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Old 26-10-2010, 00:06
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The longest surving piece of vandalism in soap (on the window ledge outside Eileen Grimshaw's house)

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Old 26-10-2010, 00:33
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He was the first rebel haha
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Old 25-01-2011, 13:20
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Will be good to see Dennis looking at this
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Old 25-01-2011, 13:24
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Will be good to see Dennis looking at this
That would be a good entrance.
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Old 25-01-2011, 14:20
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EILEEN : 'Oh so you're Dennis Tanner are you ?
By rights I should be getting you to cover that up !'

DENNIS : 'I can't believe that's still 'ere and everything else 'as changed around it'
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Old 25-01-2011, 14:54
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Is it really the same set from the 60s? Moved piece by piece in the 80s?
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Old 25-01-2011, 14:59
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Is it really the same set from the 60s? Moved piece by piece in the 80s?
Not the same set, it was all indoor back then - but everything was copied to the smallest detail, except of course that the cobbles all moved from horizontal to vertical
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Old 25-01-2011, 15:12
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I was thinking about this - and indeed it';; no doubt appear in his opening re-appearance!

I think it was put there mid 80's for Elsie's departure (although supposed to have been there since 1951), for her to look at, and thankfully, it was never removed - a kind of tribute to the Tanner's and their home.

Also got me wondering how that'll stand when the set gets re-built

I hope they don't ruin the character of Dennis - some ghosts are best left laid
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Old 26-01-2011, 10:55
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Is Dennis returning? Won't he be over 100 by now? Is Eisleen a Tanner?
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Old 26-01-2011, 11:06
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Is Dennis returning? Won't he be over 100 by now? Is Eisleen a Tanner?
LOL no he is nowhere near that old! He's about the same age as Ken - mid 70s.

Eileen isn't a Tanner, no. Elsie Tanner's maiden name was Grimshaw, same as Eileen, but there has so far been nothing to suggest this is anything but coincidence.
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Old 26-01-2011, 11:53
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Got this off wikipedia about Dennis Tanner and Im old enough to remember him

Date of birth 1 April 1942 ,,,,so hes 69
Home Bristol
Occupation Salesman
Family
Wife Jenny Sutton (1968–74)
Father Arnold Tanner
Mother Elsie Tanner
Sisters Linda Cheveski
Grandfathers Arthur Grimshaw
Grandmothers Alice Grimshaw
Nephews Paul Cheveski

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Old 26-01-2011, 12:05
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Ooh well that could be the storyline for his appearance then - hes been tracing his family tree and thinks they may be distantly related.
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Old 26-01-2011, 12:24
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LOL no he is nowhere near that old! He's about the same age as Ken - mid 70s.

Eileen isn't a Tanner, no. Elsie Tanner's maiden name was Grimshaw, same as Eileen, but there has so far been nothing to suggest this is anything but coincidence.
Maybe that'll be the storyline - he and Ken were swapped at birth.
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Old 26-01-2011, 12:56
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Got this off wikipedia about Dennis Tanner and Im old enough to remember him

Date of birth 1 April 1942 ,,,,so hes 69
Home Bristol
Occupation Salesman
Family
Wife Jenny Sutton (1968–74)
Father Arnold Tanner
Mother Elsie Tanner
Sisters Linda Cheveski
Grandfathers Arthur Grimshaw
Grandmothers Alice Grimshaw
Nephews Paul Cheveski

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+ the retconned Martin Cheveski who didn't exist until he came to stay with Elsie in 1980 aged 17ish
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Old 26-01-2011, 13:54
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+ the retconned Martin Cheveski who didn't exist until he came to stay with Elsie in 1980 aged 17ish
Oh yeah I think it was Daran Little who said that the actor who played Martin should have been brought in to play Paul instead as the actor was Paul's age and Paul of course wasn't a retcon.
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Old 29-01-2011, 22:14
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Nice they've kept it for so long. I love how Corrie remember their history, the red phone in Eileen's hall being another nod to the past I can think of.
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Old 29-01-2011, 23:10
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What, its still on the street now?
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Old 29-01-2011, 23:24
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Yup
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Old 30-01-2011, 00:05
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Is it really the same set from the 60s? Moved piece by piece in the 80s?
Not the same set, it was all indoor back then - but everything was copied to the smallest detail,
except of course that the cobbles all moved from horizontal to vertical
From 1960-1968, everything was done in the studio, including the goods train crash over the viaduct in 1967.

The first actual "bricks and mortar" outdoor set was used from 1968-1982, and the viaduct was a real one
which became the Tour Departures area of the old Granada Studios Tour, on the New York style street.
That viaduct still stands today, as part of the Granada backlot and the arches continue into Salford.

The old outdoor set had the diagonally positioned cobbles, which were suddenly straightened when they
moved to the current outdoor set, complete with the fake viaduct arches, in 1982. Another addition was
the gap between the Rovers Return Inn, and No 1 Coronation Street ... as it looked as though the pub
toilets were sharing space with the Barlows (previously Albert Tatlock's) living room and parlour!
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Old 30-01-2011, 00:57
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Ooh well that could be the storyline for his appearance then - hes been tracing his family tree and thinks they may be distantly related.
Good idea ... perhaps he saw the error of his ways and decided to become a mature student and gain a degree, perhaps a PHd ... even more so than Ken!!
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