Hundreds of them on YouTube and I've been watching a few of them these past few days .

I'm not massively in to soaps but these episodes are a remarkable record on what working class life was like in those days , it's fiction of course it is but the social history is what I'm finding enjoyable .

You can't underestimate just how much this country has changed since those days , whether for the better is perhaps debatable .

21p for a pint of Ridley's , Stan Ogden earned £15pw working in Fairclough's yard before he gets the sack and gets himself a window cleaning round .

Ena Sharples drinks Milk Stout in the Snug , there's two more rooms in the Rovers , the Saloon and The Select for concerts none of which exist today in the pub .

Hilda Ogden ( Jean Alexander ) has to be one of the finest character actresses in history on UK tv .

That lady was brilliant .