Corrie History Blog Posts

(This post was originally posted by me on the Coronation Street Blog in January 2013.) Isn't it funny how "what goes around, comes around"? Here's Kylie pregnant with a baby that could be her husband's, but it could be her brother-in-law's...

With all this angst between Michelle and Ryan lately, I kept expecting him to scream at her "You're Not My Real Mother!!!". Along with everything else he hurled at her in various bust ups, that would probably hurt the most. Because it's true, isn't i...

First appeared: 16th December 1960 Last appeared: 31st March 1965 Arthur Lowe played the role of pompous draper and lay preacher Leonard Swindley between 1960 and 1965 and then in spin-offs Pardon the Expression (1965-1966) and Turn out the Lights (1...

First appeared: 9th December 1960Last appeared: 3rd February 1971 Frank Pemberton played the role of postman Frank Barlow between 1960 and 1964 and then in guest appearances in 1967 and 1971. Born in Manchester in 1913, Pemberton was originally emp...

This is the the first in a series of posts looking at the lives and careers of the Coronation Street original cast. There will be 21 posts in all. We begin with Arthur Leslie who played Jack Walker.  First appeared: 14th December 1960 Last appear...

(This is the first of a series of wonderful blog posts written by Llifon on the Coronation Street Blog earlier this year, reposted to this blog with permission.) Starting tomorrow, there'll be a weekly post on the blog chronicling the lives and c...

(This post was originally posted by Sunny Jim on the Coronation Street Blog in May 2012.) Let's look back at some of the recastings that have taken place on Coronation Street over the years. The earliest I remember is the tragic case of Blanche Hun...

(This post was originally posted by Chewy on the Coronation Street Blog in April 2012.) After tonight's episode, I thought yesterday's post about Betty/Annie's ownership of the Rovers needed a bit of a follow up. The storyline progressed in a much...

One of our regular readers/commenters, "Dolly Tubb" sent in this information on the Rovers Return yesterday. She is kindly allowing us to publish what she has written. Her information is gleaned from one of Daran Little's books, Coronation...

Earlier this year when appearing on ITV's This Morning, Coronation Street Producer Phil Collinson surprised some by admitting he was unaware of the existence of Terry Duckworth's son, Brad Armstrong. So just for his benefit here's a brief potted hist...

This is Peter Barlow as seen in Coronation Street in August 1978. He's played by Joseph McKenna. Peter has come to visit his dad and  Uncle Albert from far off Scotland and has the accent to prove it! He's 15 and freckled and you can't picture this...

Now that Terry Duckworth is back in Weatherfield and becoming aquainted with his son, Tommy, let's have a look at Tommy's history. This is Tommy Duckworth's mother, Lisa Horton on her wedding day to RTerry. Terry brought Lisa home to meet his mum and...

(This post was originally posted by Coronation Street Corner on the Coronation Street Blog in January 2012.) Hello all! As I'm from North Wales, I thought I'd delve into the Corrie archives to see the links between the soap and North Wales. North W...

(This post was originally posted by me on the Coronation Street Blog in January 2012.) In last night's episodes, Beth told Eileen about the one date she had with Steve in October 2000 when he took her to a film (Billy Elliott) and was all over her.

(This post was originally posted by Clinkers (David) on the Coronation Street Blog in January 2012.) Welcome to an occasional series where we take a trip down Memory Street and re-live an old episode of our favourite series. These summaries will not...

(This post was originally posted by Flaming Nora on the Coronation Street Blog November 2011, reposted to this blog with permission.) One of the episodes tonight aired on October 27 and that's the anniversary of the death of Alan Bradley. One of th...

(This post was originally posted by Flaming Nora on the Coronation Street Blog September 2011, reposted to this blog with permission.) After Stella was run down by Carla in Corrie, Radio Times writer and Corrie fan David Brown has written a wonderfu...

(This post was originally posted by Clinkers (David) on the Coronation Street Blog in July 2011.) A long-forgotten memory was recalled thanks to Flaming Nora and the reminder that "our Nicky" was originally going to be called Daniel. Whic...

(This post was originally posted by Flaming Nora on the Coronation Street Blog July 2011, reposted to this blog with permission.) In Seanie's blog post about Dennis Tanner - Yay or Nay - he posted an interesting fact that had both Sunny Jim and I re...

(This post was originally posted by Seanie on the Coronation Street Blog in June 2011.) Did anyone else notice Dennis Tanner's line from last night? "I'm not ready for the knacker yard yet." I just had to smile when I heard it, and I got...