Viewing figures were 16.8 million! I'm only 20 but I absolutely love Corrie. Classic and current!

Hilda Ogden is the greatest ever soap character created. Jean alexander was a supreme actress

@callummorgan896

3 жыл бұрын

Could u try and find may 1st 1978

@cbbrownclaire62

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, a real actress. So superior to todays characters. Rita, such a lovely voice.

@sachinchahal4131

Жыл бұрын

The best actresses will be Jean Alexander, Pat Phoenix and Violet Carson.

@christinefougere

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree, there is no one like Hilda.

I always thought Jerry and Mavis would have made a lovely husband and wife if the actor who played Jerry Graham Harbafield had not sadly passed away

@gordonbennett5638

4 жыл бұрын

They would have been an even bigger pain in the arse than Mavis and Derrick.

@cbbrownclaire62

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree.

@mohammaddavoudian7897

Жыл бұрын

@@gordonbennett5638 🤣

@marieince1479

Жыл бұрын

Boring

Jean Alexander an incredible Actress l love her talent

Rita has certainly lost some of her fire over the years. You'd think she was a saint nowadays. Great to see Queen Elsie. They don't make characters like they used to. All the characters and stories are the same now. I just find myself watching corrie out of habit now, not caring for the characters.

Just loving these classics- from the old episodes- 60s and early 70s - the Rovers had a public bar, a select/ lounge and a snug?

Heilda is a class act. Some of the things she comes out with are dynamite.

Wow Auntie Corrie thanks for these early 70s episodes, they bring back so many memories of childhood. Always loved the Elsie character.

16 days before this episode. I was born. Now I’m 47 crazy 😜 how time flying bye...

@artemiszeus9735

3 жыл бұрын

I was a little bit before you on June 17th.

@danrobinson572

3 жыл бұрын

@@artemiszeus9735 👍

More innovative than now.

The episode after this one has to be the fight between Stan and Elsie's fella in the Rovers. If only that episode could be found.

@danrobinson572

3 жыл бұрын

You can go on to google they might be able to watch it.

Wow what an ending - like a little film.

To be honest they are all playing themselves that's why it's so natural!

@earthalydelights

3 жыл бұрын

Well Jean Alexander was far from the downtrodden fishwife she played as Hilda and Violet Carson was no Ena Sharples either. She had been a very grande dame of the stage in her day.

Bit of a cheat for Rita to dress as Danny La Rue ( who’s famed for dressing as a woman) isn’t it? I agree with Ray “Disqualify her!”

Ooooph that 'ilda couldn't have cut like a boss 🤣

08:51 it’s almost as if Ken knew it was Elsie who was going to come in 😅

@jonathanbance6005

3 жыл бұрын

Yeh bit quick to say hello Elsie!! Mystic Ken 🤣🤣

@gilgameshofuruk4060

Жыл бұрын

I never knew Ken was related to Mrs Overall.

Mavis dressed as a Droog...mildly terrifying.

Very clever. Rita getting out of dressing in a masculine way by pretending to be Danny La Rue!

Keep them coming and thank you very much .

Renee Delafonte should have been in more episodes!

Vaguely remember this. Was 6 at the time.

Funny the Rovers Returns pub was always bigger inside than outside

@martinistakis1825

11 ай бұрын

They should bring back The Select.

Ivy and Vera do the same turn as Bet Lynch and Betty Turpin, in a future episode.

I love Coronation Street and have been watching since Ken's first wife, Valerie, was electrocuted in 1971, but has anybody else noticed that the Rovers interior cannot possibly fit into the available space within the exterior set! There simply woukd not be enough room! You'd think the programme makers would check these things?

@jasbegs1258

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking - where is that stage/room?

@artemiszeus9735

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasbegs1258@Clive Mattinson. It was called the Select. It was supposed to be at basement level, like the cellar. It was used for shows and wedding receptions. It used to be used for the Xmas and new year episodes usually with a big sing song from the cast. I remember Ken and Deirdre had their first reception in it as did Emily and Ernest Bishop. It was implied that there was an internal (magic?) passageway and stairway down to it next to Annie Walker's living room. I think there was a back outside stairwell down to it for the customers from where the outside tables are now. It was supposed to be burned down when the Rovers had that fire due to faulty ancient wiring in 1985 when Bet was licensee almost killing her. The interior then had to be completely rebuilt and mysteriously the Select wasn't rebuilt, which was a shame. I agree. It is like Dr Who's tardis. It is bigger on the inside. I sell insurance to architects and in a conversation with one of them he reckoned the Rovers toilets must be in Ken Barlow's living room. Lol! No wonder Albert Tatlock was so miserable when he lived there.

@gilliangrant8764

3 жыл бұрын

@@artemiszeus9735 Emily and Ernest had their reception in the new Community Centre.

@artemiszeus9735

3 жыл бұрын

@@gilliangrant8764 Oh right I thought that was The select. Lol! The Rovers was like the Tardis right enough.

@sachinchahal4131

Жыл бұрын

Do you still love it now? Because I do! My favourite soap and my second favourite tv show. I'm only 20 and next month will mark 15 years since I saw it for the first time. Sadly it was the episode where Jack found Vera dead in her armchair

Hilda does like to get her digs in. "Oh, and eh, let's get things right. It's not your shop, belongs to your fancy fella. Who's also 'opped it." 😄 The fabulous performances by Jean Alexander continued over the years and no wonder the likes of Laurence Olivier and John Betjeman were amongst the founders of the British League for Hilda Ogden in the early 80s.

Didnt know the Rovers had a stage

@annoldham3018

Жыл бұрын

The Select!

The pint of bitter Annie served Alf wasn't full 🍻🙂

They're getting their money's worth out of the organist. And The Select, looking from the outside, where is the room for that?

