I’ve always really liked Ivy. I don’t think she was as poisonous as people made out. She just wanted what she thought was best and she had a faith. She gave Brian & Gail homes numerous times, babysat, gave them money and was even on Gail’s side after she got pregnant during her shagging of that Aussie bloke. Ivy’s life was also particularly tragic. Bert’s unemployment, mental health problems (which were very taboo the time), poverty, Bert’s death, the threat of Gail & Brian going to Australia, Gail’s affair with her niece, loneliness and then the destruction caused by Brian’s murder. I thought Lynne Perrie was a great actress and made Ivy very believable and realistic. She gets ignored as a Corrie legend but she absolutely is one. Three cheers for the late Lynne Perrie.
I completely agree, I loved the character Ivy and could never understand how she was so berated as the mother in law from hell. Gail was the nightmare daughter in law more like. And Lynne Perrie played Ivy to absolute perfection.
One of the few times I really felt for Ivy. Overall she was hard work but I really loved the character. What a fine actress Lynne Perrie was. Thank you for the upload.
I loved the character too. It honesty infuriated me when she was treated like dirt by Audrey. She even cared about David even though he wasn't her biological grandson.
It's a pity Brian didn't know that Gail was more than willing to get on a plane with Ian, and leave her family behind, when she screaming the odds, as to what's best for young Nicky. Cow.
I'm going to continue my binge watch from the first episode in 1960 until at least Hilda's departure. I don't know if I'll then be able to cope with Barlow being around with his smug self love. If he was chocolate he'd eat himself. Same for Gail. The Duckworths and current Tilseys are worse than a boil on the rear end. Knowing that Bradley gets bombed is encouragement to continue as is seeing Jack and Terry get smacked and hoping to see the mouth get something similar. I've largely enjoyed the binge so far and the 60s and 70s were top class. I saw very little of Corrie live after the early 80s being abroad in work and now retirement. And thanks to this channel and others for making this rewatch possible. Superb work.
Gail is a hypocrite , our Brian meets someone new she pretends she's angry because it's confusing Nicky well if she hadn't slept with the Aussie things might have been different they all seem to have amnesia where that's concerned.
It makes you sick, doesn't it? Gail playing the victim, turning everybody, she can, against Brian. When all the blame lies with her. And that mother of hers, who came to town, with a mattress strapped to her back.
Brian did put his cousin between he and Gail quite a lot during his visit. Does anyone think Brian planned this, knowing that Gail wandered before when he was out of town?
The cheque Alec gives to Bet is made out to "B. Lynch". Surely it should be made out to E. T. (Elizabeth Theresa) Lynch, as I would doubt her bank knew her as Bet.
When Deirdre tells Ken that even his eyes are beginning to get a crafty squint to them, I thought she was going to say “You’re beginning to look like Baldwin.”
Gail was far too stubborn for her own good. She should've have immediately let RBrian know that Sarah was his baby to have him pay his way but i think i get it...she wanted Sarah for her own.
Hey hon - LOVED this month's episodes, especially seeing the start of Bet and Alec's romance! I'm waiting in hope for April, May, June, July and the rest of 1987... Hint, hint! Sorry to ask - I know you're busy uploading all the time (and have a life too, lol!). But if you could get April and possibly May and June '87 uploaded, me and me old mum would be everso grateful, and send you oodles of good luck and positive vibes across the miles! Thanks again for giving us this wonderful RUclips channel, and bringing smiles and entertainment to so many good people. You really are a superstar. XXX
Ken amd Derdrie are such sanctimonious, pompous, hypocrites I can’t stand it. Their rules change with every situation. They pretend they are these moral paragons yet they flip flop more than a dying fish. I can’t stand either one of them. Having to listen to them is getting unbearable
I think it’s because Gail had an affair, and he couldn’t tolerate it. But apparently he’s had affairs as well. So , little Brian can’t have it both ways
@@marilynjones6111 oh grow up. She doesn’t have a chin. Who cares. People are so fragile now. If the truth of someone else not having a chin crushes you, you might want to work on getting a little tougher. life isn’t a preschool classroom, it’s not a hippy hug circle. And that’s ok
@@MissMarie1377You're the one who needs to grow upwith your childish comments. I wonder how you'd really feel if someone insulted your appearance, unless you're perfect looking of course
In the past, Bet has always supported Saint Hilda, in her times of need. She will continue do so, in future. Yet, for whatever reason, Saint Hilda never misses an opportunity to slag Bet off. Saying things behind Bet's back, that she would never say to her face.
