I gave up with the Soaps years ago now, but recently I've seen various old episodes of Corrie (70's/80's) & Eastenders (80's) here on CZcams & realised just how well written they were then with excellently crafted characters.
@Christopher Christos or your nostalgia goggles are on. They'll be people in 10 years time thinking this era of EE rn is the best. Stuck in the past it's unhealthy
Wonderful wonderful scene and great to see all these fantastic characters from EastEnders' golden age back together again. If only they'd stayed around lodger.
Was having a ciggy outside the terminal when I worked at the airport a few years back when I happened to turn and look at the guy stood next to me, and was astonished to see it was Tom Watt! I couldn't remember his real name at the time and just said "Lofty?" He laughed and said "yeah!". Next minute we were talking football like old pals! Great guy!
I would have taken that as a compliment; first off, it's 30+ years later and people still recognize me and secondly, I must have done a great job in my role if some random person on the street remembered my character's name. Tom Watt is totally recognizable but I never would recognize the original Sam Mitchell or Collin (Michael Cashman).
@@thenightporter Talking of Sam Mitchell, I saw Daniella Westbrook outside Baker Street underground station around 10 years ago - she was leaning against the wall chatting on her phone!
I recently saw the scene where Lofty leaves Walford with only a suitcase to start anew. Glad to see he became a success in the three decades he was away from Albert Square.
It was nice they got these characters back for Dr Leggs funeral. I was watching repeats of eastenders from the late 80's on Drama at the time this episode aired and was funny seeing young Mary and Lofty on one channel and them seeing all these years later in the current episodes.
I was happy to c Mary again, when first saw eastenders abit late, jan 1986, when I small , Mary used to remind me of Madonna lol, when Madonna had long hair with her album like a virgin I think it was still in the charts, but I remember Mary, I miss her, lofty and others
I know this scene is about Dot but there should have been more reactions from the old characters and Kathy. She was a huge character back in the day. I feel like she was a background character in this scene.
I’m glad the writers made Lofty do very well owning 15 pubs mind you I could be more by know he deserves it. I can see him coming in permanently at some point possibly buying the club if Ruby ever decides to sell. I can see Mary and Annie popping back I mean they are coppers so they have reason
Sandy Ratcliff who played Sue Osman was very sick in her later years and died last year so it’s understandable she didn’t want to take part in this awful soap now, and I mean it is absolutely dire, and before you ask, I watched this scene as I wanted to see Mary, not a fan of the show now but I was years ago.
that's a lie. Don't make things up. Sue's actress is dead now and at the time of this was 70 years old living on benefits. And the actor who plays ali said he'd never come back.
@@shanefolan9175 Yes! That awful recasting was such a waste. If Sue Tully didn't want to reprise the role then they shouldn't of brought Michelle back.
Its nice that the actor and actress have not let themselves go. Ok its over 30 years and they look older. But they are both still total recognisable. Even punk mary not being a punk no more. I think a lot of it is the fact they have not really gained any weight.
@@pferreira1983 oy yes I know . I see what you mean now lol I just thought you meant the original Michelle actress Susan Tully looked different. It was pretty pointless recasting Michelle cause she did not stay long and has left again. Unless they are bringing her back?
I don’t want to mention it yet but when it comes to Dot’s funeral I hope they bring Lofty, Mary and and a lot more old faces back but I don’t know how many is left
It looked like Mary was gonna temporarily revert to her old ways and have a go at Dot over Annie, which would have soured the occasion, so I’m glad Dot reminded her why she did what she did at the time, and got her to see sense, for which Mary then thanked her. Those funny incidents involving Dr Legg Kathy & Lofty mentioned didn’t happen on screen did they? Clever of the writers to devise them, perhaps they had a list and decided they were the most amusing ones.
Yeah that line when Pat tried to get you on the game .Yeah everybody seems to forget that when Pat first turned up on EastEnders she wasn’t a nice character she ended up as.
seeing mary and lofty now, apart from the memories, justs makes me want to wallow in eastenders past, when it was actually worth watching, not a load of crap like it is now, i think the best thing that you could have done for yourself, was to probably to stop watching eastenders round about 1989.
