Coronation Street cast-offs go up for sale

There's a whole load of Coronation Street character clothing up for sale today.

So if you fancy bidding on any of the following, they're all here for your delectation and delight.  They all come with the ITV certificate of authenticity.

Alya Nazir's trouser suit

Sally Webster's t-shirt

Rita Sullivan's blouse

Martin Platt's cardigan

Alison Webster's jumper


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Kevin Webster, Bomber Jacket king of Coronation Street

Type Kevin Webster into Google and look what comes up. Just look. Third one down, it's his bomber jacket.  Has there ever been such an iconic piece of Corrie clothing? It ranks up there with Hayley Cropper's red anorak and Bet Lynch's leopard skin tops.

Kev's bomber jacket even has its own twitter account - and fittingly, for such an outdated coat, the twitter account hasn't been updated for years.

Kev's coat has lasted well over the years. Does anyone know when it first appeared? It works well with beardy Kev...

...and clean-shaven Kev too.

It's indestructible.

And even behind-the-scenes it takes on a life of its own.

This is the earliest picture I could find of Kev wearing the big purple coat.

Of course, it's not the only coat that Kev's been attached to. In the Coronation Street book Access All Areas: Behind the Scenes at Coronation Street there's a chapter all about creating the look for characters.  In an interview with the wardrobe master about Kevin Webster they say that at the time of writing the book (1999) Kev was just about living in his leather jacket. 

The wardrobe master at that time says "Kevin Webster has had the same leather jacket since the day he arrived 16 year ago! Michael le Vell often points out to me that he's ever been bought a new coat!"

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Hayley's iconic red anorak to be auctioned for Meningitis Trust

Earlier this week on twitter I asked what would happen to Hayley's iconic red anorak when Julie Hesmondhalgh leaves the show later this year. I know, it's going to be sadder than a sad thing on national sad day, but leaving the show she is.

Anyway, Julie Hesmondhalgh, who plays Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street, has tweeted back to us to say she's going to be auctioning off Hayley's red anorak to raise funds for charity. 

Here's Julie's @juliehes tweet to us @corostreetblog.

"@juliehes "I'm auctioning it off for Meningitis Trust in memory of my lovely friend Alex Williams xxx"

Find out more about Meningitis Trust

Did you know, that red anorak was reportedly taken off sale in Dorothy Perkins in 2004 after Hayley was spotted wearing it when she first appeared on Coronation Street.

And it's not the first time Julie's auctioned off Hayley's red anoraks for charity.

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Iconic Corrie clothing up for sale

The white polo-neck top as worn by Deirdre Barlow when she was up in court in Coronation Street is up for sale on ebay.

Bid to win it here.