@@chicagogyrl4846 Yes, from what I understand. I've seen a few chips from that time on the street, but I don't watch whole episodes. My interest in Corrie doesn't extend into that era.
So fed up with that smug look on Ken Barlow's face and acting like he's right and everybody else is wrong. The character never left the street he lived on because there he was "A big fish in a little pond " Well educated, thanks to his hard working parents that he looked down on as they were working class. He was a total snob for many years. Thankfully, in later episodes he became a lot more humble and a much better person.
Everyone having a go at Brian still and kissing Gail’s ass. If Brian had an affair, they’d all be wanting him burned at the stake. But Gail gets off with his cousin, chases the cousin to the airport to beg her to take him with her (with or without Nicky), gets pregnant at the same time as the affair and so doesn’t know who the father is. And when Brian finds this out, everyone views him as in the wrong. I don’t like Brian but on this, they’re all being absolutely stupid towards him. Perhaps Brian doesn’t want to be near the child in case he gets attached only to find out for sure it’s not his? And they are divorced so he can bonk who he likes. The writers went in a weird angle here!
Who knew Alan Bradley could play the old Joanna....😮 he shouldve made his money playing that accompanying old Rita in Blackpool rather than try to shyster her out of money.🤔
Why can’t ivy accept that Brian as moved on and he no longer married to Gail….I agree with Brian he no longer her little boy and people do move on and if Brian as a new girlfriend so be it ! Ivy needs to let Brian get on with his own life….thank you for the upload
I seem to notice that Gale was happier with Martin in the years I watched corrie which was the 90s but I probably defeating the purpose by saying that.
Janet ( Ken’s secretary) isn’t by any chance played by the same woman who later plays Sue Jeffers, the head of Bessie Street School when Ken ( and Derek) work there, is she?
Betty is ALWAYS WRONG. If she says up you should go place bets on down. She gets every situation wrong. If she thinks things will be ok, brave for disaster. If she thinks someone is bad you can bet they are good. She is so simple I don’t understand how she is still alive.
Bryan makes my skin crawl. Nothing to do with Gail nor his attitude towards their divorce. It's him. He's the most cringe worthy, misogynistic man I've seen in years. Returns from Scotland and instantly begins unpacking his dirty laundry. Something sadly tells me that the acting is not far from the real thing.
I’ve always thought Ken was pompous and not actually a very nice man…a serial cheater. So Ken doesn’t like it when Alf fights back…unprincipled to the core.
Ivy was a fairly normal mother in the fact she knows that he couldn't do the shirts they way she did them....and doing his washing as part of hers and that included ironing, which is a dying art..
Honestly this has to one of the best made and most enjoyable tv series ever. It's always making me smile and teary eyed in turn.
I’ve always really liked Ivy. I don’t think she was as poisonous as people made out. She just wanted what she thought was best and she had a faith. She gave Brian & Gail homes numerous times, babysat, gave them money and was even on Gail’s side after she got pregnant during her shagging of that Aussie bloke.
Ivy’s life was also particularly tragic. Bert’s unemployment, mental health problems (which were very taboo the time), poverty, Bert’s death, the threat of Gail & Brian going to Australia, Gail’s affair with her niece, loneliness and then the destruction caused by Brian’s murder.
I thought Lynne Perrie was a great actress and made Ivy very believable and realistic. She gets ignored as a Corrie legend but she absolutely is one.
