Violet Carson was a stunning genius in this role! A seamless master at blending the tragic and the comic, to create a fully rounded, fascinating character. Her monologue about being taken to the mill as a child is devastating and poetic - some of the most beautiful, tender acting I've ever seen, anywhere. Whatever 'Street' exists today, has nothing to do with what we see here. This was a different show - it lived and died with Carson.
Yes, Violet Carson was magic: In her old age cast into a monster, TV hit (at that time) and took it all in her stride and made her character the bedrock of the show that was Coronation Street. How sad they sold it off as a flagship of social commentary, simply for better ratings than that pale imitator Eastenders... Simply unforgivable. But hey... that's TV folks... it's all about ratings...not quality.
Just remember that everyone was young once. And if you are young now, good luck, and your turn will come, faster than you realise. So enjoy life. Happy 50th birthday Coronation Street.
It's so good to see this clip after so many years, produced by Mark Wells and Directed by me (RoystonMayoh) The whole show had a wonderful atmosphere as it was bring made by people who just loved the subject. I think you can see here the reverence that Les has for this most iconic of series.
Royston Mayoh I wish I was around back then to see Coronation Street as it originally was with wonderful actress like Doris Speed, Pat Phoenix and Violet Carson. It’s my ambition to follow in the steps of my dad Melvyn Hayes one day and go in to television more along the presenting route than that of an actor best wishes Josh
I was very lucky to see this as a very young boy - I'm astonished at just how good the acting is- far more believable than the current style with writing that was conciously poetic - and, I believe, performed LIVE! Thank you for that whole decade - it certainly gave a small child a fantastic introduction to life's "characters" Violet Carson's little reminisce about her first day at the factory should be a master class in how to produce a lasting effect through art....... I must try to get hold of these early shows again - amazing... every single performance has drive and interest.......
A wonderful piece of television history - This show was very popular here in Australia. I remember watching it with my Mum when I was just a kid - I still miss those days, this video bought it all back for me - in a nice comfortable way - thanks for posting
Child-hood memories. I loved Les Dawson. I loved Ena, fabulous acting, bit of a culteral time capsule when Annie Walker calls her Mrs Sharples. Imagine Ena doing the black bottom! Good stuff! Thank you Ms or Mr tvordj.
For years I called her "that formidable looking old lady with the hair net". As a kid I had a dream where I was alone in my parents' living room and Coronation Street was on the TV. In the dream I tried helping myself to a piece of cake that was on the living room table and Ena Sharples shouted "put it back" to me from the TV set.
@Aspergianstar2009 - absolutely correct. There's no depth to the characterization anymore. The show rarely gets into the psychology of the various characters as any good soap opera is obliged to; rather, it plots out the events for the characters instead of allowing them to drive the narrative themselves. As a result, we have things like ridiculous tram explosions and sensationalist plots.... because the characters as written are simply not interesting enough anymore - they are all mundane.
A time when the writer was great and the women were portrayed as tough and strong and proud. What happened? Modern middle class writers with no clue, that's what happened..... What a shame, things should evolve and get better not go down hill...
All soaps are a joke now, all written for teenagers, or adults with a teenage mentality, with boring young characters, instead of interesting older ones with multidimensional life stories. Stopped watching Coronation Street about 30 years ago.
Spot on Dave: Corrie was a million miles better than that crap Eastenders...why on earth did they lower the standard of the script and the acting quality? It's done the viewing public no favours whatsoever. They are all rubbish now...because someone would not stand firm in front of management bullying for "ratings". How damn sad. Sold its soul for the sake of American Style "Ratings".... Corrie would have seen off the rubbish that was and still is Eastenders.....but no, they are all, now, one and the same. All characterisation has been lost...never to return. Doris Speed. Violet Carson...their characters still exist in life...but will never be seen... sold out to the "ratings". What a crock of crap we accept as entertainment these days.
@@RUclipsIsAssHo you’ve hit it on the grass. Soaps are written for immature adults and teens. One dimensional. Could be made out of card board. And nasty.
I remember my Gran agreeing with lots of things she said as we watched it on her massive 12 inch black and white telly in 1966. The whole world was in Black and white and getting a new coat was a major expense which not everyone could afford. All the available jobs were dangerous or dirty and usually both. Ilike thousands of others we paid in and contracted with the government to a pension scheme that they reneged on and still kept all our money.
The confrontations between Elsie and Ena were priceless. They tried to create a similar scenario between Pat and Peggy in EastEnders. Not in the same league. Ena and Elsie never said anything to each other that wasn't true and there was a wonderful honesty about their set to's. Violet Carson and Patricia Phoenix were legends.
A literate script written by someone with an ear for dialogue and an eye for character. Current soaps are too caught up in the mill of ratings and gossip mags for them to have this high quality.
