Classic Corrie

[Kannet]

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

Raquel - appears in 1991 and also Roy but he doesn't start until 1995.

Raquel
Reg

I had forgotten Reg - he's due to appear soon. There's also Fred Elliott. It does mean that Maureen (Sherrie Hewson) will be around too!

I loved reg and Maureen.

Also Wendy Crozier. I remember that story being compelling back in the day.

She should be in it soon. It was a BIG story.

Wendy Crozier is this year, the story line culminates at Christmas.

We should 'first' see her later this month.

In current Corrie, when Kylie died, Gail talked to David about how she handled Brian's death all wrong with Nicky. She told him she didn't explain things right, and not to make the same mistake with Max. I remember because it was the first time in a long while that Gail hadn't irritated me, it was a really good scene between Gail and David. It's interesting to be able to watch it and see what she was talking about.

Bet saying “It’s worth paying the odds to look at that tight little bum”in the restaurant with Rita.😃

AIBU in saying that Betty Driver was a crap actor? She cannot actually to save her life.

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Yes, you are.

She wasn't one of the stronger actors. I remember Lynne Perrie having a dig at her in her book.

Betty was a stage performer - she was a popular music hall and radio singer and "actress" from a young age and had a touring "betty Driver Show".
Apparently she auditioned for the Hilda Ogden role but they wanted a thinner actress. She was very broad brush but I always liked her. They never gave her involved story lines.

I read about her a few years back and she had a hard and sad life - cruel parents, never felt good enough, men who abused and controlled her, ripped off all her earnings and cheated on her.

I loved Alec’s line about Bet “ swinging her earrings behind the bar between appointed hours” some very funny comments between them.

I think Betty was meant to be a mother hen, especially with Bet. She wasn’t a great actress, but she was a hell of a lot better than many of the cast now. She does have a good storyline coming up ahead.

I have a fondness for Betty because she reminds me of my favourite great aunt. My aunt was also a generously proportioned woman with a fondness for floral smocks who called everyone lovey. I don't think she ever cooked hot pots though.

I have a new found dislike of the Ivy Brennan character since she did not appreciate the beautiful greyhound Lucky who had commandeered her tatty 1980s sofa - how dare she drag the poor dog outside - they are very sensitive souls
I have a very soft spot for pointie hounds.
Alma seems a very bossy character - I am sure she mellowed in later episodes and took up with Mike Baldwin.

My memory of Alma was that she was very nice but she's horrid in these early scenes.

“You see this smile, Betty? It’s not really a smile - it’s a lid on a scream.”
Love it!!!

Alma is awful now, Audrey obviously can’t stand her, but I am sure they end up best friends later on.

The dialogue is so good, i just LOVE Bet!

The greyhound, Lucky, is so gorgeous. I did like Ivy and Don's dialogue when Lucky chewed the sofa. Mental image of Ivy eating a chunk of the sofa.

Another one here who recalled a pleasant Alma and finds her currently vile.

40p for a cup of tea!