Three cheers for the late Lynne Perrie.
I completely agree, I loved the character Ivy and could never understand how she was so berated as the mother in law from hell. Gail was the nightmare daughter in law more like. And Lynne Perrie played Ivy to absolute perfection.
No ,she wasn't all bad . There were times when Ivy was very vulnerable, like here now. And times when she kept out of the way.
Told her son what to do ,, nagged big time !!!
I think you mean Gail’s affair with her ‘nephew’. Gail’s affair with her niece would have been quite an explosive storyline in 1987!
Ken never takes responsibility for anything.
What on earth did Deirdre see in Ken and his tight fitting BHS trousers!
One of the few times I really felt for Ivy. Overall she was hard work but I really loved the character. What a fine actress Lynne Perrie was. Thank you for the upload.
Yes, I’m appreciating her all over again. She’s a fantastic actress x
I loved the character too. It honesty infuriated me when she was treated like dirt by Audrey. She even cared about David even though he wasn't her biological grandson.
Ivy brought all he pain to her ugly selfish self
She went a bit dolali in the 90s shame.
I miss Stan and Eddie
Me too.
Me too. I miss Len, too.
@@Guitargirrrl and elsie.
Same here. Plus Albert, Elsie, Annie Walker, Len, Bert...I wonder what Bert would have made of all the hullabaloo surrounding Gail and R. Brian?
And Uncle Albert
Hilda looks fantastic
Just when I thought I couldn’t hate Ken Barlow anymore
Ditto 😮
He physically looks more reptilian , like a lizard.
Deirdre has turned into a real frumpy housewife
The smokes aged dear Deirdre faster than was good for her.
It's good to see the different houses filmed from different angles, like Ivy's house. You hardly ever see it from that side.
Bet has gone full 1987 in these 🤝
It's a pity Brian didn't know that Gail was more than willing to get on a plane with Ian, and leave her family behind, when she screaming the odds, as to what's best for young Nicky. Cow.
Gail is using nicky to get at Brian.. she was in the wrong and now plays the marter. She horrible.
I'm going to continue my binge watch from the first episode in 1960 until at least Hilda's departure.
I don't know if I'll then be able to cope with Barlow being around with his smug self love. If he was chocolate he'd eat himself.
Same for Gail.
The Duckworths and current Tilseys are worse than a boil on the rear end.
Knowing that Bradley gets bombed is encouragement to continue as is seeing Jack and Terry get smacked and hoping to see the mouth get something similar.
I've largely enjoyed the binge so far and the 60s and 70s were top class.
I saw very little of Corrie live after the early 80s being abroad in work and now retirement.
And thanks to this channel and others for making this rewatch possible. Superb work.
A huge thank you from us insomniacs, wonderful viewing 😴😱🥴😮🙂😄😆😍😘
Gail is a hypocrite , our Brian meets someone new she pretends she's angry because it's confusing Nicky well if she hadn't slept with the Aussie things might have been different they all seem to have amnesia where that's concerned.
Yeah I noticed that as well. Total hypocrisy
It makes you sick, doesn't it?
Gail playing the victim, turning everybody, she can, against Brian. When all the blame lies with her. And that mother of hers, who came to town, with a mattress strapped to her back.
That hairdo of Bet is awful!!!!
@@ritanolan9492 Poor thing had one bad 'do after another. Didn't do her any favors.
Brian did put his cousin between he and Gail quite a lot during his visit. Does anyone think Brian planned this, knowing that Gail wandered before when he was out of town?
I wish Gail would stop shouting.
I wish she'd grow a chin
The cheque Alec gives to Bet is made out to "B. Lynch". Surely it should be made out to E. T. (Elizabeth Theresa) Lynch, as I would doubt her bank knew her as Bet.
When Deirdre tells Ken that even his eyes are beginning to get a crafty squint to them, I thought she was going to say “You’re beginning to look like Baldwin.”
