I think the Barlow's have definitely pushed that rule a few times.
I can't speak for the EE, I haven't watched in over 20 years. My girlfriend at the time used to watch it, but I found myself actually getting depressed, so I stopped. Even now if I turn over and it's on I feel a dark cloud descending.
I dip in and out of EE, stopped watching it for quite a while but started again last couple of weeks.
They don't as such. The original houses (not the side that the Websters and Gail live) are traditional two-up, two down houses with a scullery (now used as a kitchen).
In some houses (Barlows and Eileens) the front room is used as a bedroom.
Least in Corrie they don't have more people than can possibly live in the house staying (I'm thinking Pat's house in Enders).
EE has had a few people staying in the Vic as well..lol:D
Also some of the decor on Corrie is a little ridiclous, it looks like it hasn't been decoration for 20 years. Dev, Fail and the Webster's places are the only decent looking houses on the street. Steven's is alright but its incredibly cramped, why would anyone put a table right in the middle of their living room?
I like Carla's place but she doesn't live on the street.
Why all the debate about where people will sleep, when the Barlow's house is also part of the Rover's toilets? Plenty of room for them all if you ask me.
Also some of the decor on Corrie is a little ridiclous, it looks like it hasn't been decoration for 20 years. Dev, Fail and the Webster's places are the only decent looking houses on the street. Steven's is alright but its incredibly cramped, why would anyone put a table right in the middle of their living room?
I like Carla's place but she doesn't live on the street.
Fiz's house is so bland and simple. How many houses in real life do you see like that? A lick of paint the odd picture etc and thats it, it looks empty.
Why all the debate about where people will sleep, when the Barlow's house is also part of the Rover's toilets? Plenty of room for them all if you ask me.
OK, there is that old chestnut. But that aside, it must be cosy in there.
Fiz's house is so bland and simple. How many houses in real life do you see like that? A lick of paint the odd picture etc and thats it, it looks empty.
Are floor plans for the houses available anywhere? I can't believe that those terraced houses have three bedrooms.
I don't understand where these extra front parlours are. Those houses just look like the house I was brought up in.
The front parlours are, as the name suggests, at the front. That is the window you see from the street. The back room also doubles as a kitchen and has a kitchenette at the very back, looking onto the yard. That's why when Tyrone is in his sitting area, you can also see the kitchen sink and cooker in the same room. Some of the residents normally keep their front parlours as sitting rooms, eg. Emily, until she took in Rita who presumably sleeps in the front now.
This is pretty much what I though. As for the different layout I guess somebody altered them as some stage because they wanted a bigger living room. I can't recall if or when they changed, perhapse someone else can enlighten us.
I cannot be sure, but I have a vague notion from the dim and distant that it was Ivy & Bert Tilsley that knocked the two rooms into one .. I think they used to live in what is now Fiz's house.
I've actually just read that the front parlour has been converted into a bedsit for Sean. Quite frankly I don't believe it, I don't understand how it can be.
Yes they do have front rooms, but few people live in them. Most live in the back room which also doubles as a kitchen. In some cases the front room is used as a bedroom.
Also some of the decor on Corrie is a little ridiclous, it looks like it hasn't been decoration for 20 years. Dev, Fail and the Webster's places are the only decent looking houses on the street. Steven's is alright but its incredibly cramped, why would anyone put a table right in the middle of their living room?
I like Carla's place but she doesn't live on the street.
The decor is in keeping with the people who live there. Not everyone decorates their homes every few years.
The front parlours are, as the name suggests, at the front. That is the window you see from the street. The back room also doubles as a kitchen and has a kitchenette at the very back, looking onto the yard. That's why when Tyrone is in his sitting area, you can also see the kitchen sink and cooker in the same room. Some of the residents normally keep their front parlours as sitting rooms, eg. Emily, until she took in Rita who presumably sleeps in the front now.
