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Re: Brookside

PostPosted: 05 Feb 2023, 17:48
by miasmum
To be fair the Grants are all pretty ok but the Collins’. :o :lol: :lol:

I started watching around the time of free George Jackson I think. Maybe mid 80’s so it’s great to see how it all started

Re: Brookside

PostPosted: 10 Feb 2023, 11:05
by Osc
Gal2 wrote:I didn’t start to watch it until the early 90s (I think! The body under the patio days anyway) so missed the first few years but I’m going to try and watch again at some point!


The body under the patio was an Irish actor called Bryan Murray. He has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s but continues to act in an Irish soap called Fair City.

Re: Brookside

PostPosted: 10 Feb 2023, 14:32
by Kaz
Oh I remember seeing him in a few things! Shame about the Alzheimer’s, but glad to hear he’s still going x

Re: Brookside

PostPosted: 10 Feb 2023, 14:33
by Kaz
Trevor Jordache! What a nasty piece of work he was!

Re: Brookside

PostPosted: 11 Feb 2023, 16:00
by JoM
Kaz wrote:
miasmum wrote:And isn’t the acting wooden. :lol: :lol:


Definitely! :lol: Although the young Simon O'Brien aka Damon is quite natural :)


I remember in the mid 80s he did a nightclub appearance here, he came across as being so lovely.
Got the signed photo from that night somewhere.

Re: Brookside

PostPosted: 11 Feb 2023, 17:28
by Kaz
I've seen him on property shows fairly recently! Oh and very briefly on Corrie as a BF of Sean's.

Re: Brookside

PostPosted: 11 Feb 2023, 23:58
by Gal2
Oh yes that’s right! Didn’t he look old??

Re: Brookside

PostPosted: 12 Feb 2023, 18:48
by Kaz
Well I guess he must be late 50s, or thereabouts.

Re: Brookside

PostPosted: 12 Feb 2023, 18:49
by Kaz
I looked him up, he's 57 :shock:

Re: Brookside

PostPosted: 12 Feb 2023, 19:31
by JoM
Kaz wrote:I looked him up, he's 57 :shock:

:shock:

I’m surprised by how young Sheila and Bobby look, and how tidy compared to when they played Jim and Barbara :lol:
I’ve just looked them up and Sue Johnston is now 79 and Ricky Tomlinson is 83 so they’d have been 39 and 43 in the very early episodes.