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[Wacky Racer]

nicanary said:

coppice said:

I suppose that's what method acting is all about, ice in the heart and all that .

Oooohhhhh ...that's a bit iffy. IMHO of course. Can't have been easy for her.

BTW the popular TV quiz show "The Chase" had a question a few days ago which I got right - what was the setting of the very first scene in Corrie? One of the options was The Rovers, I've forgotten the second, but the correct answer was Florrie Lindley in her corner shop. What memories.....

(Are we to believe that Freddy's mate got hold of a state-of-the-art CCTV set-up from old bits and pieces of scrap? The whole and complete installation? Something that can pick up clearly conversations from 30 yards away from the garage? Oh to be a soap script-writer..... such largesse from the producers...... the freedom of fantasy fiction)

The very first scene in 1960 featured two young girls about bouncing a small ball outside Florrie Lindley's (Betty Alberge) corner shop (Which she had just taken over that day)....(Now Dev's shop, which like Dr Who's Tardis seems to be ten times bigger inside now).

Trivia note:- One of the young girls was called Lynda Belcher......(Later to become famous as Lyn Paul of the New Seekers pop group)... I was in the same class at school as her brother Michael.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200554/

[nicanary]

Crikey. Maybe the question was "where were the first words spoken?". Looks like the show may have made a mistake, and more to the point, so did I.........

[jlee]

that CCTV Freddie found in the skip must of been 4k with ultrasonic microphones on. Good find!

[james_tigerwoods]

Wacky Racer said:

Will Pat Phelan get his hands on Kev's laptop, before he has chance to view and hear the downloaded footage of Phelan admitting his complicity in the great flat scam?

Wait. What? As it Luke would just give up that much info that quickly...

I've been avoiding Corrie this week as I didn't want to watch the storyline unfold

ETA - Literally just caught the end of the last episode

Edited by james_tigerwoods on Saturday 14th January 11:20

[Wacky Racer]

jlee said:

that CCTV Freddie found in the skip must of been 4k with ultrasonic microphones on. Good find!

That's Corrie for ya....The land of make believe..

[iandc]

Wacky Racer said:

That's Corrie for ya....The land of make believe..

With make believe kids who miraculously look after themselves. I guess Maria must have left a load of food to allow her kid to look after himself for at least 6 months.

[Wacky Racer]

nicanary said:

Crikey. Maybe the question was "where were the first words spoken?". Looks like the show may have made a mistake, and more to the point, so did I.........

I've trawled the internet for the footage, but Granada must have removed it for some reason.

(I have it on DVD at home)

It was there last year on You tube definitely.

This is the very next scene ten seconds later, inside the shop....The woman with Florrie that goes in the back is the shop's previous owner, showing her the ropes.

lol@ at Ena's comment about the C of E religion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLcTw6ZJxw8

[nicanary]

iandc said:

Wacky Racer said:

That's Corrie for ya....The land of make believe..

With make believe kids who miraculously look after themselves. I guess Maria must have left a load of food to allow her kid to look after himself for at least 6 months.

He's being looked after by Uncle Kirk. The village idiot of the street, but reliable, honest, caring, and man you could trust like a labrador.

[nicanary]

Wacky Racer said:

I've trawled the internet for the footage, but Granada must have removed it for some reason.

(I have it on DVD at home)

It was there last year on You tube definitely.

This is the very next scene ten seconds later, inside the shop....The woman with Florrie that goes in the back is the shop's previous owner, showing her the ropes.

lol@ at Ena's comment about the C of E religion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLcTw6ZJxw8

Wow. Long time since I saw that. Maybe the best opening of a soap, anywhere, ever. Ena Sharples was simply a top character
creation, difficult to better. Bitter, sarcastic, seemingly at odds with the world, but IIRC she could occasionally slip out of character and offer wise advice to troubled young people. She had more heart than you'd think, but didn't like other folk to know it.

What happened to the Glad Tidings Hall?

[coppice]

nicanary said:

Oooohhhhh ...that's a bit iffy. IMHO of course. Can't have been easy for her.

