Events[]
Coronation Street history[]
- 1906 - The Weatherfield Pit Disaster buries thirty-seven mine workers alive at the Weatherfield Main mine, the biggest disaster ever to strike the town. Coronation Street residents Albert and Jack Crapper and Daniel Grimshaw are among the fatalities.
- 1958 - Brian Tilsley born.
- 1962 - Len Fairclough is bound over to keep the peace after his fight with Dave Smith.
- 1969 - Mark Casey born.
- 1973 - The Barlow twins come back to the street for the first time in two years in order that they and Janet Reid can get to know each other.
- 1975 - Tricia Hopkins and Gail Potter lose their money when a modelling agency they paid their fees in advance to goes bust.
- 1997 - Don Brennan's funeral takes place and Nick Tilsley comes back from Canada for it, saying he's back for good.
- 1999 - Tom Ferguson's rugby-playing father Duggie, tracks him down to the street and belittles his work as a hairdresser.
- 2003 - Hayley Cropper suggests that Roy marries Tracy Barlow to guarantee his rights over their unborn child.
- 2004 - Ciaran McCarthy confesses to Penny King the restaurant scam that he and Tracy Barlow were about to pull on her and gives Penny her money back. Tracy leaves Ciaran as she only wanted his money and not him.
- 2006 - The Webster family go to Paris where Kevin meets up with his father Bill for the first time in nine years.
- 2007 - Secretly invited by David Platt to spoil Sarah and Jason Grimshaw's wedding, Todd appears on the street and joins in his brother's stag night.
- 2010 - David Platt blacks out while driving Audrey Roberts's car and hits Graeme Proctor. Tina McIntyre believes it was intentional as David has a grievance with Graeme. Rosie Webster accidentally sets the kitchen of No.4 on fire.
- 2021 - Following revelations by Imran Habeeb, Toyah Battersby reports solicitor Sabeen Habeeb for using blackmail to obtain evidence, causing Sabeen to be investigated by the bar standards board. Harvey Gaskell, whose appeal she was working on, swears vengeance against Toyah.
Real world[]
- 1970 - Lisa George (Beth Sutherland) born.
- 1990 - Coronation Street's sixth title sequence (and the first to be made on video, rather than film) makes its debut.
- 1997 - First appearance of Adam Rickitt in the role of Nick Tilsley.
- 1999 - First appearance of Duggie Ferguson.
- 2011 - Betty Driver (Betty Williams) passes away.
Episodes[]
Episodes were broadcast on 15th October on the following years:
- 1960s - 1962, 1969
- 1970s - 1973, 1975
- 1980s - 1980, 1984, 1986
- 1990s - 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999
- 2000s - 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 (I) (II), 2008, 2009
- 2010s - 2010 (I) (II), 2012 (I) (II), 2014, 2018 (I) (II)
- 2020s - 2021 (I) (II)
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