Nice to see Mary and lofty ...reminded me of the show back when story lines where better...just think the writing could be so much better nowadays...I still watch because I will always be a fan ...but lately the show is a bit lack luster in the script department...
Is there no mention of Mary’s nightmare god fearing mother who had a lot more to do with Mary’s punk rebellion than Dot ever did? But Mary of 2019 thanks Dot for her turnaround, just doesn’t add up. But what can I expect with the writers constantly rewriting history to suit the current storyline thread.
June Brown Dot Branning I Absolutely Love Her When She Remembers Mary Smith She Was in Albert Square She Used Wearing She Looks Like Being Punk She Used Be Makeup Dot Was Shocked She Didn't Konw Mary Daughter Annie is Growing Up She Remember When She Was Baby They're Both Huge I Love Mary Saying To Dot Thank You When She Meet Dot Walford Helping Annie Bron She Was Anything She Going Through Years ago She Was in Albert square
How come television soaps, don't have to pay some sort of fee to companies when things like the Vans trainers at the beginning are in plain view? Anyone know the answer to this, its been bugging me a while now. Like tinned food items on shop shelves etc.
I hated how Linda Davidson's character was credited as Mary 'The Punk' Smith, as she was never credited as such originally. It made me suspect that whoever was responsible for crediting the actors wasn't even bloody alive in the late 1980s.
Why didn’t they bring Mary and lofty back full time it will be so good Mary’s daughter could rule the square by arresting people and lofty can help Sharon
Heh Literally just watched the Episode when Sharon made a move on Lofty and he ended up with Angie before Den caught them. Fucking hell. Sharon and Angie Watts. On the same night. Lofty didn't do too badly for himself.
Who's the girl at the beginning who asks when the chippy opens? I cant place her, cant remember if i know her from being in eastenders or something else but her face/voice is really familiar.
This is the first time I've looked at even a clip of this show since about the time when those two characters left! Is it just a change in my perception, or was Dot Cotton always a dead ringer for Albert Steptoe in drag??!
Brings back memories of the era when Eastenders was great. Lofty, Mary, Sharon, Dot and Kathy.
80s and 90s EE was superb!
Lofty and Mary. From the days when Eastenders was worth watching. Unlike todays shite.
I gave up with the Soaps years ago now, but recently I've seen various old episodes of Corrie (70's/80's) & Eastenders (80's) here on CZcams & realised just how well written they were then with excellently crafted characters.
Get with the times people.
Eastenders never recovered after the death of Ethel Skinner.
@Christopher Christos or your nostalgia goggles are on. They'll be people in 10 years time thinking this era of EE rn is the best. Stuck in the past it's unhealthy
@Christopher Christos it's a comments thread, people comment. Ease up on the passive aggression
Wonderful wonderful scene and great to see all these fantastic characters from EastEnders' golden age back together again. If only they'd stayed around lodger.
Blast from the past 1980s
Was having a ciggy outside the terminal when I worked at the airport a few years back when I happened to turn and look at the guy stood next to me, and was astonished to see it was Tom Watt! I couldn't remember his real name at the time and just said "Lofty?" He laughed and said "yeah!". Next minute we were talking football like old pals! Great guy!
I would have taken that as a compliment; first off, it's 30+ years later and people still recognize me and secondly, I must have done a great job in my role if some random person on the street remembered my character's name. Tom Watt is totally recognizable but I never would recognize the original Sam Mitchell or Collin (Michael Cashman).
@@thenightporter Talking of Sam Mitchell, I saw Daniella Westbrook outside Baker Street underground station around 10 years ago - she was leaning against the wall chatting on her phone!
@@thenightporter you'd recognise Daniella Westbrook surely as she still is very much in the media
Was the blonde dressed to look like the character in highlander ?
didn't he become a sports journalist in Canada or something ?
