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Friday 16 November 2012

Fab Photo Friday - November 16th 2012

It's Friday again so it's time for this week's fab Coronation Street photo. Here's a picture from a wedding that never actually took place. Who are the bride and groom and why didn't the wedding happen? I can identify most of the guests but there are a couple who have me stumped. Who is the man behind Elsie and who is the man in uniform?



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6 comments:

njblas said...

The man behind Elsie is Cyril Turpin. Don't recognise the man in the uniform - maybe he was a relation of nearly-bride Alice Pickens?

njblas said...

Have just done some more research, and Alice Pickens had a son Douglas, who was a Royal Marine Commando Training Instructor - so I think we can safely say, that's who the uniformed man in the picture is! Douglas took Emily Nugent out on a date during his short time in Weatherfield.

Sunny Jim said...

Thanks njblas, of course it's Cyril Turpin, I should have recognised him.

Beth said...

How brilliant are these Fab Photo Friday's. I love them every week. Happy memories of fantastic characters! Thanks for posting.

Anonymous said...

I think the lad in the uniform is Peter - he was in the navy so perhaps he was home on leave. Liz

njblas said...

It's definitely Douglas Pickins. Peter Barlow would have been 4 years old when this photo was taken in 1969:)

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