Quote Originally Posted by pass_and_move View Post
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 .