Rip June Brown 1927-2022 Eastenders Legend best known as Dot Cotton in Eastenders
Omg so happy 2 c lofty and Mary brought a smile 2 my face wish they did stay longer x
And Dr Legg.
I suspect that Lofty will be back again.
@@dpinto6278 Let's hope so
Emma
The actors are not silly. Who'd wana stay in a poor written EE now a days
@@dpinto6278 let’s hope he buys the pub xx
Mary still looks the same her daughter looks the same age as she does pity they are not staying good to see some of the old characters
I wish they had stayed
Never try to put anything past Dot Cotton - the woman remembers everything!
I recently saw the scene where Lofty leaves Walford with only a suitcase to start anew. Glad to see he became a success in the three decades he was away from Albert Square.
It was nice they got these characters back for Dr Leggs funeral. I was watching repeats of eastenders from the late 80's on Drama at the time this episode aired and was funny seeing young Mary and Lofty on one channel and them seeing all these years later in the current episodes.
Yeh these characters have such a warmth to them.
Gillian Taylforth still looks gorgous an not changed, she even sounds the same her deep cockney accent.
dots smoked her voice into another dimension she sounds nothing like she did in the 80s unlike kathy
Gillian Taylforth hasn't aged!
Still beautiful and attractive.
I think that she has aged a lot. But in a classy way.
Bet she’s had stuff done tho
Tony Baird apparently giving head makes your face more youthful, especially if you do it in cars on motorway lay-bys
@@chris7921
Do it often do you?
Awww I loved how Lofty was also at Dot's funeral and said "Goodbye, Dot" from behind a Tree.
That was Ian not Lofty.....
@@madeleinalazaris8138 Oh Yea. Getting confused in old(er) age.
@@lisabrown3715they have the same accent lol 1:51
Glad to see Mary and her daughter doing well
Mary's weird
Welcome back Lofty and Mary!!!
I love the fact Kathy has not been invited to sit with them at the table 😂 she’s just awkwardly stood there trying to join in
Probs cos they thought she died😂
I was watching classic EastEnders and Den said to Lofty and Ethel that nobody else would want to employ them and now here he is owning 15 pubs
When neighbours become good friends ...... oops wrong soap . Loved it thank you for bringing Mary and lofty back and annie of course. ❤
I was happy to c Mary again, when first saw eastenders abit late, jan 1986, when I small , Mary used to remind me of Madonna lol, when Madonna had long hair with her album like a virgin I think it was still in the charts, but I remember Mary, I miss her, lofty and others
I always wondered if Eastenders would bring these characters back. Of course, they had to wait until I gave up watching the show!
Fuck me dots got a good memory for a 92 year old!!! She as sharp as razor . EastEnders legend. Will be a sad day when she passes away!!
How wonderful to see this link to the past in a recent episode! Loving the reruns on the Drama Channel, dunner stop.
They’re all reuniting! :D
LOFTY!!!!! YESSSSSS OMG YAYYY
Bring back those days.
Wow...Kathy looks amazing!! She hasn't aged a day.
I know this scene is about Dot but there should have been more reactions from the old characters and Kathy. She was a huge character back in the day. I feel like she was a background character in this scene.
Brings back memories of watching EastEnders at the time when those characters were in the soap
I always loved lofty
I’m glad the writers made Lofty do very well owning 15 pubs mind you I could be more by know he deserves it. I can see him coming in permanently at some point possibly buying the club if Ruby ever decides to sell.
I can see Mary and Annie popping back I mean they are coppers so they have reason
That gave me chills.
Dot is lovely.
RIP JUNE BROWN XXX 🙏
0:52 I thought he was David Schneider. He looks like him.
The gangs all here
Eastenders royalty ❤️
sadly missed this reunion as stopped watching a month ago !
