Coronation Street Blog: 5 of the Best from Corrie's History This Week

Corriepedia is a wonderful site. If you haven't visited it, please do.

Every day on Twitter the guys who run Corriepedia look back at a handful of storylines which took place on this day in a different year of Coronation Street's history.

And so each Sunday, I take a look at my personal favourite five storylines from those which Corriepedia have alerted us to during the week.

I hope you enjoy these short and sweet looks down memory lane.

6th August in 2004
Harry Flagg leaves Weatherfield to travel round Europe
http://coronationstreet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_5817_(6th_August_2004)

7th August in 1996
Derek is furious when Mavis thinks it's his 59th birthday when it's his 60th and there's no party
http://coronationstreet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_4049_(7th_August_1996)

8th August in 1999
Blanche Hunt returns to Weatherfield to stay permanently. The residents enjoy a day at the races.
http://coronationstreet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_4660_(8th_August_1999)

9th August in 1993
French lessons go badly: "Bonjour Ken, Je m'appelle Raquel. Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?"
http://coronationstreet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_3578_(9th_August_1993) -see picture at top of this blog post.

10th August in 1979
No Corrie for almost three months! The ITV network goes on strike.
http://coronationstreet.wikia.com/wiki/1979_ITV_strike