Coro A Moving Story

[ivor4781]

ok so they have spent a few million on a new set in Salford quays, pity they overlooked one thing the ROOF's on the the coronation street houses would not have been one continuous roof like all terrace house they have individual roofing

[Buenchico]

There seems to be quite a bit of continuity in many of the roofs here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQDiaAmRA-o

[Caran]

I thought in those days they had continuous lofts. Who was it fell through someone else's ceiling after doing a bit of loft travelling?

[Caran]

Somehow I'm getting confused with Les Battersby and Ken Barlow!

[craft1948]

Didn't someone fall on top of Cilla in the bath after coming through the lofts?

[Caran]

Or was that the big dog jumping in the bath?

[Caran]

It was Les Battersby.

[Caran]

Sorry ken chases Les and ken falls through the ceiling and lands on Leanne and Nick in bed.

[ivor4781]

Buenchico.fair do's but never seen this type of roofing in terraced houses in my part of the world maybe it was the building style back in the early 1900;s in lanacshire

[Mosaic]

Hi Ivor
Certainly round here Victorian terraced houses have a continuous roof, unlike the examples I've seen in the south-east where there seems to be a fire-break wall running to the slate level.

[Mosaic]

In fact a couple of years back a lady in Preston who'd taken a sickie heard noises in the roof space and on investigation found the whole row was harbouring illegals, in Anne Frank style....

[Sycamore3House]

It was Elsie Tanner/Suzie Birchall/Gail Potter shared Elsie's house and one of them fell through the ceiling of a neighbours house. Was Elsie's house where Eileen lives now?

[hc4361]

There are many, many roads in Birmingham with terraced houses with that sort of roof.
I can't imagine a terrace of houses each with their own roof.

I remember Ken Barlow chasing Les Battersby through the loft spaces and falling through the ceiling, landing on top of Leanne and Nick enjoying a private moment :D

[viv38]

I live in a terraced house, but we have our own lofts, thank goodness !

[hc4361]

Suzie Birchell put her foot through the bedroom ceiling of Hilda Ogden's house.

[hc4361]

Viv, can you tell that by looking at the outside of the houses?

[viv38]

I know because when I first moved in, Dad checked the loft for me to make sure everything was OK and he told me that it's not communal. I wouldn't know what to look for on the outside of the house.

[hc4361]

When you look at your roof and your neighbours do they all appear to run in to each other, like one very long continual roof like the Corrie set?

http://www.itv.com/news/2013-11-29/coronation-street-trivia-for-the-superfan/

[viv38]

Can't go out to look just now, but doubt it as the lofts aren't communal.

[ivor4781]

hc4361 the individual roofs are in terraced house that have a firewall on either side of their house not one long continual roof space a street long

[hc4361]

Yes, I understand that. The house I grew up in was like that, but you couldn't tell from the outside, except when somebody had a new roof. Otherwise it looked like one long roof.