The Corrie Set
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as anyone been sad enough (like me lol) to stand outside the gates of the coronation street set? i have also been to the science and industry museum in Manchester which overlooks the set if you go to the third floor and look out the windows, i found this purely by mistake but once i saw it i couldn't moved :eek: lol. i went twice but there was no filming happening, i saw some granada staff having there lunch and **** breaks outside on the set but that was it. I remeber seeing devs new shop before it had been on telly and was so excited i told all mates lol. Also Sally could do with putting her nets on a boil wash :cool: 
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By the looks of it in Keith's back yard they have pigs there so look out for them in upcoming episodes. There was a bloke and a woman in the back yard and the woman was relaxing on a chair, and the bloke was actually putting the pig pen thing together. Then a short time later they were shooting a scene outside the salon, but that tree outside there was blocking the view of some of it. But I saw Bruce Jones, Crabby in a short skirt, Craig, Rosie both dressed in black, Bev Callard and Susie Blake all walking down the set ready for filming and someone took one of the pigs out on a lead.
Around by the gate I saw both Betty Driver and the bloke who plays Nathan drive into the studios, and several members of the cast leave the set including Kate Ford and Shobna Gulati.
Downstairs in the museum from the windows you can get a clear view of the bookies/back of streetcars area of the set.
From the museum I saw Tracey and Deirdre film a scene walking down the street and Gail was sunbathing in her back garden between takes.
I walked down Liverpool Street and around Water Street to where the entrance to the old Granada Tours was. The area beyond the gate was the location of the first outdoor set from 1968 -82.It was located beside a real viaduct that now belongs to the museum but at the time was actualy a British Rail freight yard.
The Ian Davenport showroom is located in one of these arches and the Weatherfield bus was parked here. The Italian restaurant that they go to is in the other warehouse that sists behind the doctors surgery and the other Rovers pub where interviews with the cast are held is behing the chip shop set.
I walked around to where the old set was as well. Seeing it on the 70s DVD's reminded me of it.
I also noticed several Streetcars taxi's and a Newton and Ridley delivery lorry. The Davenports set is still there despite him leaving the show.
And if you walk to the front you can see the Hindu temple where Deva and Sunita married.
I also noticed there was a huge photo of a street on the wall of the studios behind the set- what is this for?
The old set was covered over when it was New York City in the tour but now it has been taken down and once again the viaduct can be seen.
WOWOW!!!!
Spill the beans on the cast and any unknown Corrie secrets, upcoming spoilers PLEASE :eek: :eek: :eek:
All the cast i met were lovely: Beverly Callard, Anne Kirkbride, Keith Duffy (I wathced them film his last scene) Tina O Brien, Maggie Jones etc..
It was a great week. A few things to look out for... a wedding, a love triangle between two of the mature ladies, Candice getting stuck into a new man, David Platt and thats all I can remember at the moment.
I've heard that Anne kirkbride can be a right cow! a couple of my friends went to hi to her in Manchester Airport and she was really off and sarchastic to them lol. First i have heared of a love triangle between the ladies, i bet Liz Mcdonald will be involved lol. did you know that Richard And Judy met each other in a corridor at Granada, Manchester LOL
I didnt know that about Richard and Judy!
Not strictly true, Judy was assigned the task of showing Richard 'the ropes' when he joined the Granada News team.
yes but still in a corridor in Granada, Manchester
i went to the studio tour years ago and remember the nyc street.
I think they may have built a new factory roof set for the filming A) because like you say it is a de-sized version and
Re the old set. There was an origianl street set used before the present one was built in 1982. It was a real street near the Granada building. "Grape Street" i think...i saw pictures on the corridor walls.
I thought it was a social documentary.
Is one of them arches where the Davenport set is the same arch that was the original Corrie outdoor set?
If you look at this link here you can see pics of the sets. The one under the first outdoor set is the one that was on Grape Street.
www.corrie.net/profiles/places/sets.htmlm
Ive seen them and ive replied.
heres a map, and in case it doesn't work, the psot code is M5 3..