Gail is a nut case, always angry, what's her to problem with Brian's girlfriend, I thought Gail played hanky panky with Brian's cousin
Amnesia on Gail's behalf.
Gail is the most self-righteous slag, the UK has ever known. Which would put her high in the running for the most self-righteous slag, world wide.
Gail was far too stubborn for her own good. She should've have immediately let RBrian know that Sarah was his baby to have him pay his way but i think i get it...she wanted Sarah for her own.
RBrian?
R Brian! @@bonapolone
Boring Ken Barlow with his boring paper, boring wife, boring daughter, boring house and boring life🥱🥱🥱
Great upload as always bloody love it classic stuff 👍👍
Hey hon - LOVED this month's episodes, especially seeing the start of Bet and Alec's romance! I'm waiting in hope for April, May, June, July and the rest of 1987... Hint, hint!
Sorry to ask - I know you're busy uploading all the time (and have a life too, lol!). But if you could get April and possibly May and June '87 uploaded, me and me old mum would be everso grateful, and send you oodles of good luck and positive vibes across the miles!
Thanks again for giving us this wonderful RUclips channel, and bringing smiles and entertainment to so many good people. You really are a superstar. XXX
Oooh ya't cheeky munkeh!
Deidre really gets on my nerves!! Acting all prim and proper!
Does she ever blink?
Ken amd Derdrie are such sanctimonious, pompous, hypocrites I can’t stand it. Their rules change with every situation. They pretend they are these moral paragons yet they flip flop more than a dying fish. I can’t stand either one of them. Having to listen to them is getting unbearable
Agreed
Can’t stand either one.
Can’t believe how nasty they are to Alf, when Deirdre rants about what she imagines that he said! Nasty pair.
Deidre should remember all that Alf did for her, when she was a single mother.
lots of good laughs and some stinging one-liners
My god! Gail is awful!
If Gail was a lamp post, even a dog wouldn't bother ...
Percy to the Prendergasts ( who are in their 50s) “ There shouldn’t be any bother you getting in. You both look well over 60.” 😂😂
to be fair they didnt flinch!
Hilda’s communist rant is too perfect
Can someone explain to me what Bryan has done wrong?
I think it’s because Gail had an affair, and he couldn’t tolerate it. But apparently he’s had affairs as well. So , little Brian can’t have it both ways
I don't think Brian had actual affairs. He flirted once, and also had Sharon fling herself at him. Nothing like what Gail did!!@@alexandramassey9258
Incredible how he was made to look like the bad guy in this storyline
Never seen these old episodes before and they are rather enjoyable
Funny hairstyles of Emily curly and Dee its all curly hair 😅😅😅😅
That was the style back then I guess. Still great to see the older episodes which are far better than the crap on tv these days
@@racheleastwood5588 thanks Rachel curly Terry and Kevin doing the goodies style 👍
Alan Bradley, gearing up to show his true nature. What a vile bully he already is.
But what a great character, played by a brilliant actor!
What he said to Mavis in the Kabin wasn't very nice about her social life!
He was already trying to isolate Rita by upsetting her friends...
Nobody:
Betty: "cough cough, luvvie, awwww I meeeaaan awwww, luvvie, cough cough, awwww"
The chinless wonder is slowly morphing into ET.
It is one thing to make fun of a character but to make fun of a person’s looks is cruel. Gail cannot help how she looks.
@@marilynjones6111 She's done alright. She ain't concerned what I think of her when she is having her back blown out by Brian.
@@marilynjones6111 oh grow up. She doesn’t have a chin. Who cares. People are so fragile now. If the truth of someone else not having a chin crushes you, you might want to work on getting a little tougher. life isn’t a preschool classroom, it’s not a hippy hug circle. And that’s ok
@@MissMarie1377Well you're both right, there's a time and place. Needless cruelty is unnecessary but gentle ribbing can be tolerated.
