• 9 months ago
A lifelong Coronation Street fan was given the best surprise by her family - a day trip to visit the set.

Barbara Hopkinson, 79, began watching the ITV soap in her twenties and has never missed an episode.

Her daughter, Karen Cosier, 54, and granddaughters Mollie, 25, and Lauren Cosier, 28, decided to surprise her with a day on set.

Granddaughter Mollie, who filmed the whole day, said her nan was like '"a child in a sweet shop."

The adorable video shows Barbara having the time of her life walking down the famous cobbles of the British soap.

Barbara, a retired factory worker from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, said: "It was 100% lovely. We didn’t stop laughing the whole day.

"It was all so good but the best thing was being with my daughter and granddaughters. We had such a good day"

Mollie, a hairdresser, said: "Watching her have so much fun was surreal for us so I can only image how it felt for her.

"We think she must've been about 21 when she first started watching the show when it started and she'll be 80 next month!

"She's normally quite shy too but for some reason, on that day, she was full of confidence.

"She was getting pictures of everything.

"She even pushed passed some children for a photo in all of the excitement and we had to say 'nanna there are kids waiting for a photo in front of you!"

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Transcript
00:00 [Music]
00:08 We're in Asian Street
00:10 Have a picture with it
00:14 You'll have to send it me Molly
00:16 I will
00:18 Take it away Nana
00:28 Come on Nana
00:30 Put some tomato sauce on your chips
00:32 Sit
00:34 Taxi
00:38 Lay on it
00:42 Cut your leg off
00:44 Aww look at it
00:46 [Laughter]
00:48 Is that your favourite street Nana?
01:02 Yeah
01:04 What would you like?
01:06 1990s
01:10 Same one
01:12 To present
01:14 Hello, what are you doing here?
01:16 Having a good time here?
01:18 Who is it? Kembalo?
01:20 Oh really?
01:22 It's old then, if that's fitting
01:24 [Laughter]
01:26 Cheers to a good day
01:28 Lovely day
01:30 [Music]
01:32 No!

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