OMG! Tracy Barlow!

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I cannot believe she just said that to Steve!! !!

So can I ask those of you who have been watching since the 70's ( I started watching in about 72 ish and have watched on and off over the last 40 years)

Who was the caretaker busy body who was around I think for a while 20 years ago. Short chap with a real proper old man name?

Percy Sugden

answered my own question

Which building did he caretake, ivy? Who were his circle of friends?

X post!

this chap

He was the caretaker of the community centre iirc, and Phylis (sp) Pearce was Mary to his Norris

Percy and his budgie and Phyllis with the wonderful gruff voice chasing after him. Those were the days

I remember Pur-seh very well, he was a miserable old sod but purple-haired Phyllis adored him. They were amongst those great Corrie comedy duos, like Derek and Mavis.

I used to do a fabulous impression of Phyllis [frgrin]

Percy lived with "Mrs Bishop" didn't he

EdithWeston I dislike Stella very much but I don't know why. Perhaps it is her not terribly authentic accent, or her pointless role and pointless family. I certainly do not wish to see any more of her.

What's the plotline with Carla?

I used to like Percy and Phyllis and remember Percy had a rival; a man with a flat cap who kept a dog in a bag... name anyone?

or did I just imagine this last bit and am nuts

EdithWeston may remember?

It does ring a bell - but then again, I may just be as nuts as you, alemci.

Flat cap made me think Jed Stone but I can't remember if he had a dog. Is it him?

I like a challenge, and wasn't sure about first answer; so I've been on Google, and Jed Stone didn't have a dog.

But Sam Tindall did - a Lhasa Apso called Dougal (his own dog in real life).

Picture here - far left of second row. Is this who you meant? He was in Corrie in the late 80s.

Yes Jed Stone was more recent and was also in Brookside and was in the original Randall and Hopkirk deceased. Is the actor Kenneth Cope? I quite liked his character so it was a shame he wasn't still in Corrie.

Definitely Sam Tindall I reckon. he was a forerunner for the celebs with Dogs in bags. Ahead of his time.

That's an archive of memories! (Tautology, I know....)

Sam Tindall it is, then.

Jed Stone isn't really (or should that be isn't only) a recent character - he started on the Street in the 1960s - just like Dennis Tanner.

Remember Percy Sugden was called Persicles by Phyllis.

I have watched CS since the sixties.
The days of Ena and Minnie, Len Fairclough and Elsie Tanner.

I have a dim memory of Elsie Tanner managing "Sylvia's Separates", possibly involving a very young Gail Potter. She was smashing even then, when she would have been Past Her Prime.

I think Roy, Hayley, Norris and Mary are the most consistently brilliant characters in Corrie at the mo, and prob the only reason I stay tuned.

The actresses who play Sally, Leanne and Anna are very good, the rest are all a bit meh. Can't stand Deidre, Gail and Audrey.

Can't belive Kevin Webster still wears that bomber jacket.

stress can't stand Audrey??

Well Kevin is back in it so, I assume he's been cleared of whatever was going on?

katkitya, it said in today's papers that the case against him has been dropped due to 'lack of evidence'