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And the Encyclopædia Britannica is in itself a poor source - it relies on its prestige and reputation, and nothing else to be considered reliable. At least Wikipedia cites its sources. And either way it shouldn't be citing tertiary sources.
OK, fair enough. Guiness Book of Answers is reliable though, AFAIK-- it is extremely thorough too.
Anyway (!).... back to Granada. I don't if this has been mentioned before, but what was the official reason for the discontinuation of Granada tours? Was one ever given?
They needed the Corrie set more often for filming was one of the reasons due to all the extra episodes.
The Coronation Street set was closed to the public first due to filming even more episodes per week. They then closed the rest of the tour at the same time they sold off their entertainments company to Madam Tussards (Camelot in Chorley, The Great American Adventure Theme Park - where Junior Krypton assault course was filmed - in Derby and they eveb sold off the Victoria and Albert Hotel - along with the spare land which was to used for the so-called expansion of the theme park - at Quay Street in Manchester)
Advising that Granada wanted to concentrate on the television industry and the impending consolidation on the ITV franchises.
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Roger Mellie posted:
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Roger Mellie posted:
...FYI Wiki's page on the matter is sourced from
Encyclopedia Britannica
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And the Encyclopædia Britannica is in itself a poor source - it relies on its prestige and reputation, and nothing else to be considered reliable. At least Wikipedia cites its sources. And either way it shouldn't be citing tertiary sources.
OK, fair enough. Guiness Book of Answers is reliable though, AFAIK-- it is extremely thorough too.
Anyway (!).... back to Granada. I don't if this has been mentioned before, but what was the official reason for the discontinuation of Granada tours? Was one ever given?
They needed the Corrie set more often for filming was one of the reasons due to all the extra episodes.
The Coronation Street set was closed to the public first due to filming even more episodes per week. They then closed the rest of the tour at the same time they sold off their entertainments company to Madam Tussards (Camelot in Chorley, The Great American Adventure Theme Park - where Junior Krypton assault course was filmed - in Derby and they eveb sold off the Victoria and Albert Hotel - along with the spare land which was to used for the so-called expansion of the theme park - at Quay Street in Manchester)
Advising that Granada wanted to concentrate on the television industry and the impending consolidation on the ITV franchises.
