Coronation Street - 1980 - Elsie's Sofa Fire! Part 2

[SiLoJayLo]

Look at 0:56. Those bay windows were never split down the middle, with a party wall!!! The houses would've been twice as small!!! Where's the continuity man/woman, when u need them?!

[franksmith109]

Yorkshire TV announcer Paul Lally as the doctor.

[SiLoJayLo]

@franksmith109 How did u spot that??! I remember him, along with Redvers Kyle & Graham Roberts.

[franksmith109]

@SiLoJayLo I discovered a while back that Paul was co-presenter of an early incarnation of Farmhouse Kitchen (with Mary Berry, who's now involved in Great British Bake off on BBC2) A snoop round the web showed me he'd made appearances on Coronation st., so a bit of digging on Youtube brought me here. Not sure when he started announcing on YTV - he could have done the intro to his own on-screen appearance, which would have been highly unusal.

[fiesta142]

Love the way the neighbours got stuck in and cleaned up. Sadly those days are now gone.

[MustardMonkeyLtd]

nice video, I really enjoyed it

[jiggarypokery]

Theres something different and more 'real' about these early episodes. They seem to feature everyday life goings on, and everyday life people. Its lost the plot now, murders, disasters, affairs every minute all down one little street. I know they wanted to make a statement with the 50th episode but that was over the top, PLUS they already had a tram off the viaduct disaster in the 60's, so it wasnt even original. People love it now simply because its familiar and been on so long.

[MikeHudson65]

@jiggarypokery I concur, the tram has already come off the viaduct in 1969. Nothing was ever mentioned about that.

[pyglett]

So lucky it was one of the old horsehair filing sofas - had it been the then 'poisonfoam', she wouldn't have stood an earthly.

[JohanR888]

Ken: get doctor crawford at the medical centre.

Betty: Oh its a miracle he is so near!

LOL

[radiodj1520]

In This Clip, From 3:48 To 4:14, It Was "Coronation Street" Break Video Bumpers From July 9, 1980.

[mickeyh1961]

Remember this very well, sadly Coronation declined in acting and quality late 90's, lost its sense of humour and plot lines, this was its golden time characters so believable and a great sense of humour. Stan & Hilda were just brilliant as a duo, a more innocent age.

[MeBenHalpin]

@mickeyh1961 Couldn't agree more, the Street of the 21st century comes know where near as good in terms of quality.

[chity75]

the viaduct looks more convincing back then but it just dosent look convincing now because of the big build behined it if the viaduct stayed as it was like on the vid it would have been gud for the new tram crash plot

[pluto1111777]

@chity75 I agree. Part of the reason for this is that this Street is actually not the Street set we see today. This was the original 'real' street (the early vesions were filmed inside,) This was a real street which was due for demolition, right on the doorstep of Granada studios. By the early1980's it was in bad repair so they built a 'new' version (1982) which we see today. Unfortunately, I've always felt its never looked entirely right.

[doubledeckers]

@pluto1111777 - this was actually an earlier outdoor set that was built behind Granada. The railway viaduct was a real one and is still there - part of the museum now. You could look at the set through a window in the gate.

[pluto1111777]

@doubledeckers thats true, thats what I was saying lol although it was actually a real street due for demolition (which was modified to match the shows requirements obviously). the street aswell as the viaduct were real. Thats why it looks more real than the set that was built from scratch which we see today.

[doubledeckers]

@pluto1111777

from the 1970's onwards Granada had a set next to the studios, next to the Bonded Warehouse. Only the fronts of the houses were built. It definitely wasn't a real street. But it was built in front of the real viaduct.

A better set was built in a different position around 1981 and that's the one they use now.

If you go to:

images DOT manchester DOT gov DOT uk

search for Coronation Street you'll find a pic. The houses don't even have chimneys.

[aeronuk1]

@doubledeckers So coronation street was never a 'real' street? I had always assumed it was.

[doubledeckers]

@aeronuk1 it was based on Archie Street in Ordsall, Salford, but that had a church at the end of the street, not a viaduct. Look up 'Archie Street' on Google for photos. Many of the outdoor scenes in the 1960's episodes were actually inside the studios at Granada TV. The first outdoor set was just the hardboard scenery taken outdoors and put up in front of the real viaduct. which only lasted for a year or so, then they built the fronts in brick. Then the current set in the early 1980's.

[unclemort1960]

@aeronuk1 i grew up thinking every northerner supped newton and ridley bitter and had their tea from jacksons chippy

[doubledeckers]

@chity75 - that's because it was a real viaduct with an outdoor set built in front of it. It was part of the world's first passenger railway station at Liverpool Road and is still there. The steam train at the museum goes along it.

[danbroad9]

its strange i live in manchester in a little villige

[EmoDeathStar121]

The Whole Cast Run Out for a Gossip lol Ive never seen the move as fast not mention Hilda i tough she was gona take off ha

[gallafey]

Corranation Street was better back then 2day the stories are so bouring people having affairs ects I don't watch the show much these day but looking at soaps page in the Radio Times & TV Times i don't have to watch them to know wat going on in the Street or The Farm

[costellodan]

How come you chose to upload this one? It is great - but why this one? :0

[mattplayer1P5]

Their seem more closer in the 80s but now it's alot better, storyplots r better =]

[stevepjk]

god those houses on the old set were tiny 0:54

[hexaflour]

Wasnt Arnold Swain a bigamist?

[26highstreet]

bet stan went back in and did the place over

[MeBenHalpin]

@26highstreet Or too see, if they're was any loose change lying about for quick pint of bitter in The Rovers Lol.

[PONTY30]

don't get the ambulance we can take her in the car

[26highstreet]

classic northern humour

[frodoireland]

Look at Rita, Emily & Betty. Still in the show today. Legends.

[Princesswickett]

and ken

[NikkiClo]

@frodoireland and Ken, Deirdre and Gail, I love the fact Corrie still has so many original characters left..eventually when all the originals leave the show it won't be the same