Classic Corrie

[Kannet]

Is anyone else watching classic Corrie on itv 3. I’m actually quite enjoying it

Haha linda's hair, i used to have mine just like that

Just caught up with some episodes. Housewife I agree about Alf - his face and mannerisms were priceless when Audrey asked about resuming marital relations! Gave me a laugh.

I can't believe I used to be besotted with Terry Duckworth.

Me too. I used to think he was so fit! He was stalkerish with Linda this morning. Did you notice his low sexy voice he put on for her?

I also hate the way he keeps putting his hands on her neck and stroking her hair. Plus I want to give her eyebrows a good pluck! She looked much younger in Brookside.

She always seems to be asking/begging men to do something (usually to leave her alone) and she's totally ignored, and they carry on anyhow. Her husband did that to some extent, but Terry did so to a positively creepy extent.

Just saw that young Hugh at the brewery was also Molsley in Downton Abbey. I thought he seemed familiar.

Molesley! Of course! I knew I knew him.
Been loving the Terry love triangle but can't remember how long he's away for! Not long, probably.
Gail's new love interest has been lined up.
It's so good.

Thank you scrabbler3! I knew his face, but couldn’t place him and forgot to look at his name in the credits.

Is there somewhere where you watch the full episodes from the very first one?

I don't think so -you'd need to buy the DVDs, which are available on Amazon.

They should bring back "Molesley" as the father of the guy who's currently playing Gemma's boyfriend - he's the right age to have had a baby in around 1990. Or is that a different family? Newton or Ridley?

I remember reading somewhere that Nigel Pivaro did a fair bit of theatre, which would explain why Our Turreh made frequent disappearances I guess.

I am loving Classic Corrie.
The writing is so much better.
Sally is hilarious. Sparky, pert northern lass

They seemed to rely much more on characters than big dramatic storylines.

Just catching up with the last few- the dramatic music for Alf's heart attack. Brilliant

There are some old ones available on youtube but certainly not the full back catalogue

I love 1987 Sally, she was so upbeat and happy! Looking forward to life!

I vaguely remember her having rows with the woman Kev was seeing when they split up in the 90's. I think it was anyway, I remember the girls being little. Can't remember her name though. And it seemed tp me that Karen (married to Steve for a bit?) used to have slanging matches in the Rovers with whoever showed up on any given day.

From what I've seen lately, I do think the rows did used to be more in keeping with characters and storyline rather than people uncharacteristically shouting at each other over every little thing.

Gail has made the odd comment about Ivy over the years but you know, she seems like a lovely caring sweet woman. Ok so a bit judgeypants about the divorce but only because she loves them all so much. She seems to have had a really raw deal to me. There might be more in the history (pre-1986) that I don't know about but I think Gail and Audrey were absolutely awful to her.

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I've been confused by Ivy too. I remember her nickname being Poison Ivy and I recall disliking her, but she seems very kind and a bit vulnerable in these eps, if a little didactic. Perhaps her character changed when Gail married Martin and that's how I remember her.

Fab actress.

Ivy changed a lot after Brian's death if I remember correctly. She also caused problems with her will

She went a bit funny.
Didn't she get involved with a bloke who became obsessed with someone else?
The actress who played her was quite troubled.

Yes, Ivy goes from a married woman with a son, daughter in law and grandchildren to the total opposite. You can understand how hard it must have been to see Martin, barely more than a teenage step into her Brian's shoes

It is just brilliant. Shows what can be achieved with brilliant writing.

Ivy became a bit more poisonous as time went on IIRC.

And yes, agree that the slanging matches (and even fisticuffs) were rooted in the plot (and actual fights/slaps rare and even shocking). Whereas now it seem to happen with very little pretext. It's become parody, no longer showing the full range of interaction but leaping instead to what used to be the culmination of a situation. It's feels like it's shortcutting the context. Especially as characters no longer chew over events together, providing the chorus to illuminate the stories.

I chuckled at Kevin (well Sally really) moaning about Brian going off and leaving him alone in the garage - fast forward 30 years and he's doing the same thing! It's interesting watching it knowing what will happen to the characters - you want to warn anyone who gets involved with Gail that it will end badly!

I don't remember Geoff at all (wasn't watching regularly in the 80s)

He seems to have been introduced to Nicky awfully soon.

Liam has had numerous daddies and he's come out of it alright!!

They're up to mid-1987, and I don't think there have been any Liams in it yet, nor any imminent. Or have I forgotten someone of that era??