Lofty and Mary. From the days when Eastenders was worth watching. Unlike todays shite.
@davidritchie38013 жыл бұрын
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 KZfaq & realised just how well written they were then with excellently crafted characters.
@franciscondon19023 жыл бұрын
Get with the times people.
@MrBond2492 жыл бұрын
Eastenders never recovered after the death of Ethel Skinner.
@erosion2712 жыл бұрын
@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
@erosion2712 жыл бұрын
@Christopher Christos it's a comments thread, people comment. Ease up on the passive aggression
@stephenking6396 Жыл бұрын
Brings back memories of the era when Eastenders was great. Lofty, Mary, Sharon, Dot and Kathy.
@christopherchristos727510 ай бұрын
80s and 90s EE was superb!
@WillMeganFan2 жыл бұрын
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.
@glenjarnold2 жыл бұрын
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!
@thenightporter2 жыл бұрын
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).
@glenjarnold2 жыл бұрын
@@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!
@shanefolan91752 жыл бұрын
@@thenightporter you'd recognise Daniella Westbrook surely as she still is very much in the media
@paulbradley705 Жыл бұрын
Was the blonde dressed to look like the character in highlander ?
@davedogge2280 Жыл бұрын
didn't he become a sports journalist in Canada or something ?
@victorialewis87755 жыл бұрын
Blast from the past 1980s
@alicanharryreilly83532 жыл бұрын
Rip June Brown 1927-2022 Eastenders Legend best known as Dot Cotton in Eastenders
@emmafurnival47155 жыл бұрын
Omg so happy 2 c lofty and Mary brought a smile 2 my face wish they did stay longer x
@dpinto62785 жыл бұрын
And Dr Legg. I suspect that Lofty will be back again.
@emmafurnival47155 жыл бұрын
@@dpinto6278 Let's hope so
@spidyman88532 жыл бұрын
Emma The actors are not silly. Who'd wana stay in a poor written EE now a days
@Suelovesboo2 жыл бұрын
@@dpinto6278 let’s hope he buys the pub xx
@lindawarwick86435 жыл бұрын
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
@dawnfinch82323 жыл бұрын
I wish they had stayed
@bartolomeestebanmurillo44592 жыл бұрын
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.
@dylanlees50718 ай бұрын
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
@charlottebryant20886 ай бұрын
Probs cos they thought she died😂
@lillianfraijo66213 жыл бұрын
Never try to put anything past Dot Cotton - the woman remembers everything!
@helmsly20102 жыл бұрын
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.
@TejSingh-xj3ux2 жыл бұрын
Yeh these characters have such a warmth to them.
@lisabrown3715 Жыл бұрын
Awww I loved how Lofty was also at Dot's funeral and said "Goodbye, Dot" from behind a Tree.
@madeleinalazaris8138 Жыл бұрын
That was Ian not Lofty.....
@lisabrown3715 Жыл бұрын
@@madeleinalazaris8138 Oh Yea. Getting confused in old(er) age.
@MsTinkerbelle8710 ай бұрын
@@lisabrown3715they have the same accent lol 1:51
@dawnfinch8232 Жыл бұрын
Glad to see Mary and her daughter doing well
@ross1748 Жыл бұрын
Mary's weird
@tonybaird78325 жыл бұрын
Gillian Taylforth hasn't aged!
@danielwilliamson61805 жыл бұрын
Still beautiful and attractive.
@dpinto62785 жыл бұрын
I think that she has aged a lot. But in a classy way.
@purplemask42044 жыл бұрын
Bet she’s had stuff done tho
@chris79214 жыл бұрын
Tony Baird apparently giving head makes your face more youthful, especially if you do it in cars on motorway lay-bys
@FoobsTon3 жыл бұрын
@@chris7921 Do it often do you?
@planesteve5 жыл бұрын
Welcome back Lofty and Mary!!!
@joannedwyer35953 жыл бұрын
Gillian Taylforth still looks gorgous an not changed, she even sounds the same her deep cockney accent.
@georgemeller71732 жыл бұрын
dots smoked her voice into another dimension she sounds nothing like she did in the 80s unlike kathy
@kaydenlewis21853 жыл бұрын
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
@donnn-sg4mk5 жыл бұрын
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!!
@DonnaHarrisMusicStudio2 жыл бұрын
I always wondered if Eastenders would bring these characters back. Of course, they had to wait until I gave up watching the show!
