Product Description

Containing previously unpublished removable memorabilia, intricately reproduced in facsimile form, this unique album provides an amazing record of 45 years of life on Britain's most famous street. House by house, we discover all sorts of fascinating lost treasures, from birth certificates, invitations, love letters and court summonses to divorce papers, old pub menus, newspaper cuttings, clocking-in cards from the factory, ads from the shop window and much more. And Coronation Street historian Tim Randall threads it all together to paint a vivid and evocative history of each premises on the street, piecing together the stories of each generation from the evidence they've left behind.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #332461 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-17
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 64 pages

About the Author
TV journalist Tim Randall is a regular contributor to Radio Times, TV Times, Inside Soap, the Sun, the Mirror, the Express and the Evening Standard. He wrote a dissertation on Coronation Street as part of his degree, and knows Weatherfield inside out.

Customer Reviews

A must have...For a Corrie Fan!
If you are a Corrie fan you cannot miss this item. You would be surprised by the amount of memorabilia that this book contains. It has amased most of my friends that have been watching the show for years.

It mainly contains a description of each house and location in the street and their occupants (with their stories of course). The memorabilia includes photographs, letters, telegrams, birth certificates and the suicide note from Katie!

Also it comes with a CD, which at the beginning I tought it was a dvd, but don't be confused it is an Audio CD so it contains conversations from some episodes. I think it would have been great if instead the audio cd they would've included a dvd with bits of the most important episodes! But overall a great item

What a treasure!
What a fantastic book! Well, to call it a book is missing the point really. It's more an 'experience'. As you'd expect with any official Corrie book it's jam-packed with memories as it gives a house by house account of the last 45 years. What's more, it's written with the same kind of wit as the show with loads of photos of the residents and also of things you don't normally see close up, like Curly's Bettabuys name badge, the Rover's price list and Fred Elliot's passport.

BUT, the icing on the cake is what is slotted in between those entertaining pages - the treasures of the title. A packet of photos of Rita, Bet and hilda on holiday in Majorca in the most fab cossies - and they are real photos! Sarah's baby scan, Betty's handwritten recipe for hotpot - all stained and clearly well used, a Valentine's card from Gail to first hubby Brian, the suicide note of her third! And a strip of passport photos of Roy Cropper that makes him look even scarier than 'Norman Bates with a briefcase!' Oh, and Chesney's poster when Schmeichel was missing! If only the could put that boy between the pages, he's such a sweetie! And loads more. It's a real treasure trove! And they aren't photocopies, they are the real thing and you can hold them in your hands! Briallitn! I had no idea you could do this sort of thing in a book. There should be more books like it.

There's also a cd of sound clips from the show with loads of popular characters and memorable moments including two of my faves - Stan and hilda enjoying champers and a kiss on their second honeymoon and Ken teaching Raquel French! Great stuff - it's like listening to it on the radio. A few more clips would have been nice though - then i could have listened all afternoon! Actually a dvd would have been even better, though i spose you can get dvds separately. I have!

A TIP - keep listening to the very end of the cd for a little added extra!

I've been itching to get my hands on it ever since I heard it was due to be published. And it was worth the wait.Brilliant!

Classic Corrie Memories!
This boxset book was a real trip down memroy lane for me! My daughter bought it for me for my birthday present and we've both spent hours pouring over it. It covers all the big dramatic storylines such as Richard Hillman and Deirdre's Free The Weatherfield One, and then all the comedy as well - like Norris's book club and Jack & Vera's non stop bantering! There are lots of fantastic photos and pull out bits and I am definitely buying one for my sister this Christmas!