@@MissMarie1377You're the one who needs to grow upwith your childish comments. I wonder how you'd really feel if someone insulted your appearance, unless you're perfect looking of course
Bet doing her best Mae West impersonation.
Thank you. ;)
Hugh Ridley is played by Kevin Doyle ( who anyone who watched Downton Abbey will remember as Moseley.)
Well spotted. Was puzzling me. 👍
Yes good spot for real!
The funny posh bit curly and Terry doing smoking in the bar 38:12
Thanks very much a slice a tea cake don't I mind if I do 🧐 SU garden
Does Ken wear his tie to bed?
Rumour has it he ties it round his bell end while deirdre uses the strap on. Buggernation street.
In the past, Bet has always supported Saint Hilda, in her times of need. She will continue do so, in future.
Yet, for whatever reason, Saint Hilda never misses an opportunity to slag Bet off. Saying things behind Bet's back, that she would never say to her face.
I am 57 and they look compared to me like 80. Christ
Terry and curly speaking La-de-dar to jack made me laugh 😆 😅😂
Ken is such a 2 faced plank
Audrey tells everybody that Sarah Louise takes after her side of the family. 13 years later, she proved Audrey right.
She got pregnant at 13??!
@@chicagogyrl4846 Yes, from what I understand. I've seen a few chips from that time on the street, but I don't watch whole episodes. My interest in Corrie doesn't extend into that era.
Wonder if the producers were thinking of Emmerdale when Mr Prendergast asked if Jack was ‘Mr Sugden’. After all, Jack Sugden was on Emmerdale then!
Percy to couple: you’re welcome to come, you both look well over 60. 🤣
Nigel Pivaro does a hilarious toff accent 🤣
Ty from NZ luv it
So fed up with that smug look on Ken Barlow's face and acting like he's right and everybody else is wrong. The character never left the street he lived on because there he was "A big fish in a little pond " Well educated, thanks to his hard working parents that he looked down on as they were working class. He was a total snob for many years. Thankfully, in later episodes he became a lot more humble and a much better person.
Fathers rights to their children haven't changed much at all.
I hate Ken, such a misery merchant!!🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Everyone having a go at Brian still and kissing Gail’s ass. If Brian had an affair, they’d all be wanting him burned at the stake. But Gail gets off with his cousin, chases the cousin to the airport to beg her to take him with her (with or without Nicky), gets pregnant at the same time as the affair and so doesn’t know who the father is. And when Brian finds this out, everyone views him as in the wrong.
I don’t like Brian but on this, they’re all being absolutely stupid towards him.
Perhaps Brian doesn’t want to be near the child in case he gets attached only to find out for sure it’s not his?
And they are divorced so he can bonk who he likes.
The writers went in a weird angle here!
Who knew Alan Bradley could play the old Joanna....😮 he shouldve made his money playing that accompanying old Rita in Blackpool rather than try to shyster her out of money.🤔
wow, don't give Gail's kid a candy
my heart is breaking for ivy...reminds me of uncle albert when fat head and deidre were at eacjothers throats...
Ken Barlow at 2.33.40 asking RTracey how she feels about ‘selling the television set?’ What an example of how not to do parenting.
Why can’t ivy accept that Brian as moved on and he no longer married to Gail….I agree with Brian he no longer her little boy and people do move on and if Brian as a new girlfriend so be it ! Ivy needs to let Brian get on with his own life….thank you for the upload
Its difficult for Ivy to accept Brian moving on as she is incapable of it herself
I think she was a fairly normal parent in wanting her son's marriage to work, it wasn't until later Ivy became unhinged.
1:27:12 Betty sporting her Robbie Rotten outfit.
Alf, on phone to Ken as he pops in shop.
I seem to notice that Gale was happier with Martin in the years I watched corrie which was the 90s but I probably defeating the purpose by saying that.
Gale??? Yoxall illiteracy on this. Gale is a strong wind.
why does Bet need a hairdresser, she wears a wig?
Does Deirdre not care that she lives in a dark dump .?
