The last of King George V (reigned 1910-36) children, Henry, Duke of Gloucester (born 1900) died on this day, 10th June 1974. Queen Elizabeth's uncle. There's also mention of it being Prince Phillip's birthday (53rd), so a royal theme in the episode. Just goes to show how long ago this episode of Corrie was broadcast.
That scene near the end - Len and Ken just talking. Brilliantly written by HV Kershaw and superbly acted. So so much better than the rubbish Corrie has become. And Albert telling Ken how you want more than people think when you're old - brilliantly clever and thought provoking.
Sad they let that poor babe cry for so long. There should be a law. He looked so upset and scared. 😨 Funny that baby looks like a tiny little version of Jerry Booth!
It was the 70s, they'd have left the baby there until it started howling and then gone for the take, corrie was made quickly and cheaply back then. But life was different, people were different, none of this namby pamby baby culture today, my wife worked in a nursery, in the late 60s early 70s, if a baby was screaming and keeping the other kids awake it'd be put outside in the pram out the back of the village Hall. A kid misbehaved it got slapped, lessons were learned quickly, because that's the world they would have to grow up into. I'm not saying it's right, because it probably wasn't, but that's how things were, nobody believed kids when they accused adults of things, they were told to keep their mouths shut or get a hiding, it was still a time of sweeping things under the carpet and not making trouble. I could tell you lots of other things that would probably shock you, but 50 year's ago it was considered the norm. You'll notice how much they all smoked and drank, and for many it was lunchtime and they walked back to work half cut to do their jobs or drove back to work. Judging by the amount Len drunk he must have been permanently drunk, yet he was driving his van all around the area
Wonder what Annie would’ve said if she’d been there when Maggie was asking for some support with a complaint about the donkey. Think she’d have responded differently to Billy!
Fancy making a fuss about a donkey on 'health grounds' when the draymen and the rag and bone go past every day and the cold cuts sit out in the open getting coughed on by heavy smokers. 😊
Firstly, I am concerned about Rita's gas cooker hob and grill being so close to curtains. Secondly, and more importantly, I had forgotten how good looking Billy Walker and Ray Langton were.
He and his 3rd wife moved in there when Elsie left Weatherfield with her 3rd husband lol - don't know if he bought no. 11 or rented - Elsie somehow got back in when she returned in 1976
Ken and Janet, his 2nd wife, rented Elsie's house when she left the street for 3 years to look after her husband, who was the guy who played Alan Howard. He had problems with drink, sadly.
Alf Roberts relentlessly chasing any woman that owned a shop, he wanted a shop and he didn't care which woman he'd have to peruse to get it. Came up trumps with Irene, was teaching her how to drive and masterminded an accident with a truck, where not only would he get the shop but he'd also get sympathy
@@stevenhighams4190 Albert Finney was from Salford, and they don't pronounce 'one' that way there either. In fact, people from the Greater Manchester area as a whole don't say 'wun'. Quite a few Corrie actors and actresses were from Yorkshire, eg those who played Alf Roberts, Fred Gee, Ivy Tilsley, Vera Duckworth, Chalkie Whiteley, and more recently David Platt, so it's understandable that they speak like that.
@@staceygrove5976 I'm only repeating what Ken Farrington himself said in an interview, that he copied Albert Finney's accent. I'm from Yorkshire, but I don't say 'wun'. I'm from East Yorkshire, though. I think people went for a standard northern accent then and they pretty much got away with it. The funniest thing is that no one ever seems to question Chris Quinten's Teesside accent, or Ivy's parents' Geordie accent when they briefly appeared. PS - just as a matter of interest, are you a T-Rex fan?
@@stevenhighams4190 Yes, I think that the drama schools may well have taught a sort of generic Yorkshire-type accent as an all-purpose Northern one. I remember that in the 1970s series 'The Onedin Line', set in Liverpool, almost everyone spoke in a Yorkshire accent, hardly any Scouse vowels to be heard. Yes, I'm an old T Rex fan - well spotted!
That reminiscent moment from Ken was in the first episode. 🥰
I remember that bit about “You’re takin’ no girl to no Imperial ‘0tel.”!!
Wish I was back there🤗💫
Minnie “Oh, I don’t think she (Ena)’ll be that interested. She has a baby every year. Mrs McGee, I mean.” 😂😂
Omg! The best of corrie! Good old corrie.
The last of King George V (reigned 1910-36) children, Henry, Duke of Gloucester (born 1900) died on this day, 10th June 1974. Queen Elizabeth's uncle. There's also mention of it being Prince Phillip's birthday (53rd), so a royal theme in the episode. Just goes to show how long ago this episode of Corrie was broadcast.
"It'ud.do some of you good to get old!" Love Albert Tatlock.
Ty so much for uploading these episodes great fan from nz here 💓
That scene near the end - Len and Ken just talking. Brilliantly written by HV Kershaw and superbly acted.
So so much better than the rubbish Corrie has become.
And Albert telling Ken how you want more than people think when you're old - brilliantly clever and thought provoking.
To think that baby is 46 years old now.
I was ten years old, and now I'm 56! Time flies!
Sad they let that poor babe cry for so long. There should be a law. He looked so upset and scared. 😨 Funny that baby looks like a tiny little version of Jerry Booth!
It was the 70s, they'd have left the baby there until it started howling and then gone for the take, corrie was made quickly and cheaply back then.
But life was different, people were different, none of this namby pamby baby culture today, my wife worked in a nursery, in the late 60s early 70s, if a baby was screaming and keeping the other kids awake it'd be put outside in the pram out the back of the village Hall.
