New Blogger - Llifon Jones

Hello all, my name's Llifon, or you may know me as Coronation Street Corner or CSC. Flaming Nora has kindly offered me a place on the blog team and it's a privilege to accept the invitation. I'm 20 years old and from North Wales and I'm currently studying Welsh and History in Bangor University - in my second year.

But what about my love for Corrie? My first memory of Corrie was Des Barnes being attacked and that was about 1998, when I was about 7. But I didn't become properly glued until Hillmania in 2002-03 and since then I've been a big fan. Fave storylines since then include Mad Maya, Rita in court, Ernie Bishop's killer turning up, Ray Langton's return, Mel Hutchwright, Ken and Deirdre's wedding and Colin Grimshaw's secret revealed. I believe there is a strong link between my love of history and Corrie due to the soap having such a long and rich history.

As you've probably noticed in my comments over the years, I've got a soft spot for Rita (isn't the photo above great?!) and I believe she's one of the greatest characters ever to grace the cobbles - in my opinion, the best! She's had great storylines over the years, she's beautiful and she's a true soap legend - one of the few that still grace our screens.

My other favourites over the years include Emily, Alf, Annie Walker, Hilda Ogden and Blanche. I've got myself a lot of Corrie memorabilia that include DVDs that have episodes from 1976-1999; books on the 30th, 40th and 50th anniversary; Treasures of Corrie; Women of Corrie; a VHS about Rita; and this Christmas I received a Corrie mug with Rita and Norris on it!

I hope you will enjoy and contribute to my blog posts. I'm in the process of doing various polls and countdowns and you will have a chance to vote. In the pipeline are the best Corrie characters and couples. So keep a look out daily on the blog in case I'll be posting!

Thank you

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda! (that's Welsh for Happy New Year!)

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