Throughout its 59 year history Coronation Street’s best loved characters have come out with some great lines.
Some leave you helpless with laughter, others can move you to tears. Best of all, there are people on the street who are capable of delivering both.
Mary Cole, with her autobiographical rolling news, is one gift for Corrie writers that keeps on giving. Carla Connor has a tongue that can lash with the very best of them.
So here are our favourite quotes of the past 10 years.
1. Deirdre Barlow gives Tracy a lecture on grief
“I don’t see your gran, because she died. You don’t see your daughter because you hit Charlie Stubbs over the head with an ornament.”
2. Becky McDonald heads off to Barbados
“Regrets are for people what stop on the ground. We’re heading for the stars.”
3. Hayley Cropper’s final heart-breaking farewell to Roy
“I’m so sorry I have to go.”
4. Tina McIntyre’s heartless murder by Rob Donovan
“I was born gobby.”
“Yeah, and you’ll die gobby too.”
5. Michelle couldn’t bear husband Steve’s betrayal
“I always knew you were an idiot, but you were my idiot.”
6. Rita Tanner’s worldly wise advice
“When life gives you lemons, stick ‘em in a G&T.”
7. No one can keep Gemma Winter down
“I’ve got more bounce back than a pig on a trampoline.”
8. Carla can’t resist having a dig at Peter Barlow
“Peter running a pub is like putting a cat in charge of an aquarium.”
9. Alya fights for Underworld
“Carla doesn’t scare me. Now she’s all kidneyed up she just wants her money back plain and simple.”
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10. Abi hides her light inside a bottle
“I’ve always been wise. I’ve just mostly been too wasted for anyone to realise.”
11. A super-sized Hollywood tribute to the McDonalds
“Like Burton and Taylor in a terrace.”
12. An announcement that would put anyone off their tea
“Mary found a downstairs hair in the tagine.”
13. Tim’s unholy eating habits revealed
“I could eat a nun’s bum through a convent gate.”
14. Daniel’s middling appraisal of dad Ken
“He’s not Melvyn Bragg. He’s a moderately well-read know-it-all who lives down the road.”
15. Nick Tilsley gets a sample of landlady Jenny’s quick wit
“Have you got a dry Sancerre?”
“No, it’s just the way I’m stood.”
16. Mum Gail tries to reach out to son David after his rape revelation
“Can I at least give you a hug?”
17. Mary tries to be open-minded about hen nights
“I’m not a snob, Adam. I’ve been to Nando’s.”
18. Mary’s devastating plea to try to save Bethany
“Bethany, listen to me, please. When I got pregnant I convinced myself for quite a long time that romance was involved. He must have felt something for me, elsewise why did he choose me? Because he chose me.
“But the truth is he was an opportunist. And what he saw wasn’t somebody that he loved. Or someone that he even liked very much. It was someone who didn’t think much of herself. Someone who could be manipulated. There was no love, Bethany. It was rape.”
19. Emma Brooker, from the mouth of babes
“Sounds omnious.”
20. Phelan’s biblical multiple murder confession
“Four. Four, Eileen. There were four bodies. Four souls. And I bore witness over all of them. You really want to know what I am? That. I’m the darkness and the light. I’m a creator and a destroyer. I’m the accuser. I’m the prosecutor. I’m the Lord of Hosts. I’m the layer in wait. I’m the worst thing you can imagine.”
21. Anna Windass has the last word
“I win.”
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