The ending of the scene upto 3.29 is just golden. Ahh, to make it look this effortless, this entertaining this wonderful. Nose to the Grindstone, then!
Here's something i well remember about Violet Carson ..... Many moons ago there was a show on the wireless ont Light Programme of the BBC. It was just after the war - the 2nd World War - that a quiz show was broadcast. The name? Have a Go! Wilfred Pickles was the quiz Master. Mable (the wife of Wilfred i believe) was at the table with the prize money, and who was at the piano? Violet Carson! Yes, it was then - during the late 1940's - that i first saw her when the show Have a Go was recorded in my home town way, way, way back. I pick and peck at these keys on the 26th of October, 2019.
The good old days when life was simple no Globalisation or Internet when you could laugh and nobody got offended and life without lockdowns and covid wish I could turn back time
Now there's something you never EVER see on Coronation Street these days. Real acting by real actors who knew their business. Nowadays it's just tired old hangers-on (like William Roache and Barbara Knox), no talents who got lucky (like Michael LeVell and Sally Dynevor) and the utterly useless (just about everybody else).
Barbara, I would say was great for many years....but has long passed her sell-by date: She is not, and never will become the great character actress that Violet Carson as Ena Sharples was. But...in reality...that is what should happen: It's supposed to be a street of real people after all. As for Bill Roache...well...the best that can be said is that he is not acting. But, hey, he won a court case to prove otherwise. We are law-abiding here. But many of the cast (From 4 years ago as is your post) left me simply in awe.... HTF do they get away with it? Micheal leVell...dear-oh-dear...If he's an actor I'm up for doing brain surgery wearing boxing gloves...(I like a challenge.) Sally: DOH! Ditto! Gail: DOH! Ditto....and...yeah... most of them are simply crap. Money for old rope.... For heaven's sake: Put some PASSION into your work: Make like you're an actor, not a scenery prop. And for heaven's sake: Tell the scriptwriters to get back to making Corrie like it was Coronation Street. Not a ratings chaser with stupid sensational impossible story lines: Get quality back & show us what you can do with a decent script!. It Ain't Rocket Science.
Scott Vidal . Its that sort of twaddle that convinced the idiots we would be better off out of the EU. Outside toilets? Damp housing? Rat infested streets? How was that better? Corrie was def better back then but life in general was crap. Try to drag yourself away from from the 18th century, can you?
vPilot Carson I remember as piano player for Wilfred Pickles on his radio show 'Have a Go'' series and also when Coronation began prior to me and my family emigrating to Australia via the £10 assisted passage scheme November 1965
Corrie was good in them old days with the strong women and lots of laughs. I don't watch it now but would if they made it like they used to. I don't want it to be like Eastenders.
I love all these classic characters real life gossip acid tongued women brilliant actors when coronation was brilliant its rubbish today way over the top
If only you’d lived long enough to witness what a delightful young lady your daughter became .... hahahaha .... NOT !! You’d turn in your grave !! ..... R.I.P Les 😘
There was a much smaller cast in those days but they were all characters and blended so well. Nowadays the story line is so weak and they overdo the political correctness. Far too many youngsters who cant act. Sad really.
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Violet Carson was a stunning genius in this role! A seamless master at blending the tragic and the comic, to create a fully rounded, fascinating character. Her monologue about being taken to the mill as a child is devastating and poetic - some of the most beautiful, tender acting I've ever seen, anywhere. Whatever 'Street' exists today, has nothing to do with what we see here. This was a different show - it lived and died with Carson.
Yes, Violet Carson was magic: In her old age cast into a monster, TV hit (at that time) and took it all in her stride and made her character the bedrock of the show that was Coronation Street.
How sad they sold it off as a flagship of social commentary, simply for better ratings than that pale imitator Eastenders...
Simply unforgivable.
But hey... that's TV folks... it's all about ratings...not quality.
I would love to have seen a this is your life on violet carson
Just remember that everyone was young once. And if you are young now, good luck, and your turn will come, faster than you realise. So enjoy life.
Happy 50th birthday Coronation Street.
Les Dawson - there will never be another. Thanks for a great upload.
How good was Ena Sharples........." Half a dozen fancies....but no eclairs!" love it.
I absolutely loved Ena Sharples.
It's so good to see this clip after so many years, produced by Mark Wells and Directed by me (RoystonMayoh)
The whole show had a wonderful atmosphere as it was bring made by people who just loved the subject. I think you can see here the reverence that Les has for this most iconic of series.
