{"id":240109,"date":"2025-07-05T12:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T12:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/240109\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T12:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T12:44:12","slug":"corrie-fans-gobsmacked-as-they-realise-two-stars-are-real-life-relatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/240109\/","title":{"rendered":"Corrie fans gobsmacked as they realise two stars are real-life relatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sue Jenkins and Richard Fleeshman both appeared on Coronation Street – but many fans had no idea about their real-life connection<\/p>\n

Coronation Street has seen more than its fair share of real-life family members treading the cobbles, with cousins Brooke Vincent and Ellie Leach<\/a> among those who’ve found fame on the show.<\/p>\n

The late Rick Neelan (played by Greg Wood) was actually the real-life brother of footballer Tommy Orpington (Matt Milburn).<\/p>\n

However, they’re not the only ones with familial ties both on and off the screen. Fans were recently surprised to discover a mother and son duo who appeared on the soap years ago.<\/p>\n

In 1985, Sue Jenkins joined the cast of Coronation Street<\/a> as Gloria Todd, a regular character who worked as a barmaid at the iconic Rovers Return. She also shared scenes with Julie Goodyear, who famously played landlady Bet Lynch, reports the Daily Star.<\/p>\n

Beyond her stint on Corrie, Sue portrayed Jackie Corkhill in Brookside for nine years from 1992 to 2001, and made a brief appearance in Emmerdale<\/a> in 2008 as Bonnie Drinkwater.<\/p>\n

\"Corrie\"Sue played Gloria on the soap(Image: Granada TV)<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Sue’s son is Richard Fleeshman, who also had a role on Coronation Street.<\/p>\n

Richard played Craig Harris, joining the cast in 2002 as part of the Harris family, who were hiding under the witness protection programme.<\/p>\n

His character, Craig, had some significant storylines, reports Leicestershire Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He embraced a goth lifestyle, much to his father’s dismay, and became Rosie Webster’s (Helen Flanagan<\/a>) first boyfriend.<\/p>\n

The plot thickened when Katy Harris, Craig’s sister, killed their father after a heated row about her secret relationship with Martin Platt.<\/p>\n

\"Corrie\"Her real-life son also appeared on the soap(Image: Unknown)<\/p>\n

Their mother, Angela Harris, tried to shield Katy, but overwhelmed by guilt, Katy ended her own life.<\/p>\n

In the aftermath, Craig planned to escape to Berlin with Rosie, but ultimately left alone, saying goodbye to the cobbles in 2006 for good.<\/p>\n

The revelation of Sue and Richard’s time on Corrie left fans gobsmacked. On X, formerly known as Twitter<\/a>, one viewer posted about Sue’s stint on Corrie.<\/p>\n

\"Corrie\"Fans have been left floored(Image: Granada Television)<\/p>\n

Another fan replied: “That’s Richard fleeshmans mum!”<\/p>\n

Another person remarked: “Wow, all this time watching and I never knew that, I can see her son in that photo now.”<\/p>\n

A third chimed in: “Her real life son played Craig Harris, son of Psycho Tommy!”<\/p>\n

Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sue Jenkins and Richard Fleeshman both appeared on Coronation Street – but many fans had no idea about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[91532,93389,236,959,77,1956,208,93386,93388,960,93387,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-240109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-brooke-vincent","9":"tag-brookside","10":"tag-coronation-street","11":"tag-emmerdale","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-helen-flanagan","14":"tag-itv","15":"tag-julie-goodyear","16":"tag-rosie-webster","17":"tag-soap-operas","18":"tag-sue-jenkins","19":"tag-tv","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114800693638826637","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}