Emily and Arnold hold their engagement party at number 3. Hilda feels bitter that she wasn’t invited and when Stan suggests she should go, she snaps at him. Upon discovering theres no sugar Stan sends Hilda round to Elsie’s to get some. Hilda walks in to find Elsie unconcious on the sofa with it up in smoke. She calls for help. The neighbours come running. Renee and Alf show a parculiar couple around the shop. Cast Rita Fairclough – Barbara Knox Mavis Riley – Thelma Barlow Martin Cheveski – Jonathan Chaplan Gail Tilsley – Helen Worth Emily Swain – Eileen Derbyshire Arnold Swain – George Waring Deirdre Langton – Anne Kirkbride Ken Barlow – William Roache Alf Roberts – Bryan Mossley Renee Roberts – Madge Hindle Hilda Ogden – Jean Alexander Annie Walker – Doris Speed Betty Turpin – Betty Driver Fred Gee – Fred Feast Elsie Tanner – Pat Phoenix Stan Ogden – Bernard Younes Flora Swain – Ann Wrigg Dr Crawford – Paul Lally Mr Bannister – Alex Johnston Mrs Bannister – Maggie Flint I DO NOT OWN RIGHTS TO THESE. COPYRIGHT GOES TO 1980 Granada Television Ltd. And anyone else involved in it.
it’s amazing, 30 years on and the cast is basically the same.
The cast is basically the same?
Eh?
Hilda A great hero! x
This is when Corrie was good!
Everyone is so nostalgic for old, classic episodes of Coronation Steet. But its good that you see some of the original cast in today’s episodes. I do miss Mavis Riley, Stan Ogden, Hilda, Alf…
All this silly soap has done is have people gossiping and talking about one another.
I think that coronation street has lost its family values, the episodes now are so far fetched and sum even rediculous, at least the early episodes were a pleasure to watch
Shut up you tramp
Lets face it.
Coronation St would be full of pakis nowdays.
The trouble with programmes such as corrie and emerdale is the story lines have been made to be cut short for adverts,unlike eastenders who has got the pleasure to build good storys.
Trust Ken to say ‘convivial’ expecting people to relate to it ; he’s ‘educated’ you see. Remember when Alf got chucked off a multi storey car park by Michael Caine in ‘Get Carter’ ? Ha ha
That’s Renee in that opening clip with Alf. I believe she died in a car crash that same year.
Mavis was so twittery!
Yeah, you’re not supposed to see the painted tops of the prop walls where the wallpaper ends, that is so fake!
dont make it like they used to?. now it tends to sensationalise it`s story lines into the realms of incredularity, in order to attract and keep a younger audience. this it does to the distraction of the script, and characters which coronation street was brilliant at producing and portraying.
A lot of viewers miss the interloping word play it used to have, the undulating and gentle build up of story lines, and characters. it doesn`t always have to be fast paced action to keep viewers interested, sometimes its nice to relax, switch off, and just be carried along by wry humour and clever scripts, which coronation street used to be so good at.
its a dado rail you silly sausage.
Perhaps Coronation Street should do what EastEnders are doing and do a spin off show, only this time it could be for the elderly and so return Corrie to the “good old days”. As the elderly aren’t online as much, they’d have to put it on ITV4 probably.
wtf does dreary look like lol!
Not a bad idea
i know where the set is, behind the seicene museam, plus you can see the set on google maps, what quite shocked me,
Abomination Street.
Yes, indeed. We don’t all need rape and murder to entertain us.I miss the years on coronation st where you knew you were in for a nice sit back and relax with a bit of drama AND humour.
well said
awesome.
if ya liked that – please search
BILL ‘KEN BARLOW’ ROACHE RAPPING ‘J’TAIME TEDDY BEAR’
it’s bloody insanity in a way only Kren Barlow can create!!!!!