Eagle-eyed Coronation Street fans may well have seen this before but it's well worth another blog post.
In the 1980s School Fun comic, Coronation Street School was re-imagined with the cast in shorts, skirts and ties and took them back
to the classroom.
Episodes often started out with the youngsters noshing
crisps and pops in the Rovers Return Tuck Shop, run by young Fred Gee,
and would spread to the playground, classroom, sports field and the
occasional field trip or visit to the Wetherfield fairground.
The
cast included the following characters: Hilda Ogden, Stan Ogden, Eddie
Yates, Annie Walker, Fred Gee, Bet Lynch, Betty Turpin, Ken Barlow,
Deirdre Barlow, Mike Baldwin, Mavis Riley, Albert Tatlock, Vera
Duckworth, Elsie Tanner, Rita Fairclough, Alf Roberts, Gail Tilsley and
Brian Tilsley.
A range of different teachers appeared in the
story, none of whom seem to be based on anyone in particular. However,
there were occasional clashes with the Canal Street Gang – a rival
outfit – who initially bore a surprising resemblance to Sidney, Smiffy
and Wilfred of The Beano’s The Bash Street Kids (although they were
first referred to as ‘the tough Bloggs brothers’). In later appearances,
the characters who first appeared to be Sidney and Smiffy had swapped
shirts, and the Wilfred-like charater’s jumper wasn’t rolled as high,
possibly as the inclusion of DC Thomson characters was deemed unwise.
Perhaps if Eastenders had been around at the time we may have seen a
young Dirty Den, Ian Beale and Nick Cotton instead.
See lots of fun images on the blog: Great News for All Readers
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They are great takes you back to the good old days
Great memories - how I yearn for the good 'ole days :)
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