What a great actor Jonny Briggs was. I wasn't born until 1985 but these old episodes are great. Bet and Hilda were fantastic as well. Has anyone else noticed that when the actors slightly stumble their words the scene still goes in to the episode rather starting again or is it just my imagination?
Yep, they let them through as it sounds more natural. Plus, if it's the last scene filmed off the end of a 12 hour day, everyone's tired and wants to go home! 😂❤
Love to see how gale and Brian are starting life with hand me down furniture exactly what I did in the 1960s collecting stuff from family members the only thing I didn’t have was curtains in the living room 😢 but the next day my new neighbor can knocking on my door with a spare pair she had ❤❤helping each other out in them days was a perfectly normal thing to do
@@shylinh5939 She does have a lovely sitting room though, especially her wallpaper. She's a lady who recognises quality, unlike the Barlows who've just sold that beautiful sideboard of Albert's and replaced it with a piece of cheap mediocre rubbish.
Yes, Hilda always had a heart of gold, but the scriptwriters definitely softened her character after she was widowed on the show, with Stan's TV death on 21st November 1984 (the actor who played him, Bernard Youens, had sadly died of a heart attack on 27th August of that year). With Stan and also her former lodger Eddie Yeates gone from The Street (her partners-in-crime for so many legendary scenes), the writers had a challenge finding storylines for Hilda outside of her job at the Rovers pub. Their solution was to move garage mechanic Kevin Webster into her home as a lodger - and latterly his wife-to-be, Sally. This led to lots of plots between her and the young couple. She didn't like Sally initially, as she came from the wrong side of the tracks and Hilda felt she wasn't good enough for Kevin (she could be a shocking snob!) But they became the best of friends, and Hilda even started dating Sally's uncle Tom Hopwood at one point, a kindly, widowed greengrocer. Tom was a regular character from December 1986 to September 1987,when he left the show after Hilda turned down his marriage proposal out of loyalty to Stan. But of course Hilda was persuaded to leave her marital home - and the famous cobbles - soon after, when she left to work as live-in housekeeper for the widowed Dr Lowther on Christmas Day 1987. Sad to think these were some of Hilda's last scenes - but I guess all good things must come to an end. She was a truly iconic Coronation Street character, and in my view her departure was the beginning of the end of the show's never to be repeated - or matched - glory years under super-producer Bill Podmore, from 1976 - 1987.
@@glamdolly30 It's interesting how they recycled character types. Hilda was moved more to the Minnie Caldwell type of role - the older woman who had a younger male lodger. The Duckworths replaced Stan & Hilda as the new comedy couple. They even gave Jack Duckworth Stan's old window cleaning round.
@@zeddeka Yes, so true! There were many attempts to recreate the much-missed Elsie Tanner too, as I recall (Denise the femme fatale hairdresser was one), but there will only ever be one Pat Phoenix. Elsie is my all time favourite among many favourites, among them Annie Walker, Hilda Ogden, Mike Baldwin, Jack & Vera etc. So many of the old guard deservedly became icons. I gave up on modern Corrie around 10 years ago - lame scripts and lousy actors nowadays IMO!
I see the mid 80s as a kind of transition period where many of the old characters either left or died and they struggled to replace them until later in the decade ironically after Bill Podmore who was undoubtedly one of the Streets best producers had left
The actress who had previously played Tracey at this point had moved with her parents away from the Manchester area and they had not told Granada. So when a new storyline featuring Tracey started in 1985 concerning Ken adopting her and running away to her step sister Susan's they needed a new actress
And what's the script with Rita thinking she's some sort of "must invite" riotous party animal more than Mavis when her only claim to fame to being more exciting than Mavis is singing badly at some shady clubs yonks ago. She's a pain in the arse.
Lesson is never think you are getting anything and never be reliant on bonuses and make calculations based on your actual income and treat bonuses as extra!
So what they gonna do with `The Kabin` then, shut it down for a fortnight. So all the people who have their newspapers delivered will have to make alternative arrangements for that 2 weeks. It quite simply would not happen in the real world. Talking of the real world, a business like The Kabin would employ more than 2 people. They often say one of them gets up a 5.30 to get ready for the morning papers and presumably then works a 12 hour day until around 6 in the evening. Like that would occur. I would also imagine the shop opens on the weekend too. So what im trying to say is Rita would be employing another couple of people to work in shifts, so that the four of them work around 40 hours each a week.
