"She just sat up, broke wind and died"

[Hyslop]

Am I the only one who has never seen one episode of Corrie?

Certainly not

 

[FrankCrank]

....haven't watched it for years.....decades now. Was a firm favourite as kids......well, no choice really. Seemed there were some real characters in it back then, Stan Ogden, Eddie Yates, Fred Gee.....and many others. These days everyone who appears in a soap is referred to as a 'star' of so-and-so, what a misused word.

That clip of Hilda crying over Stan's glasses - couldn't bring myself to watch it again.....heartbreaking stuff

 

[ozboz]

I grew up on a street like Coronation St in the 60's , North Manchester area , most kept themselves to themselves , only the kids mingled , good memories though ,

 

[Fnaar]

I grew up on a street like Coronation St in the 60's , North Manchester area , most kept themselves to themselves , only the kids mingled , good memories though ,

The soap myth that everyone works locally and spends every lunchtime and evening in the local pub is an anachronism. The best soap was Brookside, where sometimes, the characters would sit in front of the telly to watch a soap.

 

[Dave7]

I haven't watched one since the early 1980s

Us also...........we used to watch it regularly then it became just another far fetched soap. I cannot remember the last soap I watched............so long ago.

 

[Dave7]

I grew up on a street like Coronation St in the 60's , North Manchester area , most kept themselves to themselves , only the kids mingled , good memories though ,[/QUOTE

I was a child of the 50s and brought up on the Wirral. My parents very much kept "themselves to themselves". Aged 21 and married we moved to Warrington and lived in a small street......cobbled.......2 rows of terraced houses. I recall that one day a neighbour just opened our front door and walked in. I was gobsmacked. I remember saying to her "hey, this is not Coronation Street you know). I had no idea that that was the norm'.

 

[EltonFrog]

I remember years ago Corry was consistently the funniest thing on telly, I also remember an episode when Stan & Hilda Ogden, are waiting outside a TV shop to open to buy a telly that was in the sale. When asked by a passer by if they were trying to get a bargain, Hilda said 'us hasn't made us minds up yet has us chuck?'

I don't know why I still remember that line after over 40 years, but back then it used to be a good show.

 

[ozboz]

The soap myth that everyone works locally and spends every lunchtime and evening in the local pub is an anachronism. The best soap was Brookside, where sometimes, the characters would sit in front of the telly to watch a soap.

I always thought the best soap was.......
Soap !! Mad as a box of frogs !

 

[rich p]

Anyone remember Mr Swinley and Miss Nugent? Oooh er!

 

[FrankCrank]

...I think part of it is you change over the years and outgrow stuff. Used to be a big fan of the Simpsons, but can't be bothered to watch it any more. The Bill was a kind of long running drama/soap I enjoyed, till they did a complete reformat of the show, then I lost interest. Burnside and Reg Hollis used to crack me up for different reasons - great characters.....

 

[ColinJ]

Anyone remember Mr Swinley and Miss Nugent? Oooh er!

Just how old do you think we are!

(Answer to your question: Yes - vaguely! And Len Fairclough etc. )

 

[GrumpyGregry]

There's references to things that disappeared during my childhood e.g. 'laying out' - the practise of preparing corpses for funerals which used to be done by members of the community, one for Catholics and one for non Catholics.

I think vestiges of this still persist. Within my Catholic community I would have got looked at somewhat askance if I had not employed a firm of Catholic undertakers to deal with the Aged P's mortal remains when he died last year; but as my Big Sis made the arrangements via her Church in Wales parish? Her circus, her monkeys, as it were. Am sure God doesn't care about our idiot sectarianism.[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]

 

[OskarTennisChampion]

Am I the only one who has never seen one episode of Corrie?

Count me in.
And luckily I have a partner who thinks they are codswallop.
All soaps that is

 

[TVC]

I remember years ago Corry was consistently the funniest thing on telly, I also remember an episode when Stan & Hilda Ogden, are waiting outside a TV shop to open to buy a telly that was in the sale. When asked by a passer by if they were trying to get a bargain, Hilda said 'us hasn't made us minds up yet has us chuck?'

I don't know why I still remember that line after over 40 years, but back then it used to be a good show.

I agree, Stan & Hilda were often played as comic relief. They also got to show great affection between the two characters, they were a real joy to watch.

Stan of course had to be killed off when Bernard Youens died. I seem to remember an interview with Jean Alexander where she spoke about the clip I posted on page one. She said the scene was improvised and she didn't know what was in the parcel she opened. What followed was real grief for her good friend.