It was a starry night in Salford as a galaxy of Coronation Street stars headed to bid farewell to their young co-star Millie Gibson at her packed leaving bash on Salford Quays. Soap favourites were pictured as they headed to The Alchemist bar on the waterside under sunny skies on Friday night in a series of glam ensembles.
Millie, who plays troubled Kelly Neelan on Corrie, donned a sophisticated long black dress and sandals as she headed to her leaving do with a host of her soap pals. That included Tanisha Gorey who plays Asha Alahan, Georgia Taylor who plays Toyah Habeeb and Colson Smith who plays PC Craig Tinker.
Also among the revellers was Adam Hussain who plays Aadi Alahan - who has sparked romance with Millie's character Kelly in recent scenes. Kellly's "father figure" of Gary Windass, aka actor Mikey North, was also spotted heading to the leaving do on Friday night.
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Meanwhile Millie was joined to head into the bash by her soap mum, actress Kel Allen, who she has become great friends with away from the show since they first filmed together. Kel played Kelly's tragic mum Laura who died on the cobbles in emotional scnes earlier this year.
Millie, 18, has been a huge hit since joining the show two years ago as Kelly. And in June she won a prestigious British Soap Award for Best Newcomer for her work on the soap.
Her character has been embroiled in some of the show's most dramatic ever scenes since arriving as the troubled teen tearaway. That included her part in the horrifying assault of Seb Franklin in the soap's hate crime storyline and ensuing dramatic court case.
But the soap's stars cast their character's dramas to one side
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