Hahaha .yes I know it was the fashion in the 1900s or before that !
Janet ( Ken’s secretary) isn’t by any chance played by the same woman who later plays Sue Jeffers, the head of Bessie Street School when Ken ( and Derek) work there, is she?
I was 18 in 87, im now 55 omg Im finding Jack Duckworth an attractive man ....times have changed!
It’s funny 😁 😊how Terry gets under his dad’s skin.❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😅😅😅😂😂😂 41:20
A, deliberate, flaw in the script which takes the storyline away from reality is anyone discussing a confidential issue within ear shot of Hilda.
I find the younger Deidre so annoying, she was definitely one of the characters I grew to love later on
Ivy only has her self to blame
You know, I just realized there was a point in the show when I actually used to like Gail.
Did Bet say she was older than Betty? Can only think that was one of her little quips.
She was referring to George Newton of Newton & Ridley.
Why is Brian standing there with his hands in his pockets?! And his girlfriend is taller and bigger than him!! 😂🤣
When do they get around to telling Brian the baby is his daughter.. when he dies
April 1987
If the writers weren't content with making out he's Forest Gumps brother, he may have realised after Skippy left it was obvious she was his baby.
Ivy knew deep down it was always Brian's little one..
Audrey let's it slip as she was fed up.....
1:16:38 haha, another Downton Abbey cast.
Brian's hair is ridiculous... even for the 80's; he looks like the stage musical dancer that he started out as, instead of a back street car mechanic.
Chimney breast in back room of the Rovers keeps disappearing and reappearing.
Why does Ivy say she could eat the poor baby aghhhhhhhhhn!
Did Jack say F***k off Hilda?😮
😅 I said finesse not loch ness
Yeah, she definitely takes on Audrey’s side of the family. 😂😂😂
Gail could be awful at times shame they made her unpleasant at times.
Brian looking good away from his mum and gail
Betty is ALWAYS WRONG. If she says up you should go place bets on down. She gets every situation wrong. If she thinks things will be ok, brave for disaster. If she thinks someone is bad you can bet they are good. She is so simple I don’t understand how she is still alive.
Bryan makes my skin crawl. Nothing to do with Gail nor his attitude towards their divorce. It's him. He's the most cringe worthy, misogynistic man I've seen in years. Returns from Scotland and instantly begins unpacking his dirty laundry.
Something sadly tells me that the acting is not far from the real thing.
If I were Ivy I would tell Brian to go get his own flat! Why is there with her, anyway??!
Why doesn't Emily lend Bet the money for tenancy.
She's loaded.
I hope Gayle is getting child support for the baby!
Ive stopped watching coronation street i only watch the 1980s ones now, after hilda went it went downhill
I’ve always thought Ken was pompous and not actually a very nice man…a serial cheater. So Ken doesn’t like it when Alf fights back…unprincipled to the core.
Bets Grisly.
Alf should have told Dreary the Mouth good riddance and to close the door quietly on the way out. Smug, pompous Ken makes me puke.
Ivy claims Brian was brought up a Catholic, but he seems to have as much understanding and empathy for it as a tree stump.
Ivy brought up as a catholic and tries to live by what that means...that explains a lot.
Yeah..awful.
No, you have TWO kids, nasty Brian!!
Mom is t it time I did me own washing now .I’m a big boy now I can wash. Me own underwear now .
Why does Ivy do Brian’s washing ? Can English men not do their own washing ? Omg 😱
One less job to do if a woman is willing to do it for you.
All men can do their own washing! Ivy has alway infantilised R. Brian.
Because ivy won’t let Brian grow up! Lol 😂
Most Mothers do their children's washing even if they are adults when they live at home. Especially if they are doing their own at the same time...
Ivy was a fairly normal mother in the fact she knows that he couldn't do the shirts they way she did them....and doing his washing as part of hers and that included ironing, which is a dying art..
Smug smart and oh so very boring Ken Barlow 😑😑