A kid misbehaved it got slapped, lessons were learned quickly, because that's the world they would have to grow up into.
I'm not saying it's right, because it probably wasn't, but that's how things were, nobody believed kids when they accused adults of things, they were told to keep their mouths shut or get a hiding, it was still a time of sweeping things under the carpet and not making trouble.
I could tell you lots of other things that would probably shock you, but 50 year's ago it was considered the norm.
You'll notice how much they all smoked and drank, and for many it was lunchtime and they walked back to work half cut to do their jobs or drove back to work.
Judging by the amount Len drunk he must have been permanently drunk, yet he was driving his van all around the area
Evan AB. I don't know what you mean, that baby didn't cry much! I was expecting to hear him all through the program, the way you were going on!
@Ulo Hun ... Hahahaha.
@@alberttatlock5237 Brilliant peice of how it REALLY was. Still rather be there than here ! 🌟Especially NOW😓 Many thanks Albert xoo
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I love you coronation street your number 1 fan micheál Brett 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Alf and Maggie should have been married in Coronation Street. Maggie and Alf were better suited than Audrey and Alf.
Wonder what Annie would’ve said if she’d been there when Maggie was asking for some support with a complaint about the donkey. Think she’d have responded differently to Billy!
Fancy making a fuss about a donkey on 'health grounds' when the draymen and the rag and bone go past every day and the cold cuts sit out in the open getting coughed on by heavy smokers. 😊
25:05 Len's face😂😂😂😂😂😂 jealous uncle Len😂😂😂
I turn 4 on the 10th of June 1974.😊
Rosalind Ayres?
They seem to stumble getting stories for Stan. First mice,now a donkey
i really wish we could see all episodes in sequence, i just get into the story and the next ones gone...
Firstly, I am concerned about Rita's gas cooker hob and grill being so close to curtains. Secondly, and more importantly, I had forgotten how good looking Billy Walker and Ray Langton were.
Ross Stratford-Cavendish billy was smokin hot😍
Re Ken and Len’s chat -skip to 2021. Would Ken have imagined watching his son slowly drinking himself to death?
Why would Ken be off to see Uncle Albert when he’d had a disagreement with his dad? Uncle Albert was Val’s Uncle wasn’t he?
Because he lived next door. He didn't call him Uncle Albert then, of course.
Ray Langton was a jaq off
Why was Ken in Elise's house?
He and his 3rd wife moved in there when Elsie left Weatherfield with her 3rd husband lol - don't know if he bought no. 11 or rented - Elsie somehow got back in when she returned in 1976
Ken and Janet, his 2nd wife, rented Elsie's house when she left the street for 3 years to look after her husband, who was the guy who played Alan Howard. He had problems with drink, sadly.
Ray Langton,ill mannered pig.
Alf Roberts relentlessly chasing any woman that owned a shop, he wanted a shop and he didn't care which woman he'd have to peruse to get it.
Came up trumps with Irene, was teaching her how to drive and masterminded an accident with a truck, where not only would he get the shop but he'd also get sympathy
He did seem to hone in on shopkeepers didn't he?
@Tilly Divine I didn't really like Alf for those reasons.
Rubbish! He genuinely liked the women and was more concerned about his job at the post office that he tried very hard to keep.
@@annoldham3018 Strange when his last wife ( Audrey) only...ahem ‘worked’ in a shop due to marrying him.
Makes me laugh when Audrey reminises about alf, she led him a dogs life,,
Back when this soap was "belivable"..& not "PC" OR WRITTEN BY WOKES FOR WOKES
1:45 Why does Billy Walker pronounce 'one' as 'wun'? He wasn't a Yorkshireman, was he?
He was a southerner in real life, so he copied Albert Finney's accent. That's what he said in an interview.
@@stevenhighams4190
Albert Finney was from Salford, and they don't pronounce 'one' that way there either. In fact, people from the Greater Manchester area as a whole don't say 'wun'.
Quite a few Corrie actors and actresses were from Yorkshire, eg those who played Alf Roberts, Fred Gee, Ivy Tilsley, Vera Duckworth, Chalkie Whiteley, and more recently David Platt, so it's understandable that they speak like that.
@@staceygrove5976 I'm only repeating what Ken Farrington himself said in an interview, that he copied Albert Finney's accent. I'm from Yorkshire, but I don't say 'wun'. I'm from East Yorkshire, though. I think people went for a standard northern accent then and they pretty much got away with it. The funniest thing is that no one ever seems to question Chris Quinten's Teesside accent, or Ivy's parents' Geordie accent when they briefly appeared.
PS - just as a matter of interest, are you a T-Rex fan?
@@stevenhighams4190
Yes, I think that the drama schools may well have taught a sort of generic Yorkshire-type accent as an all-purpose Northern one. I remember that in the 1970s series 'The Onedin Line', set in Liverpool, almost everyone spoke in a Yorkshire accent, hardly any Scouse vowels to be heard.
Yes, I'm an old T Rex fan - well spotted!
@@staceygrove5976 Me too!
Alf Roberts couldn’t act .... 🤷🏼♂️
either way he could bungee jump without a rope , did you ever see him in Get Carter ?
roderick scott makes no difference to his acting abilities.
@@Ben6164 doesn,t put me up nor down, have a good day.
@@roderickscott7429 well knowing he could bungee jump doesn't put ME up nor down so have a good day.
@@Ben6164 no worries from me , you can now take Mr Stevens comment to task.