An Australian Coronation Street fan called Adrian Schober has written and published a substantial article about the visit to Australia of Pat Phoenix, Doris Speed and Arthur Leslie in 1966, and Violet Carson in 1968. His article is quite detailed and interesting.
The actors were treated like superstars in Australia, yet only a few years later, Corrie’s popularity in Australia had fallen dramatically. Adrian Schoble discusses the reasons why this happened and you can find it here: https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/La-Trobe-Journal-102-Adrian-Schober.pdf - some great pics included. His notes on his research are here: https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/La-Trobe-Journal-102-Notes-and-contributors.pdf
Adrian is very interested in furthering his research and would love to hear from anyone who has memories or photos of the 1960s tours.
Apparently he has had a lot of responses already from long term Corrie fans in Melbourne. He has also heard that Arthur Leslie took a lot of photos and possibly home movies while in Australia, and is wondering if any descendants of Arthur’s still have them.
Adrian is happy for his email address to be published if anyone would like to contact him: beatles9@optusnet.com.au
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