Coronation Street fans have been issuing a demand to soap bosses as two of the show's legends were seen enjoying an emotional reunion.
Viewers of the ITV soap were thrilled to see Barbara Knox and Thelma Barlow brought back together during an appearance at the RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park.
On Wednesday (July 19) Barbara was in attendance at the first day of the flower show for an official presentation by officials from Blue Diamond Garden Centres of the new rose Gracious Lady, which has been grown and named in honour of Barbara ahead of her 90th birthday.
But before the official presentation got underway, Barbara, who is famed for playing Rita Tanner in Corrie, had an emotional reunion with the soap's Mavis Wilton actress Thelma Barlow, 94.
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