tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post3538626349527515063..comments2024-03-28T14:22:54.579+00:00Comments on Coronation Street Blog: Top 25 Favourite Corrie Males - No. 18Glenda Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03366238040782331941noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-4250400013217755492015-11-12T10:41:46.183+00:002015-11-12T10:41:46.183+00:00Another brilliant character. So miserable and yet ...Another brilliant character. So miserable and yet so funny but always believable. Putting him with Julie Goodyear was quite a risk as her performance was often quite broad but it turned out to be a stroke of genius. When he left in 1992, the Rovers became a lot less fun. I'm glad we got another chance to see Alec and Bet together in his 1995 return as they were back at their snipey best. His David the Wavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17206458121281225879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-23689922676764101212015-11-11T15:57:42.086+00:002015-11-11T15:57:42.086+00:00I too have seen him in theatre - he was superb. I...I too have seen him in theatre - he was superb. I asked him whether he'd ever return to the cobbles and he said no, that the show had moved on. A delightful man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-87656510395994149412015-11-11T14:47:33.198+00:002015-11-11T14:47:33.198+00:00I met him a couple of years ago in the Daisy Nook ...I met him a couple of years ago in the Daisy Nook Garden Center in the Manchester area and he was a lovely, lovely man. Very nice. (Thanks, Mark for the introduction!) Tvorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414660140541680599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-34076488570006053472015-11-11T13:03:45.214+00:002015-11-11T13:03:45.214+00:00I've seen Roy Barraclough in panto and he was ...I've seen Roy Barraclough in panto and he was simply wonderful as you might imagine. Alec and Bet were a great double act, both doing comedy and tragedy so brilliantly. Probably, the nearest we've got today is Tim and Sally. I remember Alec hated Betty and that was almost another double act.Humpty Dumptynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-83507508776578871802015-11-11T12:25:28.536+00:002015-11-11T12:25:28.536+00:00One of my all-time comedy heroes and a lovely man ...One of my all-time comedy heroes and a lovely man in real life. I was doing an outdoor theatre tour some years ago and Roy came to see it, being a good mate of one of our cast members. He turned up early, settled himself into a deck chair and started observing the rest of the audience as they arrived. I went over for a chat with him and I remember him commenting: "those two old dears over Cobblestonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01636002429906543635noreply@blogger.com