Coronation Street - First 3 episodes (1960) [colourised]
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Coronation Street was (and still is!) a soap opera shown on ITV in the UK, and has been running since 1960. These are colourised the first ever three episodes to be aired, in the style of a modern omnibus.
00:00 - Episode 0001 - 9th December 1960
25:10 - Episode 0002 - 14th December 1960
51:25 - Episode 0003 - 16th December 1960
You can find many more vintage Coronation Street episodes on 'Auntie Corrie2's channel:
bit.ly/3BsTU1O
The official Coronation Street website
www.itv.com/coronationstreet
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Growing up watching this was an evening event. Life was both simple and complicated, and families didn't have much money, but our life was good. Thank you.
It's the struggle that makes life fun and interesting. How boring would life be if we had everything we ever wanted without doing a thing for it??
The Coronation Street of days long gone never to return; precious entertainment.
It's time Coronation street was demolished for student accommodation 😁😁
@@salus1231 or spice warehousing …
My mother and my sister could not be disturbed once the into music started! Great opportunity for myself and dad to go to the pub! No one noticed us leave!
As my dad used to say 'the TV companies must have shares in the breweries, given the rubbish they broadcast'. Every night he said the same and every night he then went to the pub. I assume with a clear conscience.......
@@andymoore9977 Bravo!
Coronation street is the best. I wasn't born until 61.
I started watching it when i were 5 with my dearest mam. I use to love ❤
Ena sharples & ken barlow. How the times move on. Iife were fun in those days
In 60's being a child ❤
Yes I was born 55. Life was better then for sure. It's terrible now 🙏🌍
@@beverlygannon4141 true words 🦋
Oh this was a lovely visit with some very old friends. Thank you❤
I was born 1950 and I remember watching Corrie. I met Ena Sharples my friends uncle took us with him to work on her phone and she played the piano for us. I felt like I'd met Royalty.🥰
Words cannot express how much joy your uploaded colorized episodes have brought me. Going through a period of grief and going back into time helps. You're the best!!!!!
Thank you so much, that's really kind of you to say - I'm glad that they bring you so much joy, and I'm very sorry for your loss
I know it is a year ago since you wrote ..... I do hope you are feeling much better ❤️
Same here, my Dad sitting by the fire with the newspaper 🗞️ and my Mum watching Crossroads then Corrination St. and knitting always knitting. We always had nice jumpers in our house - soon as she finished one she started on the next…
I've never heard of Coronation Street but now I'm hooked. Looks like I've got a lot to catch up on, 64 years of episodes.
Looks like you'll never ever be short of something to watch then, UncleDaveskitchen. ❤
18 yrs before i was born and i cannot get enough of these old episodes so much better than todays corrie 👌👌👌👌
Clearly, this stale show is
well past its sell-by date.
@@antispindr8613 You don't have to watch it.
I was 12 when Corrie started this has been a trip back in time watching these old episodes.
And the Daily Mirror's TV critic Ken Irwin having watched the first episode wrote it was " doomed to fail " 😂.
Today, CS is like any other soap - meandering, poorly acted, and infected by the celebrity cult. There are two reasons (at least) why this is so good. Firstly it shows a real community with strongly drawn characters in a recognisable setting. Secondly, the actors appear confident and clear about their roles, and seems have an excellent grasp of their aims. Brilliant.
I agree. It is lovely to see how it began. You believed that the characters were real.
As soon as the music started 7.30, I was sent to bed 😅 didn't get to watch it until I was 10.
Amazing to think my grandparents would all be watching this while my parents were still in the early teens, and here am i, 64 years later also watching it.....funny old world we all live in.
There is me aged 5 at my grandma’s. watching along with her, just the music sent me back.
Oh my gosh, what a find!
Thank you!!
00:04:37 First appearance of actor, Bill Roache, still playing the same character 64 years later!
In 1960 Bill Roache was 28 playing an 21 or 22 year old Ken Barlow. He kept up this 'deception' for decades playing someone 6 or 7 years younger. Amazing!
Any actor getting a steady pay cheque is a dream job.
A unique achievement, probably will never be repeated or challenged.
You missed him at around 4:36. I'm sure that's him but as I haven't watched Corrie in well over 25 years I could be wrong.
@@spencerhardy8667 I wonder if Adam Woodyatt will manage it on Eastenders. 39 years now!