@originaldw5 жыл бұрын
When neighbours become good friends ...... oops wrong soap . Loved it thank you for bringing Mary and lofty back and annie of course. ❤
@leonardssenkindu58025 жыл бұрын
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
@awainwright5345 жыл бұрын
How wonderful to see this link to the past in a recent episode! Loving the reruns on the Drama Channel, dunner stop.
@GIRLINA101 Жыл бұрын
Wow...Kathy looks amazing!! She hasn't aged a day.
@flumpster91 Жыл бұрын
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.
@Emers0ned5 жыл бұрын
They’re all reuniting! :D
@Darskul5 жыл бұрын
LOFTY!!!!! YESSSSSS OMG YAYYY
@yell50 Жыл бұрын
Brings back memories of watching EastEnders at the time when those characters were in the soap
@joanne4850 Жыл бұрын
Bring back those days.
@Renwick193 жыл бұрын
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
@luisaediting61054 жыл бұрын
I always loved lofty
@Jamie_Dodger2 жыл бұрын
RIP JUNE BROWN XXX 🙏
@CS-yg7bp5 жыл бұрын
The gangs all here
@dipakchowdhury313 жыл бұрын
That gave me chills.
@antjohn44905 жыл бұрын
They also wanted Ali and Sue Osman in the episode but the actors declined.
@neilrobinson18155 жыл бұрын
phll works with ail any way
@chris79214 жыл бұрын
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.
@erosion2714 жыл бұрын
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.
@alanslevin82234 жыл бұрын
@@chris7921 Sandy Ratcliffe was in the funny farm
@xc_033 жыл бұрын
Bring back the 1985 characters
@--Fish5 жыл бұрын
Dot is lovely.
@gazzyb10793 жыл бұрын
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.
@ryanlake52992 жыл бұрын
R.I.P June Brown
@jesuschristsuperstar98216 ай бұрын
Oh my dear Lofty , he was a young man in 85 , the first appearance.
@eastenders4k2514 жыл бұрын
The way Sharon said Lofty and then say Mary lol
@westminsterwatcher51522 жыл бұрын
Awww!
@gemini8025 жыл бұрын
sadly missed this reunion as stopped watching a month ago !
@jahno71545 жыл бұрын
I don;t blame you , you haven't missed much.
@bp63294 жыл бұрын
yes they have, they've missed loads
@b_r_a_n Жыл бұрын
i stopped watching when they killed off ronnie & roxy and then started again in January 2020
@karlperriment7763 Жыл бұрын
Eastenders royalty ❤️
@TheKnob16 Жыл бұрын
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.
@MsTinkerbelle8710 ай бұрын
We didn’t need to see them, they can’t act.
@santojay38583 жыл бұрын
Wish Kelvin Carpenter will make a One-off appearance 😢
@shanefolan91752 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see sue tully back for an ep
@gyobfan22 Жыл бұрын
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.
@gyobfan22 Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@amyclarke415 жыл бұрын
great episode 😁
@georgemarsh14635 жыл бұрын
Kathy hasn’t changed at all
@dawnfinch82325 жыл бұрын
I know strangely she looks younger wish Mary Annie and lofty stayed though
@donnn-sg4mk5 жыл бұрын
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.
@pferreira19835 жыл бұрын
"Its nice that the actor and actress have not let themselves go." Michelle, not so lucky.
@donnn-sg4mk5 жыл бұрын
@@pferreira1983 why what does Susan tully look like now? Have not seen recent pic of her?
@pferreira19835 жыл бұрын
@@donnn-sg4mk They recast Michelle.
@donnn-sg4mk5 жыл бұрын
@@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?
@pferreira19835 жыл бұрын
@@donnn-sg4mk Yeah I thought if you can't get the original actress back why bother.
@markgenner1747 Жыл бұрын
Angie And Den Was Here.
@kathleengordon90594 жыл бұрын
Love the old characters
@saifhasan44815 жыл бұрын
Iqra is so dam Georgous. Man seriously. I proper fancy her
@thedrifteruk9925 жыл бұрын
Ha ha ..you a stalker in the making 😂😂😂
@erosion271 Жыл бұрын
"Michelle never made it back then...No, No" Was literally in the show the year before
@7Acushla7 Жыл бұрын
except that it was not "the Michelle" Lofty knew (Susan Tully)
@gyobfan22 Жыл бұрын
@@7Acushla7 Yeah that would have been shit seeing Lofty with the "new" Michelle, just wouldn't work. It didn't even work with Sharon.
@danielwilliamson61805 жыл бұрын
0:52 I thought he was David Schneider. He looks like him.
@1_willrblox42 жыл бұрын
Rip June brown 😔
@BobBarnes20053 жыл бұрын
It’s like as if they were all Dot’s children.
