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Corrie needs a new set....now
This one has been in use since 1982 - the houses aren't "full size" the surrounding area is restrictive because of space issues - Victoria Street looks like a back alley.
Imagine a new street - full size, a proper Rosamund Street and Victoria Street. |
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Oh I agree
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nooo this is Corrie? you cant change it in my opinion
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If an interior is changed, we all notice. If the street is changed, we might notice.
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nooo this is Corrie? you cant change it in my opinion
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Already in the pipeline as the whole of Granada is moving out of Quay Street to brand new purpose built studios on land close to Old Trafford soon. New bigger Weatherfield with updated current buildings and new additions which are rumored to include a High Street style set and proper police station
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Already in the pipeline as the whole of Granada is moving out of Quay Street to brand new purpose built studios on land close to Old Trafford soon. New bigger Weatherfield with updated current buildings and new additions which are rumored to include a High Street style set and proper police station
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Has Corrie always moved with the times? or is it just in the last 10 years that its been stuck in this timewarp?
I still think it was a big mistake closing the snug. Its very silly when characters talk about each other in a big open space where they could easily overhear. |
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It hasn't always been this set though - from 1960 till about 1968 it was an indoor set, then from 1968 till 1982 they had the first outdoor set, since 82 it's been this one. I for one wouldn't mind the change if it means a street that doesn't look like toytown.
I like the high street idea above - it would be a welcome extra |
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A problem with Corrie is that they don't utilise the space they have properly.
They built a doctor's surgery so that they could introduce a dcotor and his wife. Where are they now? We rarely see Gail at work. There was the time Joe smashed the place up. But it's hardly a well-used set. There's the space under the railway bridge. It wasn't used for years until recently when Peter and Leanne were going to open a bar. Now it's boarded up again. You never see anyone in the chip shop. The flats - what's the point in them? Who lives there besides Dev? There's a business at the back of Kev's garage. Who owns it? Why don't we see them? The whole place seems to be imploding. |
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......new additions which are rumored to include a High Street style set and proper police station
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This is the problem and how most Corrie fans think. You can never change anything on this show, that's why it's stuck in a time warp and the street exterior bears no resembelance to most other streets in Manchester these days. Them cobbles need tarmacing over too!!
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I agree although Weatherfield is in Salford, which is a separate city to Manchester.
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In name only though really!!
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Nope, it's the same county but it's a different city.
And back to the original point, Weatherfield is not in Salford anyway!!
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Salford and Manchester always confuses me. They are right next to each other! You can actually walk from Manchester city centre to Salford in about 20 odd minutes or something like that. Weird. Salford is supposed to be a bit of a dump though isn't it?
Anyway I want to know why they don't make more of Victoria Court? At present only Dev lives in there! It seems pointless them having the flats if they are not going to use them. They could easily introduce more characters and have them living there, a young professional couple or something like that. If Nick stays around maybe he could move into there? My mum was laughing about how Sunita and the two kids have moved into the flat with Dev when they were originally living in a big, spacious house in a nice part of Manchester A flat of that size is not practicle for a family with young children is it?
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Anyway I want to know why they don't make more of Victoria Court?
At present only Dev lives in there! It seems pointless them having the flats if they are not going to use them. They could easily introduce more characters and have them living there, a young professional couple or something like that. |
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Would it be possible to widen the ginnel, so cars could be parked there? Or if you widened it would it be no longer a ginnel?
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The exterior bears no resembelance to most other streets in Manchester these days. Them cobbles need tarmacing over too!!
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It's the maisonettes all over again!
I do think the show is in need of a clear out of dead wood. So the likes of Fizz, Chesney, John, Kirk, The Peacocks, Michelle and Ryan need to go ASAP and some new, fresher faces brought in. |
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Approach Manchester from any direction on a train and you'll see dozens of streets that look just like Coronation Street. And I live in central Manchester. The road outside is cobbled.
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Would it be possible to widen the ginnel, so cars could be parked there? Or if you widened it would it be no longer a ginnel?
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How can you widen a ginnel that's running between two lots of terraced houses and their back yards ?
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Knock the back yards down, both sides, but my post was in jest.
there's only so much you can do to change a set where the premis is that the houses were built in the 19th century apart from tarmacing the cobbles and if I recall the residents fought against that in the live episode 10 years ago
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People are already complaining that there is too much "deadwood " in the corrie cast then they suggest making use of the new flats that makes no sense at all
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At present only Dev lives in there! It seems pointless them having the flats if they are not going to use them. They could easily introduce more characters and have them living there, a young professional couple or something like that. If Nick stays around maybe he could move into there? My mum was laughing about how Sunita and the two kids have moved into the flat with Dev when they were originally living in a big, spacious house in a nice part of Manchester