What a happy accident discovering this! I was born in 1951 and lived in Stockport between 1954 and 1967 before moving to Australia. This was always on when I came for a sitdown after play. Haven't seen it since the 60's but was just now able to hum the opening theme to myself before it started. My mum tried her hardest to stop me from speaking with the accent of all my friends because she thought it was too "common". Today hearing the accent is a heartwarming memory of a local culture in different time. 2/e for a packet of cigarettes!
I’m a Yank but I love the different Northern UK accents
I was born in 1952 in Melbourne Australia and watching Coronation Street was a ritual at home on the old b/w tele.
Simple pleasures ❣️
7 years younger than you. living in Melbourne. New Zealand born. I think in the 60s and 70s Au and NZ still had affectionate interest in what was going in the UK. My Grandma really loved this show. She would tell us off if we were too noisey while Coro was on.
I. Was 5. . WILLIAM roach was 28 I. The first episode . He's now 91. nd looks goodfor his age. Lucky genes 🙏❤️👍
I am 3 months older than Corrie makes me feel old now, always watched it when i was young with my mum and Watch with Mother.
I was born in 1959 in Manchester and I’ve watched Corrie all my life, I live in Western Australia now and I still follow it religiously
Just popped up, brilliant thats my Saturday night viewing sorted ❤🏴🏴
Theres a few episodes to keep you going 😊 hope you enjoy them!
@@Thefan i keep on loosing them I seem to be jumping all over the place but it dosnt matter just enjoying them soo much, thank you xx🏴🏴
Aged 6 at my Grandparents home . Wonderful memories of kinder times .
YES YOU'RE so right kinder times. Isn't it just terrible now, everyone feels the same .... what's gone with the world. 🌍 Well greed and drugs for a start. So sad. 🙏🙏❤️
@@beverlygannon4141
This is great. That first episode is incredibly well written - Toney Warren could certainly teach today's writers a thing or two about characterisation.
Impossible to not be hooked - thank you - priceless!
I was 8 when this started, we never had TV till I was 12, it was the highlight of the evening to watch Coronation Street
When I was a kid here in Canada in the 70s the housewives used to tune in on this, along with all the American soap operas. :)
I was born 23 days before the first episode of Coronation Street, which was broadcast on the 8th of December 1960.
I was just short of my 9th birthday when this was first aired . Seventy two now , tempus fugit .
I had just turned 6 and what amazes me most is the evergreen theme tune which I still love to hear! 😊
Right along with the Beatles then.
‘’ you and who’s Army?” Dads Army 🤣
In the late 60's and early 70's in Brisbane, when school holidays came, I spent it at my aunt and uncles in the next Street. My aunt loved Coronation Street, and my cousin and I had to leave the house 🏡 and play in the back yard. Aunty Marjorie was a quiet woman, except if we made noise when Coronation Street was on.
Watching this in preference to the current 2023 episodes playing at this very moment (19.30hrs) on ITV...
Spot the difference of captivation...
11:06 😂 I remember my mother used to spit on her mascara like that!
I was a 10 year old kid when this first appeared on the TV. I remember how the streets used to instantly clear when it came on the telly at 7.30. (a short while later it was the same thing with Steptoe and Son). Today they make shows that they call 'reality TV, yet they are the furthest possible thing from reality. The thing about Coronation street in its day was that it truly seemed as close to reality as TV had ever got. I believe that 'The Rover's Return' was then filmed at a real pub in Tatton Street (Ordsall). My Grandparents lived at 5 Tatton Street. They were also Salford publicans., and this all seemed so real when I first watched it. Far from a 'soapie' in those days. Or perhaps it was just the very first!
The first soap was the groves family in the 50’s.still remember granny groves. Same as Corrie, they lived our lives, so everyone watched.
I was born in 1969 and remember watching Corry with my parents as a kid, Corry and Cross Roads. I miss the safe, cozy 70s in front of the Black and White TV.
Same.1969. Remember moving from up north to Birmingham and meeting benny from crossroads (Paul henry). Nothing beats the 70s ,as you say, it was safe.
@@msmitha4211. Miss Diane 😂
Thanks so much for posting
This is fabulous, thankyou. Great catching the start of the soap . Ken, Albert, Elsie n Annie Walker looking so young. Great.
