Dave writes to ask if we have a pic of The Rovers Return, in the days before the wonderful 1982 passageway, when the pub loo doors opened d...

Ken Barlow (William Roache) - a frustrated telly watcher in 1976. Ken was pleased to note that a Shirley MacLaine film was being shown on th...

Posh Albert - mixing with Roddy Llewellyn. Whilst Albert was stuck in The Rovers, hoping for a rum, Jack Howarth who played him was apparent...

Debbie has written to tell me that she fondly remembers Rovers Return landlord Jack Walker, played by Arthur Leslie from 1960 until his deat...

Brian in 1987: Concentrate... concentrate... Estelle has been in touch with a lovely Silly Season query: I read in Hilary Kingsley's exc...

I've just been watching some Corrie episodes from 1977 and 1987, and reflecting on all the water that flowed under the bridge between ...

The 1980s saw UK soap operas change radically - the arrival of Brookside in 1982 and EastEnders in 1985, both shows featuring gritty story...

Daily Mirror , December 31, 1982: Grumpy old Albert Tatlock of Coronation Street makes a special guest appearance in the Honours List. He re...

1965 and 1967 - Consternation Street. I'm very sorry, luvs, but I've made a cock-up with this blog's first poll! I meant it to r...

It's just a bit of fun this, luvvy, just a bit of larkin' about, but can you guess whose plate of pie, marowfat peas and tomato ketc...

Sarah has e-mailed me all the way from Canada and asks: I loved your post on Rita and the '80s shoulders. Are you planning further glimp...

Emily had a rotten time, didn't she? The swinging '60s saw her stuck behind the counter at Gamma Garments with Mr Swindley - althoug...

Beverley says: Have you a nice screen cap of Bet Lynch (Julie Goodyear) with her beehive hair in the '70s or '80s? Certainly, Beverl...

Ivy and Bert (Lynne Perrie and Peter Dudley) - the housewarming party. Bert Tilsley would have been quite happy to stay in Inkerman Street. ...

Dave asks via e-mail if the cat featured in our header pic is really Minnie Caldwell's Bobby? Yes, Dave, although it's not Toby, th...