Coronation Street - Back On The Street
Friday, 24 December 2010

We Wish You A Merry Christmas!

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Here's Curly Watts, Terry Duckworth and Kevin Webster (with '80s 'tache and bouffant mullet) having a ripping Rovers Christmas i...
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Thursday, 23 December 2010

Ida Barlow, Ena Sharples, Elsie Tanner And More About The Bay Windows...

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Sky Clearbrook has been in touch again about the issue of bay windows in early Corrie . Were they joined in pairs (apart from Albert's) ...
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Wednesday, 22 December 2010

Coronation Street - Joined Up Bay Windows In 1960...

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Recently we featured this lovely drawing by the Street 's original designer, Denis Parkin, which featured on the Street cast's Ch...
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Monday, 20 December 2010

Hilda Ogden And Eddie Yeats - Painful Carols In 1981...

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Much-loved Hilda Ogden (Jean Alexander) had TV reviewer Hilary Kingsley pleading for mercy in December 1981: I know Jean Alexander's Hil...
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Tuesday, 14 December 2010

1982: "At Last We Had A Real Street"

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Daily Mirror, 22/2/1982 - Hilda (Jean Alexander) takes a look at Number 13 as work on the new exterior set progresses. The 5th of May 1982 ...
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Saturday, 11 December 2010

Speak Easy - December

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Bright and breezy, free and easy - that's Speak Easy - here your voice can be heard! Kamil writes: Although you say you don't watch ...
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Friday, 10 December 2010

Fond Farewell To The Corner Shop

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So, the Corner Shop is no more. Destroyed by a tram in the Coronation Street 50th anniversary week episodes. It all seems rather sad to me ...
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Wednesday, 8 December 2010

Coronation Street - 25th Anniversary

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Different days - 1985: Bet Lynch and Betty Turpin were barmaids at The Rovers, Phyllis Pearce was after Percy Sugden, and Alf Roberts was in...
Tuesday, 7 December 2010

1961: Early Denis Parkin Coronation Street Sketch

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This wonderful sketch by Denis Parkin, Coronation Street 's original designer, featured on the show's 1961 Christmas card, which was...
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Monday, 6 December 2010

Alfred Roberts Corner Shop Mug - Date?

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Drake asks: Can you date the Coronation Street mug I recently bought on-line? It's at least twenty-years-old I believe and shows the Cor...
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Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Coronation Street Corner Shop Tram Horror And The Famous 1988 Collision...

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Phyllis Pearce (Jill Summers), clutching her Tate & Lyle, gives Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire) a right roasting outside the Corner Sho...
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Friday, 26 November 2010

When Was Mark Eden Wally Randle? Answer: 1981 - And No, You're Not Going Bonkers!

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Wally Randle in 1981? No, you crate egg, it's Alan Bradley in 1988! Speaking as somebody who can't remember what I had for breakfast...
Wednesday, 24 November 2010

The Grape Street Set - Why Was It Re-Built In Brick?

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The old brick-built facade in the early 1980s. How can I date this? Because the new front door at No 3, fitted in 1980, is in place! Andrew ...
Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Did Tony Warren Plan To Blow Up Coronation Street?

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Percy Sugden: "This street is nothing but an eyesore, Councillor Roberts - it should've been blown up in 1960!" Alf Roberts: ...
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Wednesday, 17 November 2010

Speak Easy 5

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Bright and breezy, free and easy - that's Speak Easy - here your voice can be heard! Gary writes: What do you make of the North/South ri...
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