Lucille Hewitt in the pub with Bet Lynch moaning about having no boyfriends lol
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Originally Posted by ianradioian:
“Lucille Hewitt in the pub with Bet Lynch moaning about having no boyfriends lol”
“Lucille Hewitt in the pub with Bet Lynch moaning about having no boyfriends lol”
Do you remember Lucille and Bet gogo dancing on the Rovers bar in bright yellow tops and sparkly purple hot pants?
I have a question for the Corrie super fans about the Rovers interior
Can someone run me through the history, how long have we had the current look (I know there was a brief run of a brown wallpaper look which was ditched bringing this one back).
Can someone run me through the history, how long have we had the current look (I know there was a brief run of a brown wallpaper look which was ditched bringing this one back).
Originally Posted by James J:
“I have a question for the Corrie super fans about the Rovers interior
Can someone run me through the history, how long have we had the current look (I know there was a brief run of a brown wallpaper look which was ditched bringing this one back).”
“I have a question for the Corrie super fans about the Rovers interior
Can someone run me through the history, how long have we had the current look (I know there was a brief run of a brown wallpaper look which was ditched bringing this one back).”
Current interior has been in place since the 2013 fire.
Prior to that:
1960 - 1968 (personally I don't know what the colour scheme was as the episodes were in black and white but I'm sure that there are some colour press photos somewhere)
1968 - 1973 (duck egg blue with mid-brown wooden features Annie confirms that the Rovers has been redecorated with eggshell blue paint in 1968 during episodes featuring the demolition of the raincoat factory and Mission Hall)
1973 - 1977 (heavy geometric wallpaper in various shades of brown)
1977 - 1983 (lighter brown wallpaper with mid-brown wooden features)
1986 - 2008 (the longest-standing interior!)
2008 (dark green/blue colour scheme that only lasted a few months Pic shows comparison between 1986 decor on left)
2008 - 2013
2013 - present
Originally Posted by KornerKabin:
“Current interior has been in place since the 2013 fire.
Prior to that:
1960 - 1968 (personally I don't know what the colour scheme was as the episodes were in black and white but I'm sure that there are some colour press photos somewhere)
1968 - 1973 (duck egg blue with mid-brown wooden features Annie confirms that the Rovers has been redecorated with eggshell blue paint in 1968 during episodes featuring the demolition of the raincoat factory and Mission Hall)
1973 - 1977 (heavy geometric wallpaper in various shades of brown)
1977 - 1983 (lighter brown wallpaper with mid-brown wooden features)
1986 - 2008 (the longest-standing interior!)
2008 (dark green/blue colour scheme that only lasted a few months Pic shows comparison between 1986 decor on left)
2008 - 2013
2013 - present”
“Current interior has been in place since the 2013 fire.
Prior to that:
1960 - 1968 (personally I don't know what the colour scheme was as the episodes were in black and white but I'm sure that there are some colour press photos somewhere)
1968 - 1973 (duck egg blue with mid-brown wooden features Annie confirms that the Rovers has been redecorated with eggshell blue paint in 1968 during episodes featuring the demolition of the raincoat factory and Mission Hall)
1973 - 1977 (heavy geometric wallpaper in various shades of brown)
1977 - 1983 (lighter brown wallpaper with mid-brown wooden features)
1986 - 2008 (the longest-standing interior!)
2008 (dark green/blue colour scheme that only lasted a few months Pic shows comparison between 1986 decor on left)
2008 - 2013
2013 - present”
Thanks so much. The 1977 link does not work.
What's your favourite? Would you like to see it change (fat chance with Kieron Roberts behind the scenes!)
Originally Posted by KornerKabin:
“What are your views on Norma Ford? Wasted opportunity for a classic character or deadwood that needed removing?”
“What are your views on Norma Ford? Wasted opportunity for a classic character or deadwood that needed removing?”
Very much deadwood. She replaced Irma Barlow at the Corner Shop who was much more of a contrast with Maggie Clegg and added some humour to the place, largely due to the family connection to Stan and Hilda. With Norma the writers went for a mother-daughter angle with Maggie which made the shop a little duller. Her dad Jacko who was making a fresh start after being in Strangeways was introduced too soon and it was difficult to care much about either of them. Her unrequited love for Ken was sweet but went on a bit too long.
I think the writing was on the wall for Norma when the Kabin was created and Rita and Mavis were such a winning combo from the start. You can draw parallels between Norma and Mavis - Jerry Booth went after both of them - and it convinced the writers to go back to the drawing board with the Corner Shop.
Not a terrible character by any means (none from that period are), but way down the pecking order of characters you'd tune in to see.
Looking back at the storyline of the Ivy vs Gail feud it was very good.
I wonder what Ivy would think about Gail, Martin, Audrey, Sarah and Nick's (her two grandchildren) actions in the past 21 years?
