Just how unlike real life is Corrie!

[lynbrown]

You wake up with suspected flu, call the doc, and within an hour, there he is at your door. If only!

[pugthedog]

what annoy's me when they are having tea or coffee on these soap's the cup's are alway's empty

[magicmick]

I have lived in the streets of the north west all my 67 years and I have never seen a street with a pub, bistro, nicker factory, 2 shops, taxi firm, cafe, kebab shop, is the builders yard still there? betting shop, 2 up 2 down terraced houses that can fit about 6 people in each house, oh and I almost forgot a hair saloon, have I missed anything out? all this in a street that looks about 100 yards long, Corrie is so unlike real life but I still watch it , sad or what?

[hc4361]

But aren't they well cast! You could easily believe they were mother and daughter, whilst each looks their age, if you see what I mean.

[dotty.]

I live in a village that has all that over about 5 streets, plus a co-op, one thing corrie has never had is a funeral home, (Roy Hudd was a funeral director though i think) we have 2 funeral homes in this village, plus, where is the legion or the con club?

[Adrian_londo]

It amazes me that all of them are too busy to watch Coronation Street or Eastenders!!!!

[magicmick]

Is your pub called The Green Barn dotty?

[dotty.]

no we have several pubs, the springy, the herring, oak tree, allison, wheatshief, printers, hinds head, wagon and horses, lol, it's a big village!

[pugthedog]

magicmick did you work in horwich

[mike11111]

Not quite sure where the Legion is but it's not too far away as Jack Duckworth would often go there for darts or dominoes. Don't know about a Con club, though; party politics is the one thing which is never raised in Corrie.

[hc4361]

dotty, don't you remember the Viaduct St Social Club? And the Community Centre that Percy was employed as caretaker?

[dotty.]

the community centre was the old mission ena looked after wasn't it?
don't mention Horwich, the wicked witch lives there and she's evil! (chorley old road up from the baths)

[magicmick]

Sorry dotty I got guessed wrong village, yours must be the cow yed one, I did work a short while in Horwich pugthe dog but nearly all in BL

[hc4361]

It was! Ena lives on :)

[pugthedog]

magicmick for some reason i thought you may be from howfen

[mike11111]

Ena was caretaker of the Glad Tidings Mission Hall. Leonard Swindley was her line manager (when he wasn't busy trying to get into Emily Nugent's knickers).

[owdhamer]

My old feller used to say watching corrie was like sh----ng in bed waken

[dotty.]

mr papagopoulos had the nickers shop where emily and gail worked surely? oh sorry.........showing my age niw tut

[magicmick]

Pugthedog My wife's family are howfener's we are near the morris dancers if you know it?

[dotty.]

what's cow yed? lol

[pugthedog]

magicmick i realise now you dont come from howfen we keaw yed's have no green barn nothing so fancy