A terraced street filled with characters loved by generations; Coronation Street is the longest running television soap opera in the world. Created in 1960 by Tony Warren, Coronation Street is set in fictional Manchester town Weatherfield and follows the dramatic lives of those living on the street and its local area. This collection features episodes from the 1960s and 1970s. A long list of now iconic characters started in the soap’s earliest years. From landlady Annie Walker and her long-suffering husband Jack, to Elsie Tanner’s clashes with battle-axe busybody Ena Sharples. The loveable comedy couple of Hilda and Stan Ogden would become a template for years to come. The 1970s saw episodes in colour and the arrival of long-standing favourites Bet Lynch, Rita Littlewood, Deidre Hunt, Gail Potter and resident baddie Mike Baldwin. The first episode in 1960 introduced ‘Angry Young Man’ Kenneth Barlow who just wanted to escape the suffocating speculation behind twitching curtains. Who knew he’d still be sitting in The Rovers Return pub over 60 years later!!