I must have been about 6 or 7, back in the late 1980s. My parents ran a pub and I remember being given cheese and onion crisps and an old-school glass bottle of Coke and told to be upstairs (with my brother who is 6 years older).
Because of the pub aspect it's always resonated with me, and my Dad was (he died in 1989) like Dirty Den in a lot of ways!
12 when the first episode was on. I watched it with my Dad. When Michelle had Vicky and we didn't know who the father was it was the only thing talked about at school. EastEnders was huge then. I stopped after the tedious condom episode, watched Sonia be a lesbian then gave up again and finally turned back on when Heather and Shirley were at George Michael's house jumping up and down at the window. I only get to see the omnibus now as no one else at home watches if but I've not missed one since.
Well I was born in 1997 so the show started 12 years before I was actually born... I think the first episode I saw was the Stax affair reveal on Christmas day 2007, so I was 10. But I didn't start watching regularly until 2012 when I was 15. I'm now 18.
I think my first proper Eastenders memory is my mum watching the Kat and Zoe two hander AFTER the "you ain't my muvva", so that would be...google says Oct 2001, so I'd have been 8
It must have been around summer 87 and I would have been 7. As I can't recollect seeing Tony Carpenter (who left May 87) but remember his son Kelvin (who left in Sept 87). Although its a bit hazy due to seeing clips etc. I was defiantly watching at end of 87 as have clear recollection of the second episode on NYE when EE was broad cast at just after 11.30 to bring the new year in on the square.
And must have started watching regular since then as remember Kathy rape at Dagmar, Lou's death, Angie leaving, Den in Prison etc that happened the following year
I stated actually watching it in my teens probably, but I for sure was watching it before that as a kid as my family always have it on, including all the soaps, so I watched in the living room every night it was on. Can still remember a lot of the faces from when I was a kid.
I was 18 when I first watched it but I started watching regularly when I was 19. When I watched Eastenders for the first time, I did not like it, until I binge watched it a few times. That's when I started liking it.
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It's going to be a case of Deja vu when they discover Nick's body. I'm certain he is in the same pose as Reg Cox.
I would have been 8 years old lololololol
Because of the pub aspect it's always resonated with me, and my Dad was (he died in 1989) like Dirty Den in a lot of ways!
I absolutely love that they have done this.
Happy Birthday.:)
Me too
And must have started watching regular since then as remember Kathy rape at Dagmar, Lou's death, Angie leaving, Den in Prison etc that happened the following year
The very first episode!
I didn't think you were too old I thought you were only in your 20s. Happy Birthday
Where have those 30 years gone?!?!?