History YMMV / CoronationStreet

** Percy Bridge is played by Creator/JackSmethurst, who would later be best known for playing the Eddie Booth in ''Series/LoveThyNeighbour''.

** Although Sinead was never the most popular character (though she was far more palatable than her aunt Beth), it is impossible not to feel sorry for her when [[spoiler: during her second pregnancy, she finds she has cancer, and for her to survive, she needs to both terminate her pregnancy, and her hysterectomy would cause her to never be able to have a baby again. While Sinead was able to safely deliver a healthy baby boy, her cancer rapidly worsens and becomes terminal. More fans than ever warmed to her seflessness and sweet nature despite what she was going through.]]

** In 1968 the first new building appeared in Coronation Street a set of Maisonettes designed in the Brutalist style, however they only lasted till 1971 when Valerie Barlow died by electrocution and knocking over a Electrical Fire set the block ablazed and exposing the building's flaws unsurprisingly they were demolished soon after but such a story is painful to watched after the Grenfell Tower fire.

* DorkAge:
** Michelle discovering that Ryan wasn't biologically hers, swapped with another boy called Alex. Alex disappeared after a few weeks and the storyline was panned by fans and critics. The writers appeared to retcon it from existence until 2018 when Alex returned.
** Kevin and Molly's affair was universally despised, for it being a StrangledByTheRedString RomanticPlotTumor and the downright uncomfortable love scenes. Karl and Sunita's years later was almost like a RecycledScript of it - and was equally hated.
** The 'relationship' between Jamie and Frankie. Numerous viewers and critics expressed {{Squick}} at it. Even Frankie called it off when it got too icky for her.
** Ken abruptly leaving Deirdre to go and live with Denise, hoping to rekindle his relationship with his son Daniel. Mostly because viewers found it a waste of time and knew Ken and Deirdre would inevitably reconcile. Fans also felt a similar way towards the affair with Martha - as it seemed like an odd way to shoehorn Stephanie Beacham onto the show.
** Leanne having a baby after a one night stand with Steve, a character she rarely interacted with outside the Rovers.
** The storyline of Tyrone getting abused by Kirsty, which took up screen time for literal years.

* BrokenBase: The focus on darker storylines has been divisive on the fanbase. While Coronation Street has had its fair share of darker storylines [[note]] from murder, sexual assault, and pedophilia [[/note]] in the past, from 2018 onwards it's brought greater attention to the show [[note]] Bethany's child grooming plotline, Pat Phelan's murders, David's sexual assault, Geoff's abuse of Yasmeen, discrimination, and Griff's white supremacy storyline [[/note]] through controversy and Ofcom complaints. While half the fanbase praises the show for tackling darker subject matters and raising awareness, the other half believes the series is getting too involved in these topics. The main argument against the series is that it either talks too much about these problems or should never have talked about these problems in the first place.