I worked in a shop by the Coronation Street set and met the cast – but there's a soap star we all fell in love with
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A FAN that used to work in a shop near the Coronation Street set has revealed she met a lot of the cast - but there was one star who was her "favourite".
The woman told the story on a Reddit forum about people who've met British TV stars.
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A user on Reddit revealed she met a lot of the Coronation Street cast when she worked in a shop close to the set - but there was one star that stuck with her
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Vera Duckworth (Liz Dawn) was a much-loved fictional character on Coronation Street for over 30 years
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She shared that she used to work in TK Maxx, a new store which had opened in Manchester, "20 ish years ago".
Many of the soap stars would come into the store and she described them all to be "so lovely".
But there was one in particular that was exceptionally nice and always went above and above, leaving a lasting impression on the fan.
The fan said that Vera Duckworth star, Liz Dawn was her "favourite".
She penned: "Liz Dawn was my favourite. She would stop and chat and sign autographs for every single person that approached her. She was lovely to all the staff."
The user said that the legendary cobbles star would come into the store so often that she remembered the workers names and would always make sure she said hello to them.
The fan added: "Other customers would say she could be served before them in the queue and she would say no, saying that she liked to queue and behave normally when she wasn't in work."
Vera Duckworth was a much-loved fictional character on Coronation Street for over 30 years.
Liz had starred in the popular long-running soap for 34 years - after first joining the cobbles in 1974.
She had a recurring role as a factory worker until her husband, Jack Duckworth, (played by Bill Tarmey) first appeared in 1979.
After three decades on the cobbles, Liz quit the soap in 2008.
Liz passed away at the age of 77, in September 2017, following a long battle with the lung condition, emphysema.
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The fan described Liz Dawn as her "favourite" and said she was "so lovely"
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She passed away at the age of 77 in 2017 following a long battle with a lung condition
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