Warning, this blog post contains low flying ducks
Having both grown up with Coronation Street, on hearing the studio tours were going to close as the sets have moved to a new location, me and my little swamp duck felt it our duty to visit. So popular are the tours, that we could only manage to book for a Sunday evening. Oh well, off we set in the car through the backstreets of Manchester, past all the betting shops, takeaways and pubs with Weatherfield beckoning. No worries for us if we had any car troubles, I happen to know there's a very fine mechanic resident on the street. I'm sure Kev, a heartthrob (for some) when I was at school, would give it the once over.
We arrive, we sort out our tickets and spend an extortionate amount on a hot chocolate and ham and cheese sandwich, we receive our backstage passes.
Inside we find the green room, the costume and make up, actual costumes and studio sets. So small! The trickery of camerawork and wide angle lenses is amazing. Also - the stairs in the Platt household don't go anywhere. Apparently when a cast member goes upstairs, they just have to stay at the top of the stairs until the filming finishes. David Platt's character said (so the guide told us) he spent most of his childhood waiting at the top. You can sometimes spot a foot, I'm going to look out for feet from now on.
It was pretty cool, and and, we got to see a pair of Deirdre Barlow's spectacles - legend.
No photos allowed inside, although we did sneak a selfie in the Rovers. When called for our photo behind the bar, two shots - one pulling a pint, the other a quick kiss! I pulled the best barmaid! Unfortunately that photo came out blurry so we didn't purchase it. When we kissed, all the other people on the tour went "Ahhh" very sweet! We were very careful for the rest of the tour though, Corrie being renowned for bumping off lesbian characters.
Then we were out on the cobbles, in the actual street. All the doors, all the shop fronts, even the bus stop. Loved that the bus
destination was 'Eccles'.
We saw it all, the Chippy, the salon, the pub, the Bistro, the Kebab shop, everything. It was a great night on the cobbles. The gift shop was in the medical centre, where you could even buy - yes you guessed it, flying duck fridge magnets.
Having both grown up with Coronation Street, on hearing the studio tours were going to close as the sets have moved to a new location, me and my little swamp duck felt it our duty to visit. So popular are the tours, that we could only manage to book for a Sunday evening. Oh well, off we set in the car through the backstreets of Manchester, past all the betting shops, takeaways and pubs with Weatherfield beckoning. No worries for us if we had any car troubles, I happen to know there's a very fine mechanic resident on the street. I'm sure Kev, a heartthrob (for some) when I was at school, would give it the once over.We arrive, we sort out our tickets and spend an extortionate amount on a hot chocolate and ham and cheese sandwich, we receive our backstage passes.
Inside we find the green room, the costume and make up, actual costumes and studio sets. So small! The trickery of camerawork and wide angle lenses is amazing. Also - the stairs in the Platt household don't go anywhere. Apparently when a cast member goes upstairs, they just have to stay at the top of the stairs until the filming finishes. David Platt's character said (so the guide told us) he spent most of his childhood waiting at the top. You can sometimes spot a foot, I'm going to look out for feet from now on.It was pretty cool, and and, we got to see a pair of Deirdre Barlow's spectacles - legend.
No photos allowed inside, although we did sneak a selfie in the Rovers. When called for our photo behind the bar, two shots - one pulling a pint, the other a quick kiss! I pulled the best barmaid! Unfortunately that photo came out blurry so we didn't purchase it. When we kissed, all the other people on the tour went "Ahhh" very sweet! We were very careful for the rest of the tour though, Corrie being renowned for bumping off lesbian characters.
Then we were out on the cobbles, in the actual street. All the doors, all the shop fronts, even the bus stop. Loved that the bus destination was 'Eccles'.
We saw it all, the Chippy, the salon, the pub, the Bistro, the Kebab shop, everything. It was a great night on the cobbles. The gift shop was in the medical centre, where you could even buy - yes you guessed it, flying duck fridge magnets.
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