Winners announced in our Ideal Home Show competition

Well done to 10 lucky Coronation Street Blog readers who have each won a pair of tickets to see this year's Ideal Home Show in London.  All the winners have been notified by email and tickets will be on their way to you within the next few days.

Winners are Ron Dempster, Barry Thisleton, Ann Carter, Andy Schofield, Ty Morgan, Jyoti Patel, Nancy Grant, Anita McCormick, Ann Foster and the appropriately named Annette Duckworth!

We've also got other competitions running on the blog right now - check these out

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WIN! Five pairs of tickets to 2012 Ideal Home Show

The Ideal Home Show is back for its 104th year, returning to London’s Earls Court for 17 days from the 16th March to 1st April 2011, and we have 5 pairs of tickets for Coronation Street Blog readers to win to this year’s show!

The show, famous for making home-making a national passion, boasts a new celebrity Ambassador line-up for 2012, over 600 exhibitors and EIGHT inspirational show sections all under one roof. 

Flamboyant interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen will be the new celebrity ambassador for the ideal Interiors section, whilst TV gardening royalty Alan Titchmarsh joins the Ideal Home Show family as ideal Gardens ambassador along with Lorraine Kelly, the new face of Ideal Woman.

These new celebrity faces will join existing show ambassadors and favourites, Gregg Wallace of ideal Food, Suzi Perry of ideal Gadgets and George Clarke of ideal Home Improvements at Earls Court this spring.

This year’s Ideal Home Show will take visitors through an exciting and spectacular showcase of inspirational living offering everything from full scale show homes to explore, expert advice, must have gadgets and gizmos, live cooking demonstrations, PLUS  stunning interior room sets, creative show gardens, tasty treats to purchase, an indulgent pampering zone and more ideal Shopping than ever before!

Offering an unrivalled range of products, home innovations and top tips and tricks for the home, the ideal Home Show is UK’s biggest home show and a great day out for the whole family!

TICKET COMPETITION
To be in with a chance to WIN one of 5 pairs of tickets to this year’s show, simply answer the question below.

Question: Who is the new celebrity ambassador for the ideal Interiors Section?

Email your correct answer to me at glenda.young@btinternet.com by the deadline of March 1st, 2012 at 5pm.  Tickets will be sent direct to your home address if you win and all five winners will be drawn at random.

If you'd like to book tickets they can be either booked online or by calling the Ticket Hotline on 0844 8580 6763, or for further information about the show visit the website http://www.idealhomeshow.co.uk/

The 2012 show is once again supporting the Ideal Homes For Heroes appeal in aid of ABF The Soldiers’ Charity – see www.idealhomeshow.co.uk/ideal-homes-for-heroes/ for details.

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Terms and conditions1. This offer is only open to UK residents
2. Complimentary tickets are valid for one day only, on any one day of the show between the 16th March – 1st April 2012 at London’s Earls Court
3. Tickets are non transferable
4. Complimentary tickets obtained through this offer may not be duplicated.
5. All tickets will be scanned on entry to the show
6. The closing date for this offer is March 1st, 2012 at 6pm

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Winners announced in our Corrie & Ideal Home Show competition

Well done to five lucky blog readers who have all been drawn at random to win a  pair of tickets each to visit the Ideal Home Show, where they can see the Coronation Street house.

In the latest competition here on the Coronation Street blog, the question we asked was: What's the name of the architect who is modernising Ken and Deirdre's Corrie home for the Ideal Home Show? 

And the answer is: George Clarke.

Congratulations go to our five lucky winners: Lisa Dawson, Lynn Burrows, Georgie, Glen Forde and Denise Dyson.

Find out more about Corrie house at the Ideal Home Show

LAST CHANCE to win tickets to see Corrie house at Ideal Home Show

Competition closes TODAY - 5pm on Tuesday 15 March, 2011
With thanks to the very nice people at the Ideal Home Show, we have five, yes five, pairs of tickets to give away in a competition to visit the Ideal Home Show where you can see the Coronation Street house.

The show runs from March 11 to 27 and you can choose which day you'd like your two free tickets for, if you win.

All you have to do to enter is email me with the correct answer to this question below. Five lucky winners will be drawn at random.  You'll find the answer at the official ITV Coronation Street website.

Q: What's the name of the architect who is modernising Ken and Deirdre's Corrie home for the Ideal Home Show?  Deadline for entries is 5pm on Tuesday 15 March.