I wonder what Ivy would think about Gail, Martin, Audrey, Sarah and Nick's (her two grandchildren) actions in the past 21 years?
Originally Posted by Cool_mate:
“Ok here's some questions for u all to discuss:
1) What did u think of coronation street in 2013? Especially when compared to now!
2) Who's ur fave character of all time? (Mine is a secret!
no one will ever get it!)”
“Ok here's some questions for u all to discuss:
1) What did u think of coronation street in 2013? Especially when compared to now!
2) Who's ur fave character of all time? (Mine is a secret!
no one will ever get it!)”
1) It was OK but it's not my favourite year of Coronation Street as for 2013's comparison to now I personally prefer it now because Sarah is in it and she wasn't in 2013.
2) Sarah Platt is my all time favourite Coronation Street character.
Love the old Carla. Should've turned her break in 2012 into a semi-permanent one and returned under Kate Oates this year.
Originally Posted by RickLopez:
“I'm with you on that!
”
“I'm with you on that!
”
Me too!! Nice to know nothing ever changes!!
Out of interest who was anyone's first Corrie crush? 
As a 10 year old, first noticing girls I kind of liked Tricia Hopkins
but my first real crush on the show was Sally Waterman , Ken's secretary at the Recorder who he had a brief fling with even though, much to his annoyance she was with Billy Walker at the time!! Never thought much to her taste in men though tbh!!
As a 10 year old, first noticing girls I kind of liked Tricia Hopkins
but my first real crush on the show was Sally Waterman , Ken's secretary at the Recorder who he had a brief fling with even though, much to his annoyance she was with Billy Walker at the time!! Never thought much to her taste in men though tbh!!
here's my all time fave character's first ever appearance
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FkNWPQWTxEc
she looks about 16!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FkNWPQWTxEc
she looks about 16!
Originally Posted by notdebbiedingle:
“Out of interest who was anyone's first Corrie crush?
As a 10 year old, first noticing girls I kind of liked Tricia Hopkins but my first real crush on the show was Sally Waterman , Ken's secretary at the Recorder who he had a brief fling with even though, much to his annoyance she was with Billy Walker at the time!! Never thought much to her taste in men though tbh!! ”
“Out of interest who was anyone's first Corrie crush?
As a 10 year old, first noticing girls I kind of liked Tricia Hopkins
but my first real crush on the show was Sally Waterman , Ken's secretary at the Recorder who he had a brief fling with even though, much to his annoyance she was with Billy Walker at the time!! Never thought much to her taste in men though tbh!! ”
Uhhhh, i dunno
Probably David Platts wife, what was her name again?
Originally Posted by notdebbiedingle:
“Out of interest who was anyone's first Corrie crush?”
“Out of interest who was anyone's first Corrie crush?
”
Geena Gregory.
http://coronationstreet.wikia.com/wiki/Geena_Gregory
Aww yeah, Geena was lovely!!
One of Corrie's nicest ever characters!! Loved her!!
Ironic she ended up married to one of Corrie's most horrible characters ever in real life, Jez Quigley (Lee Boardman!!) Loved him as well!! Great character!!
So nice that those two have stayed together & happy!!
Originally Posted by Cool_mate:
“Uhhhh, i dunno
Probably David Platts wife, what was her name again? ”
“Uhhhh, i dunno
Probably David Platts wife, what was her name again?
”
Heehee!! That was one answer I NEVER expected from you Cool_mate!!
Originally Posted by notdebbiedingle:
“Heehee!! That was one answer I NEVER expected from you Cool_mate!! ”
“Heehee!! That was one answer I NEVER expected from you Cool_mate!!
”
I thought I'd surprise ppl
Really tho, what was her name again? Keeley wasn't it?
Just joking. Kylie Platt is the hottest Corrie woman past and present for sure!
how did David get her? 
Originally Posted by David the Wavid:
“Very much deadwood. She replaced Irma Barlow at the Corner Shop who was much more of a contrast with Maggie Clegg and added some humour to the place, largely due to the family connection to Stan and Hilda. With Norma the writers went for a mother-daughter angle with Maggie which made the shop a little duller. Her dad Jacko who was making a fresh start after being in Strangeways was introduced too soon and it was difficult to care much about either of them. Her unrequited love for Ken was sweet but went on a bit too long.
I think the writing was on the wall for Norma when the Kabin was created and Rita and Mavis were such a winning combo from the start. You can draw parallels between Norma and Mavis - Jerry Booth went after both of them - and it convinced the writers to go back to the drawing board with the Corner Shop.
Not a terrible character by any means (none from that period are), but way down the pecking order of characters you'd tune in to see.”
“Very much deadwood. She replaced Irma Barlow at the Corner Shop who was much more of a contrast with Maggie Clegg and added some humour to the place, largely due to the family connection to Stan and Hilda. With Norma the writers went for a mother-daughter angle with Maggie which made the shop a little duller. Her dad Jacko who was making a fresh start after being in Strangeways was introduced too soon and it was difficult to care much about either of them. Her unrequited love for Ken was sweet but went on a bit too long.