Royston Mayoh I wish I was around back then to see Coronation Street as it originally was with wonderful actress like Doris Speed, Pat Phoenix and Violet Carson. It’s my ambition to follow in the steps of my dad Melvyn Hayes one day and go in to television more along the presenting route than that of an actor best wishes Josh
I was very lucky to see this as a very young boy - I'm astonished at just how good the acting is- far more believable than the current style with writing that was conciously poetic - and, I believe, performed LIVE! Thank you for that whole decade - it certainly gave a small child a fantastic introduction to life's "characters" Violet Carson's little reminisce about her first day at the factory should be a master class in how to produce a lasting effect through art....... I must try to get hold of these early shows again - amazing... every single performance has drive and interest.......
Those were the days .... of real actors !
Ena Sharples ( Violet Carson ) was one of the Greats.
ena s hair net has since been turned in2 womens thongs,,lol
A wonderful piece of television history - This show was very popular here in Australia. I remember watching it with my Mum when I was just a kid - I still miss those days, this video bought it all back for me - in a nice comfortable way - thanks for posting
Cat jumps out in front of Les Dawson in the old days that have been lunch priceless
Child-hood memories. I loved Les Dawson. I loved Ena, fabulous acting, bit of a culteral time capsule when Annie Walker calls her Mrs Sharples. Imagine Ena doing the black bottom! Good stuff! Thank you Ms or Mr tvordj.
Those were the days with Ena in the snug!
'arf a barm cake an' drippin' for me brekfast! Awww... bless... I love this woman!
Les Brought the North down South .. Love his humour :)
Ena Sharples .. blast from the past :)
“I knew it had to be gone through.” People could do with that attitude today.
For years I called her "that formidable looking old lady with the hair net". As a kid I had a dream where I was alone in my parents' living room and Coronation Street was on the TV. In the dream I tried helping myself to a piece of cake that was on the living room table and Ena Sharples shouted "put it back" to me from the TV set.
her hair net has since been turned in2 womens thongs,,lol
Wonderful. The yeaqr I was born (my mother loved the show an then I did) and now I almost feel I am Ena...
Good Lord, that was ACTING
@Aspergianstar2009 - absolutely correct. There's no depth to the characterization anymore. The show rarely gets into the psychology of the various characters as any good soap opera is obliged to; rather, it plots out the events for the characters instead of allowing them to drive the narrative themselves. As a result, we have things like ridiculous tram explosions and sensationalist plots.... because the characters as written are simply not interesting enough anymore - they are all mundane.
Ena sharples a legend great acting brilliant story lines when coronation st was great
we never stop growing up do we...that hit hard 💜
Remember watching the very first episode of Coronation Street --- not seen that show for about 60 years now.
A time when the writer was great and the women were portrayed as tough and strong and proud. What happened? Modern middle class writers with no clue, that's what happened..... What a shame, things should evolve and get better not go down hill...
As for 5.28. My God! Perfect. You don't appreciate this kind of talent when you're young.
You had to actually TALK to each other in those days. Lucky.
When Corrie was great great characters traditional pubs ....the good old days 😉
this is actually better than the corrie now, no joke.
All soaps are a joke now, all written for teenagers, or adults with a teenage mentality, with boring young characters, instead of interesting older ones with multidimensional life stories. Stopped watching Coronation Street about 30 years ago.
Spot on Dave: Corrie was a million miles better than that crap Eastenders...why on earth did they lower the standard of the script and the acting quality?
It's done the viewing public no favours whatsoever.
They are all rubbish now...because someone would not stand firm in front of management bullying for "ratings".
How damn sad.
Sold its soul for the sake of American Style "Ratings"....
Corrie would have seen off the rubbish that was and still is Eastenders.....but no, they are all, now, one and the same.
All characterisation has been lost...never to return.
Doris Speed. Violet Carson...their characters still exist in life...but will never be seen... sold out to the "ratings".
What a crock of crap we accept as entertainment these days.
@@RUclipsIsAssHo you’ve hit it on the grass. Soaps are written for immature adults and teens. One dimensional. Could be made out of card board. And nasty.
I remember my Gran agreeing with lots of things she said as we watched it on her massive 12 inch black and white telly in 1966. The whole world was in Black and white and getting a new coat was a major expense which not everyone could afford. All the available jobs were dangerous or dirty and usually both. Ilike thousands of others we paid in and contracted with the government to a pension scheme that they reneged on and still kept all our money.
The confrontations between Elsie and Ena were priceless. They tried to create a similar scenario between Pat and Peggy in EastEnders. Not in the same league. Ena and Elsie never said anything to each other that wasn't true and there was a wonderful honesty about their set to's. Violet Carson and Patricia Phoenix were legends.
Paul Wild they did
A literate script written by someone with an ear for dialogue and an eye for character. Current soaps are too caught up in the mill of ratings and gossip mags for them to have this high quality.
Les Dawson's impression of Ena Sharples was fantastic 😂
One of Les Dawson's last appearances on TV.
The ending of the scene upto 3.29 is just golden. Ahh, to make it look this effortless, this entertaining this wonderful. Nose to the Grindstone, then!
