Bye bye brilliant Betty: stars funeral details revealed Pic: © ITV
Coronation Street star Betty Driver’s funeral details have been announced.
Following her death last weekend, Betty will be buried this Saturday at St Ann's Church in St Ann's Square, Manchester at 11.30am.
Stars of the cobbles, past and present, are expected to join family and friends to pay their respects and say goodbye to the actress, who was loved by all who met her and Corrie fans throughout the world.
Betty, who played Betty Williams for 42 years in the soap, was 91 when she passed.
Emotional Corrie cast members paid tribute to the nation’s favourite barmaid, with Bill Roache, aka Ken Barlow, saying: “I loved Betty dearly, she was not only a colleague, she was a friend and godmother to my son James. She will be missed in the Street but she will be missed more so as a warm and loving person.”
Street legend Bet Lynch said: “It was an honour and a privilege to work with Betty Driver for 25 years.
“We laughed together, we cried together and never once had a cross word. She was a totally professional actress. A true icon and legend and a very dear friend.”
Coronation Street producer Phil Collinson insisted the Street will see Betty off in style, saying: "I've only just got together this morning with some of the script department, and then we'll talk to the writers next week.
“But we'll do something brilliant and magnificent. We'll give her a brilliant send-off. She deserves it."
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