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Old 28-11-2013, 16:57
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Other than mobile phones it has to be the jeans the guys are wearing
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Old 28-11-2013, 17:09
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The shit quality / camera work
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Old 28-11-2013, 17:11
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How young the actors look
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Old 28-11-2013, 17:13
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Absence of laptops and hair straighteners!
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Old 28-11-2013, 17:15
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the dodgy barnets
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Old 28-11-2013, 17:15
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Characters saying "Year 1985, gonna be the best year yet"
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Old 28-11-2013, 17:16
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Old 28-11-2013, 17:22
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It being in black and white.
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Old 28-11-2013, 19:15
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Hair styles and general fashion. Also, for interior pub, cafe scenes, whether characters are smoking.
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Old 28-11-2013, 19:28
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The price of a pint.
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Old 28-11-2013, 21:12
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The backdrops, check out doorstep scenes from Corrie as recently as the 80's -obvious painted backdrops facing the 'street' in interior scenes.
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Old 28-11-2013, 21:54
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The backdrops, check out doorstep scenes from Corrie as recently as the 80's -obvious painted backdrops facing the 'street' in interior scenes.
That wouldn't work with Neighbours because they still have them. Paul's penthouse view is embarrassing.
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Old 28-11-2013, 22:43
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The number at the end of the credits.
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Old 28-11-2013, 22:46
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The price of a pint.
Very true watched an old episode of EastEnders from 1985 or 1986 last week and on the board in the Vic it says a pint of lager was 89p, wish it was still 89p a pint now.
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Old 28-11-2013, 23:19
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Old 28-11-2013, 23:21
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Hair styles and general fashion. Also, for interior pub, cafe scenes, whether characters are smoking.
BIB - Yes - when I've watched old clips of Walford, it's odd to see characters like Pat and Carol smoking in some of them at first.
Pat, Nick, Mary and Dot were regularly sparking up cigs in scenes.

Although Max, Cora and Shirley still smoke in the odd episode of Enders very occasionally don't they.
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Old 28-11-2013, 23:32
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BIB - Yes - when I've watched old clips of Walford, it's odd to see characters like Pat and Carol smoking in some of them at first.
Pat, Nick, Mary and Dot were regularly sparking up cigs in scenes.

Although Max, Cora and Shirley still smoke in the odd episode of Enders very occasionally don't they.
They do but it is always in scenes in their homes or on the Square. I remember watching an old episode recently where the Vic was full of smog.
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Old 29-11-2013, 00:14
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BIB - Yes - when I've watched old clips of Walford, it's odd to see characters like Pat and Carol smoking in some of them at first.
Pat, Nick, Mary and Dot were regularly sparking up cigs in scenes.

Although Max, Cora and Shirley still smoke in the odd episode of Enders very occasionally don't they.
Pauline Fowler used to do it from time to time, it once nearly burnt her house down
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Old 29-11-2013, 00:27
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You can tell from looking at everything in general really.

I don't know if I've imagined this but the acting in old episodes is very different to how it is now. It's like you can tell it's scripted and their bad at acting :/
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Old 29-11-2013, 00:32
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For EastEnders, the background music in the pub or the market is the thing I notice most.

With Corrie, it used to be Bet's hairstyles. You knew it was a 70's episode when she had it long, an 80's episode when it was bigger than all the hair on Dallas and Dynasty put together and a 90's episode when she looked like a drag queen.
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Old 29-11-2013, 00:38
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The lighting : in the olden days, all the scenes were lit with what seemed like the floodlights at Old Trafford.....the interior scenes were way too bright.
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Old 29-11-2013, 00:40
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Old 29-11-2013, 00:41
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People using phone boxes!
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Old 29-11-2013, 02:21
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The characters had more dialogue back then - conversations appear to be much longer and more detailed than they are nowadays.

The set was less flamboyant back then, everything was kept pretty simple.
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Old 29-11-2013, 04:08
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Agree with Eurostar - studio lighting has changed drastically over the years and it dates a lot of the eps from years gone by. At one point in the 1970s, I'm sure everyone in soaps looked orange because of the unnatural lighting. Now they look like they're sitting in the dark.

For EastEnders, the background music in the pub or the market is the thing I notice most.

With Corrie, it used to be Bet's hairstyles. You knew it was a 70's episode when she had it long, an 80's episode when it was bigger than all the hair on Dallas and Dynasty put together and a 90's episode when she looked like a drag queen.
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