It is Yorkshire Day
and whilst it is unlikely to be mentioned on t'cobbles tonight, I
thought I would reference the Yorkshire folk who make up the Street.
Even though it's on the wrong side of the Pennines, and you can't, as
Brian Potter said on Phoenix Nights, pit the counties, Corrie speaks
more to me than the every day tale of helicopter crashes and Dingles
on the other ITV soap, Emmerdale. The two counties do have some
things in common however: we have plain speaking, bosom-heaving
matriarchs and we call a ginnel a ginnel, although the correct name
for a barm is a bread cake.
I now live in That
London, but was born in Leeds and grew up in Doncaster (although I am
technically a half-breed as (whisper) my dad is a Lancastrian). My
home town was featured when Mike Baldwin had Alzheimer's and he took
himself off to Doncaster to find his son, but the scenes that took
place at “Doncaster rail station” were quite clearly at a
Metrolink station rather than the nine platforms of Doncaster.
Anyway, Coronation
Street may be set in a version of Salford, but many of its cast hail
from God's Own County. Long term cast members slash Corrie royalty
Jack P Shepherd (David) and Beverley Callard (Liz) both hail from
Leeds, as does Sair Khan (Alya). Helen Worth (Gail) is from
Wakefield. Liam Bairstow (Alex) is from Bradford. Mikey North (Gary
Windass) is from Scarborough.
From the guest cast
of the past, Steve Jackson, aka Trevor the sexy binman who dated
Carla and then left with Janice Battersby, is from my home town of
Donny. As is Richard Crehan (Lee, Billy's skanky brother), and Liz's ex
Vernon (Ian Reddington) was from Sheffield. Anyone remember Norris's
ex-wife's ex-husband, Ivor Priestley? He is called Paul Copley and is
from Denby Dale (near Huddersfield). Maureen Lipman, very temporary
bar manager, Lillian, is from Hull. David Crellin who played both the
actual Colin Fishwick and Jimmy Clayton, Steve's girlfriend Ronnie's
criminal ex-husband, was born in Sheffield. Getting into very minor
stories now, Jake Harman (Kenny Doughty), who briefly romanced
'Chelle, is from Barnsley.
Dead but not
forgotten: Jimi Mistry (Kal Nazir) was born in Scarborough, although
crossed the Pennines to go to school in Cheadle Hulme, Lucy Jo Hudson
(Katy Harris) is from Leeds and her on-screen dad Tommy Harris
(Thomas Craig) is from Sheffield. Paula Lane (Kylie) is another Leeds
gal and her still living sister Becky Grainger-McDonald (Katherine
Kelly) is from Barnsley.
Also from Leeds was
the incomparable Liz Dawn (Vera).
I'm sure I've missed
loads out. Who else is from east of the Pennines?
Many thanks to
Corripedia.
Rachel Stevenson - on twitter
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