ATV dropped a big clanger sacking Noele and i remember the protests outside ATV in Birmingham at the time.
@jasonking6892
9 ай бұрын
Happy days 👍🏴
@thequietone2998
9 ай бұрын
There should be a plaque on Murray court, (opposite the number 16 bus stop going to Hamstead)Handsworth Wood Road, near the roundabout near the number 11 bus stop...stating that Nolly once lived there...😢
@chriswinwood6501
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for uploading this. What was the purpose of it? Did every week have a recap? I found the Mrs Bailey story gripping, maybe the best I’ve seen of Crossroads
@stephencove2286
11 ай бұрын
Hi Glad you liked it. It was very rare that a recap would happen bur in the late 1970s itv technicians went on strike and Noele made some recap scenes to bring viewers back up to date as the programmes were off aie for 2 weeks or more. This only happend twice that I recall. Kind wishes
@stunnedasarobin4638
Жыл бұрын
Hi - is there any possibility of refilming this to include the entire Larry Grayson sections please? Thanks.
@craig1538
Жыл бұрын
Does anyone remember Victoria Wood's Acorn Antiques where the actors who played Mrs Overall and Mr Clifford were sacked? That was a spoof on Noelle Gordon's departure. Reyt funny.
@chloekchandler
Жыл бұрын
HBC nailed this.
@jamescoupland3137
Жыл бұрын
Amazing women we miss u
@ThunderWarrior01
Жыл бұрын
ATV made the wrong decision that day,she should of never been sacked,Noel was Crossroads.
@derekhorne8076
Жыл бұрын
I agree totally. But given we don't know the real reason why the sacked Nolly, it could well have turned out to be the right decision for them - if it meant they could change/improve the show or, indeed, eventually kill it off.
@shuddupeyaface
Жыл бұрын
When Soap Stars used to spend half their wage on hiring a chauffeur driven Rolls to take themselves to work and back.
@mcooper593
Жыл бұрын
There was never a black actress on Crossroads. This lady even made a comment about being a black actress!! The Woke Brigade will be thrilled 😖
@twizziz
Жыл бұрын
Think you need to do some research.. Anyway, any white actress on Africa TV?
@Tedds
Жыл бұрын
The character existed as a way to illustrate to the audience what the working environment of Crossroads was to a newcomer, as well as Nolly's ego. Did you miss the card at the beginning of the show that expressly indicated that some characters had been invented for the purposes of drama? I doubt it, I think you're just being racist.
@Redsleather
Жыл бұрын
Rubbish. Merdelle Jordine appeared in 1979 and again in 1982 as Trina, the wife of garage mechanic Joe MacDonald, played by Carl Andrews - yes Crossroads had a regular black male character too who appeared from 1978-1985
@registame2878
Жыл бұрын
Whoops; the internet was available and so was the library but you still managed to get it all wrong…. Your excuse and subsequent baseless rants are going to be hilarious
@ah7910
Жыл бұрын
Silly! There absolutely WAS a black actress on Crossroads.
@LuandaYasmin
Жыл бұрын
Woah. Helena Bonham Carter really nailed this.
@simonjones7727
Жыл бұрын
Russell T Davies nailed it too. Crossroads was not really a joke, after all, but something that miraculously lives on in the national consciousness almost half a century after it first screened and when much other more "serious" drama has been forgotten. It had interesting characters and situations and the performances caught something about the texture of ordinary life, and it was also honest somehow too about working lives.. It struck a deep chord with a mostly female audience and is a wonderful document about the simultaneously glorious and naff forty year period in the UK that followed the end of the war. The joke is on the snobs who mocked it. It was popular not because its audience was too stupid to know better, but because that audience were connoisseurs of stories of all kinds and new good melodrama when they saw it.
@kurt479
8 ай бұрын
They made her seem grandiose, which she isn't. They made her sound like everyone owed their jobs to her, which isnt what shes saying. Shes saying she owes everything to the television company. She's incredibly humble here.
@didihill3954
Жыл бұрын
She is opposite my mum and dads so overgrown everywhere sadly I live away they just can’t anyone to look after the graves etc and friends can’t do it for you either it’s very upsetting x
@davidscott3374gmail
Жыл бұрын
Hello didi how are you doing
@Scots_Diesel
Жыл бұрын
Which graveyard is she in ?
@arthursteven5601
Жыл бұрын
A o.a.p audience was common in these shows back then
@actualbennett2245
Жыл бұрын
Oh, takes me right back! Thank you!
