Brookside

[miasmum]

To be fair the Grants are all pretty ok but the Collins’.

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

[Osc]

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.

[Kaz]

Oh I remember seeing him in a few things! Shame about the Alzheimer’s, but glad to hear he’s still going x

[Kaz]

Trevor Jordache! What a nasty piece of work he was!

[JoM]

And isn’t the acting wooden.

Definitely! 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.

[Kaz]

I've seen him on property shows fairly recently! Oh and very briefly on Corrie as a BF of Sean's.

[Gal2]

Oh yes that’s right! Didn’t he look old??

[Kaz]

Well I guess he must be late 50s, or thereabouts.

[Kaz]

I looked him up, he's 57

[JoM]

I looked him up, he's 57

I’m surprised by how young Sheila and Bobby look, and how tidy compared to when they played Jim and Barbara
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.