Coronation Street sets streets was erected in 2005 allowing shots to be filmed looking up Rosamund Street and creating the illusion of other dwellings further along that street. At the end of Coronation Street there is a fictitious tram line which has seen CGI trams used over it in the past (notably the opening titles and when Kelly Crabtree left the long running drama). The storyline for December 2010 ("Coronation Street"s 50th anniversary) showed the viaduct collapse, sending the tram onto the cobbles, demolishing the Kabin and the corner shop in the process. Whilst the majority of the interior scenes were filmed within
Frank Barlow (Coronation Street) Frank Barlow (Coronation Street) Frank Barlow is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", played by Frank Pemberton (1913-1971) As the head of the show's core Barlow family, Frank was one of the original twenty-one characters at the show's inception in 1960, along with wife Ida (Noel Dyson) and sons Ken (William Roache) and David (Alan Rothwell). In his time on "Coronation Street", Frank survived the death of Ida in 1961 and entered into a controversial relationship with younger woman Christine Appleby (Christine Hargreaves). He remained in a prominent role until May 1964, when the character