Here's something i well remember about Violet Carson ..... Many moons ago there was a show on the wireless ont Light Programme of the BBC. It was just after the war - the 2nd World War - that a quiz show was broadcast. The name? Have a Go! Wilfred Pickles was the quiz Master. Mable (the wife of Wilfred i believe) was at the table with the prize money, and who was at the piano? Violet Carson! Yes, it was then - during the late 1940's - that i first saw her when the show Have a Go was recorded in my home town way, way, way back. I pick and peck at these keys on the 26th of October, 2019.
OK!! That would explain she was always on piano in the Rovers for special occasions. She was very talented indeed!
The good old days when life was simple no Globalisation or Internet when you could laugh and nobody got offended and life without lockdowns and covid wish I could turn back time
4:46 she spoke to the cameraman!!!!! The beginning of how The Office was shot❤❤
Look at the quality of that stone cladding....luxury.
Now there's something you never EVER see on Coronation Street these days. Real acting by real actors who knew their business. Nowadays it's just tired old hangers-on (like William Roache and Barbara Knox), no talents who got lucky (like Michael LeVell and Sally Dynevor) and the utterly useless (just about everybody else).
There is a saying in italian that when the water in the toilet is flushed only the nasty long turds remain. Roach is a stronzo.
Barbara, I would say was great for many years....but has long passed her sell-by date: She is not, and never will become the great character actress that Violet Carson as Ena Sharples was.
But...in reality...that is what should happen: It's supposed to be a street of real people after all.
As for Bill Roache...well...the best that can be said is that he is not acting. But, hey, he won a court case to prove otherwise.
We are law-abiding here.
But many of the cast (From 4 years ago as is your post) left me simply in awe.... HTF do they get away with it?
Micheal leVell...dear-oh-dear...If he's an actor I'm up for doing brain surgery wearing boxing gloves...(I like a challenge.)
Sally: DOH! Ditto! Gail: DOH! Ditto....and...yeah... most of them are simply crap. Money for old rope....
For heaven's sake: Put some PASSION into your work: Make like you're an actor, not a scenery prop.
And for heaven's sake: Tell the scriptwriters to get back to making Corrie like it was Coronation Street. Not a ratings chaser with stupid sensational impossible story lines: Get quality back & show us what you can do with a decent script!. It Ain't Rocket Science.
I remember Corrie in Black and White sat in front of a roaring coal fire.... that's when we were Great Britain !!!
How lovely
Scott Vidal . Its that sort of twaddle that convinced the idiots we would be better off out of the EU. Outside toilets? Damp housing? Rat infested streets? How was that better? Corrie was def better back then but life in general was crap. Try to drag yourself away from from the 18th century, can you?
Oh Ena! Poor old Minnie.
Wish the show was being replayed, l always watched it.
vPilot Carson I remember as piano player for Wilfred Pickles on his radio show 'Have a Go'' series and also when Coronation began prior to me and my family emigrating to Australia via the £10 assisted passage scheme November 1965
My granny was one of those women 🙈🤣🤣🤣
The BEST OF BRITISH!!!
eee i were bought up on corrie bless ena and minnie
Minnie Caldwell - first out of the taxi, last up to the bar
4:48 suddenly we are in the queue with them
If Winston Churchill was a Bulldog, Violet Carson was a Boxer!
4.48. I didn't know Ena Sharples invented breaking the fourth wall?
Better then than now in Coro street
mandeley100 - you are SO right!
Les died in 94 so wasn’t long after this ..
Were Les Dawson and Violet Carson the same person?
Corrie was good in them old days with the strong women and lots of laughs. I don't watch it now but would if they made it like they used to. I don't want it to be like Eastenders.
It has gone woke its all political doctrine now
funny seeing lucille hewitt again
Yes indeed: The late Jennifer Moss. Died aged 61.
A sad life indeed.
Check it out on IMDB.Com....
@stevenjackson1958 Agree 100% with you, dont watch it anymore, no sense of humour or characters too serious & going like Eastenders depressing.
This was when Coronation Street was great the show is absolute rubbish now.
It's not the same anymore, so different from when I first saw Coronation st in 1964!!🐹
Is it milk stout? WTH is that
I love all these classic characters real life gossip acid tongued women brilliant actors when coronation was brilliant its rubbish today way over the top
@silversurfers7 True
If only you’d lived long enough to witness what a delightful young lady your daughter became .... hahahaha .... NOT !! You’d turn in your grave !! ..... R.I.P Les 😘
@RICHARDTOMLEY10WHARF LMAO!
Un color TV.
There was a much smaller cast in those days but they were all characters and blended so well. Nowadays the story line is so weak and they overdo the political correctness. Far too many youngsters who cant act. Sad really.
Common ha ha ha
Before Corrie went woke…
Before Corrie lost its soul you mean