrekiernan5070]

Love hilda + Stan love the classics

[@krish2427]

Brian wants to go to sleep so he pours himself a cup of coffee and puts 2 spoonfuls of coffee in. That’s going to put you to sleep not.

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

That's twice I've seen that now between Jack and Alf going to Bert's. TWO beers! Who goes round their mate with two beers?

[@sherylbarker9465]

I always thought that wouldn't even hit the sides

[@paullynton-green6570]

They don't like parting with their brass up north.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Gorgeous black and maroon blouse Bette was wearing! She always looks glamorous!

[@alexanderjones9572]

When John called Rita ‘Mum’, that was a bit reminiscent of in ‘Goodnight, Mr Tom’, when William called Tom ‘Dad’-except John was leaving, and William was, to all intents and purposes, Tom’s son.

[@shylinh5939]

The attitude towards domestic violence 40 years ago is a bit depressing. Audrey (2.27) tells Elsie that her boyfriend, who's punched her, is "impulsive" but "very sexy with it". Yeah, the allure of a guy who'll give you a broken jaw.

[@frazzleface753]

Attitudes sure have changed. Imagine kids these days getting stick at school or being embarrassed about having a different surname to the bloke their Mum is currently with 🤣

[@SuzyQ334]

The scary thing is, some things never change. Much more recently I spent 4 years with an alcoholic - who between drinks was kind, smart, affectionate and always sorry for his drunken violence. I left him twice - the second time for good after he pushed me down the stairs (which were fortunately carpeted so I was physically unhurt). Afterwards he got married and had 2 kids. The ex-wife had an AVO against him when the kids were still in primary school. To this day, his kids don't want to know him.

[@lordwalker71]

Was the same when Len hit Rita and everyone was encouraging them to get back together.

[@alexanderjones9572]

Imagine if Mavis had been there when Len said ‘you might as well leave him ( George) here. I fancy a bit of rabbit pie for me’ tea.’

[@kuchikopi4631]

She would have fainted on the spot.

[@kuchikopi4631]

They should have kept the little lad on the show, I have a hankering someone like Rita would love to have a son to dote over, also if he had been kept on we would not have had to suffer gobby Sharon (who smacks and eats with her mouth open).

[@professionalgun6674]

I like Sharon. She was a greasey little bundle on first arrival but she made me laugh. Plus her storylines weren't bad. Sure it was annoying when she was after Brian but it is something that can happen.

[@londonlady227]

​​​@@professionalgun6674She initially was a nice character but turned manipulative and sneaky. Somewhat like Rita.

[@cn4936]

Adored Doris Speed but Mrs Walker was utterly horrid. What we call today a 'toxic manager'.

[@kelleybunny]

poor emily.. albert would drive me around the bend. 😐

[@kelleybunny]

@@bazgent emily would not be rude.

[@bsaunders5271]

Emily may well be a glutton for punishment when you consider Ernest the Misery and Arnold the irretrievably crazed

[@bsaunders5271]

Bert 'int that right, my sweet' Tilsley needs to pour Ivy a long tall glass of Shut Up Juice.

[@SuzyQ334]

I have been sick and stuck at home for a couple of weeks so have been binge-watching these fabulous classic Corrie episodes starting in 1978 and I always turn to the comments. If you don't mind me saying so B Saunders, your very strong opinions about old series of Corrie go at least from 1978 to now. Judging by your profile photo, these eps were made decades before you were born. I know COVID screwed up 2 years of everyone's lives but seriously you need to get a life.

[@stevenhighams4190]

It's a pity, because when Ivy was just a warehouse checker and factory machinist with no family (apart from a rarely-seen husband), she was much more likeable and quite a good character. They spoiled her by building that family around her, which also retconned her out of her old self. Her sense of humour had completely gone, and in all those years, she never mentioned her late best mate Edna to her widower, Fred. She really became a different character based very loosely on an old one.