This is blast from the past and I mean it!
Glad you are enjoying it!
Elsie looked younger as she got older
How wonderful to see whole episodes, only seen clips before.Brillintly written..reminds me of Alan Bennett 's writing!Saw this as a child,we loved it Lifts my spirits...v comforting
I loved Corrie....such a shame what's happened to it. Bring back the fun!!
All the soaps seem to have gone morose and gloomy including radio prog The Archers !
i was five when it started......bill roache is 92 now and looks good . Lucky genes. He was 28. In the first series. Its was better times then. Simpler. , friendly, kinder . Look at now.🤢🤮🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much for adding these coloured episodes. It is a pleasure to watch them.
I have currently zoned out of 2012 to come back to the beginning. I wasn't born until 69 but always had coronation street airing in black and white back then while growing up in New Zealand
😊😂
Wow! Coronation Street!! I never saw the first few episodes. Had to go to bed early for school the next morning. Thank you for posting these.
I made the mistake of watching this show through an app that labeled the episodes as Season 1. After I got hooked, it ended incomplete and while searching for the rest I realized that it was mislabeled. I am so glad that the series was preserved here- I LOVE THIS SHOW!!! There is no US soap opera that that is about the life of the working class. There was Ryan's Hope years ago but seems Americans prefer watching fantasy of the life of the very rich. Even though I watch them for years it is refreshing to watch a series that is more relatable.
I agree! The characters feel more real than with a lot of American shows; even though it's a drama.
I'm curious to know what app it was that you used to find it?
I found late 70sz-early 80s of this show & g I t hooked --- so happy to find even earlier show... fasinating reminders of how things were back then. I am American ...so intrigued by this show (Loved Ryan's Hope)
So happy that our friends across the pond are discovering the first episodes of this series through my channel ❤️
I was years old when I saw this ...
@@gabrielletanner5339I wasn't even born!
I like how the episode is its own piece of storytelling and still subtly namedrops each family for the viewers and their house number within one episode.
Me 7 at grandma's in Sunderland time fly's.
My dad was from Sunderland, moved to Derby for work where I grew up. I couldn't stand the show, I smell coal dust whenever I hear the theme song.
Ena Sharples used to frighten the life out of me when I was a kid.😢
As a long time Corrie fan who worked as a tour guide on the set, I was a little apprehensive on how this would look. I’ve seen the first episode literally dozens of times, I have to say…
It blew my mind seeing it in colour. Knowing what it was supposed to look like in colour and then seeing it that way for the first time left me speechless. Well done.
Thank you, that really means a lot - unfortunately I never had chance to visit the Granada Studios set when it was open, but your feedback is really reassuring! Really glad you enjoy it, and the other episodes I've uploaded
Granada studio tour was fantastic
I love how, maybe a decade later, they will find the sign in the shop that they are talking about here, about not asking for credit.
Thanks so much for editing and posting.
How lovely to see this again. I could still remember the names, Ena Sharples, Minnie Caldwell, Martha Longhurst and Albert Tatlock in the snug at the Rovers Return. Also, Annie Walker, Elsie Tanner. Ken Barlow and, of course, Leonard Swindley at the Mission. I recognised most of the others but I’d forgotten their names. I was only thirteen when it first appeared on the TV but I always watched it, mainly in case there was a row between Ena Sharples and Elsie Tanner. Ena Sharples was a real character of course. We became soaked with the Manchester accent for the first time. I never went there for years although my wife once visited the Coronation Street set with some friends.
Annie's byline often started with "Jack love..."
You are the same age as me. Happy memories in a simpler world.
@@angelau1194 Ha ha. The only words that I can remember Annie Walker once saying was, 'They say ignorance is bliss'. It seemed so funny at the time. I can't remember who she was referring to. I expect you will remember the Grove Family. They've got an episode from that as well om CZcams.
This is priceless! Daphne Oxenford was the lady on Listen With Mother who would say ‘are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin’.. in a later episode my old school friend played a part in Gail’s cafe... Cannot believe the negative comments and moans about the colourisation! Thank you for this 😊👍
Ken supposed to do better for himself. Still there 100 years later 🤣
I was born December the 14th when the second episode aired, mum told me she got out of bed and went downstairs to watch it, she’s 85 now and can’t stand soap operas, she never watches them. I noticed the first episode aired on the 9th of December that’s when I gave birth to my daughter 42 years later
Wow, that's an impressive coincidence!
