It was a soap reunion quite unlike any other as Coronation Street's iconic duo of Rita and Mavis, aka acting legends Barbara Knox and Thelma Barlow, were brought back together at the annual RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park on Wednesday.
The soap's legendary Rita actress Barbara was invited to the show as a rose has been named in her honour to celebrate her upcoming 90th birthday.
But as she waited to be presented with the rose, there was an emotional reunion with Corrie's Mavis Wilton actress Thelma Barlow, 94.
The actresses have remained great friends away from screen after over 30 years spent playing on-screen double act Rita and Mavis throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s.
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