If you're in the Southport area, do pop along to the Southport Flower Show before it ends on Sunday this weekend. Two of our intrepid reporters - Nikki and John Beresford - went along to the Southport Flower Show today to have a look at the Coronation Street themed garden.
Here's the report from Nikki and John, who also had the pleasure of meeting Corrie cast members David Neilson and Patti Claire - who play Roy and Mary. All photos on this blog post are those taken at the Flower Show today by Nikki and John.
And so, over to John:
"The brief summer interlude that had surprised us earlier this
week gave way to yet more rain today, perhaps in honour of Weatherfield's visit
to the Southport Flower Show. Coronation Street
stars David Neilson (Roy Cropper) and Patti Clare (Mary Taylor) braved the
inclement weather to visit the Weatherfield-themed show garden, created by
award-winning designer Chris Ashcroft.
The garden features a Rovers Return pergola, under which
visitors were gleefully taking turns to be photographed sinking a pint of
Newton & Ridley's at the bar, and the famous chimney pots seen in the
Street’s opening credits since 1960. The pergola is creatively balanced by a
gazebo on the other side of the garden, under which is set a comfy sofa (supplied
by Coronation Street sponsor Harveys) for visitors to take the weight off their
feet, although very few braved the stares of onlookers to do so!
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| John Beresford enjoying a pint of Newton & Ridley in the Corrie garden |
David Nielson said he was: "Looking forward to seeing
the flower show as nature cannot be hurried and in today's modern, frantic
world it does you good to escape into the calm of being surrounded by nature
and this lovely relaxing environment." The attention of many devoted
Coronation Street fans desperate to grab a photo opportunity meant that, for
David at least, today's garden visit was perhaps not such a calm environment as
he had hoped, but both he and Patti were clearly delighted to meet the many
fans who had turned up to see both them and the garden.
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| Corrie's Patti Claire (Mary) poses for photos with fans at the Flower Show |
Knowing our readers' love of insider gossip, I asked Patti
whether we had seen the last of the controversial storyline concerning her
character Mary's designs on Roy. Choosing her words very careful, Patti replied
that the story would continue to play out for some time yet, but perhaps not in
the way we all expect. Read into that what you will! She added that in a
related story, Mary is about to offer help to a friend, with predictably
catastrophic (and no doubt hilarious) results.
The Southport Flower Show continues until Sunday 19 August.
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2 comments:
*waves hi to John and Nikki*
Lovely looking little garden!
It was quite splendid - the colours are simply beautiful; I'm pleased the pics do them credit.
Have to say that the other themed/show gardens were stunning too, each in their own way. It really was a marvellous day out - and only an hour from Manchester!
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