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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Lifestyle
Lee Grimsditch

Tiny houses, wonky cobbles and a bitter wind: Secrets of the 'lost Coronation Street'

For decades, Coronation Street was filmed in Manchester city centre - before its production relocated and its iconic set was demolished.

And this year marks ten years since filming of the long running ITV soap moved to Media City, situated on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford.

Granada Studios was the former headquarters of Granada Television, later ITV Granada, from 1956 to 2013 - and the place Coronation Street was filmed from 1960, until the move to the other side of the Irwell.

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