I was a young man in 1985, between Kevin and Brian’s age, and were most of the young men of Britain wearing mullet hair cuts back then? In the US, mullets were a haircut of the uneducated.
I can't believe there was a garage in the 80s that didn't have a stash of Swafega. My dad was a mechanic his whole life and the place he worked in the 70s and 80s was stacked with tins of Swarfega. I can still remember the smell.
Julie Goodyear had huge delusions of grandeur in real life and thought she was the star of the show. Watch her interview with Piers Morgan - vile woman.
@@emmaclarke2885 I liked her too but she could be a bit nasty at times. She even suggested to Wilf that maybe they should contact the Brewery about Bet going on holiday, I thought that was sly of her.
@@Cackle77 Fred actually bought it from Brian, who bought it from the insurance company when they wrote it off after Eddie Yeats backed the bin lorry into it. Brian fixed it back up himself and put it back on the road, but decided it was too expensive to run, and sold it to Fred. The rest you know!
The amount of Johnnie Walker (scotch) they put away in Baldwin's office would make both of them rather squiffy.....but it was cold tea, doesn't have the same effect.
So when Gayle and Brian sold their flat, they sold all of their brand new furniture and bedroom suite, and everything??! They didn’t take it to Ivy’s, or storage??! 😂🤣
How does that old wooden box work that Rita uses as a cash registor.A customer buys something and as she pulls it open 'ding'.An old wooden box. Come on.
you may laugh but my aunt had a hair dressers business in the very early 70s and that till in the Kabin is exactly like the one my aunt had in her shop. It wasn't much more than a drawer with compartments really. But it had a roll of paper built into the box and every-time she put money from a sale into the till it would be written down on the paper roll - then added up at the end of the day!
2:20:28 "Eh what does she mean you'll 'ave tit see Baldwin? She usually does bonuses!" Well just ask her Vera she was right there beside you then behind you before you even finished your sentence 😜 it's moments like that (more prevalent in these era's episodes) that make it annoying af to suspend your disbelief. More so, why is Mike being such an obnoxious manipulative twat this month? He's never been THAT vindictive prior. Guessing we're entering Baldwin's 'Terry Duckworth' era where the writers just decided to make him a tool?
Betty is a lovely woman and I loved how she could double take and get loud at 100mph without missing a beat. And their was really no acting involved hence Betty playing Betty. Keeping their names usually happens when actors are themselves, Sid for example. Now you know who I mean don't you?
Gayle and Brian have money for an expensive holiday that will cost thousands, but they don’t have money for a house! Instead of going on expensive holiday, why don’t they get a house??! He owns a garage and she works full time but they can’t afford a house! This was last year. 😂🤣
A vacation didn’t cost thousands back then, but I get what you’re saying. They had a house before - one that was way too small and way too expensive. They only got it because Gail wouldn’t stop whining and Ivy gave them her and Bert’s holiday money. When Brian had an opportunity to buy out the co-owner of the garage, Gail nagged him to do it. She agreed they would sell their house and move back in with Ivy so they could save money and also invest in the garage. But, in no time at all, Gail was back to whining about a house again. She’s the worst.
26:53 I thought Deidre said "Alf's got some JUNKIE in the town hall" at first. Alf Roberts the Pete Doherty of Weatherfield. Kevin and his bath chat really makes me thankful I'm pretty much from a shower in every home generation. And as for certain bath nights, I shower every day and sometimes twice. Baths give me the boak 🤢 Kev's bird, I thought only lads had to wait for their balls to drop before their voices broke? 🙉
Stupid Hilda didn’t even look in the bag! If she had any sense she would have and would of had all of that money! But, knowing the writers, she would have given it to the police! 😂🤣
But what’s the difference? Emily’s still leaving-just a week later. Can’t they give her her presents and farewell anyway? Particularly as she’s only staying to do the bonuses...
I see you've uploaded to August and I just wanted to say, thankyou so much, it's really appreciated.
"I'm not one to pry"
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H Ogden, June 1985 😂
What a great actor Jonny Briggs was. I wasn't born until 1985 but these old episodes are great. Bet and Hilda were fantastic as well.
