Coronation Street through the years: 1970s

(This post was originally posted by Chewy on the Coronation Street Blog in October, 2010.)

Coronation Street came out of the 60s with the maisonettes towering over the terraced row, which made the street look rather dark and cramped. The maisonettes were constructed to help Coronation Street resemble a typical street in the 1970s, but constructing them took away two important places: the raincoat factory and mission hall, leaving only the Rovers and Corner Shop.

For this reason, the building didn't last long before it was demolished, after Valerie Barlow was killed by faulty wiring. Following this, the council demolished the building. In its place, a factory and a new community center were constructed, as you can see below.

The factory was originally opened as the "Mark Brittian Warehouse", though before long the factory went up in smoke, paving the way for Mike Baldwin, the cocky southerner who bought up the factory and renamed it "Baldwin's Causuals" a denim factory.

The street had lost No. 7 in the previous decade, so throughout the 1970s a bench sat in its place, though no residents ever questioned why the space left behind was only a little wider than the bench also they didn't question why the cobbles ran along their street instead of across. Next time we will have a look at the street in the 1980s, so keep watching!

Honourable mention to Corriepedia for information and dates.