When it was announced that the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy is to pen an ode to Corrie for the soap's 50th anniversary this year, we asked Corrie fans to pen their own odes too.
And so, here's the first, below. It comes in from Llifon Jones who blogs wonderfully at the Coronation Street Corner.
Back in 1960,
A little soap began.
That would in time give us,
The likes of Hilda and Stan.
In the sixties, you had the Walkers,
Ena, Elsie and Len.
And not forgetting Albert,
Minnie, Martha and Ken.
With the seventies came colour,
Plus Bet, Rita and Deirdre.
And the violent death of Ernest,
In Mike Baldwin’s factory.
Only Ken was there by ‘84,
All the originals had gone through the door.
And the eighties saw the deaths of Brian Tilsley,
Stan Ogden and Alan Bradley.
The nineties saw great changes
Bidding farewell to Mavis, Alf and Bet.
As well as new characters,
We saw an expansion in the set.
And now reaching fifty,
Corrie’s still great.
We still go to Weatherfield,
At half seven and half eight!
Friday 2 April 2010
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2 comments:
Thanks for the mention of the blog and my poem. Much appreciated!
My Ode to Corrie..
I think it's time to rake up the cobbles
Coronation Street has begun to wobble
The acting lately is a little drone
The latest storylines should be left at home
So many characters are so very weak and mild
Where are others are too sexy and a little wild
What does Emily have to offer the public anymore
It's very sad that we don't have Blanche anymore
Gone is the day when storylines failed to corrupt our innocent minds
Now we have passionate affairs, talks of abortions, jealousy and screaming abuse
There doesn't seem to be any love or comedy about
Mad Mary kidnaps Norris, while Gary goes AWOL while everyday a UK soldier loses his life abroad in a warzone that is hotter than the average oven
I think I'd like to see the return of a few old characters and the axing of a dozen
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