It must have been excruciating and I absolutely don't deprecate Kym Marsh's acting here, which was as good as she has ever done . But I do recall talking to a couple of public figures in the arts (Juliet Stevenson and Andrew Motion , pardon the name dropping) about how , even during the most horrible family crisis , there's still a little voice saying -' remember this , remember just how you felt, yiou'll use it one day ' . Hence Graham Greene's famous words that writers should always have 'a splinter of ice in their hearts'.

[Wacky Racer]

nicanary said:

What happened to the Glad Tidings Hall?

The Glad Tiding mission was demolished to make way for Mike Baldwin's factory.

Ena Sharples was the caretaker....a nice scene here in the mission with Leonard Swindley..(Arthur Lowe)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4WMVmIfhkA


Swindley was the manager of "Gamma Garments" a traditional old fashioned women's dress shop, and his hapless assistant was "Miss Nugent"....(Emily Bishop).

The owner of the shop was Mr Papagopolous...(Who, like Fat Brenda, you never saw)

[nicanary]

Wacky Racer said:

nicanary said:

What happened to the Glad Tidings Hall?

The Glad Tiding mission was demolished to make way for Mike Baldwin's factory.

Ena Sharples was the caretaker....a nice scene here in the mission with Leonard Swindley..(Arthur Lowe)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4WMVmIfhkA


Swindley was the manager of "Gamma Garments" a traditional old fashioned women's dress shop, and his hapless assistant was "Miss Nugent"....(Emily Bishop).

The owner of the shop was Mr Papagopolous...(Who, like Fat Brenda, you never saw)

I remember the shop, and I remember Ena Sharples going in to purchase something trivial (buttons or ribbon or some such) and when hearing the price, exclaiming "Swindley by name, swindley by nature!"

[iandc]

nicanary said:

He's being looked after by Uncle Kirk. The village idiot of the street, but reliable, honest, caring, and man you could trust like a labrador.

Except Uncle Kirky spends most of the day in work and in The Rovers so tough love I guess!

[227bhp]

nicanary said:

Oooohhhhh ...that's a bit iffy. IMHO of course. Can't have been easy for her.

BTW the popular TV quiz show "The Chase" had a question a few days ago which I got right - what was the setting of the very first scene in Corrie? One of the options was The Rovers, I've forgotten the second, but the correct answer was Florrie Lindley in her corner shop. What memories.....

(Are we to believe that Freddy's mate got hold of a state-of-the-art CCTV set-up from old bits and pieces of scrap? The whole and complete installation? Something that can pick up clearly conversations from 30 yards away from the garage? Oh to be a soap script-writer..... such largesse from the producers...... the freedom of fantasy fiction)

Freddys mate had a scrapyard and the CCTV was bought by him and used there before Freddy got it.

[RB Will]

Am I the only one who can think of nothing else but this when I see Chez and Gemma at the bab shop? Kebabs are go!

[227bhp]

RB Will said:

Am I the only one who can think of nothing else but this when I see Chez and Gemma at the bab shop? Kebabs are go!

Lol, I missed that one and went straight for this (in my head).

[Wacky Racer]

A couple of action packed episodes in store for tonight....

Don't miss 'em......

[nicanary]

Wacky Racer said:

A couple of action packed episodes in store for tonight....

Don't miss 'em......

As if.......

[Mr GrimNasty]

nicanary said:

Wacky Racer said:

A couple of action packed episodes in store for tonight....

Don't miss 'em......

As if.......

Hope they spare us from any more dead baby misery.

[nicanary]

Mr GrimNasty said:

nicanary said:

Wacky Racer said:

A couple of action packed episodes in store for tonight....

Don't miss 'em......

As if.......

Hope they spare us from any more dead baby misery.

I can't see how they can. It's not going to slip from Michelle's or Steve's minds , and it's going to have an effect on Leanne and Nick. It's Corrie tackling a social issue, unfortunately a very sad and depressing issue. Let's hope they write into each episode a little cameo of humour.