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When Elsie Tanner caused a crowd surge in the middle of South Shields

We want to know if you were there on the day that cries of "Elsie! Elsie!" echoed up and down King Street in South Shields.
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Coronation Street legend had long rivalry with ‘unprofessional’ co-star

Soap’s longest-standing actor William Roache has revealed he had a two-year rivalry with a Coronation Street co-star. The 93-year-old actor, who has played Ken Barlow on the ITV soap since its 1960 ...