Granada TV sign to be repaired!

[Scarlett.]

The North Wests famous creative center, Granada TV (now known as ITV Studios) has had it's sign removed after 55 years

http://www.atvnewsnetwork.co.uk/today/images/Images-new-site-sept2010/itv/gtv-studios-1970.jpg

[Smithy]

Awww, I see that everytime I get the train to manchester :sad:

[LaLaLand]

^ Same! When I was younger and used to go my Mum would say "Look out for the Granada sign"

Awh :(

[Patrick]

Why??

Are they shutting down?

OMG NO THEY BROUGHT ME THE BEST SHOW OF MY ******ING CHILD HOOD I TELL YOU!

http://www.posters.ws/images/357890/my_parents_are_aliens.jpg

[Smithy]

No, they're just taking the sign down

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

http://www.posters.ws/images/357890/my_parents_are_aliens.jpg

:love:

[Patrick]

No, they're just taking the sign down

How come?

:love:

:D

[King Gizzard]

Think I went there and got the makeup lady to draw a bruise on then got a picture on the corrie street lol

[Smithy]

I don't know, I don't work there :p

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

it wasnt made by granada but i miss sabrina :bawling:

[Harry!]

Why??

Are they shutting down?

OMG NO THEY BROUGHT ME THE BEST SHOW OF MY ******ING CHILD HOOD I TELL YOU!

http://www.posters.ws/images/357890/my_parents_are_aliens.jpg

I honestly didnt like that show once they added another child to the family.

[Smithy]

Only because the child was black Harry, racist :nono:

[Patrick]

I honestly didnt like that show once they added another child to the family.

lol Wasn't the child called Harry too?

It went downhill once they ditched all the kids and added a new bunch.
Brian was a legend though :love:

[Harry!]

lol Wasn't the child called Harry too?

It went downhill once they ditched all the kids and added a new bunch.
Brian was a legend though :love:

C.J. (The only picture I can find.)

http://sharetv.org/images/my_parents_are_aliens_uk/cj-char.jpg

I prior to posting y original post did not know his name, But did not describe him as Smithy rightly pointed out someone would make a remark.

[Tom]

No way :shocked: That sign always metaphorically said "you are now in Manchester" and Granada Reports will never be the same again without the neon sign in the darkness :(

The original My Parents Are Aliens was loads better, the original Sophie was better

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41fwX5KaE3L.jpg

[Patrick]

The original My Parents Are Aliens was loads better, the original Sophie was better

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41fwX5KaE3L.jpg

I agree, she was so funny.

The other one was abit strict lol
The first Sophie's voice was hilarious.

[Tom]

apparently it was due to 'health and safety' as if someone is going to get hit by a giant letter G as they're crossing Quay Street

If they were really extensively corroded then they wouldn't be working and they'd want to replace it

I bet this logo goes up soon http://www.anotherlevelmedia.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/itv.jpg

:mad:

new picture on MEN site

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1330894_itv_removes_famous_granada_sign_from_manch ester_studios

[Scarlett.]

I hope they leave it, you can still make out "Granada TV" in the dirt xD

[Braden]

Harry was the fifth member to the family and was also on Over the rainbow, and came fourth :)

[Scarlett.]

http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/791.$plit/C_71_article_1330894_image_list_image_list_item_0_ image.jpg?26%2F09%2F2010%2009%3A32%3A23%3A629

[BringItOn]

Thats a shame, hopefully they will replace it but the orginal would of been better staying as its been there for 50 years. I wish they would open that place up to the public again I loved it there.

I see they changed the old studio entrance too

before
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paperpariah/4174925622/in/gallery-a_brandon_shaped_space-72157622841700126/#/

now
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paperpariah/4616270075/

[Tom]

Thats a shame, hopefully they will replace it but the orginal would of been better staying as its been there for 50 years. I wish they would open that place up to the public again I loved it there.

Unlikely, they've been getting rid of or obscuring any traces of 'Granada' for quite a while and replacing them with the generic ITV logo

This was only a matter of time.

[MissKittyFantastico]

That's actually really sad :(

I remember when I first came up to Manchester, getting all excited when I saw the Granada sign and saying 'ahhhh that's where they film Corrie..omg that's amazing!!' :laugh:

R.I.P Granada :(

[flemin]

Am I the only one who doesn't care about this?

[Shaun]

^must be a northern thing :tongue:

[flemin]

^must be a northern thing :tongue:
lol, must be.

[Scarlett.]

It's kinda like a cultural thing, Manchester has changed a lot in 50 years, but the one thing that has been there throughout is the Granada sign/building :p

[Tom]

^must be a northern thing :tongue:

Iconic landmark for those of us up here

ITV region has always been much more popular than the BBC region up here and Granada has been the main ITV 'base' up here too producing some of their most successful shows and its one of the only places to do so north of London. Its kind of a cultural thing

[BringItOn]

Is the other one on the side of the building still there?
http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/af357/spooked5099/Granada1997.jpg

[Scarlett.]

No doubt they have removed that

Corrie trivia; The bridge beside the Rovers was built to hide that sign :p

[flemin]

^ The magic bridge?

[Scarlett.]

lol that's the one :p

[Scarlett.]

The sign will be repaired and replaced back atop the building!