[@bsaunders5271]

​@@SuzyQ334I was born in 1972, thanks. These episodes are very special to me, and I enjoy commenting on them. Hopefully you feel better now you've put me in my place!

[@bsaunders5271]

​@@stevenhighams4190agreed... Ivy used to be fun

[@jubileebaby9787]

Love the meat slicer in the corner shop, used one in my first job..

[@londonlady227]

I know and meat kept on the counter on trays, no refrigerator. And the freezer looked like it had no sliding cover to it (even though they were empty boxes). But, knowing a corner shop like that in my youth, no-one got food poisoning.

[@jubileebaby9787]

@@londonlady227 and no use by/best before dates.

[@londonlady227]

@@jubileebaby9787 I don't remember that, I thought legally they had to have those on products even then?

[@jubileebaby9787]

@@londonlady227 on fresh meat there wasn’t, even today some market stalls/butchers will just bag the meat up without a date on it.

[@londonlady227]

@@jubileebaby9787 oh yes, just lumps of meat on trays with greasproof over it. That's it. Or a big slab of corned beef.

[@acesigma06]

2:36:50 Vicki Chalmbers, as Michelle Fenton, who later went onto play, Sally Waterman, who worked with Ken Barlow at the Gazette

[@elizaann1888]

Would anyone actually put up with Uncle Albert? I certainly wouldn't!

[@rbr2023]

I totally agree! When I was a kid watching this I always thought he was a miserable old sod, 43 years later and my opinion is the same!😂

[@elizabethbower2168]

James Tod there’s loads on from 2005 if you look in the right places but not from the sky because it’s all nostalgia for the 1980s

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Alf does not want Freddy to move in, because everyone now knows that they do not leave when told!!

[@williamf4544]

In places like Preston nearly everyone is like Jack and Vera - I noticed that when i was on holiday in Blackpool and went to Preston for the day

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Audrey just drops into Gayle’s and stays anytime she feels like it! She has no care or concern for anyone else but herself! Just like she stays in the bathroom for 30 minutes, with no concern for anyone else!

[@R31922]

Ken & Dreary really get on my wick.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Ha! Brian leaves the door open late at night! And that’s the slowest robber I’ve ever seen! 😂🤣

[@jamestodd1842]

Do you have any episode from 2005 you could put on please

[@josephbland3904]

Bert was such a self righteous berk at times… He should’ve kept his mouth shut… Especially after Len & Ken stuck there necks out for him… He was a prat… Too many tears of being a doormat to self righteous poison Ivy… sacred of his own shadow that bloke… pathetic character.

[@londonlady227]

I agree, if he stuck to his story, they might have dropped it due to insufficient evidence. Although, whoever shopped him (popular opinion it was been Fred) could swear that they saw him working and I'm sure others would say the same. So how could they say was he paid? In kind? In beers? The Dole guy was right, that could still be construed as casual labour. Even Catholic Ivy wanted to him to lie, I guess Bert was trying to be honest but it really contributed to the end of the Bert....things just didn't go right for any of them afterwards.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

What in blazes is Freddie talking about he can move into Al’s tomorrow when Al told him that they couldn’t??! 😂🤣

[@MsAlien911]

Mrs Walker "good morning mr baldwin, large scotch?" lol man they could drink 😁

[@gilliangrant8764]

Was it ever revealed who shopped Bert in the first place?

[@professionalgun6674]

No, but I reckon it was Fred.

[@gilliangrant8764]

@@professionalgun6674 Yeah probably. Pity they never revealed it. Poor Bert, I always liked him.

[@shylinh5939]

@@gilliangrant8764 Yeah, I did too, he was a kind and gentle soul, worn down by the world and unfulfilled ambition, he'd have been more contented if he's taken Stan's outlook - who cares if there are chips to eat and ale to sup? On top of that, he had Ivy bullying him if he didn't toe the line or dared to express his own opinion, as well as a whinging daughter in law and an immature, mummy's boy son.

