As some of you may recall, when Victoria and I were first planning the Duke of Wellington Tour, I was anxious to schedule a side trip to the old Granada Studios in Manchester to see the set of Coronation Street. The entire production has since moved to a new set at a larger facility, where every house, every cobble and every shop has been faithfully recreated. The old set is now open for daily tours and I so wanted to get there in order to see it all before it was dismantled. Unfortunately, a side trip to the north of England was not in the cards this trip over. However, I did find an amateur video that a fan (stunninglad1) kindly recorded during their trip to the cobbles and you can watch it here. The video includes an overview of the street, a look at the individual houses, all the shops, Rosamund Street, the bus stop and even the ginnel! Night falls towards the end of the half hour video and you can see the lights come on as night falls over this beloved section of Weatherfield. A true trip down memory lane that we hope you’ll enjoy.
My Mom was a faithful Coronation Street viewer when we lived in England. And she still knows what is going on as her best friend from those days gives her a report when they speak to each other via phone or computer.
I would have loved to have toured the old set!
Louisa – It was just announced that they'll be keeping the old set and the tours going for another year. Looks like we're not the only Corrie lovers out there. It's available on YouTube, if your Mom has a computer. New esisodes are posted only hours after they air in the UK.