Coronation Street in 1967



1967 was Coronation Street's eighth year. Central events of the year included a train crash through the viaduct, which the indoor exterior set pushed to its limits before being replaced by an outdoor set the following year, and the wedding of Elsie and Steve Tanner, with Steve being given the same surname as Elsie so the popular Elsie wouldn't have to change her name when married.

Past character Harry Hewitt (Ivan Beavis) was also brought back and killed off.

103 new episodes were broadcast on ITV in 1967.

Main cast

 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Harry Hewitt - Ivan Beavis (September)
 * Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
 * Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
 * Linda Cheveski - Anne Cunningham (September, December)
 * Miss Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire (January onwards)
 * Irma Barlow - Sandra Gough
 * Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
 * Gordon Bishop - Stephen Hancock (September)
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Concepta Hewitt - Doreen Keogh (September)
 * Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie
 * Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
 * Steve Tanner - Paul Maxwell (May to December)
 * Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
 * Frank Barlow - Frank Pemberton (March)
 * Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
 * Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
 * Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
 * David Barlow - Alan Rothwell
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Ivan Cheveski - Ernst Walder (September, December)
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley (March and July)

January

 * Stan Ogden turns down jobs in a mill and at the Builder's Yard for trivial reasons. Irma Barlow refuses her parents credit at the Corner Shop until Stan gets a job and his dole money is stopped because he keeps turning down suitable employment. While Stan drinks his woes away, Elsie Tanner breaks the news to Hilda that Stan now has no income whatsoever and she threatens to throw him out. With this is mind, he gets a job at a coal yard.
 * Ena Sharples also faces mounting money problems as she watches daughter Vera Lomax slowly dying of her brain tumour, yet totally unaware of her condition. Minnie Caldwell applies for a supplementary pension and advises Ena to do the same. She does so and starts to receive an extra income. Vera starts to become suspicious that she is more ill than her mother has let on but Ena refuses to tell her what is really wrong. Ena confesses her troubles to Jack Walker. Vera accuses a desperately upset Ena of not caring for her. While the authorities are trying to trace husband Bob Lomax, Vera dies in her mother's bed. Bob is found and attends the funeral together with Ena's grandson Colin.
 * Percy Bridge, a stranger to the area, hangs around the Rovers Return Inn and his presence puzzles Elsie. He eventually tells her that it was him who pulled Paul Cheveski out of the canal the previous November and, as he is out of work, she starts to give him money. Dave Smith comes back into the lives of the residents of the Street and tells Len Fairclough that he was the one who rescued the youngster. Len tells Elsie who, at first, continues to believe Percy, but when Dave supplies proof that he was the rescuer, Len angrily sends the fraudster on his way.
 * Dennis Tanner persuades Len to employ him to decorate his living room is his Mawdsley Street house, however Dennis accidentally sets fire to the house. The potential inferno is put out by the fire brigade and Dennis resigns from the Builder's Yard before Len can sack him.
 * David and Irma Barlow advertise the Corner Shop flat for rent. Percy Bridge is turned down before his lies are exposed but the next interested party surprises everyone: Emily Nugent, who has returned to Weatherfield after a year away to manage the Gamma Garments shop on Rosamund Street at the behest of Mr Papagopolous, with James Nugent now being looked after by Emily's sisters. Emily wants to turn the shop into a trendy boutique and employs Dennis and Lucille Hewitt to look after the "guys" and "dolls" teenagers' sections.
 * Dave Smith wants to open another of his betting shop's in the area and offers to buy the Corner Shop but David and Irma refuse to sell.

Who lives where
Coronation Street Others
 * Rovers Return Inn - Jack and Annie Walker, Lucille Hewitt
 * 1 Coronation Street - Albert Tatlock
 * 3 Coronation Street - Empty
 * 5 Coronation Street - Minnie Caldwell
 * 9 Coronation Street - Ken, Valerie, Peter and Susan Barlow
 * 11 Coronation Street - Elsie Tanner (from January to September). Dennis Tanner. Karen Olsen (April). Girl's Pipe Band - Joyce, Norma, Irene, Marion, Janice and Cicely (September). Mrs Cook, Arthur Cook and Albert Cook (September to October).
 * 13 Coronation Street - Stan and Hilda Ogden
 * Corner Shop (No.15) - David and Irma Barlow. Jill Morris (December onwards).
 * Corner Shop Flat (No.15a) - Emily Nugent (January onwards).
 * Glad Tidings Vestry - Ena Sharples. Vera Lomax (until January)
 * 15 Mawdsley Street - Len Fairclough