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7th February 1968: Elliston's Raincoat Factory - the building and workplace which had loomed over Coronation Street since 1902 - was finally demolished. As with the similarly scrapped Glad Tidings Mission Hall, Elliston's had been targeted by the Weatherfield Council as part of their redevelopment scheme. Tower blocks were the new big thing, and the Council wanted to build a block of two-storey maisonettes in place of the facilities which had long been in decline. The demolition wasn't without incident - panic ensued when two-year-old twins Peter and Susan Barlow went missing on the site. When Ken Barlow raised the alarm, work was halted and sure enough the twins were found inside, unharmed, having followed Minnie Caldwell's cat Bobby. The work then proceeded as normal, marking the end of an era for the Street.
 * For more information see Episode 746 (7th February 1968).