@amyclarke41
Жыл бұрын
looks great
@juneseghni
Жыл бұрын
just came here from watching a clip of Helena Bonham Carter playing her in this exact situation in the upcoming drama 'Nolly' by Russell T Davies
@patriciaorourke1816
Жыл бұрын
Same here!
@winstonbrown1516
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr. Norton. True Story:👇 When I was 4 or 5 growing up in Handsworth, Birmingham, a couple of family members were exiting a Chemist with me in tow. I was crying, and entering the Pharmacy was Noel Gordon. She asked what was wrong with me and to make me stop she bought me a lollypop. Once I reached 11 and attending Senior School, Hamstead Hall, we would see her in her Flat opposite the No16 Bus Stop on Handsworth Wood Rd as we waited. We lived less than a Mile apart and we saw her as ours.
@funeralblvck4755
9 ай бұрын
Yeas I remember going to her apartment on Hampstead road when I was 4
@Westy1971
Жыл бұрын
End of an era for both Crossroads & Atv!
@rtc9063
Жыл бұрын
Tony Maycock wasn't even interviewing her. You can see his questions were added in later!
@andrewguthrie2
Жыл бұрын
That was comical. They might as well have had him standing in front of a tropical island backdrop, like a Monty Python sketch.
@tractorboy2002
Жыл бұрын
She was interviewed by Tim Ewart
@kevinlongman007
Жыл бұрын
@@tractorboy2002 correct
@Redsleather
6 ай бұрын
Isn’t there a similar interview where Noele is sucking down a ciggie with such fury as she tells them all ‘watch me, just watch me’
@garyhunt8067
Жыл бұрын
That's why the show went downhill
@jamierobinson9097
Жыл бұрын
Doesn’t Terry look so young here!
@asa1973100
2 жыл бұрын
I’m delighted you did this . Thank you
@lotuspoint
2 жыл бұрын
Who was the person stood with Noele and Tony Adams?
@stephencove2286
2 жыл бұрын
Hello I think it was one of the floor managers but unsure. Thanks for viewing.
@victoriayoung1034
2 жыл бұрын
I visited Noele and her mothers grave yesterday and sadly they were not looking their best. I will be going back in a couple of weeks so will take some flowers to brighten it up.
@stephencove2286
2 жыл бұрын
Nice To know that it is looked after when possible.
@davidscott3374gmail
Жыл бұрын
Hello Victoria how are you doing
@Scots_Diesel
Жыл бұрын
@@stephencove2286 which graveyard is she in, I'm not far in Pontypool and could pop over occasionally to tidy.
@stephencove2286
Жыл бұрын
@@Scots_Diesel That would be Fab she is at the main church in Ross On Wye where she lived for many years. I can only visit from time to time but be wonderful if you could give it a tidy. So sad r That its overgrown. Her agent used to visit but not sure if he still can. Many good wishes steve
@johntomlinson6849
2 жыл бұрын
"Historically Central made a major contribution to the ITV network schedule - especially in entertainment and drama - but today its main responsibility is the regional news service. " Her sacking was the first overt sign that this mighty organisation was in a decline, unlike Granada.
@tedh79
2 жыл бұрын
What was the reason they sacked her? Never could get to the bottom of it
@rtc9063
Жыл бұрын
You wouldn't have seen Granada doing this to the likes of Doris Speed or Jean Alexander. They simply wanted to kill of Crossroads and no doubt thought it would be over by 1983. Unfortunately, it took a few more years!
@Redsleather
Жыл бұрын
@@rtc9063 had Granada lost their franchise in 1980, who knows what they would have done to Coronation Street with 6 months left before the end? Crossroads was ATV, Central were about to inherit it, which was the problem
@Redsleather
Жыл бұрын
Noele Gordon was ATV through and through, in fact she was the only Crossroads actress with a permanent contract, and with months to go before Central took over, getting rid of ‘Meg’ was one way of getting rid of Crossroads. By June 1981, the directions Central wanted to go in would have been known and I don’t think Crossroads and Noele Gordon were part of their plans. Central were far superior to Granada imho and have a superb back catalogue, especially drama, and the Crossroads Central years of 1982-88 seem largely forgotten in the show’s history
@derekhorne8076
Жыл бұрын
@Redsleather. As I understand it, in a later franchise round, Granda threatend to sell Coronation Street to the BBC if they lost their franchise. I wonder if maybe they would have done the same thing in 1980. I also think that the authorities would have viewed to as very different companies in those days. Granda produced a lot of the more heavy weight documentaries, period dramas etc. Yes, there was Coronation Street and Crown Court, but then there was Univeristy Challenge, World in Action and the upcoming Brideshead Revisited. All far more worthy to the IBA of the time than the likes of Crossroads, Family Fourtunes, TISWAS and the Muppet Show etc.
