Tuesday, 3 January 2012

Fab Photo Tuesday - One last gasp at Christmas


I know Christmas has come and gone and so has the New Year but technically, the Christmas season doesn't end until Twelfth Night, January 6 so I couldn't resist posting this photo. I saw it on the Corrie Canuck blog here and they've graciously given me permission to repost it here.

Ken Barlow as Santa Claus Father Christmas...Remember that? He took the job to earn a bit more cash to buy wee Simon a bicycle during the war of the Grandad's with Simon's other grandfather, George. George, probably deliberately, outed him and Ken got sacked!

Ken, of course, was a traditional Father Christmas and tried to impart on his young charges the values of the season rather than just "want, want, want", much like Percy Sugden did several decades earlier.


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6 comments:

  1. Looney Baloon3 January 2012 at 15:18

    Perhaps Peter should have let George take Simon and give him the home he wanted to after all, he seems to be more interested in his own sex life these days.

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  2. Anonymous3 January 2012 at 17:32

    I'm afraid I must agree with you Looney Baloon!

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  3. ChiaGwen3 January 2012 at 21:10

    I must say I have to agree Looney Baloon - and does George ever get to see Simon..? Can't remember how that story ended.

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  4. NathanJohnson3 January 2012 at 21:21

    I wish George did take Simon away, I cannot stand the kid. And that storyline ended so stupidly with Simon running away from Blackpool and getting the bendy bus back to Coronation Street.

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  5. Anonymous4 January 2012 at 10:50

    12th night is actually Jan 5th.
    If you count 1 as the 25th, it brings you up to the 5th January. How do I know? that's my birthday!
    When I was younger, my grandparents used to nickname me the 'twelfthnighter' ;-)

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  6. Anonymous4 January 2012 at 12:24

    Ken was such a dog and so is Peter but it was fun to watch Ken squirm in his Santa suit.

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