Streetcars StreetcarsActual outside location: Granada Studios outdoor set in the back of the same structure that hosts Audrey's Salon
Opened in May 2000, Vik Desai and Steve McDonald opened the office for their new taxi business in a unit on Victoria Street, backing onto the hair salon at No2 Coronation Street. After converting it into two bedrooms, Steve and Vik also moved into the flat over the unit.
June 2001: After marrying Karen Phillips, Steve moves his wife into the flat, and friction soon results. By the September, Steve and Karen move into the flat at No12 Coronation Street.
December 2001: Partly to discourage girlfriend Bobbi Lewis getting too close, Vik gets Sam Kingston to move into the flat at £40 a week.
When Vik accumulated gambling debts, Dev paid his debts and sent him to India and took over the half share in Streetcars, becoming Steve's Partner. Other inhabitants of the flat included Joe Carter, and Nick Tilsley with Maria Sutherland.
2004:Maria Sutherland and Nick Tilsley live in the flat
2005: Liz Macdonald and Maria Sutherland live in the flat, Dev sells his share in the business to cabbie Lloyd Mullaney.
2005: Liz moves back in with son Steve MacDonald.
2006: Lloyd Mullaney buys Dev's share of Streetcars and moves into the flat. Kelly Crabtree lives with Lloyd for a short time, also Becky Granger, an old aquaintance of Kelly's for a very short time.
2011: Lloyd buys No. 13 from Claire Peacock, moves in there with girlfriend Cheryl Grey and her son, Russ. Moves back to the flat after breakup.
2012: Lloyd moves in Mandy Kamara, a love from long ago and their adult daughter Jenna.
2015: Mandy has left Lloyd. New girlfriend-in-residence, Andrea Beckett.Lloyd and Andrea leave Weatherfield. Flat is rented to Johnny Connor and daughter Kate.
2016: Sally buys Lloyd's share of Streetcars for her husband Tim Metcalfe. Johnny moves to Carla's flat in Victoria Court, Kate and Alya Nazir share the flat.
2017: Kate and Alya move out to the Builder's flat. Steve and Liz McDonald move into the flat after selling the Rovers to Peter Barlow.
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