@AssociatedTVNetwork
2 жыл бұрын
They're trying to (And hopefully will) remake the 1981 motel foyer for the Nolly sacking drama. I sent them floorplans. They asked Tony Adams to do a cameo but he said he's too old. Oh Tony, you're never too old! And if Helena can't get the voice right, I expect ITV will be giving one a call for a dubbing session....
@stephencove2286
2 жыл бұрын
That would be a hoot if they called.!! Shame about Tony they should ask Jane. I do hope they do a great programme to honour Noele and the programme.
@phildurrant2422
2 жыл бұрын
Photos are out and they’ve done a really good job on foyer!
@christhacker5329
2 жыл бұрын
@@stephencove2286 sadly they wouldn't of asked Jane as she isn't to well.
@BritJunior
Жыл бұрын
Would be ace to see the studio floor plans, Mike
@Husselbu1
Жыл бұрын
He does make a cameo in Nolly.....
@alans.2735
2 жыл бұрын
This is great what a moment in time..
@emilyjameson4021
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing this, Steve. I do what I can when I visit but I don't visit as often as I'd like.
@stephencove2286
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Great to hear from you. I often wondered what happened to the original fan club members. I still have the photos of when you and Miss Diane came to visit all those years ago. I have fond memories of those days with bbc etc still have photos. We have friends moved to Wales so I am sure my Husband and I will visit Ross on wye again.Well he has no choice really. Take the best of care and lovely to hear from you . Steve p,s a drama coming based on Noele will the actress ever be able to do the voice !!!
@emilyjameson4021
2 жыл бұрын
@@stephencove2286 I've been searching for you online for years - so pleased to find you here! Yes, the Voice. Can she possibly match yours? We are all old dears now, settled in the reception alcove, drinking coffee with Miss Tatum.
@stephencove2286
2 жыл бұрын
Darling I am still in the sitting room drinking sherry with Tish !!
@stephencove2286
Жыл бұрын
Darling Tish what did you make of nolly drama.? She couldn't get the voice!! The guy who played Adam was fab. What do you think of the Box set? Hope you are well x
@stephencove2286
Жыл бұрын
Not sure how this works just to say hope you are well enjoying the wonderful Noele Box set! Nolly drama was good but she couldn't get the voice!!!!!!! The guy who played Adam was fab. Sorry if you get this twice !!!! X
@bryanfranks3205
2 жыл бұрын
Great! Not an easy one to do, but you a grear job! Brilliant.
@stephencove2286
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comments I had much fun working as Noeles voice for the fan club of crossroàs many years ago. Great memories of meeting ,the cast and like minded fans.
@AssociatedTVNetwork
2 жыл бұрын
Dear Julie Robb lives in Ross and tries to keep Nolly clean and tidy, but what is going on with the church and the grass cutting! Ed Doolan on Radio WM and I had this conversation in 2009 that the church is neglecting the grounds - over 10 years later its still just as bad! As Ed Doolan said "just not good enough,"
@stephencove2286
2 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed not well kept when we went a few months ago however the headstone needed wiping with water due to birds mess however yes the grass was very overgrown around it. I have friends just moved to Wales and I hope to,visit again this year.
@lancepat
2 жыл бұрын
Just wonderful. You would swear you were listening to Noele Gordon.
@stephencove2286
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your comments. Much appreciated.
@bryanfranks3205
2 жыл бұрын
Very good.
@actualbennett2245
3 жыл бұрын
That's incredibly good. Nolly to the life. I remember your name from the good old early days of the Crossroads Appreciation Society. Great to see this!
@stephencove2286
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much I did have fun in those days. The sound on the noele clip is bad but it was a very old video I found in the loft which I did my best to put on dvd. Thank you for the comments steve
@mikehudson8884
6 жыл бұрын
Ha ha absolutely BRILLIANT!!!! You've captured her so well.
@stephencove2286
6 жыл бұрын
thank you so much.I did noele on television a few times for the crossroads fan club such fun!!
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