WOW, I can see young Ken living with his parents !!! And now Ken is a "wise grandad" himself.👀
Young? Bill was 28 playing 21 year old Ken, tee hee.
Lovely to see all these in colour. Thank you.
I was 6 months old when it started .
Brilliant. Nice to see the eps how they would have looked if colour TV was around in 1960. Amazing how colourisation can work wonders.
Absolutely! I'm always so impressed with how much it brings it to life when it comes out
Agree.
I love this! When I watch all the many later episodes, Ken's family dynamic is only hinted at, but that's what makes the series special. Family ties that make up our personalities. Coronation Street is more than a soap opera-it's a living drama everyone on the planet could likely identify with, take into their lonely hearts, and live with. Good stuff! Thanks most kindly!
Ena's line about her mother's death (in ep.2) has to be one of the funniest lines of all time - ever - from C/Street.
I watched Coronation Street from episode 1 in 1960 when I was 9 years old. It was a must through the early years until school and uni took over in the later 1960s. I returned regularly in the 80s and have been back since about 2010. it’s still compulsive viewing. Ken still there is just amazing.
this is amazing, you've done a fantastic job. Thank you so much :))))
Glad you are enjoying it!
How brilliant, I've always loved Corrie and still watch it now. I was born in January 1960, so I was 10 months old (roughly) when it first aired. In 1955, my hero James Dean, made a television drama and they said that it started off the 'kitchen sink' drama films. I have the episode, and I can clearly see it. I can't remember when my parents 1st let my brother (born 1958) and I start to watch Corrie? But I can't remember not watching it. I used to have a crush on Ken Barlow's brother - I remember he had a motor accident in Corrie, and lost his leg. Funny to see Ken so young. Wasn't his brother a footballer? So great to watch this, it brings back fantastic memories, of a wonderful era in Britain. It's horrible here now, isn't it.
Ken's likeness and acting is so similar to Anthony Perkins, it's is eerie.
GOING OFF 1ST NAMES ONLY, KEN, THOUGHT OF HIMSELF AS A METHOD ACTOR & THEREFORE THOUGHT HIMSELF ABOVE THE OTHERS ON THE SET😇
BUT IT WAS ENA WHO HAD THE SHAKESPEAREAN TRAINING & PEDIGREE🤫
i confess not watching Street at all! Except for one or two in the 90s! These first three episodes are incredible for portraying a society that probably existed! love these!!
Made in the time when you could hear and understand every word every actor spoke.
. . .
How true 😂
BBC says that almost half of (UK) viewers using Closed Captioning are not hearing-impaired, but are trying to follow difficult accents (mostly American). As an American, I need the Closed Captioning to follow difficult UK accents. Although these aren't as difficult as modern Scottish accents.
Is this really representative of 1960s? Reminds me of the US in the 1950s.
Wonderful. I watched this as a boy and it was very very clever. Its brilliance still holds up because the characters are solid, witty and realistic. I sometimes talk about it but I’d never have imagined actually seeing it again. Thank you.
Thank you! 😍😍😍
Im a 1964 baby. Thank you.💃 20/05/24 UK
I tell you what I loved uncle Albert a grumpy old sod but a lovely man Inhave a very good memory
Impressive, Thanks for this.
Glad you enjoyed it! I plan on doing some more
I was 8. Who would have thought, from the 1st episode that 'The Street' would become a national institution and still be going strong 64 years later, or that William Roache would still be playing the same part? Admittedly I haven't watched it for many years, but rarely missed an episode in the 60s, 70s and 80s.
Not content with the original monochrome, it's now available to view in Bisto-Vision.
Time to get out! Don't they realise the whole street is on fire!
Great memories. Thank you.
You're very welcome, I'll get back on track with uploading these again very soon.
21:20, Ken Barlow played by William Roach is STILL appearing on Corrie to this day as I type this on 9th June 2024! That's for longer than I've been alive (I'm 57). He's now 92 and still sprightly and sharp as a tack with delivery of his lines. Just flippin' incredible.
What wonderful character summations. Each person who appears is explained in neat conversational snippets. Brilliant writing and I remember each one with pleasure. Corrie is no longer worth watching as real life has been turned to ridiculous and sensational 'drama.'
