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Post by CAEF on Jan 24, 2019 15:49:50 GMT
Started from Nov 1989 when they dropped the word "Farm" from the title.
Back when the show was watchable and there was not a murder every week, a violent beating or robbery.
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Post by Uncle Quentin on Jan 25, 2019 13:53:02 GMT
I've been watching the Classic Emmerdale on ITV3 too, they're all new to me as I didn't start watching Emmy until 1992 when they had the plane crash. There was so much hype about that at the time, what with the sensitivity aspect concerning the still-recent Lockerbie bombing etc, that my curiosity got the better of me and I decided to tune in to see what all the fuss was about. Then I got hooked and have watched it avidly ever since.
Anyhow, concerning these Classic Emmerdalies, I have a couple of questions if I may be so bold …
1) It's obvious that Amos & Mr Wilkes are bent, they're a right pair of trumpets - the 1980s Robaaron for sure, but with excessive sideburns. I expect they share the same single bed dressed in white nightdresses & those pointy, white bed hats, a bit like Ernie & Bert on Sesame Street. Anyway, what I wondering was, do you think they defile each other in bed with their pipes?
2) It's clear that there was a rule back then that every bird in the village had to be blonde, even that vicious old slag Annie. But what I wondering was, how many of them do you think had matching muffs? I thought long and hard about this last night & reckon only Kathy, Seth & probably that bike Rachel.
3) Lastly, Matt Silverback & Jack's brother Joe are a pair of onions. Please tell me they get brutally murdered soon?
Oh yeah, I've also noticed that everybody wears thick jumpers - the sweater budget on the show must have been enormous in 1989. None of the crumpet go to work on the farm or in the village, tottering about in their high heels with their bacon-roll peeping from beneath their micro skirt whilst clutching their Vivienne Armani handbags. Why? It doesn't seem realistic. No wonder no sod watched back then.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2019 15:10:17 GMT
Dang It... just typical. Some decent stuff on itv for a change and I`m getting ready to be offline til May.
Oh well, hopefully I`ll get to watch some old ED eps from 1990 by the time I come back.
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Post by roverman on Jan 25, 2019 15:38:12 GMT
For some reason I can’t watch them on catch up.
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Post by CAEF on Jan 27, 2019 14:46:22 GMT
Nor can I.
The show was much slower back then, and no wonder it was not as watched as much as the cobbled soap or the East London soap.
I think in the late 1980s, Corrie, EastEnders and Home And Away were the most action packed soaps, and fast paced. I found Emmerdale and Neighbours were always slower paced and more sedate.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2019 0:40:20 GMT
Dang it...I can't find it on itv player either. Boolox
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Post by butterball on Jan 31, 2019 14:50:48 GMT
Just caught the last 15 minutes of this on ITV3. Good old Seth, the Tates, Frank in charge, Kim still looking young and alluring, Zoe, and Chris not in a wheelchair yet. Noticed the jumpers which are more suitable to a Yorkshire winter than dressing like you are going to a club, Pryia looks sexy but ridiculous in some of her outfits in 2018/19. Spotted Eric Pollard and NOT A DINGLE IN SIGHT - YAY. Have to say it was a bit hammy tho, the acting has vastly improved since those far off days.
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Post by CAEF on Jan 31, 2019 15:38:17 GMT
Annie Sugden I feel changed after her dad Sam Pearson died in 1984. She always seemed lost without him. She seemed more happier prior to her dad's death. Annie was 64 in 1984 when her dad died, but the longer a parent lives, the more you want them.
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Post by roverman on Feb 1, 2019 13:04:32 GMT
I’ve caught the odd episode online from 1989/1990 and what really shocks me is how bad Frank Tates accent is. I’m sure it got toned down but those early scenes he is adding a fake twang to the end of every sentence!
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Post by CAEF on Feb 1, 2019 13:41:17 GMT
And Chris had a lousy sounding Yorkshire accent to start with.
Like when Vicky in EE had a Yankee sounding accent then sounded like Del Boy after a few episodes.
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Post by roverman on Feb 1, 2019 14:54:57 GMT
And Chris had a lousy sounding Yorkshire accent to start with. Like when Vicky in EE had a Yankee sounding accent then sounded like Del Boy after a few episodes. The only saving grace about Chris’ accent is that he almost sounded less arrogant! I liked the early Tates. They seemed to genuinely want to integrate into be village (which was becoming the centrepoint of the show) and certainly seemed more down to earth than later Home Farm Families
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Post by roverman on Feb 3, 2019 10:19:44 GMT
Can anyone explain the layout of the Woolpack?!
In these classic episodes there a second room to the right of the front door which the young crowd sit in, I think it’s called The Tap Room? We never see that room anymore. I know the fated Wine Bar section is basically car park nowadays, and don’t get me started on the living quarters/kitchen. It makes less sense than the Rovers!
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Post by Charley Says... on Feb 3, 2019 12:07:55 GMT
Can anyone explain the layout of the Woolpack?! In these classic episodes there a second room to the right of the front door which the young crowd sit in, I think it’s called The Tap Room? We never see that room anymore. I know the fated Wine Bar section is basically car park nowadays, and don’t get me started on the living quarters/kitchen. It makes less sense than the Rovers! How is the Wine Bar part of the car park...? I don't recall them knocking anything down...
I always assumed the room to the right of the door was the Wine Bar... And it's still there but never used... It can't be anything to do with the living quarters as they are on the left hand side at the rear of the building... It would be good to open it up as lots of pubs have more than one room...
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Post by CAEF on Feb 3, 2019 12:33:29 GMT
The wine bar was an annexe built on the back of the pub which was destroyed in the plane crash in 1993. I think it was anyway.
Also the back room always seems to be right in the B&B. Even the first Woolpack 1972-1976 never matched the exterior. A stairwell was right in the way of the bay window to the right of the pub. (Falcon Inn, Arncliffe).
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Post by roverman on Feb 3, 2019 13:00:55 GMT
That was my understanding too that the wine bar section fell down and broke Chris Tate’s back in the plane crash. So I understood it to be accessed via the old doors that used to be to the right hand side of the bar. Mr Turner had them blocked off later on, much to the chagrin of Amos Brearley.
Watching episodes from the early 80s still show the staircase which would have been for patrons to access the rooms upstairs (any pub which is called an Inn traditionally had to offer at least one for patrons to use overnight) there was a door either side of those so I assumed one was the front door and the other was a second entrance which you could use from the side of the pub.
You get the impression that behind the main door nowadays must be a lobby that leads to the front door and an access to the unused room.
The double doors towards the back give the impression of leading off to the toilets and car park entrance but the window at the back is the far corner of the building (we found this out when they had that wheelie bin fire) so this just doesn’t line up at all. And this is all before we try to understand how the kitchen/living room/rear hallway/Marlon’s kitchen all fit in behind the bar!!
I’m going to try and sketch it later to see if that helps at all!
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