@hystericalwolf3 жыл бұрын
Me at first glance: Who? Looks again: Ahhh
@jdooris833 жыл бұрын
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
@_Normski Жыл бұрын
They did!
@zanducktv23982 жыл бұрын
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.
@stevenedwardmaylott6078 Жыл бұрын
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.
@paulsmith-ll9vg2 жыл бұрын
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.
@John-wz7yu3 жыл бұрын
Is me or has Mary's accent changed it seems less northern and a lot more southern now,
@thirisha264 жыл бұрын
awh lofty
@daniellamoseley41224 жыл бұрын
Chas and Dave. There ain't no pleasing you playing in the background.
@samsnozwell24029 ай бұрын
They should come back full time
@saratustin2911 Жыл бұрын
it would be nice to see lofty and mary back this year for dots funeral
@Mink-yu8nu3 жыл бұрын
X-Ray Spex playing in the background.
@dillonryan68925 жыл бұрын
lofty looks more wealther in this clip
@itsjemmabond9 ай бұрын
That's because he is.
@mcfcguvnors Жыл бұрын
even i said " awwww" when i saw Lofty
@franciscondon1902 Жыл бұрын
Their both returning for Dot's funeral.
@wendycushenan49075 жыл бұрын
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...
@theeastendboy5 жыл бұрын
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
@wendycushenan49075 жыл бұрын
@@theeastendboy yes definitely the days of Janine and pat...the massoods were so funny...loved den and Angie...also Ethel n wee Willie..
@martinsmith15384 жыл бұрын
The early days of 1985 onwards were the best and hard-hitting storylines. Miss those days.
@b_r_a_n Жыл бұрын
mary & lofty are returning for dots funeral🥹
@jd49631 Жыл бұрын
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.
@ljc65355 жыл бұрын
Lofty hasn't changed.
@thedrifteruk9925 жыл бұрын
Yeah he's still an ugly twat 😂😂😂
@ajaraers4 жыл бұрын
@@bp6329 init
@Instasamps2 жыл бұрын
When I was younger I thought lofty left to become curly on corrie
@thenightporter2 жыл бұрын
Curly was on Corrie before EE was on. And they based Lofty on Curly.
@METALLICARULES114 жыл бұрын
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.
@martinevensen4062 ай бұрын
Lofty i love him
@CAVERN12344 жыл бұрын
Lofty looks like something that's been found in the loft after many decades
@xc_033 жыл бұрын
LOOL
@thenightporter2 жыл бұрын
Unkind
@jazmorrison9030 Жыл бұрын
And came back for dots funeral
@scottpacker4660 Жыл бұрын
1:58
@stephenmcconnell10007 ай бұрын
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.
@granto67385 жыл бұрын
Pat pat pat,
@PeterShieldsukcatstripey4 жыл бұрын
oh good onya cathy
@donnalydon72852 жыл бұрын
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
@PeterShieldsukcatstripey3 жыл бұрын
Hi Mary
@thebadgamer19672 жыл бұрын
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.
@cromwellsghost34342 жыл бұрын
Doctor leg was a class act, he would never complete a mandatory vaccination 🤨
@johnrider57012 жыл бұрын
Mary's lost her northern accent ...
@marthasheilds2446 Жыл бұрын
She is not british Mary is originally from Canada, born and bred.
@ruff1draft3 жыл бұрын
They Should bring Annie's daughter back
@laurajacob74313 жыл бұрын
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
@andrethomas7075 Жыл бұрын
All that's missing is a stuffed Roly 🤣
@PlayMoreGolf-RipOff Жыл бұрын
Big Mo is Eastenders
@ruff1draft3 жыл бұрын
Hopefully Annie's daughter winds up working with Jack
@terrystanton38484 жыл бұрын
maybe lofty should have brought the vic
@victorymansions5 жыл бұрын
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.
@Hondadctrider3 жыл бұрын
The company's pay to have their products in the show/film, it's called product placement.
@ryanhills49074 жыл бұрын
Wish Michelle had left after this
@FoobsTon3 жыл бұрын
Back when both Corrie and Eastenders were worth watching.... What went wrong?
@gyobfan22 Жыл бұрын
It happens to all long running shows.
@jbonnici09 Жыл бұрын
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.
@Shane-Flanagan Жыл бұрын
Masoods nieces Iqra and Habiba. They didn't last long or have proper storylines. Pretty forgettable
@Vortigan072 ай бұрын
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??!
@samsprrr3548 Жыл бұрын
The question is are they going to come back for dots funeral because june brown has died.