Has anyone else noticed that when the actors slightly stumble their words the scene still goes in to the episode rather starting again or is it just my imagination?
Great comment about a tremendous character and actor. Its ironic but a cockney may have been the number one character in this northern drama
@@nandsall9492 He's definitely one of the best for sure.
He was a great actor and one of the best characters.
Apart from a lack of money for retakes, it is more realistic.
Yep, they let them through as it sounds more natural. Plus, if it's the last scene filmed off the end of a 12 hour day, everyone's tired and wants to go home! 😂❤
Love to see how gale and Brian are starting life with hand me down furniture exactly what I did in the 1960s collecting stuff from family members the only thing I didn’t have was curtains in the living room 😢 but the next day my new neighbor can knocking on my door with a spare pair she had ❤❤helping each other out in them days was a perfectly normal thing to do
Mike Baldwin. I love him
Same here 👍
Brilliant character
He's a great character, but how does he put up with Emily Bishop? She's a tiresome, holier than Thou pain in the arse.
I never saw him as a villain in anyway. He was firm, no nonsense, but always compassionate.
@@shylinh5939 She does have a lovely sitting room though, especially her wallpaper. She's a lady who recognises quality, unlike the Barlows who've just sold that beautiful sideboard of Albert's and replaced it with a piece of cheap mediocre rubbish.
Oh Hilda, Bless her, more Angel than Demon :)
Yes, Hilda always had a heart of gold, but the scriptwriters definitely softened her character after she was widowed on the show, with Stan's TV death on 21st November 1984 (the actor who played him, Bernard Youens, had sadly died of a heart attack on 27th August of that year).
With Stan and also her former lodger Eddie Yeates gone from The Street (her partners-in-crime for so many legendary scenes), the writers had a challenge finding storylines for Hilda outside of her job at the Rovers pub. Their solution was to move garage mechanic Kevin Webster into her home as a lodger - and latterly his wife-to-be, Sally. This led to lots of plots between her and the young couple.
She didn't like Sally initially, as she came from the wrong side of the tracks and Hilda felt she wasn't good enough for Kevin (she could be a shocking snob!) But they became the best of friends, and Hilda even started dating Sally's uncle Tom Hopwood at one point, a kindly, widowed greengrocer. Tom was a regular character from December 1986 to September 1987,when he left the show after Hilda turned down his marriage proposal out of loyalty to Stan.
But of course Hilda was persuaded to leave her marital home - and the famous cobbles - soon after, when she left to work as live-in housekeeper for the widowed Dr Lowther on Christmas Day 1987.
Sad to think these were some of Hilda's last scenes - but I guess all good things must come to an end. She was a truly iconic Coronation Street character, and in my view her departure was the beginning of the end of the show's never to be repeated - or matched - glory years under super-producer Bill Podmore, from 1976 - 1987.
@@glamdolly30 It's interesting how they recycled character types. Hilda was moved more to the Minnie Caldwell type of role - the older woman who had a younger male lodger. The Duckworths replaced Stan & Hilda as the new comedy couple. They even gave Jack Duckworth Stan's old window cleaning round.
@@zeddeka Yes, so true! There were many attempts to recreate the much-missed Elsie Tanner too, as I recall (Denise the femme fatale hairdresser was one), but there will only ever be one Pat Phoenix.
Elsie is my all time favourite among many favourites, among them Annie Walker, Hilda Ogden, Mike Baldwin, Jack & Vera etc. So many of the old guard deservedly became icons. I gave up on modern Corrie around 10 years ago - lame scripts and lousy actors nowadays IMO!
Vera thinks that bidets are "low down drinking fountains." 😂
Back again I just keep watching over x :) isn't it strange how all the new characters didn't last long, wilff , the claytons and Hildas lodger
Hilda's lodger was only there to demonise the striking minners
@@nicholasgargano7396ohhhh I see!!!! He was quite boring
@@dementednun1175 had John Christie vibes lol
I see the mid 80s as a kind of transition period where many of the old characters either left or died and they struggled to replace them until later in the decade ironically after Bill Podmore who was undoubtedly one of the Streets best producers had left
@@HelloImNik God, he really did. There's something about shifty, softly spoken men of that era that scream "serial killer".
