Two Corrie stars have got a lot more in common with each other than just entertaining the nation.
Over the years, the ITV soap has brought in several real-life family members onto the cobbles. Real-life siblings, cousins, and even parents and their children have all shared a set.
Cousins Brooke Vincent and Ellie Leach have found fame on the soap, while the late Rick Neelan (Greg Wood) was actually the real-life brother of footballer Tommy Orpington (Matt Milburn).
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But they’re not the only ones to be related on and off air. And fans have recently been left stunned over one mother and son duo that appeared on the soap years ago.
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Back in 1985, Sue Jenkins joined the ITV soap playing Gloria Todd. She became a regular on the show as a barmaid at the iconic Rovers Return. Sue also worked alongside Julie Goodyear who famously portrayed landlady Bet Lynch.
As well her Corrie stint, Sue played the role of Jackie Corkhill in Brookside for nine years between 1992 and 2001. She also starred in five episodes of Emmerdale in 2008 as Bonnie Drinkwater.
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But it turns out she has a very famous son who also appeared on Corrie. In real life, Sue’s son is Richard Fleeshman – who played Craig Harris.
Richard joined the cast of Coronation Street back in 2002 with his TV family, the Harrises, who were hiding because of the witness protection programme. His character Craig had some big moments.
He turned into a goth which his dad didn’t like, and also became Rosie Webster’s (played by Helen Flanagan) first boyfriend. Things got really dramatic when Katy Harris, Craig’s sister, killed their dad after a big row about her secret romance with Martin Platt.
Angela Harris, their mum, tried to cover for Katy, but Katy felt so bad she ended her life. After all that, Craig planned to escape to Berlin with Rosie, but ended up leaving on his own and said goodbye to the cobbles in 2006 for good.
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Sue and Richard’s stint on Corrie left fans online gobsmacked at the revelation. On X, formerly known as Twitter, one viewer shared a post about Sue’s appearance on Corrie . Another fan replied: “That’s Richard fleeshmans mum!”
Someone else replied: “Wow, all this time watching and I never knew that, I can see her son in that photo now.” A third chimed in and wrote: “Her real life son played Craig Harris, son of Psycho Tommy!”
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