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Died #otd Tony Warren (1936-2016), English television screenwriter, 10 years ago today #TonyWarren life story...

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#OnThisDay 22 February 1962
THE MEN BEHIND CORONATION STREET
With Ena and Elsie, Minnie and Martha, Annie and Concepta, #CoronationStreet is a woman's world created largely by men, including #TonyWarren and Derek Granger . . .

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#OnThisDay 14 December 1994
JULIE GOES TO SEE THE QUEEN
Landlady Bet Gilroy chose her daintiest earrings when she went to visit the Queen yesterday. #CoronationStreet star Julie Goodyear was invited by the show's creator, #TonyWarren, when he went to receive his MBE.

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#OnThisDay from December 1995
The #CoronationStreet magazine reunites some of the early cast, chats to #TonyWarren - The Man Who Started It All, and remembers the Dec '75 pantomime and Audrey & Alf's Wedding from Dec '85.

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Happy 65th Birthday 🎂 @itvcorrie without #TonyWarren there would never have been the cobbled street! I've been a fan since day one. Over the years I've known so many cast members loved most of the story lines. This program has been part of my life #corrie #CoronationStreet

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#OnThisDay from December 1992 - THE STREET
The #CoronationStreet Companion has an interview with the show's creator, #TonyWarren.
There were greyhounds and whippets a-plenty back in 1962.
Whilst in 1992, the Duckworths get a grandson.
Plus, a poster of #SarahLancashire.

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#OnThisDay 4 December 1960
THE STREET WHERE THEY LIVE
#TonyWarren toured pubs in greater Manchester for two months. It was in the cause of television. The results of his researches can be seen in a new fictional serial, #CoronationStreet, beginning next Friday . . .

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#OnThisDay 29 November 1987
Farewell to Hilda Ogden . . . her own exclusive story -
WHY I HAVE TO LEAVE THE STREET - As told to #TonyWarren, the creator of #CoronationStreet -
MEN, MARRIAGE AND WHY I STAYED SINGLE

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#OnThisDay 28 November 1969
The show the experts didn't like . . . WOULD IT BE THE SAME IF IT WAS CALLED 'FLORIZEL STREET'?
#CoronationStreet creator #TonyWarren can't get over the show's fantastic popularity. But fame as the creator of the series hasn't brought fortune . . .

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#OnThisDay 19 November 1993
MR. WARREN: THE GREAT STORTYELLER
Creator of #CoronationStreet and bestselling author #TonyWarren tells the Hull Daily Mail:
"I travel extensively. I do it on my own to look for more stories. I'm a storyteller - as simple as that."

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#OnThisDay 16 November 1991
#TonyWarren, creator of #CoronationStreet, tells the Telegraph about - THE HOUSE WHERE I GREW UP:
"As a child I craved colour and it was a colourless place... You can learn a lot hiding under the table with the chenille cloth pulled down."

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#OnThisDay 12 November 1961
ENA OF CORONATION STREET IS BORN
by #TonyWarren in the TV Times -
The 25-year-old originator of #CoronationStreet tells of the 11th hour decision that turned Violet Carson into Ena Sharples . . .

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#OnThisDay 28 October 1969
AS ENA'S FATHER WAS SAYING
#TonyWarren, who created #CoronationStreet out of his head, has met with a little legal trouble over a book he has written called I Was Ena Sharples's Father.

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#OnThisDay 28 October 1960
The first announcement of #CoronationStreet appears in the press when the Manchester Evening News alerts viewers to a new . . .
BACK STREET SERIAL
. . . to run twice a week from December. #TonyWarren is working in partnership with Harry Kershaw . . .

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#OnThisDay 21 September 1986 in The People:
TELL IT ALL, LUV JUST AS IT WAS -
The true story #PatPhoenix wanted the world to know, by #TonyWarren who created #CoronationStreet and Elsie Tanner . . .

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Tony Warren English screenwriter Tony Warren was BOTD in 1936. Born Anthony Simpson in Eccles, Lancashire to a wealthy merchantile family, he grew up in Salford in Manchester. He showed an early interest in th…

English screenwriter Tony Warren, best known as the creator of TV drama “Coronation Street”, was BOTD in 1936. #tonywarren #bornonthisday #supergays #coronationstreet

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#OnThisDay 25 June 1995
The People "is tops for soaps" with stories like:
JAIL AND JUNK SHAME OF EASTENDER PATSY'S BROTHER.
DEN AND ANGIE IN SHOCK #EASTENDERS COMEBACK.
GAYS GO NUTS for #CoronationStreet, according to #TonyWarren and #LilySavage.
THIGH THERE - #MichelleCollins.

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#OnThisDay 19 June 1983
#CoronationStreet creator #TonyWarren gives his take on one of Coronation Street's biggest stars:
"#PatPhoenix works as hard at being a star as she does at playing Elsie Tanner."
Whereas she claims: "I Believe in Love - not brief encounters" . . .

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#OnThisDay 15 June 1980
KIND HEARTS OF CORONATION STREET - They didn't walk away when I was defeated - #TonyWarren, who created TV's longest-running hit #CoronationStreet, reveals who helped him through his addictions . . .

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#OnThisDay 12th June 1983
#CoronationStreet creator #TonyWarren interviews Jean Alexander, alias Hilda Ogden, who reveals:
WHY I SAID NO TO LOVE.
We're also introduced to some #Corrie masterminds, including a 17 year-old #DaranLittle!

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Died #otd Tony Warren (1936-2016), English television screenwriter, 9 years ago today #TonyWarren life story...

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#OnThisDay 22 February 1962
THE MEN BEHIND CORONATION STREET
With Ena and Elsie, Minnie and Martha, Annie and Concepta, #CoronationStreet is a woman's world created largely by men, including #TonyWarren and Derek Granger . . .

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#OnThisDay 14 December 1994
JULIE GOES TO SEE THE QUEEN
Landlady Bet Gilroy chose her daintiest earrings when she went to visit the Queen yesterday. #CoronationStreet star Julie Goodyear was invited by the show's creator, #TonyWarren, when he went to receive his MBE.

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#OnThisDay from December 1995 - The #CoronationStreet magazine reunites some of the early cast, chats to 'The Man Who Started it All', #TonyWarren, and remembers the Dec '75 pantomime and Audrey & Alf's Wedding from Dec '85.

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#OnThisDay 29 November 1987
Farewell to Hilda Ogden . . . her own exclusive story -
WHY I HAVE TO LEAVE THE STREET - As told to #TonyWarren, the creator of #CoronationStreet -
MEN, MARRIAGE AND WHY I STAYED SINGLE

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#OnThisDay 28 November 1969 -
The show the experts didn't like . . . WOULD IT BE THE SAME IF IT WAS CALLED 'FLORIZEL STREET'? -
#CoronationStreet creator #TonyWarren can't get over the show's fantastic popularity. But fame as the creator of the series hasn't brought fortune . . .

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#OnThisDay 24 November 1993
#CoronationStreet creator #TonyWarren speaks to the Liverpool Echo - MY GOLDEN CITY - "I think women are stronger than men. But all of the characters I create are me. I still regard them as my children - only now I've got an extended family of 41!"

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Out of retirement... Nancy Banks-Smith: 'I grew up in a pub – I thought #Corrie was a documentary' #TonyWarren

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Genius... #TonyWarren

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