Audrey ' s Audrey ' s is a hair salon currently located at number 2 Coronation Street . Built in 1989 it was originally the location of a charity shop prior to its conversion to a salon in 1991 . Since the owners have included Denise Osbourne , Fiona Middleton and Audrey Roberts . History . Number 2 Coronation Street was built in 1989 on the former site of Baldwin ' s Casuals following sale of the land by Mike Baldwin . In 1992 , the empty premises was bought by Denise Osbourne , who took on Fiona Middleton and Jon Welch as hairdressers . Denise left Weatherfield in 1996 and sold the salon to Fiona , whose friend Maxine Heavey , was assistant who continued to work at the salon as a stylist until her death in 2003 . Fiona herself left Weatherfield in 1998 selling the salon to Audrey Roberts . In November 1999 , Audrey renamed the salon " " Audrey ' s " . " In October of the next year , while Audrey was on holiday , stylist Candice Stowe became temporary boss . Debs Brownlow walked out on Audrey the next month . After the death of Audrey ' s best friend Alma Halliwell in 2001 , Audrey renamed the salon " " Alma ' s " " . " " Alma ' s " " reverted to " " Audrey ' s " " in April 2003 following the death of Alma ' s ' cousin ' and Gail ' s husband , Richard Hillman who was responsible for the death of Maxine ( among others ) and tried to kill Audrey and her family . Other staff throughout the years have included Maria Sutherland , Natasha Blakeman , and Audrey ' s grandchildren Sarah and David Platt . In April 2008 , " Audrey ' s " was one of the places David caused damage to on his street - wide rampage , along with a few car windows , some house windows , and the kebab shop . He smashed the front window with the lead pipe he had been using to smash other windows beforehand . David was later arrested as Rita Sullivan emerged from the salon mid - hair do , annoyed that the street ' s residents now knew that she wasn ' t a natural redhead . Edna Hargreaves died at the salon while under the drier in March 2011 . In August 2011 Audrey took the day off . Having David and Kylie watch the salon turned out to be a disaster as Kylie told Betty they " don ' t do OAPs on Monday " . In March 2012 , Audrey suffered a heart attack in the salon as her family had erupted into arguing inside the building . She survived . " Audrey ' s " would certainly not be out of the spotlight of drama throughout 2015 . Maria departed over the Summer to look after her ill mother in Cyprus , leaving the salon one staff member short . They needn ' t worry , however , as new arrival Nessa Warner quickly filled the position , despite the fact that she and Audrey did not get along . Further trouble came along in September 2015 when vicious Callum Logan , who was terrorising Audrey ' s family , set two of his thugs on the salon and robbed the place , trashing it and leaving Audrey traumatised . In January 2016 , stress at the salon triggered another heart attack for poor Audrey , who was thankfully discovered by Ken Barlow when he saw that the salon ' s front door was ajar . Callum ' s friend Gemma showed up at the salon demanding a job in March 2016 . David hired her with permission from Audrey , but fired her after one day , as he had never planned on keeping her on . She later went to work at the Prima Doner kebab shop on Victoria Street after she was fired . Staff . Current Staff : Former Staff :