I love the sarcastic northern humour it’s right up my coronation street 😂
Considering deidre has a child she's always without her either in the rovers or working in the shop
it's no wonder Tracy ended up the way she did
They were getting ready to change Traceys so they keep her off camera until then.
Child care
The actress who had previously played Tracey at this point had moved with her parents away from the Manchester area and they had not told Granada. So when a new storyline featuring Tracey started in 1985 concerning Ken adopting her and running away to her step sister Susan's they needed a new actress
As Lilly Savage used to say, Tracy Barlow went upstairs one day to 'listen to her tapes' and didn't come back for ten years.
What’s Mavis worried about-she’s been on holiday with Bet before. Come to that, Rita was there too! And Annie, Deirdre, Betty, Hilda and Emily.
The writers forgot what was written.
And don't forget how Bet decided to disappear when it was home time, no wonder Mavis was so worried!
What year was that? Didn't see that one
And what's the script with Rita thinking she's some sort of "must invite" riotous party animal more than Mavis when her only claim to fame to being more exciting than Mavis is singing badly at some shady clubs yonks ago. She's a pain in the arse.
Deirdre ❤️🔥❤️🔥👁👄👁
I don't know why they ask Mike Baldwin what he wants when he comes up to the bar - all he ever drinks is double whiskeys.
I'm always bewildered by people like Emily being so shocked when Mike lies, twists things and dodges. Come on, we all know Mike!
He's a businessman - I've never met an honest one 😂
Vera calling Emily 'Emily twinset' made me laugh 🤣
Emily is such a goody-goody. And Vera is obnoxious
Too much "permiscuity" everywhere these days. 🤣🤣🤣
Lesson is never think you are getting anything and never be reliant on bonuses and make calculations based on your actual income and treat bonuses as extra!
Vera….. It’s Emily twin set! 😂
When nobody missed Corrie classic 1960s to 1980s after that it went down hill fast
'A bath?'..... 'On a Monday?'.........😄😄
From 0:03 to 22:26, Coronation Street - June 5, 1985.
So what they gonna do with `The Kabin` then, shut it down for a fortnight. So all the people who have their newspapers delivered will have to make alternative arrangements for that 2 weeks. It quite simply would not happen in the real world. Talking of the real world, a business like The Kabin would employ more than 2 people. They often say one of them gets up a 5.30 to get ready for the morning papers and presumably then works a 12 hour day until around 6 in the evening. Like that would occur. I would also imagine the shop opens on the weekend too. So what im trying to say is Rita would be employing another couple of people to work in shifts, so that the four of them work around 40 hours each a week.
True!
They got someone in…don’t overthink it, it’s fictional.
The Kabin. Frequently misspelled. 😊
And the sign writer was illiterate - "The Kabin" 🙄
I'm no financial genius, but I'd be beggared before I'd hand over the readies, until I had the goods in hand.
I thought that.
Yes true Mike Slipped up his ego took over
He'd done business with that bloke before. Of course he would.
❤
Has Kevin's girlfriend been breathing in helium.
😂😂😂
I swear, every woman has an annoying voice on here.
Thanks again
Hilda is a delight
Hildas a rat 😅
From 2:38:21 to 3:01:43, it was "Coronation Street" episode from 26th June 1985.
I know he did wrong, but I feel sorry for Wilf. I mean he doesn’t know where he stands-is he forgiven or isn’t he?
Emily was so po faced
Rita was such a bully with Mavis
non stop passive aggression
She really was but at the heart of it lied very poor self image.
She never stopped taking the mick and teasing poor daft Mavis. It got on my nerves a bit too.
The Fairclough's were both horrible to Mavis, and she rarely stood up for herself.
I agree. I wouldn’t want to work Mavis up. When she starts gulping, her eyes bulging, and creaking voice, I want to give Rita a smack.
I was a young man in 1985, between Kevin and Brian’s age, and were most of the young men of Britain wearing mullet hair cuts back then? In the US, mullets were a haircut of the uneducated.
they're in fashion again, which we all rejoice*
*we don't rejoice
Mavis doesn't appreciate when she's well off!
