Early 2013, it will probably be finished in 2012, but they will need to add some wear and tear before it appears on screen

In a book I've got from Emmerdale; when they moved the set to Harewood House they put things like natural yoghurt on the roof to encourage lichen to grow and other bits and bobs to 'age' the set.

Im all for the new set, but, i think its insulting to die hard corrie viewers, to think think that we wont notice the new window on the Rovers, or indeed the new window on the corner shop

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...type=1&theater

the same applies with these new doors on the victoria street set. if they were explained in the show then maybe i could forgive them, but for them just to appear is very unrealistic.

On the move from the 70's set to the current set, the Baldwins Casuals moved up the street, these changes are okay IMO

But you've got to admit that it's going to be extremely odd of them to add in another upstairs window for the Rovers without mentioning it in the script somehow?

The Rovers is iconic - we've had this image
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3505/3...c276c81938.jpg
projected into our minds on TV, on merchandise, etc etc, for the last 30 years... so how can they get away with adding another window and expect everybody to carry on as normal?

...but having said that, I'm fine with the other changes.

exactly! its world wide known, look at the following things that have been seen throughout the world.

3D Jigsaw
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=rov...1t:429,r:9,s:0

Knitted pictures
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=rov...60&tx=94&ty=69

amongst others
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=rov...:429,r:13,s:73
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=rov...t:429,r:2,s:12

and now its going to be changed without any explanation.

How do you know there won't be an explanation.

An extra window appearing on a building is a lot more plausible than a lot of other things we get on soaps these days. At the end of the day its only a flipping window. I don't really get the point of all this upset over it.

Out of interest, does anyone know what the set will be made from?

In the 1982 move they used reclaimed bricks from Salford, I guess that they'll be doing the same again?

Brown lego

Hopefully the houses will be built as close to real terraces as possible.

Thanks. Just found some exclusive pictures of the new set.

looks more real than the curent set

Few people know that Roys Rolls moved 25 feet to the right around 2000. It used to be where the kebab shop is now...

You're kidding, right??

They've been changing the set in various ways for decades.

The addition of the "viaduct to nowhere" in 2001... the extra window on the side of the Rovers... the balcony on Underworld... the moving of Roys Rolls 25 feet to the right... I could go on.

How it looked December 22nd, a lot of ground work going on now
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kZHUmjUSvd...melinenwda.jpg

Thanks for the update Pyramidbread

Maybe they could just say that Stella and Karl wanted to do some renovation in the flat above the Rovers once they own it (in spite of the fact they're broke but when has money stopped anyone in soaps?)

January 30th
http://i43.tinypic.com/fjnr0y.jpg

Does anyone think the Science Museum in Manchester will make a bid for the old Coronation Street set; and allow visitors to tour the backlot?

I hope so.... would be good to have a look 'behind the scenes.'

The old set should become a Corrie museum - it's 30 years old and has too much history to be bulldozed. Also have an indoor section with old characters costumes - like Ena's hairnet and mac - + set pieces like Hilda's ducks on a recreated muriel, the ornament used to kill Charlie. All mixed in with classic clips and maybe even a few rides.
It won't happen though will it

I thought they had already said that the current Street set will remain in place as an attraction?

I thought they would turn it into a museum/attraction too. They would certainly get a lot of visitors. I remember the granada tours were very popular at one time.

The Government should step in an make it listed so it can't be demolished, that way there would be no option but to open the set to the public as a visitor attraction.

Also I don't know why they didn't opt to remove that stupid bridge on Rosamund Street from the new set considering the plans show that a row of houses are to exist behind the back of Coronation Street.

That bridge was a poor piece of set continuity when added and it still lives on!!!

That's a wonderful idea. I'd definitely visit if they did something like that. By the time I was old enough to have done a Granada Studios tour they'd stopped doing them so something like this would be the next best thing.

Sorry for the big multi-quote.

The land is too much of a prime development spot for ITV to ignore, so I expect to see it up for sale soon after the move to Salford.

I'd love nothing better than for the set to be opened up as a visitor attraction (in fact, I'd do everything in my power to get a job there!) but I don't think that it would be commercially viable for the long-term.

It's one of those things that once you've visited, there's no compelling reason to come back again. It stinks of 'been there, done that'.

Though the generally accepted line is that increased pressure on the use of the outdoor set led Granada to close the the studios tours, I think it was more down to the novelty factor having worn off and visitor numbers taking a nosedive. Bear in mind that this was in Corrie's heyday, too.