Also in an eerie co-incidence, Don Hastings began a 60 Year Tenure as Dr. Bob Hughes on As The World Turns. Their Meals would be so relaxing, and happy, and zen and Nancy Hughes (played by the late Helen Wagner) said on the first Episode in 1956 "Good Morning Dear, What Would You Like For Breakfast".
Its amazing to me how everything looks like it’s from 1940s.
It's classic Northern late 50s/early 60s for sure and so reminicent of the angry young men phase in British Cinema that had started to take off following the success of ''Room at the Top."
You are very right! I was mistaken. I’m American and the dark furnishings and decor and some of the conservative fashion looks like my Grams era during wartime. But I can see the early 60s as well. I will look up ‘Room at the Top’ I sure love this show. I’m really enjoying the late 70s episodes as well.
THAT'S BECAUSE IT WAS, THE WORKING CLASS IN MANCHESTER WERE POOR
EVERYTHING WAS HAND ME DOWNS FROM POT & PANS TO CHESTER DRAWS & WARDROBES, MANCHESTER WAS 10 YEARS BEHIND LONDON & LONDON WAS 10 BEHIND
NEW YORK, ( Think about that for a second )
It looks like Edwardian day's I love the gritty look
My Grandparents Days,
When my Mum and Dad would have been Kids,
The early 1960s did feel a bit like that. Remember, this was less than 20 years from the end of WW2.
No recorders back then. When my mum was working and she missed an episode I had to watch it and tell her what happened so she could keep up to date.
Best show on tv at that time real people
finally i found it, i'm hoping i can find all the old episodes upto 1980 at least,, thank u
I'm hoping I can - there's a few to keep you going for a while 🙂
@@Thefan 😊
I watched these very episodes in 1960 with my mum and my girlfriend huddled round an old 17 inch telly - takes me back to living in a country we used to call ENGLAND
I remember the first episode too. Who would've thought it would last all this time.
It was an addiction that few housewives could resist.
I remember a colleague from NZ who jokingly said, that New Zealand was so far behind everyone else in Coronation Street that Elsie Tanner is still a virgin.
Lol
Amazing video. Thank you
I M really enjoying these shows on CZcams
That's really great to hear! I'll keep them coming!
Thanks for the memories. ❤
Elsie Tanner's voice, but WOW did she change her appearance over the years!
I was 12,when this started,i watched it for years,but todays soaps seem to have lost their chracter,and are a carbon copy of each other so it was good to see the old one
Wow, ive never seen one episode until now. Cant wait to watch. I was born in 1965. I remember that Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mother used to watch in the early days when they could, apparently they loved it.😅😊😊
Wow! Thank u I really enjoyed these! Amazing work and much appreciated 😀
You're welcome! I will keep uploading more 🙂
When tv was good
Ah Elsie, you're ready for the knackers yard
I grow up in Liverpool in the mid 1960's and this certainly resonates with me. Today we seem to be far more prosperous but our community spirit seems to be severely lacking.
I was 15 when these episodes aired, me mam who was from Liverpool loved them, I did too. Sorry about colourisation not authentic
Fantastic This Still Stand's Up Well Today The Acting And The Writing 👍
Ironic that Ida Barlow shudders at the thought of a dangerous motorbike...and eventually it's a safe public bus that rides "over my dead body"...
Also amazing how everyone looked and dressed much older than they actually were. Florrie Lindley was only 38 at the time, and May Hardman about 48, but they dressed like they were 90.
Yes and Frank Barlow 48 and Ida 46 - Elsie looks good - and gets better as the 60s progress and Linda is lovely.
American here. Heard of this, but never saw it. I've got it down to .75, and it's still too fast 😂
TobefairsomeBritishaccentsarequick.
@alanhynd7886
Definitely, I got that. I'm from Detroit, though, and I'm sure I remember people talking quickly... I'm loving this, though... the women remind me of my mom... one even said something I never heard anyone but my mom say, except Hyacinth Bucket, maybe. "What will people think?"
And I noticed that even though it's 1960, no one has a TV...
Amazing how many names I remembered. They all look much younger now than they used to ☺
Had same thoughts - can’t even see wrinkles on Ena - unless my eyes are too old now 😊 much of it was their style of dress etc that made them seem ancient to younger ones. . Don’t look so old to me now I’m in my 60s!