Kevin Webster is another depressing character. Doesn't that bloke ever smile
I'm no Einstein but Kev could boil the kettle and pour it into a bowl to wash his oily hands....with a splash of washing up liquid...🤔
I can't believe there was a garage in the 80s that didn't have a stash of Swafega. My dad was a mechanic his whole life and the place he worked in the 70s and 80s was stacked with tins of Swarfega. I can still remember the smell.
Do you have the "Coronation Street" episode from 24th June 1985 to be posted for me please?
Bet makes a much better barmaid than she does a landlady, the clipped way of speaking she adopts sometimes is offputting.
Julie Goodyear had huge delusions of grandeur in real life and thought she was the star of the show. Watch her interview with Piers Morgan - vile woman.
emily can turn milk sour with look of hers .
Just noticed Baldwin's parking gap from the pavement. Mmm
The detective constable played by John McCardle went on to play Billy Corkhill in Brookside a couple of months later
He also played a trucker a couple of years before this episode, who helped Marion find Eddie Yates in Liverpool.
And he has also been in emmerdale
He’s probably tying a ribbon around here P45 😂 made me chuckle
kevin is such a big baby likes everything his own way gets on my nerves .
He was hired for his muscles! 😂
Percy should get a life of his own!
A very poor substitute for Uncle Albert tbh.
@@londonlady227 Percy was a great character, and very well played by Bill Waddington. Uncle Albert was far too cantankerous and unappreciative.
I hate percy.
Betty the hypocrite-grumbling to Wilf about Bet, after telling Bet Wilf was a thief and should be sacked...
I like Betty and overall, I think she's a decent person. But she is two faced and talks about people behind their backs
Totaly agree
@@emmaclarke2885 I liked her too but she could be a bit nasty at times. She even suggested to Wilf that maybe they should contact the Brewery about Bet going on holiday, I thought that was sly of her.
Why couldn’t Emily go to Blackpool??!
Not a low down drinking fountain in the bathroom! 😆
I can’t recall..when did Mrs Walker sell the Rover so that Kevin ended up using it for demolition derby?
Fred brought it from Mrs walker, he then raffled it and percy won it, he then sold it to kevin for £50.
@@Cackle77 Fred actually bought it from Brian, who bought it from the insurance company when they wrote it off after Eddie Yeats backed the bin lorry into it.
Brian fixed it back up himself and put it back on the road, but decided it was too expensive to run, and sold it to Fred.
The rest you know!
Emily is so depressing
Baldwin boss expecting loyalty , where’s the return 🙄
Yep
That’s what the pay cheque is for. Hail Baldwin!
The return is not being on the dole.
Mavis didn’t have any problems deciding what to wear the last time they all went to Spain!
Can't stand Percy ugh
The amount of Johnnie Walker (scotch) they put away in Baldwin's office would make both of them rather squiffy.....but it was cold tea, doesn't have the same effect.
Imagine going out with Kevin ... ugh!
So when Gayle and Brian sold their flat, they sold all of their brand new furniture and bedroom suite, and everything??! They didn’t take it to Ivy’s, or storage??! 😂🤣
Gail
@@pedanticradiator1491 It’s also spelled Gayle.
@@chicagogyrl4846 it can be yes but not in the case of this character plus they had a small house before they bought the garage not a flat
that girl Kevin is going round with - i can hardly hear word she says ...
How does that old wooden box work that Rita uses as a cash registor.A customer buys something and as she pulls it open 'ding'.An old wooden box. Come on.
you may laugh but my aunt had a hair dressers business in the very early 70s and that till in the Kabin is exactly like the one my aunt had in her shop. It wasn't much more than a drawer with compartments really. But it had a roll of paper built into the box and every-time she put money from a sale into the till it would be written down on the paper roll - then added up at the end of the day!
@@booth2710Thanks for that.x
Never saw Ivy happy like that with wet sock Bert!!
These are the best Corrie days
Jack Peaky Fookin’ Duckworth
Emily looks constipated while the cop is questioning Mike Baldwin.
2:20:28 "Eh what does she mean you'll 'ave tit see Baldwin? She usually does bonuses!" Well just ask her Vera she was right there beside you then behind you before you even finished your sentence 😜 it's moments like that (more prevalent in these era's episodes) that make it annoying af to suspend your disbelief. More so, why is Mike being such an obnoxious manipulative twat this month? He's never been THAT vindictive prior. Guessing we're entering Baldwin's 'Terry Duckworth' era where the writers just decided to make him a tool?