[@gilliangrant8764]

@@mohammaddavoudian7897 ooh there's a plot I hadn't thought of. Vera would be vindictive enough but I'm not sure shopping people is really her style.

[@mattburke3457]

I think it was Vera because she didn't want him to get the driving job over jack

[@pamelahunter8659]

You’d have to be a refugee now to get the flat at the community centre.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Aidrey’s high squeaky voice!

[@glamdolly30]

The 'Uncle Albert, Chicken Pox Quarantine' storyline has spooky parallels with the Covid pandemic of 40 years later!

[@gilliangrant8764]

At least the doctor told the sick child to quarantine, not the healthy people,and Uncle Albert isolated himself because he was vulnerable. All common sense measures, not like the lies and tyranny of today.

[@glamdolly30]

@@gilliangrant8764 Oh Lord please don't say you're one of the idiotic germ disseminators walking around with no mask on? You people are a disgrace! How many more must die before you pipe down about your precious 'civil liberties' being curtailed? Another dumb conspiracy theory thrown around a genuine pandemic. Pathetic.

[@mickeyh1961]

@@glamdolly30 I do hope that was said in sarcasm and you are not serious

[@glamdolly30]

@@mickeyh1961 I do hope you're less than 12 years old. If not, you're obviously another dumb conspiracy theorist. BYE! DON'T HAVE CHILDREN!

[@alexanderjones9572]

Well, Ken, Tracy and Deirdre’d be their own ‘social bubble.’ Not sure how wise it’d be for Albert to move in with Emily tho! He’d be better off staying with Ken, Deirdre and Tracy.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Albert ordering Nanny Emily around like she’s his slave, and she obeys! 😂🤣

[@susi-emily]

Albert Tilsley? Don't think so. Bert himself said his name was Herbert.

[@paulhennessey2623]

Good idea lad, light up a ciggie at a petrol station

[@EM-yk1dw]

1.23 Jack and Vera, quality!

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Alf doesn’t need to push for Freddy to get that flat. Ken said so they don’t move in there. If Alf says no, it’s no! And both Ken and Freddy think that it’s Freddy’s right to move on, and that he can move in if he would like to!!

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Why in the world does Emily want to move into a flat when she has her own??!

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Woman sits there staring at the robber. 🤣😂

[@mattburke3457]

If I was Emily, by dinner time Albert's things wd b packed by the door with a wrapped cheese sandwich accompanied w the jar of mustard she was guilted into buying him

[@londonlady227]

I've known many like Albert who feel that age buys them privilege and gives them the right to be nasty. It doesn't. They're privileged to be a senior age as many don't get that and should reflect that honour. However, they hark back to the old days and wonder why society isn't the same, that can make them snippy bu5 as I've said to many of them, it's not my fault so be respectful.

[@paullynton-green6570]

Albert is a rude,nasty and ignorant old man.l wouldn't give him the time of day.

[@brianbroadbent3517]

Old corrie episodeswas about the residents not murder

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Like those alcoholics don’t have champagne glasses! 😂🤣

[@francesgillotti1378]

Bert is not very smart is he ?

[@angelapay3718]

Well he married lvy…….so no he isn’t know what i mean?

[@WNP2013]

It all goes a bit Starsky & Hutch @2:38:00!

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Honest Bert always preaching about honesty and telling the truth! 🥂🤣😂

[@BernadetteSwemmer-jz7yl]

1.53.27....Audrey (Sue Nichols) brilliant acting...couldn't get better portrayal of oblivious, out of touch and annoying!!!😂❤🎉

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Why does living at the center make Freddy never getting a pub??!

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Bert sits there and complains he’s unemployed and skint, , but him and Ivy sop champagne all of the time!!

[@MrIrrepressible]

Anybody know the music brian is listening to at 02:36:46

[@rbr2023]

It’s called ‘Disco Partners’ by Miki Antony

[@MrIrrepressible]

​@rbr2023 thank you.

