How the street could have looked in 1980

(This post was originally posted by Chewy
on the Coronation Street Blog January 2011, reposted to this blog with permission.)

Digital Spy member screech2009 has found a real gem of a picture from a 1970's edition of TV Times, which celebrated 1000 episodes of Coronation Street.

The picture to the left is how the original set designer Denis Parkin pictured the street would look by 1980. though proved wrong, some of the things he predicted did happen.

For instance, he mention that a new block of flats would have been built around the corner, and we have that now with Victoria Court. He also predicted the viaduct will have been filled in with a shop.

(Click the picture below for the text from the article)