Actress Pat Phoenix, Coronation Street’s Elsie Tanner, was a big his when she opened a PDSA gift shop on Ridgeway Gates of Deansgate in Bolton in 1982.
She chatted to customers and sold autographs for two hours to raise money for the animal charity.
She was presented with a floral display by Nicola Taberner, 10, of Astley Bridge.
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