@gordonbennett5638

4 жыл бұрын

There isn't but that's nothing compared to the front door that materialised for Joan Walker's wedding.

@petereastwood3024

4 жыл бұрын

The Rovers layout has always been strange. From the location of the living and the toilets. Often wondered if the Barlow’s minded the rovers customers popping into their kitchen foe a pee! Lol

Please download more 1971 to 1973 episodes - I think Elsie and Alan are a handsome couple.

@mohammaddavoudian7897

Жыл бұрын

Elsie is but never thought of Alan as handsome.

And, we all know what Barbara Stanwyck got up to. Hilda did have a point there.

I like the end . Her singing instead of the usual theme ending.

@Shane-Flanagan

3 жыл бұрын

It was beautiful and a nice rendition of The Partys Over

@danrobinson572

3 жыл бұрын

@@Shane-Flanagan ok thanks 🙏

Ena Sharples still dressed the same since 1962

@stormbreaker06

Жыл бұрын

Probably the same since the 1930s

@annoldham3018

Жыл бұрын

Hairnet against vestry door!

@mohammaddavoudian7897

Жыл бұрын

@@stormbreaker06 😂

@darganx

Ай бұрын

Right up to 1984 when she left!

All credit to Thelma Barlow's acting skill. Playing Mavis must have been absolutely exhausting! I wonder who she based the character on.

Graham Haberfield was only 33 when he died bless him. Sad. Its even weirder to watch these and think he died over 50 years ago plus.

This is variety show would not be broadcast today

The day I was born

Omg look at Rita fairclugh

Selling goliwogs in the shop those were the days

@saxongreen78

2 жыл бұрын

Minstrels were on the telly until 1978, I think.

@annoldham3018

Жыл бұрын

@@saxongreen78 they were. And performed on stage until 1989!

@londonlady227

Жыл бұрын

You could get them when you sent in enough Robertson jam coupons....my Mum did that to get one.

Rita should still dress like that and wear her hair that way

What did Dennis do that was so terrible and embarrassing to his mother??

@flairio

5 жыл бұрын

Dennis was sent to prison for for three years for defrauding pensioners in a double-glazing scam

@connied2451

5 жыл бұрын

@@flairioThank you!

@darganx

Ай бұрын

@@flairio Dennis was always shady as fk

10/10

Renee Delaponti!!!! ha ha ha You couldn't make this shit up

Rita, the party's over.

Most of the houses had some nice old ornaments - as was still the case at the time - by the 80s they would all be tossed in the bin as old fashioned tat and replaced with Sarah Moon shit and the likes as people had more money about their fingers

Brilliant innovative acting to supplement t the church mouse budget.

Tillyumpompom

What happened to Dennis?

@jasbegs1258

3 жыл бұрын

He was in prison (off screen) Elsie was visiting him on the sly - rumour around street was she was having an affair.

@danrobinson572

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasbegs1258 why was he in prison? Was it strange ways? How long did he do?

@jasbegs1258

3 жыл бұрын

@@danrobinson572 He had conned old ladies of money (off screen) - not sure the prison.

@danrobinson572

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasbegs1258 ok 👍

@Footprinces

3 жыл бұрын

@@danrobinson572 yes and doesn’t come back in the early 2000s marry Rita and rip her off??

Im beginning to realise I don't like Rita. She's stuck up with nothing to be stuck up about. Bet was right in 1995 when she told her she would be nothing but a clapped out chorus girl without Len's money. I also like it in this episode when Hilda tells her it's not her shop but her fancy man's.

@kevinoldham8421

Жыл бұрын

Madam Toffee Shop!😉

@martinistakis1825

11 ай бұрын

I know. With JG being ill we were robbed of Bet returning for a visit absolutely rich and ready to rub Rita's face in it. X

👍 😉.

It’s an interesting oddity that it was the norm then for women to trash other women by implying that they might once have had sex and perhaps enjoyed it, as though that was more than enough evidence of their personal moral failure.

I think Curly and Mavis... Just a thought.

Rita had a cracking figure but her voice wasn't that exciting. Quite lacklustre.

@booth2710

4 жыл бұрын

She is not really as singer - just a mediocre voice - but good enough to have her play a singer in the soap

@annoldham3018

4 жыл бұрын

Poor man's Marlene Dietrich said Elsie in a future episode. 🥰

@zanducktv2398

4 жыл бұрын

Barbara recorded an album in the ‘70s.

@Shane-Flanagan

3 жыл бұрын

I liked her voice in this episode especially when singing The Partys Over at the end

@darganx

Ай бұрын

@@Shane-Flanagan Well that's one buyer of her albums..

Oh dear, don't like Elsie's hairstyle in this episode. Too 1973. As is her top. Didn't suit her to be too trendy and of her time. She was better when she looked like a timeless film star.

@londonlady227

Жыл бұрын

When she added to bow at the back and lloked like a female highwayman Adam Ant was the ugliest hairstyle. Elsie wore a tricorn hat too, to a wedding. Forgot which one...maybe Emily and Ernests?

The woman down inkerman Street was a made up lie by Ray and len designed to wind hilda and Stan up

@williamf4544

5 жыл бұрын

No 19 - and theres no smoke without fire

@mikehudson8884

4 жыл бұрын

Yes Ray Langton was a real bitch. See later episodes.

@annoldham3018

4 жыл бұрын

Really? I thought she was one of those unseen characters that intrigue you for decades. 😁

@lbyrne74

4 жыл бұрын

@Kuchi Kopi yes and without the comic value.

@londonlady227

Жыл бұрын

Stan alluded to 19 Inkerman St over the years that he might have dabbled and Hilda stated a few times she knew and didnt care.

1935.

@jennymartinez4051

4 жыл бұрын

YES!.

That big fat Alf was a right arsehole