I know what you mean, but those houses look small from the front. The rooms must be exceptionally narrow, considering the stairs run up one side. If you compare the houses that have been knocked though with the houses that haven't, that front parlour must be about 10 foot by 10 foot absolute max.
>>>I am guessing that when the Websters were across the street they used the front room as a bedroom?<<<<
I seem to remember Sally and Kevin sitting on the sofa in the living room of that first house. We didn't see it very often but I am pretty sure I *did* see it... Used when they were having a heart to heart sort of convo. The back of the sofa was facing the dividing wall (front room/back room).
This is pretty much what I though. As for the different layout I guess somebody altered them as some stage because they wanted a bigger living room. I can't recall if or when they changed, perhapse someone else can enlighten us.
Yeas ago when Len fairclough and Rita were married and moved into one of the houses, Len, being a builder, knocked through the two rooms and considerably modernised the place. I can't remember which house it was and who lives there now, but it would have been one of the 'through' houses.
Yes they do have front rooms, but few people live in them. Most live in the back room which also doubles as a kitchen. In some cases the front room is used as a bedroom.
My grandma had a front room, which was never used. There were doilies on everything and a fire that never got lit, but her house was bigger than those on corrie.
Yeas ago when Len fairclough and Rita were married and moved into one of the houses, Len, being a builder, knocked through the two rooms and considerably modernised the place. I can't remember which house it was and who lives there now, but it would have been one of the 'through' houses.
It's coming back to me now. Did he not cock it up and put a beam in that wasn't up to the job?
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Yeas ago when Len fairclough and Rita were married and moved into one of the houses, Len, being a builder, knocked through the two rooms and considerably modernised the place. I can't remember which house it was and who lives there now, but it would have been one of the 'through' houses.
Ah! That would be Dev's. I have just read that in 1965, the house collapsed. Len Fairclough built a new one in 1982
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I dip in and out of EE, stopped watching it for quite a while but started again last couple of weeks.
I prefer Corrie though.
EE has had a few people staying in the Vic as well..lol:D
I like Carla's place but she doesn't live on the street.
That's true!
Fiz's house is so bland and simple. How many houses in real life do you see like that? A lick of paint the odd picture etc and thats it, it looks empty.
It matches the residents well then.
And Fiz's teeth and ET Gail:D
It probably was till Tracy returned.
The front parlours are, as the name suggests, at the front. That is the window you see from the street. The back room also doubles as a kitchen and has a kitchenette at the very back, looking onto the yard. That's why when Tyrone is in his sitting area, you can also see the kitchen sink and cooker in the same room. Some of the residents normally keep their front parlours as sitting rooms, eg. Emily, until she took in Rita who presumably sleeps in the front now.
I cannot be sure, but I have a vague notion from the dim and distant that it was Ivy & Bert Tilsley that knocked the two rooms into one .. I think they used to live in what is now Fiz's house.
Yes they do have front rooms, but few people live in them. Most live in the back room which also doubles as a kitchen. In some cases the front room is used as a bedroom.
The decor is in keeping with the people who live there. Not everyone decorates their homes every few years.
I seem to remember Sally and Kevin sitting on the sofa in the living room of that first house. We didn't see it very often but I am pretty sure I *did* see it... Used when they were having a heart to heart sort of convo. The back of the sofa was facing the dividing wall (front room/back room).
Yeas ago when Len fairclough and Rita were married and moved into one of the houses, Len, being a builder, knocked through the two rooms and considerably modernised the place. I can't remember which house it was and who lives there now, but it would have been one of the 'through' houses.
Fiz/John and Molly/Tyronne were young couples, I find it a bit difficult to buy that they would live in a house with such anicent decoration.
Yeas ago when Len fairclough and Rita were married and moved into one of the houses, Len, being a builder, knocked through the two rooms and considerably modernised the place. I can't remember which house it was and who lives there now, but it would have been one of the 'through' houses.
Ah! That would be Dev's. I have just read that in 1965, the house collapsed. Len Fairclough built a new one in 1982
I don't think either couple could be considered "skint", they both work full time.