Maud Grimes and Phyllis Pearce - remembered with affection

The great thing about watching Coronation Street over the longer term is the affection you develop for some of the characters. A few can walk off the cobbles and be instantly forgotten, but others just stick in your mind as if you know them personally.

I was browsing Youtube yesterday and found an old clip of Elizabeth Bradley, playing a scrote's mum in The Sweeney. Instant flashback to Maud Grimes giving someone (probably Reg Holdsworth) a good ear-bashing in the Rovers. Elizabeth Bradley played Maud from 1993 - 1999.

Another favourite battle-axe was Phyllis 'ooh Percy!' Pearce, played by Jill Summers from 1982 until 1997. How many people did a Phyllis impersonation? I know I did anyway! Sadly both actresses have passed on. Elizabeth Bradley died in 2000, and Jill Summers died in 1997. Both greatly missed.
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Remembering Maud Grimes

There's a long, nice article at the ATV website which remembers Maud Grimes. It says that Maud was Coronation Street's first character to appear in a wheelchair - but does anyone know if that's true? It's well worth a read.