[@jstewart3517]

Notice Ken doesnt offer $$ for Albert special order meals / ken doesnt do squat at center

[@jstewart3517]

Rita is such a nag

[@roderickscott7429]

what did Bet say to Alf that hilda found funny at 45.35 ?

[@robtaylor7469]

She asked..- "Alf is your face hurting?"...Alf answered :- " No,why?"...,She replied -" It's killing me"

[@roderickscott7429]

@@robtaylor7469 OK thanks

[@rbr2023]

Why is Ken being such a knob to Alf about Fred and the flat??

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Freddy a big, strapping lad. 🤣😂

[@noeltreanor348]

😊

[@staceygrove5976]

1:37:11 I don't get the point of Bet's story! Could someone explain it, please?

[@fluxington]

No.

[@nicolemclean9028]

Loved bert tilsley shame they killed him off he was gay in real life

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Gayle sure lost her pregnancy weight fast! 😂🤣

[@Deborah4Antiques]

How would Uncle Albert know whether Ken skipped brushing his teeth. He didn't know Ken then, did he?

[@cise748]

Shame the ep where the Mr and Mrs comp was missing Anyone able to tell me who won? TIA Edit: Just saw that Gail and Brian won

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Why doesn’t Freddie rent the community flat??! 😂🤣

[@bobslobbers5311]

Any way you can put up the full 70s episodes please

[@SuzyQ334]

They're already there. As my kids always say to me: "Just Google it".

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Bert’s been out of work for a year??! 🤣😂

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

18:27 Good ole Emily. Uncle Albert has his mustard, despite him saying she no need to get it.

[@clarkpatient7950]

Poor Hilda setting off that alarm pahahaha. And the police being called which is when you can guess the confontation thats about to happen pahahaha

[@SuzyQ334]

I absolutely love these classic Corrie episodes but I am perplexed by two things: one is the obsession with tea or "a brew". I am born and bred English but I can take or leave tea; give me a good cup of freshly "brewed" coffee any day. The other is the reference to "dinner". I would never describe myself as middle-class but to me the midday meal is lunch; the evening meal is dinner. Whenever they talk about "this dinner" I am always confused if that means the middle of the day or the evening. But I am a southerner.

[@stevenhighams4190]

Northerners love their tea! I used to say to my grandmother, "I don't know why you don't just pick up the teapot and drink it from the spout." And we do say "dinner", although I am still trying not to do that.

[@chrissywales6575]

I'm a southerner too, Hackney to be precise. We always drank a gallon of Rosie and we had school dinners, not lunch x

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

You ARE a southener aren’t you? Its a different country

[@susi-emily]

I'm a born and bred southerner, but I use lunch and tea. I only have dinner, if I go out "for dinner" at a restaurant. I can't stand tea. Coffee all the way for me.

[@nandsall9492]

would never have guessed

[@maggieb369]

Soapbox Ken can’t shut TFU

[@rbr2023]

The best look for Bet with her own hair for once ❤

[@chicagogyrl4846]

What does Albert think Emily is running a restaurant??! He just orders what he wants and orders her around?!! If I were Emily I would have told him off, and to go get his own dinner, I’m not running a restaurant! But Nanny Emily has no backbone at all, just like Mavis!!

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Bert moans and complains that he doesn’t have a job, they all complain about being skint, but they all have money for booze, and they buy everyone drinks every day!! And Bert had a job, but he turned it down, so he had no right to complain!! 😂🤣

[@ChristineNicholson-bk9jq]

Sheesh! Uncle Alberts’ character is SO annoying & ungrateful 🤬 and his voice just grates more so because he’s mostly always moaning!!!

[@chicagogyrl4846]

I skip over anything with him, Deidre, Ken and Nanny Emily! I can’t stand that decrepit old man! He mumbles when he talks, and I can’t understand him!