I don;t blame you , you haven't missed much.
yes they have, they've missed loads
i stopped watching when they killed off ronnie & roxy and then started again in January 2020
great episode 😁
They also wanted Ali and Sue Osman in the episode but the actors declined.
phll works with ail any way
Sandy Ratcliff who played Sue Osman was very sick in her later years and died last year so it’s understandable she didn’t want to take part in this awful soap now, and I mean it is absolutely dire, and before you ask, I watched this scene as I wanted to see Mary, not a fan of the show now but I was years ago.
that's a lie. Don't make things up. Sue's actress is dead now and at the time of this was 70 years old living on benefits. And the actor who plays ali said he'd never come back.
@@chris7921 Sandy Ratcliffe was in the funny farm
Bring back the 1985 characters
Love the old characters
The way Sharon said Lofty and then say Mary lol
Kathy hasn’t changed at all
I know strangely she looks younger wish Mary Annie and lofty stayed though
Awww!
Wish Kelvin Carpenter will make a One-off appearance 😢
I'd love to see sue tully back for an ep
It did seem like Kelvin would return briefly around 2009 when Ian contacted him online to meet for a drink but Kelvin didn't show up.
@@shanefolan9175 Yes! That awful recasting was such a waste. If Sue Tully didn't want to reprise the role then they shouldn't of brought Michelle back.
Why is Kathy standing there like a lemon with nothing to say on the outskirts of the table. She knew both those people from day dot. Lofty especially.
Its nice that the actor and actress have not let themselves go. Ok its over 30 years and they look older. But they are both still total recognisable. Even punk mary not being a punk no more. I think a lot of it is the fact they have not really gained any weight.
"Its nice that the actor and actress have not let themselves go." Michelle, not so lucky.
@@pferreira1983 why what does Susan tully look like now? Have not seen recent pic of her?
@@donnn-sg4mk They recast Michelle.
@@pferreira1983 oy yes I know . I see what you mean now lol I just thought you meant the original Michelle actress Susan Tully looked different. It was pretty pointless recasting Michelle cause she did not stay long and has left again. Unless they are bringing her back?
@@donnn-sg4mk Yeah I thought if you can't get the original actress back why bother.
Oh my dear Lofty , he was a young man in 85 , the first appearance.
R.I.P June Brown
It’s like as if they were all Dot’s children.
awh lofty
Iqra is so dam Georgous. Man seriously. I proper fancy her
Ha ha ..you a stalker in the making 😂😂😂
Is me or has Mary's accent changed it seems less northern and a lot more southern now,
X-Ray Spex playing in the background.
Me at first glance: Who?
Looks again: Ahhh
"Michelle never made it back then...No, No"
Was literally in the show the year before
except that it was not "the Michelle" Lofty knew (Susan Tully)
@@7Acushla7 Yeah that would have been shit seeing Lofty with the "new" Michelle, just wouldn't work. It didn't even work with Sharon.
Chas and Dave. There ain't no pleasing you playing in the background.
Angie And Den Was Here.
I don’t want to mention it yet but when it comes to Dot’s funeral I hope they bring Lofty, Mary and and a lot more old faces back but I don’t know how many is left
They did!
Now Dot is dead; I doubt we viewers will ever see Lofty or Punk Mary in Albert Square again. The old days are finally over.
We didn’t need to see them, they can’t act.
It looked like Mary was gonna temporarily revert to her old ways and have a go at Dot over Annie, which would have soured the occasion, so I’m glad Dot reminded her why she did what she did at the time, and got her to see sense, for which Mary then thanked her.
Those funny incidents involving Dr Legg Kathy & Lofty mentioned didn’t happen on screen did they? Clever of the writers to devise them, perhaps they had a list and decided they were the most amusing ones.
Yeah that line when Pat tried to get you on the game .Yeah everybody seems to forget that when Pat first turned up on EastEnders she wasn’t a nice character she ended up as.
Rip June brown 😔
it would be nice to see lofty and mary back this year for dots funeral
lofty looks more wealther in this clip
That's because he is.
They should come back full time
even i said " awwww" when i saw Lofty
Lofty i love him
seeing mary and lofty now, apart from the memories, justs makes me want to wallow in eastenders past, when it was actually worth watching, not a load of crap like it is now, i think the best thing that you could have done for yourself, was to probably to stop watching eastenders round about 1989.