Find out more about Corrie house at the Ideal Home Show

Pics: What you never see in Coronation Street

At the Ideal Home Show this year, there's a makeover of Ken and Deirdre's Coronation Street house.
You can find out how to win tickets to the show here.

And, thanks to fellow blogger Inside the Wendy House, we can now have a look inside the house and see some pictures of Ken and Deirdre's house that we've never seen before.  There's pictures of the Barlow family bathroom (above), Tracy's bedroom and Amy's bedroom.

Well worth a look here.

EXCLUSIVE COMPETITION: Win tickets to see Corrie house at Ideal Home Show

With thanks to the very nice people at the Ideal Home Show, we have five, yes five, pairs of tickets to give away in a competition to visit the Ideal Home Show where you can see the Coronation Street house.

The show runs from March 11 to 27 and you can choose which day you'd like your two free tickets for, if you win.

All you have to do to enter is email me with the correct answer to this question below. Five lucky winners will be drawn at random.  You'll find the answer at the official ITV Coronation Street website.

Q: What's the name of the architect who is modernising Ken and Deirdre's Corrie home for the Ideal Home Show?  Deadline for entries is 5pm on Tuesday 15 March.

Find out more about Corrie house at the Ideal Home Show

Corrie fans! Complete the Coronation Street House at the Ideal Home Show

Coronation Street fans can vote to put the finishing touches to the designer make-over Coronation Street house at the Ideal Home Show.

By voting on the Harveys Furniture Store page on facebook, fans can choose how top designer George Clarke should dress Ken and Deirdre's Ideal Home show house and see the results at the Ideal Home Show Live.

One of the most famous terraced home addresses in Britain, No 1 Coronation Street, sponsored by Harveys, is to be given a facelift for the first time ever at this year's Ideal Home Show 2011, which runs from the 11th-27th March at Earls Court, London.

The traditional terraced house in Weatherfield, - home to Ken and Deirdre Barlow – and similar to over 5 million properties in the UK, will be built as an exact replica at this year's Ideal Home show, alongside a second property, that will be completely modernised and upgraded and given the ultimate transformation by TV personality and architect George Clarke.

Vote and join in here

Ken and Deirdre's house gets makeover at Ideal Home Show

Corrie fans! Complete the show home - vote hereHere's a sneak peek at the Coronation Street house at this year's Ideal Home Show.  It's Number 1 Coronation Street and B&Q  have given it the ultimate refurbishment in a before and after transformation.

The ‘Ideal Home Refit' sponsored by B&Q, takes on a traditional two-up-two- down semi that is transformed into a modern and cost efficient home.  The ‘Before' house, No 1 Coronation Street sponsored by Harveys, is a near replica of Ken & Deirdre's home from the nation's favourite TV soap and will include a glimpse into their never seen before bedroom. A façade of the nation's most famous pub, the Rovers Return will also feature in the show house.

The ‘After' home has been redesigned by Architect and TV personality George Clarke, with a little help from B&Q, to transform the old No.1 into a modern, eco home with simple adjustments that you can easily do in your own home.  George will demonstrate how simple and affordable improvements can alter not just the look and feel of the home but also unlock the potential of existing spaces if moving isn't an option. The new-look home also showcases dozens of green technologies that can help save money on your energy bills as well as the environment.

William Roache who has been playing Ken Barlow for 50 years, comments "Nobody has a solar panel in the Street, maybe it's time Ken become more eco-friendly!"

Find out how you can visit the Ideal Home Show from March 11-27 and get 2-for-1 tickets with Harveys the Furniture Store.

Coronation Street at the Ideal Home Show

If you're going to this year's Ideal Home Show, look out for a special Corrie section. A brand partnership between the Ideal Home Show and Coronation Street has been announced, which will allow organisers of the show to user the programme’s branding and set design.

The show will incorporate branding and artwork from Coronation Street within its Homes section of the event, while brand on product, retail, outdoor and multiplatform marketing channels will also be utilised. An experiential feature will also aim to engage with the visiting public, using the Coronation Street brand.

I have no idea what an experiential feature is, by the way, I'm just quoting the press bumf.

Corrie fans will also be offered the chance to win tickets to the show, through joint website promotions with Harveys the Furniture Store, which sponsors Coronation Street, while cast members will also make guest appearances.

A stand selling Coronation Street merchandise, as well as a series of fundraising activities to raise awareness and fund for the Coronation Street 50th Anniversary appeal will also be available.