O/T Old Coronation Street's From The 70's

[animallittle3]

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 .

[Arblasterfromthepast]

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 .

I'm not into soaps animal but I've watched Corrie since I was a nipper and hardly missed an episode (very sad lol). Grumpy old Albert Tatlock was my favourite as a kid. You just can't believe how much the world has changed in my almost 60 years, which is also mirrored in the world of football.

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One day during lockdown I was bored and flicking through the channels only to see an old episode of Corrie from the late 80s. I was curious and recognised some of the characters so I gave it a watch. It was just about day to day life with no stupid plots like these are these days(can't be doing with it so i don't watch the shyte) but as Animal sez, I also noticed and was interested in the social aspect of that episode from the late 80s. The prices of things, the way folk addressed each other ie- Mr and Mrs, the wages being handed over in pay packets, the pub being full and not a mobile phone in sight.

Life seemed a bit simpler and straightforward back then although I remember the late 80s as a boy and it didn't seem it at the time. However, now as an adult, I can look back on it with a degree of understanding compared to my outlook as a 10 year old boy back then.

Also the opening and end credits show a hugely different Manchester skyline to what we see today. The skyline has totally changed beyond recognition. The late 80s credits show factory chimney stacks dotted on the horizon and smog with what looks like Manchester Town Hall prominent.

[animallittle3]

I'm not into soaps animal but I've watched Corrie since I was a nipper and hardly missed an episode (very sad lol). Grumpy old Albert Tatlock was my favourite as a kid. You just can't believe how much the world has changed in my almost 60 years, which is also mirrored in the world of football.

There was an Albert Tatlock in almost every pub when I first started drinking in boozers in 1979 .

No wonder either , they'd gone through two world wars and experienced poverty that makes today look ridiculous .

They got on with life and took the hard knocks , they hadn't much choice because stress and depression hadn't been invented in those days .

Little wonder they were grumpy , it had to come out somewhere .

Tell you what we young uns knew our place back then in village clubs and boozers .

Any lip back and we'd get a good hiding , you didn't mess with the old lads back then , hard as nails they were .

[animallittle3]

One day during lockdown I was bored and flicking through the channels only to see an old episode of Corrie from the late 80s. I was curious and recognised some of the characters so I gave it a watch. It was just about day to day life with no stupid plots like these are these days(can't be doing with it so i don't watch the shyte) but as Animal sez, I also noticed and was interested in the social aspect of that episode from the late 80s. The prices of things, the way folk addressed each other ie- Mr and Mrs, the wages being handed over in pay packets, the pub being full and not a mobile phone in sight.

Life seemed a bit simpler and straightforward back then although I remember the late 80s as a boy and it didn't seem it at the time. However, now as an adult, I can look back on it with a degree of understanding compared to my outlook as a 10 year old boy back then.

Also the opening and end credits show a hugely different Manchester skyline to what we see today. The skyline has totally changed beyond recognition. The late 80s credits show factory chimney stacks dotted on the horizon and smog with what looks like Manchester Town Hall prominent.

The community spirit is the one thing that stands out .

They didn't all get on by any means but when required everyone pulled together when it was needed .

Yes it's fiction but none the less but it's also reflective of the times in a hugely working class street in Manchester .

The Rovers was the place where it's residents gathered socially and a place that bound them together .

It's not gone unnoticed by myself that pubs and clubs where working class people gathered have been systematically destroyed and there's more going on as to why that is than simply the price of a pint .

Those days are long gone now and there's good reason why that happened .

It's called divide and conquer .

[Arblasterfromthepast]

There was an Albert Tatlock in almost every pub when I first started drinking in boozers in 1979 .

No wonder either , they'd gone through two world wars and experienced poverty that makes today look ridiculous .

They got on with life and took the hard knocks , they hadn't much choice because stress and depression hadn't been invented in those days .

Little wonder they were grumpy , it had to come out somewhere .

Tell you what we young uns knew our place back then in village clubs and boozers .

Any lip back and we'd get a good hiding , you didn't mess with the old lads back then , hard as nails they were .

We had one or two Albert's on our street when I was a kid, plus I had two grandads. I didn't mess with any of them and did as I was told. Fully respected them. And looking back as an adult, I realise the positive effect they had on my life.

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The community spirit is the one thing that stands out .

They didn't all get on by any means but when required everyone pulled together when it was needed .

Yes it's fiction but none the less but it's also reflective of the times in a hugely working class street in Manchester .

The Rovers was the place where it's residents gathered socially and a place that bound them together .

It's not gone unnoticed by myself that pubs and clubs where working class people gathered have been systematically destroyed and there's more going on as to why that is than simply the price of a pint .

Those days are long gone now and there's good reason why that happened .

It's called divide and conquer .

Sad isn't it. The workplaces these days have the divide and conquer attitude as well. Result of Thatcherism imo

[x11barnsley]

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 .

Stan and Hilda were the funniest Soap couple ever … by far.
Did Minnie Cauldwell sit with Ena in the Snug ?

[Young_Nudger]

For some reason a couple of days ago I watched the death of Jack Duckworth.
Incredible television.
Emotional.

For years I hardly ever missed an episode.
Over the decades it covered serious topics but was also one of the best comedy shows on tele.
Some brilliant characters.
Stan Ogden.
Eddie Yates.
Alec Gilroyd.
Jack and Vera.
Fred.
Annie Walker, Betty and Bet Lynch were a class act.

Never watch it now - as all it seems to be is a program of who is jumping into bed with each other.
The humour has been taken out of it.

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Fred Elliot ah seh Fred Elliot