Lofty looks like something that's been found in the loft after many decades
LOOL
Unkind
Nice to see Mary and lofty ...reminded me of the show back when story lines where better...just think the writing could be so much better nowadays...I still watch because I will always be a fan ...but lately the show is a bit lack luster in the script department...
Wendy Cushenan I agree, it was definitely better 10 years ago in the days of Janine, Pat, Peggy, the Masoods, Bianca and Ricky, Kat and Alfie etc
@@theeastendboy yes definitely the days of Janine and pat...the massoods were so funny...loved den and Angie...also Ethel n wee Willie..
The early days of 1985 onwards were the best and hard-hitting storylines. Miss those days.
mary & lofty are returning for dots funeral🥹
Lofty hasn't changed.
Yeah he's still an ugly twat 😂😂😂
@@bp6329 init
Is there no mention of Mary’s nightmare god fearing mother who had a lot more to do with Mary’s punk rebellion than Dot ever did? But Mary of 2019 thanks Dot for her turnaround, just doesn’t add up. But what can I expect with the writers constantly rewriting history to suit the current storyline thread.
Their both returning for Dot's funeral.
When I was younger I thought lofty left to become curly on corrie
Curly was on Corrie before EE was on. And they based Lofty on Curly.
oh good onya cathy
Pat pat pat,
June Brown Dot Branning I Absolutely Love Her When She Remembers Mary Smith She Was in Albert Square She Used Wearing She Looks Like Being Punk She Used Be Makeup Dot Was Shocked She Didn't Konw Mary Daughter Annie is Growing Up She Remember When She Was Baby They're Both Huge I Love Mary Saying To Dot Thank You When She Meet Dot Walford Helping Annie Bron She Was Anything She Going Through Years ago She Was in Albert square
How come television soaps, don't have to pay some sort of fee to companies when things like the Vans trainers at the beginning are in plain view?
Anyone know the answer to this, its been bugging me a while now. Like tinned food items on shop shelves etc.
The company's pay to have their products in the show/film, it's called product placement.
And came back for dots funeral
I hated how Linda Davidson's character was credited as Mary 'The Punk' Smith, as she was never credited as such originally. It made me suspect that whoever was responsible for crediting the actors wasn't even bloody alive in the late 1980s.
Why didn’t they bring Mary and lofty back full time it will be so good Mary’s daughter could rule the square by arresting people and lofty can help Sharon
1:58
Hi Mary
Mary's lost her northern accent ...
She is not british Mary is originally from Canada, born and bred.
Heh Literally just watched the Episode when Sharon made a move on Lofty and he ended up with Angie before Den caught them.
Fucking hell. Sharon and Angie Watts. On the same night. Lofty didn't do too badly for himself.
They Should bring Annie's daughter back
Doctor leg was a class act, he would never complete a mandatory vaccination 🤨
Back when both Corrie and Eastenders were worth watching.... What went wrong?
It happens to all long running shows.
Wish Michelle had left after this
maybe lofty should have brought the vic
Hopefully Annie's daughter winds up working with Jack
The question is are they going to come back for dots funeral because june brown has died.
What a load of bollocks
Big Mo is Eastenders
So groundbreaking in the day, for me Mary, Barry and Colin really spoke to me. Nice to see what happend to Mary. Now show me Barry Clark.
Who's the girl at the beginning who asks when the chippy opens? I cant place her, cant remember if i know her from being in eastenders or something else but her face/voice is really familiar.
Masoods nieces Iqra and Habiba. They didn't last long or have proper storylines. Pretty forgettable
All that's missing is a stuffed Roly 🤣
This is the first time I've looked at even a clip of this show since about the time when those two characters left! Is it just a change in my perception, or was Dot Cotton always a dead ringer for Albert Steptoe in drag??!
Lofty looks rough
Kathy Beale hasn’t aged a bit.