12th July

Events

Coronation Street history

• 1949 - Len Fairclough marries Nellie Briggs followed by a honeymoon in Blackpool.
• 1961 - Doreen Lostock begins working for Leonard Swindley in his shop Swindley's Draperies.
• 1976 - The famous "Muriel" is pasted onto the wall of No.13, much to Hilda Ogden's delight.
• 1982 - Brian Tilsley returns after five months working in Qatar.
• 1991 - In a rage after learning of Mike Baldwin's deceptions, his wife of one week, Jackie, points a loaded shotgun at him.
• 1995 - The Duckworths inherit £30,000 from Jack's deceased brother Cliff.
• 1998 - As the regulars watch the World Cup final in the Rovers, Rita Sullivan collapses from carbon monoxide poisoning in her flat.
• 1999 - Tyrone Dobbs starts lodging with the Duckworths when he moves into the Park Road B&B.
• 2000 - Tyrone Dobbs proposes to Maria Sutherland at the top of Blackpool Tower.
• 2002 - Archie Shuttleworth rescues Blanche Hunt after her fall downstairs at No.1.
• 2006 - After a short period when Steve McDonald's minicab licence was up for renewal, Street Cars reopens with Lloyd Mullaney as the new licensee.
• 2012 - Peter Barlow finishes with Carla Connor and suggests to Leanne Barlow that they get back together, but Leanne laughs at the suggestion.
• 2013 - Ken Barlow leaves for Canada to take care of grandson Adam who had suffered a collapse at work.

Real world

• 1924 - Irene Sutcliffe (Maggie Clegg) born.
• 1928 - Kathy Staff (Vera Hopkins) born.
• 1935 - Roy Barraclough (Alec Gilroy) born.
• 1957 - Christopher Quinten (Brian Tilsley) born.
• 2017 - First appearance of Moira Pollock.

Episodes

Episodes were broadcast on 12th July on the following years:

• 1960s - 1961, 1965, 1967
• 1970s - 1971, 1972, 1976, 1978
• 1980s - 1982, 1989
• 1990s - 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999
• 2000s - 2000, 2002, 2004 (I) (II), 2006
• 2010s - 2010 (I) (II), 2012, 2013 (I) (II), 2017, 2019
• 2020s - 2021 (I) (II), 2023

11th July

Dates July

13th July

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