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To think Coronation Street has too many business in one street?

36 replies

Bottletopsx · 20/05/2019 20:22

The money from the residents must go round and round.
There is
1.A pub
2.A wine bar
3.An Indian restaurant
4.A cafe
5.A kebab shop
6.A corner shop
7.A knicker factory
8.A florist
9.A garage
10.A hairdressers
11.A barbers
12.A solicitors
13.A health center
14.A costa coffee
15.A taxi firm

Have I missed anything?

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gem584848838 · 20/05/2019 20:26

There's two corner shops isn't there because there is Dev'a one and then Rita's shop

Bottletopsx · 20/05/2019 20:28

Yes you are right missed off the news agents.

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SneakyGremlins · 20/05/2019 20:28

Going down the road I live on, taking both sides of the road into account we have...

Restaurant
Pub
Pub
Barber
Hairdresser
Pottery place
Buddhist centre
Pub
Pub
Eco shop
Cafe
Tattoo parlour
Sandwich shop
Newsagent
Bargain booze
Phone shop
Chinese
Pizza place
Burger place
Furniture shop
Post office
Kebab shop
Club
Cycle shop
Church
Sainsbury's
Cafe/bar
Nail salon
Pet shop
Phone shop
Club
Corner shop
Chippy
Pub
Takeaway
Takeaway
Pub
Club
Chinese
Greek place
Geeky shop
Pub
Pub
Solicitor
Hairdressers

These stretch over about 300-400 meters Grin counting everything!

Chanandlersbong · 20/05/2019 20:29

Don't forget the Co-op! 😂

winesolveseverything · 20/05/2019 20:29

😂 and they all seem to work in one of them!
Also all seem to be able to eat out for breakfast, lunch and dinner AND then still have money to drink in the pub!

I want to know who looks after all the children...?? Their parents always seem to be out without them..
And as for all the recycled boyfriends....!!

SneakyGremlins · 20/05/2019 20:29

So actually they should film here, they'd NEVER run out of storylines Grin

I didn't know Corrie has a knicker factory!

Bottletopsx · 20/05/2019 20:29

Smile You never have to leave the street!

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AnneEyhtMeyer · 20/05/2019 20:30

There's a Co-op now and there is an on-off chip shop next to the health centre but we haven't seen it for ages.

Bottletopsx · 20/05/2019 20:32

Forgot about the Co-op and the on off chip shop. They all go to Roys to buy a cup of tea and they live 5 steps away!

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SneakyGremlins · 20/05/2019 20:35

Are these like Shrödingers businesses? Neither existing or not existing til there's a plot point involving them?

Haven't watched for a while Grin

AnneEyhtMeyer · 20/05/2019 20:35

The brewery is also round the corner but oddly no one on the street works there or comments in it being a brewing day. There also used to be a nursery next to the health centre but I only noticed that on the tour of the old set.

AnneEyhtMeyer · 20/05/2019 20:39

Oh and don't forget the builder's yard.

MyPugIsAThug · 20/05/2019 20:51

What annoys me is how easily new characters get jobs on the street upon arriving. What's that Kev, you need a new mechanic? Well how about that, here comes a new character who just happens to be a fully qualified mechanic. Bistro needs a new chef...in comes new character who just happens to be a fully qualified chef Grin

As if.

crazyasafox · 20/05/2019 20:58

There HAS to be all those businesses though, so that they can all work on the street (and all live with Eileen, Gail, Roy, or at the pub!) Grin

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 20/05/2019 20:58

"You'd never have to leave the street."

Well they don't, do they. Perish the throught. They'll fall off the edge of the world if they take one step off the old cobbles. Grin

crazyasafox · 20/05/2019 21:13

Re @MyPugIsAThug comments... Yes, it is daft how a person manages to move to the street, and land a job (and a place to live) within 3-4 days. And everyone works on the street (or within a 100 yards of it.) And they all socialise at the same place.

Thing is, Corrie started in 1960s, so was very much based on the 1950s. Back in those days, people did all live close together, (near family and friends,) and people did work close to where they lived, and you could walk into a job and from one job to another fairly easily. It was like that then - and probably for the first couple of decades it was on.

But in 2019, it just simply isn't like that, and most of the Corrie storylines are far fetched and a bit daft tbh. Also, you have so many deaths and even murders on ONE street, in addition to social settings that belong some 40 years or more in the past.

I have watched it since the late 1970s, and it's like an old friend, and I will never stop watching it. But I do acknowledge that it's daft sometimes. It is also quite good at times, and funny too. Some good characters...

StillCoughingandLaughing · 20/05/2019 21:16

You are allowed to take a job outside of the street, but only for as long as the sexual harassment in the workplace or being framed for theft storyline lasts.

I want to know who looks after all the children...?? Their parents always seem to be out without them..

This is the thing I find hilarious. Before Fiz and Tyrone’s kids were school age, they were both working full-time - her as a backstreet knicker-stitcher, probably for barely more than minimum wage. Her earnings would never have covered childcare for two children.

ILoveMaxiBondi · 20/05/2019 21:21

It has just dawned on me why none of them have cars outside their houses! They don’t need to drive anywhere because all the essential shops/businesses are on their doorsteps!

All those employed people and no childminders. How do they do it? Grin

ForalltheSaints · 20/05/2019 21:24

It is fiction. It is not real.

SneakyGremlins · 20/05/2019 21:25

Fictional? WHAT? Shock

bluewavysea · 20/05/2019 21:27

Remember when Martin Platt ran the hospital single handed. No matter what you went in for Nurse Martin was on hand. Hmm

ILoveMaxiBondi · 20/05/2019 21:27
Shock

Not real???

ItsAliveItsElectric · 20/05/2019 21:28

Before Emily Bishop left the street she always minded everyone's kids didn't she? Now she's gone who does it? Tyone's kids are always sent upstairs to wash their hands the second they get home then never seen again. I can't remember the last time I saw Leanne's son, and she's always out and about.
Seems you only see them when they're getting into trouble like Simon, Amy etc. And a lot of them vanish aged 6 or so and reappear as a grumpy teenager Grin

StillCoughingandLaughing · 20/05/2019 21:29

It is fiction. It is not real.

Why does some twat always feel the need to say this? As if we were all labouring under the misapprehension that we had a magic window into a Manchester community in the corner of our living rooms.

WhatHaveIFound · 20/05/2019 21:30

I find it amazing that they all seem to be spending most of their disposable income eating out at the cafe/wine bar/pub/Indian/kebab shop.

What's wrong with having tea & toast for breakfast at home rather than at Roy's. I mean i know we should support local businesses but really...