As its name suggests Coronation Street was built in 1902 and named in celebration of the coronation of King Edward VII. It's a short street of terraced houses, no more than 150 yards long, bounded at one end by Rosamund Street and the other by Viaduct Street and a disused railway viaduct.
The seven houses on the north side of the street remain sustantially as they were built and are flanked by the Rovers Return pub at the Rosamund Street end and a Corner Shop at the Viaduct Street end. The only major development has been the collapse of No7 in 1965 (all the land is riddled with old mineworkings) and its rebuilding in 1982.
The south side of the street has seen many changes. It was originally the site of the rear of Hardcastle's Mill and the Mission of Glad Tidings Hall. The mill closed down in the 1930s, but was later re-opened as Elliston's Raincoat Factory, and in the early 1960's a sporting club opened up in the mill basement. In 1967 the whole site was cleared and maisonettes built. However they were very shoddily built and had to be pulled down only four years later. Against local resistance a new factory was built, but the residents were also provided with a community centre. The factory became the Mark Britain Warehouse and later Baldwin's Casuals. In 1989, the council sold the community centre site, and Mike Baldwin cashed in on the deal and so the factory was also demolished. This was replaced by two shop units with three flats above, three modern houses and three factory units, which all still remain.
| In the foreground you can see the Rovers Return pub where landlady Natalie Barnes lives, and then No1 (Ken Barlow), No3 (Emily Bishop and Spider Nugent), No5 (owned by Weatherfield Council and rented to Les, Janice and Toyah Battersby), No7 (owned by Curly Watts, rented to Jackie and Tyrone Dobbs), No9 (Gary, Judy, Billy & Becky Mallett), No11 (Jim McDonald), No13 (Kevin, Rosie & Sophie Webster) and No15, the Corner Shop, owned by Ravi Desai and run by his daughter, Nita, who lives in the flat above the shop. | In the foreground you can just make out the corner of No2, the hairdressers owned by Audrey Roberts. Stylist Maxine Heavey lives in the flat above No2. Going back you can see No4 (owned by Fred Elliott and rented to Ashley Peacock and Nick & Leanne Tilsley), No6 (owned by Natalie Barnes and rented to Sally Webster and Sharon Gaskell), No8 (Martin, Gail, Sarah Louise and David Platt). In the distance you can see No10 - The Kabin papershop, owned and run by Rita Sullivan. She lives in the flat over the shop. The flat next door is currently vacant. The factory units are all out of sight on the far right. |
| On the south side of the street you can see from left to right: The Kabin papershop (No10) with Nos 10 and 12 flats above. Just out of sight behind The Kabin is Coronation Street Garage run by Kevin Webster. The large building in the top left is Underworld, the underwear manuafacturers run by Mike Baldwin. Next are a block of three houses (Nos 8, 6 and 4) and then No2 the hair salon with a flat over it, and finally the telephone box. You can just see a bit of the end of Rosamund Street in the top right hand corner. Tucked behind the corner of the salon on Rosamund Street and out of sight is the bus shelter. Opposite the shelter is the betting shop with the flat over which is currently home to Deidre Rachid. The derelict building next door used to house the Grafitti Club. Out of sight next to the betting shop is the junction of Rosamund Street and Victoria Street, where you will find Roy's Rolls - the cafe run by Roy Cropper. Roy and Hayley Patterson live in the flat above the cafe. | |
| On the north side of the street you can see the back of the houses - No15, the Corner Shop with its flat over, nos 13, 11, 9, 7, 5, 3 and 1. The Rovers Return is just out of sight at the far right. |
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