Red lipstick would have looked much better on Bette with her red earrings and necklace.
wonder what happend to kevins girlfriend she was lovely much better than sally .
Yes. Reminded me of a young Lesley Anne Down.
Bloody Boring Mavis !!
Bette trusts this man with her business! 😂🤣
It's Bet not Bette
currency has serial numbers.
They can’t get enough takers for the first hotel so they are filling another one??! What???!
I've got to admit Emily has rather annoyed me in this episode x
as far as the missing money equation goes it's the police I'd trust the least
I actually don,t like betty.she seems sweet but i don,t know
Betty is a lovely woman and I loved how she could double take and get loud at 100mph without missing a beat. And their was really no acting involved hence Betty playing Betty. Keeping their names usually happens when actors are themselves, Sid for example. Now you know who I mean don't you?
I love her. She's so real and reminds me of my grandmother and her sisters.
I agree. Something about her grated me.
I like Betty. She reminds me of my aunt. Very dry and frank, but extremely funny with a heart of gold. Her voice makes her even funnier!
That constant verbal ticking and coughing ,you know "huh huh huh *cough cough* aye hmmmm huh huh huh *cough*" and interminable "AWWWWWWW IIII MEEEAAAAN" drive me doolally !
Kevin’s girlfriend reminds me of Lisa (later to be Terry duckworths girlfriend) - both similar in appearance
They must be trying to get teenagers to watch this mess! I skip over all of the kiddie set!
How can you have a resort open with cement dust over everything??! 😂🤣
Gayle and Brian have money for an expensive holiday that will cost thousands, but they don’t have money for a house! Instead of going on expensive holiday, why don’t they get a house??! He owns a garage and she works full time but they can’t afford a house! This was last year. 😂🤣
A vacation didn’t cost thousands back then, but I get what you’re saying. They had a house before - one that was way too small and way too expensive. They only got it because Gail wouldn’t stop whining and Ivy gave them her and Bert’s holiday money. When Brian had an opportunity to buy out the co-owner of the garage, Gail nagged him to do it. She agreed they would sell their house and move back in with Ivy so they could save money and also invest in the garage. But, in no time at all, Gail was back to whining about a house again. She’s the worst.
She's a jolly good fellow?
Poor Kevin. He's such a Northerner...
Well being a Northener myself I would say that he appears to be coping admirably, but thank you for the patronising comment all the same.
He does display the traits of a Mancunian....that's for sure, as Baldwin displays the traits of a London wide boy.
bahahah
guess those down south don't like northeners well I'm one and bloody proud of it .
26:53 I thought Deidre said "Alf's got some JUNKIE in the town hall" at first. Alf Roberts the Pete Doherty of Weatherfield. Kevin and his bath chat really makes me thankful I'm pretty much from a shower in every home generation. And as for certain bath nights, I shower every day and sometimes twice. Baths give me the boak 🤢 Kev's bird, I thought only lads had to wait for their balls to drop before their voices broke? 🙉
When I lived in London in my early 20s from Australia, my housemates couldn't believe I had a shower every morning before work!
I WISH I CAME FROM WEATHERFIELD INTO CORONATION STREET MARRYING DEBBIE WEBSTER GETTING ENGAGED TOGETHER.
Stupid Hilda didn’t even look in the bag! If she had any sense she would have and would of had all of that money! But, knowing the writers, she would have given it to the police! 😂🤣
The goodies funny Kevin kennedy place comic space time like Maureen years later 😉
Why in the world would you give cash to a business partner??! 😂🤣
Because they are doing the deal "under the table". No paperwork. No tax. You can't do that sort of deal while involving banks.
But what’s the difference? Emily’s still leaving-just a week later. Can’t they give her her presents and farewell anyway? Particularly as she’s only staying to do the bonuses...
Veera and her pals weren't exactly the brightest crayons in the box.
Yea a few cans short of a 6pk for sure. They just like to have something to flip out about.
What in the world is “Real” where they are going for holiday??!
It's Rhyl and it's in Wales.
The look of Jack eye's 😅😅😅😅
The brown envelop story line, is very interiquing. 🙌👏👍🏾👌👌👏👏🫶🏽🫶🏽👌👌👍🏾👍🏾