Sunday 26 February 2012

Peter Barlow, circa August 1978


This is Peter Barlow as seen in Coronation Street in August 1978. He's played by Joseph McKenna. Peter has come to visit his dad and  Uncle Albert from far off Scotland and has the accent to prove it! He's 15 and freckled and you can't picture this ginger lad growing up to be the unfaithful alcoholic Peter we know today!


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7 comments:

  1. pickledjo26 February 2012 at 14:59

    He's changed a bit. :)
    Such a shame they killed off his sister.

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  2. Glenda Young26 February 2012 at 15:07

    Tvor - brillIANT!

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  3. Faith-Anne26 February 2012 at 15:58

    ... what a welcomed stroll down memory lane ... thanks, Tvor!

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  4. Scott Willison26 February 2012 at 17:20

    Off up to Scotland - came back after twenty years without so much as a Scottish accent...

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  5. Dubcek26 February 2012 at 19:08

    Well he couldn't have a Scottish accent because everybody knows you can't be on Corrie without the proper accent no matter where you come from.

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  6. Anonymous27 February 2012 at 05:17

    ^hear hear..

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  7. Anonymous28 February 2012 at 20:16

    1978 - the year the writers tweaked Peter's age, making this lad almost old enough to join the Navy! Oddly enough, he celebrated his 21st birthday in 1986 (in line with his original birth year) and without so much a trace of a Scots accent!

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