Who are the new Coronation Street legends?

Watching Coronation Street last night I was once again impressed by the way Tracy has been softly, subtly and gently transformed from the toxic man-killing Tracy that we all knew and love into the very epitome of maternal love for Amy.  The change began after Deirdre died and has continued since, in a very natural way which has worked to make Tracy's change believable.  It set me off wondering if I would consider Tracy McDonald now to be a Coronation Street legend and I have to admit that I would.

Which of course, set me off wondering which other current Corrie characters would be considered legends at this time.  For me, it would be the ones pictured above - Jenny BradleyConnor, Steve McDonald, Liz McDonald, Roy Cropper and of course my favourite character, Rita Tanner.

Who are your Coronation Street legends right now - the ones we'll remember in years to come, even if they're no longer part of the show?

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Which Coronation Street legends would you like to return?

There's much hoo-hah this Easter weekend in the tabloids over incoming Coronation Street producer Kate Oates.  We've already blogged about her plans for cast and storylines here.

And now the tabloids are saying that Kate Oates plans to bring back some Coronation Street legends - including Bet and Curly.

Speaking to the Daily Star, she said: "I think Corrie has a strong cast but also a strong history and it's nice to mix and match. I'm looking forward to seeing what the writers are interested in doing and matching their ideas with mine."

Kevin Kennedy who played Curly Watts on Corrie, took to twitter to say this about his rumoured return:

As for today's newspaper report that I'm going back to Coro , one thing is certain, I would be the last to know haha

— Kevin Kennedy (@mrkevkennedy) March 27, 2016

Now then, as regular readers will know, I'm a huge fan of Emily's nephew Geoffrey, aka Spider Nugent. He'd definitely be on my list of top five characters I'd love to see return, along with Toyah Battersby too.

Who would you like to see again back on Coronation Street?

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Who are the current Coronation Street icons?

After blogging about Liz McDonald's wardrobe, I thought to myself that Liz now ranks as a Coronation Street icon, to me anyway. This started me thinking about which other current characters I would name as belonging to that holiest of positions - the Corrie icon.

Here's my list to start with, I'd love to hear who you would choose for your own Corrie icon list.

The dictionary definition of icon I'm choosing here is a person or thing that is revered or idolized. Using that definition, my own list of current Corrie icons are:

Liz McDonald

Carla Connor

Sally Webster

Roy Cropper

 

Tracy Barlow

I'd also like to add Deirdre Barlow in my list of current Corrie icons too.


However, there are others which I admire greatly and would put under the title of the Corrie legend.

I'm using the dictionary definition of legend to mean a collection of stories about an admirable person and a person who is the center of such stories.

I'd therefore put in my list of legends, the following:

Rita Tanner

 

Ken Barlow 

Emily Bishop

Gail Rodwell


A special mention goes to Fiz Stape, who I feel could very well fill the Corrie classic Battleaxe role, in due course.

Who are your CURRENT Corrie icons and legends?

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