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Coronation Street Betty Driver Dies

 
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mark occomore



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:11 pm    Post subject: Coronation Street Betty Driver Dies Reply with quote

Coronation Street actress Betty Driver has died at the age of 91.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15320895

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15th October should be announced as National Hotpot day.. RIP.
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littlepieces



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have to say i am a bit sad about this.When i was a kid and i watched Corrie with mum and dad Betty was always my fav,never seemed to have a major role but always there
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought she played the part of Betty in Coronation Street so well

Perhaps that may have been because she had worked behind a bar in Derbyshire in her earlier life

A sad loss
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Helen May



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A sad loss.

She used to shop in my local M&S and saw her last in wheelchair, probably around Christmas last year.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

She was a decent singer too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrgk7CewVJs
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