Storylines of Coronation Street bar area, the Select, and the Snug into one larger bar making the interior set match the size of the outdoor set more closely. It has stayed the same layout ever since, but its wallpaper and fittings were updated in 2008. In 2002-03, "Coronation Street" featured storyline of Richard Hillman (Brian Capron), who entered as a relative of the late Alma Halliwell (Amanda Barrie). Initially the character was seen offering financial advice to residents and buying the house of Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire), in an arrangement where she would have the right to live in it for her lifetime, but
Mike Baldwin (Coronation Street) Mike Baldwin (Coronation Street) Michael Vernon "Mike" Baldwin was a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", portrayed by Johnny Briggs. He appeared between 1976 and 2006. He appeared in a short special episode for Text Santa in 2012 where he appeared as a ghost sent from Hell to give Norris Cole a warning to change his ways. Mike started his career as a market stall holder but within a few years was running his own factory. In 1976, he opened denim-maker Baldwin's Casuals in Weatherfield and moved there, ending his relationship with his common-law wife Anne