Brookside reruns - Part two

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A second thread for Brookie watchers….

Oh yes not cheap! But I totally recognised the elephant enclosure from many happy childhood visits (was the infant school trip!) and we also took our own children there when they were small.

How did Danny get up to the top of the scaffolding ?!!

Yes, I thought that too! Mind you, I am
often distracted whilst watching so I tend to give the scriptwriters the benefit of the doubt!

I think Brookie may have got to where I started watching first time round now. I’m not 100% sure.

Why did Sinbad not go to the funeral,,?
Hes known Terry for years
I understand why Max and Patricia might not have gone
But Margaret wasent there and she got on with everyone
Also IRL Jonathan and Sheila would have gone
Another thing when Terry first met Sue she waa taking her sisters kids to see Father Xmas played by Jack now she appears to have no fsmily ?

It’s interesting watching the whole who killed Sue and Danny, when you already know the outcome.

Busy window cleaning schedule 😀

I think either her climbed (it was mentioned previously when the conservatory was being built) or that the killer took him up there. Don’t think we ever know for sure. What was weird was that Mikes band didn’t even see it when they left as no one knew about it the following morning!

I'm at the episodes where Annabelle probably leaves within the next few months. It's not nice to see her in these scenes, her face looks so much thinner.

I'm not at a stage where I remember watching these episodes first time around. I don't remember the Collins's at all, or Jonathan. I do remember Terry & Sue and The Rogers family probably from later episodes than what I'm watching now.

Fascinated going back to these times via these episodes and wishing I had a time machine!

So Jimmy Corkhill said he’s 40 next week - he looks closer to 50!

lol! It’s sinbad who gets me. He looks ancient in brooky and seems younger now!

just seen this thread pop up on my feed. I live 5 mins away from Brookside Close. Took a walk there with the dog recently and all houses are occupied but it’s looking a little bit tatty. I remember as a teenager when they were filming and going to the close and there was a barrier and a security hut with a security guard and you could often see some of the actors in the background.

people from all over still visit the close.

Alex Fletcher who played Jacqui Dixon was in my school but a year ahead.

Doreen Sloane opened our new primary school in 1988 and I was in the paper with her 😊she
was sooo famous at the time!

I saw Diane Burke recently in Asda car park who played Katie Rogers and she has not aged one bit.

loving this thread

Oh wow Zoflora!

Brilliant! Just watching Jackie Dixon being berated for the phone bill!

I see Sammy got given Clairol Bright Lights as a wedding gift. I wanted this so badly for birthday/xmas, circling it in the Argos catalogue. Was sadly never to be!

Awwh poor Katie. I am sad for her. How selfish was chrissy exiting during the wedding reception? She would have had to have walked through the living room with a suitcase.

and Sammy turning Bridezilla/Mamazilla -
very out of character from her feisty animal
rights days.

enjoying it at the moment.

I know I couldn’t get over how selfish Chrissy was. As if sammy could enjoy her wedding after that.
Can’t imagine the Harrisons would even consider looking at the bungalow. It seems tiny. I wonder what it’s feels like inside IRL. It’s always fascinated me that there’s only one tiny window at the front of the house for the kitchen rather than the living room being duel aspect.

Yes regarding the bungalow, just one kitchen one at the front !

I agree re Chrissy. And how would no one have noticed her leaving?! Also why would she give up her job if the course isn’t starting for months - surely she would have kept it on and just moved out?

Re the Harrison’s, I can’t believe a Deputy Head would want to live so close to her school!

With the Chrissy story, and Sammy marrying so young, I was thinking was it really so backward then? I am a little older than Sammy and didn’t know anyone who got married at 18. I also don’t recall women getting discouraged from retraining. This was the start of access course for adults with no qualifications. I guess her husband didn’t want her having a different social scene?

Yes chrissy was very selfish
She could have left the next morning
Also why wasent Geoff at the wedding
He could have got a nationsl express ?
Schools were different in the 90s most were just local comprehensives and teacher lived local ( ish)
Its not like todey with multi academy trusts and executive Head teachers etc.

I have got as far as Sammy’s wedding, I’m only on the episodes where Ron was being racist and Frank and Chrissy had split for the first time round.

I was shocked at Ron’s racism, but I do have memories from that period of time where people would say if a white girl went out with a black lad she’d get a bad reputation.

Regarding Chrissy it sounds like a rinse and repeat of Sheila and Bobby, where she wanted more and he was happy with the status quo.

I actually like Chrissy, I also like Frank but they were clearly very different people and I always found a lot of the early Brookside men to be shouty dinosaurs.

Yes, it’s all a bit derivative of ‘educating Rita’ isn’t it?