New Blog Contributor - Stevie Dawson

As the blog’s newest contributor I thought I’d take a moment to introduce myself and explain my reasons for coming on board.

As with most of you that visit this site and watch the show, I have grown up with Coronation Street and living in London, I now tune in eagerly on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday to get my little fix of ‘home’.  I grew up in Rochdale in a terraced house and we had many interesting neighbours, some of whom wouldn’t have been out of place stitching knickers in Underworld or vying for Ken Barlow’s affections over a pint of Newton and Ridley’s finest. We had births, deaths, marriages, the odd affair and in my own personal life, a ‘coming out’…of sorts.

Because of my working class roots I’d always seen the amazing way Coronation Street writers had captured real life. In my younger years, whilst living with my Aunty Jean, I spent a lot of time with ladies of a certain age who all seemed to have huge hairdos, and even though they lived in places like Cleveleys and Blackpool, they always sported fantastic sun tans. They were always lovely to me and to this day, my favourite character in the show is Rita Tanner, played by the incomparable Barbara Knox, who always reminds me of those amazing women and that time in my life.

I was also lucky enough some years ago to work for a Corrie favourite. Before my move to London I pulled pints for Beverley Callard and her now husband Jon behind the bar of their two pubs. Bev played the unforgettable Liz McDonald and is currently wowing audiences playing Mari in the stage version of Little Voice across the UK. I don’t think I’m alone in hoping she returns to the Street one day…

So what should you expect from my contributions to the Coronation Street Blog? I want to highlight the genius of the script writers, who never fail to amaze and amuse me and deserve all the recognition they get. But I am also interested in Corrie’s history, it’s strong female characters and what the future holds for our favourite show.

Stay tuned.

Stevie

Stevie's travel blog: www.mrdawson.com and Twitter page:  @StevieDawson

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