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24.06.2020 / 22:37
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Coronation Street screens sad tribute to Dame Vera Lynn
Corrie, set at Trafford Wharf, filmed the scenes set in the Rovers Return before lockdown.Screening of the soap's VE Day celebrations has been delayed while the soap has been reduced to three episodes a week instead of six.The nation came together in May to remember the end of war in Europe and mark 75 years since VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day.On June 18 forces' sweetheart Dame Vera passed away at the age of 103 surrounded by her close family.In Wednesday night's episode Audrey Roberts, Ken Barlow, Norris Cole and Rita Tanner gathered in the pub to reminisce the day people had been waiting for after the war officially began on September 1, 1939 and almost six years around 50,000 celebrated as the Germans surrendered to the Allies.The
