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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Ryan Paton

BIZARRE: Itv coronation street s claire sweeney makes emotional brookside admission - You Need To See This

Claire Sweeney has reflected on her time on Brookside as she prepares to make her Coronation Street debut.

The 52-year-old is set to arrive on the Cobbles as Tyrone Dobbs' mum, Cassie, next week. It will be the second time Claire is part of a dysfunctional soap family as she previously played Lindsey Corkhill in the iconic Liverpool-set show.

It has been 20 years since Brookside ended and Claire told the ECHO and other press how the experience filming the two shows is completely different. She said: "On Brookie, it was a smaller set up so we'd have two shoots running at once.

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