Granada studios, United Kingdom, Have u ever heard of it/been?

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Hi My lotters! i used to work in manchester @ Granda studios. it was a major attraction in the 80/90s until loss of profit and unfortunetly finally closed down in 1999. What a fabulous place this was!! i worked within the retail department, they had many different shops full of the Coronation street gifts, the U.F.O shop that sold wacky inflatable aliens etc!, then there was Madisons, situated on 'New York street' which was a replica set complete with a pink Cadillac!! Madisons was part of three shops: Madisons (Sold Mancester utd football gifts, tv gifts from various shows)/Laughing stock (sold:as the name suggests Jokes mainly Smiffys)/then finally Cadburys (which also had sooty - the puppet! gifts available there too!) Cadburys had every chocolate bar id ever tried and plenty i hadnt..this was the first place i got a 'yard of chocolate' it was a big stick of choc lovliness!!!! besides the new york set/shops, they also had the actual set off Moll Flanders which was shipped in and recreated, also Baker Street complete with Cafe (which sold delicious fresh baked potatoes..yum yum!!) and a gift shop next door that sold everythin Sherlock from the video series sets to a deer stalker hat!!! Other attractions included the Tour that took you around the make up rooms, set of Coronation street, Emmerdale Farm (or Emmerdale) and many more shows! you could have drink in the Replica Rovers Return Pub or even try Bettys infamous Hotpot!! there was also an arcade, A coronation street experince ride, The Motion Master and loads more fab things to do...it is definetly a huge part of my childhood, and teen yrs after i was lucky enough to work there...i would love to hear what anyone else thinks!!!!!! thanku!!!