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23rd November 1981: For sixteen years, no house had stood on Coronation Street in the spot vacated when No. 7 had suddenly collapsed in 1965. The council installed a bench and vandals sprayed graffiti on the grey party walls with No.s 5 and 9. In 1981 Charles Hardcastle, owner of the ground rents, died and the residents were offered the purchase of the said rents for the princely sum of £48. Ever eager to make a sum of money, Len Fairclough bought the vacant site on 23rd November and made plans to rebuild No. 7 but on more modern lines. Next door neighbours Bert and Ivy Tilsley were none too pleased as they had made plans to purchase the plot themselves and extend their own house. Len's wife Rita was also annoyed, thinking Len was throwing away his money. She changed her mind though seven months later when she saw the finished property and insisted they swap homes and sell No. 9 instead.
 * For more information see Episode 2154 (23rd November 1981).