Venus fly trap and other strange Coronation Street gifts

The venus fly trap was an unusual gift, of that there is no doubt.  It's prompted me to think of other strange and bizarre presents that have been given and received in Coronation Street.

Well, we had Gail's gift of a foot spa from Phil Nail, the foot-fiddler fella.

 More romantically, Curly Watts bought a star for his wife Raquel and named it after her - Mrs Raquel Watts.

In one of the best gift mix-ups in Corrie, John Stape caused chaos at Christmas when the present he bought for girlfriend Rosie (frilly undies) was opened by his wife Fiz. Rosie wasn't too chuffed to open John's gift of a pair of comfy pjyamas he'd bought for Fiz.

At Christmas 1999, Les Battersby bought wife Janice a copy of the Karma Sutra. Unfortunatly, Google searches for an image of this produced some eye-watering images I'd rather not see again!

There must be LOADS more of inappropriate or funny presents that have been exchanged in Coronation Street over the years. If you can help jog our memory leave a note in the comments below and we'll add the best ones to the blog post!

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Corrie Christmas Countdown - Day 22

 

Over the next few weeks, the ITV Coronation Street website is doing a daily Christmas countdown. They'll be showing classic clips of and teasers and trivia about Corrie Christmases.

 

Today, they've got a video where some of the cast share their worst Christmas presents:

 

Simon Gregson (Steve McDonald) – “The worst present I ever got I think was a Transformers clock…I was about sixteen at the time.”

Jack P. Shepherd (David Platt) – “I did get my sister a present once for Christmas and it was a fat fairy sat on a fake diamante jewel – it was a paperweight! And this was £25 – a paperweight! I don’t know what went through my head to why my sister would like it. I gave it to her and I think she threw it at me!”

Catherine Tyldesley (Eva Price) – “It’s the same every year – it’s chocolate. Because I’m obsessed with chocolate and if it’s there I’m going to end up eating it.”

Ben Price (Nick Tilsley) – “An A4 refill pad which you put in a binder and it’s only got one hole and it was 10p and my mum got me that!”

 

What's the worst present you ever got?

 

Mine has to be a dart board, which I never used. I don't even like darts!

 

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