50 Years Of Corrie In 50 Days

We at Bluenose Corrie Blogger are bringing you a very special series of posts in the run up to the 50th Anniversary of Coronation Street which actually happened on December 9, 2010 but which is only just reaching our screens in Canada mid September. Starting today and running daily until the anniversary episode hits our screens (September 16/19), we are featuring a brilliant run down of each year in the history of the Street, first published on Coronation Street Blog last year and written by Sunny Jim, reposted to this blog with permission. 

We start with Sunny Jim's introduction: 

When Coronation Street was first broadcast on December 9th 1960 not even its creator Tony Warren could have dreamed that the programme would still be entertaining viewers 50 years later. To celebrate this momentous milestone, over the next 50 days we will be counting down to the 50th anniversary by looking at some of the events, characters and places featured in the show over the years and looking behind the scenes at how they came about.

A lot has happened over the years and so we can’t promise to feature all your favourite moments or characters so feel free to chip in with your own memories of the show through the years.

To get you in the mood, why not have a look at that very first episode here, here and here. Also, there’s a summary of the episode here  by our very own Tvor (ed. that's me!).

With many thanks to Daran Little and Sean Egan whose books have been invaluable in compiling this countdown.