I think the writing was on the wall for Norma when the Kabin was created and Rita and Mavis were such a winning combo from the start. You can draw parallels between Norma and Mavis - Jerry Booth went after both of them - and it convinced the writers to go back to the drawing board with the Corner Shop.
Not a terrible character by any means (none from that period are), but way down the pecking order of characters you'd tune in to see.”
Definitely agree. The Maggie/Norma pairing wasn't great for the characters or the corner shop. In some ways I feel sorry for Irene Sutcliffe as her character was eclipsed time and time again by other characters brought in to support her. It happened first with Irma then with her sister Betty and in later years with Norma (although, as you said David, Norma actually made Maggie even more boring).
Hadn't fully appreciated the rise of the Kabin and its impact on the corner shop but now I think about it, you're very right. The Rita/Mavis partnership was the stuff of Corrie legend - the glamorous and sultry nightclub singer paired with the meek and bookish spinster was a stroke of genius. The corner shop could never really compete, especially not with strait-laced Maggie and the wet fart that was Norma longing for Ken's affection.
The Norma/Mavis comparison is interesting. I can definitely see the connection with them both being lonely spinsters dreaming of romance, but Norma was always positioned as being a bit more strong-willed, though it rarely came across on screen. Personally, I think that Norma also had some elements that would later be recycled when Deirdre's character was developed more, even down to her ending up with Ken. I think that Norma was intended as headstrong, driven and somewhat worldly wise but that never really came across. These traits were, instead, pushed into Deirdre when she started to be developed in 1974.
Originally Posted by Cool_mate:
“I thought I'd surprise ppl
Really tho, what was her name again? Keeley wasn't it?
Just joking. Kylie Platt is the hottest Corrie woman past and present for sure! how did David get her? ”
“I thought I'd surprise ppl
Really tho, what was her name again? Keeley wasn't it?
Just joking. Kylie Platt is the hottest Corrie woman past and present for sure!
how did David get her? ”
Rescued her from a cage in Aiya Napa (spelt wrong at a guess!!)
Even a life with David must have seemed preferrable to being ogled & pawed at by drunk holidaynakers every day!!
Originally Posted by notdebbiedingle:
“Rescued her from a cage in Aiya Napa (spelt wrong at a guess!!)
Even a life with David must have seemed preferrable to being ogled & pawed at by drunk holidaynakers every day!! ”
“Rescued her from a cage in Aiya Napa (spelt wrong at a guess!!)
Even a life with David must have seemed preferrable to being ogled & pawed at by drunk holidaynakers every day!!
”
Sorry i didnt explain myself properly i dont think. I didnt mean how did he get her literally. I meant how did he land her?
She was out of his league don't u think? He was one lucky bastard!
Originally Posted by notdebbiedingle:
“Out of interest who was anyone's first Corrie crush?
As a 10 year old, first noticing girls I kind of liked Tricia Hopkins but my first real crush on the show was Sally Waterman , Ken's secretary at the Recorder who he had a brief fling with even though, much to his annoyance she was with Billy Walker at the time!! Never thought much to her taste in men though tbh!! ”
“Out of interest who was anyone's first Corrie crush?
As a 10 year old, first noticing girls I kind of liked Tricia Hopkins
but my first real crush on the show was Sally Waterman , Ken's secretary at the Recorder who he had a brief fling with even though, much to his annoyance she was with Billy Walker at the time!! Never thought much to her taste in men though tbh!! ”
Mine was Mark Redman (Paul Fox version) back in his stint during the 90s
It's weird because I don't think I ever had a Corrie crush during my younger days, I just don't find it a very sexy show!
Obviously I'd give Gary and his juicy peach a good munch...
Obviously I'd give Gary and his juicy peach a good munch...
My current Coronation Street crush (and since 2005) though is Sarah.
I agree about Geena she was a very nice character and it was a shame the character left in 2002.
Originally Posted by notdebbiedingle:
“Aww yeah, Geena was lovely!!
One of Corrie's nicest ever characters!! Loved her!!
Ironic she ended up married to one of Corrie's most horrible characters ever in real life, Jez Quigley (Lee Boardman!!) Loved him as well!! Great character!!
So nice that those two have stayed together & happy!!”
“Aww yeah, Geena was lovely!!
One of Corrie's nicest ever characters!! Loved her!!
Ironic she ended up married to one of Corrie's most horrible characters ever in real life, Jez Quigley (Lee Boardman!!) Loved him as well!! Great character!!
So nice that those two have stayed together & happy!!”
I agree about Geena she was a very nice character and it was a shame the character left in 2002.
It was Sarah for me too! Back during the teenage pregnancy storyline. Seems like a lifetime ago now, not that you'd know looking at Tina O'Brien. Barely aged at all.
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