14-03-2025
Coronation Street fans say 'they could never' as Leanne Battersby 'past' resurfaces
Coronation Street fans have been sharing their thoughts on Leanne Battersby as a clip resurfaced of her earlier days in Weatherfield.
As fans of the ITV soap know, Leannee was brought up by her father Les Battersby and stepmother Janice, alongside Toyah Habeebb and the Battersbys moved into No.5 Coronation Street in 1997.
Following a drug addiction, Leanne moved away in 2000 to escape from gangster Jez Quigley but returned in 2004. The character was absent from the Street from July 2006 to March 2007 when actress Jane Danson went on maternity leave but has been back on the cobbles ever since.
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Jane has played Leanne from the very beginning, but the actress first started out in children's TV with drama Children's Ward and then CBBC sitcom Out of Tune.
She joined Corrie in 1997 and was just 18 when she arrived on the show. And fans have been sharing a clip of Jane during her earlier days of playing Leanne, before life's trials and tribulations made her into the adult she is today.
In the clip, Leanne can be seen singing the Spice Girls' hit track, Wannabe, while working in the factory, Underworld, alongside her mum, Janice, and the likes of Sally Metcalfe, then Webster, Ida Clough, played by Helene Palmer.
Leanne Battersby dancing and singing along to Spice Girls''Wannabe' in Coronation Street (1997)
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Sharing the clip on X, formerly known as Twitter, @GGARCHIVEUK said: "Leanne Battersby dancing and singing along to Spice Girls''Wannabe' in Coronation Street (1997)."
And Corrie fans have been quick to respond. @agf1052 said: "They could never make me hate you Leanne Battersby #Corrie." @ihearthorror_ commented: "his leanne wouldn't have fallen for cult stuff, need her back #Corrie."
@LisasCrisps wrote: "I've run out of ways to say how much I love her!" @bosdovja92 added: "The way they took this flame-haired, feisty working-class girl and made her into bland, permanently-p**sed-off business woman should be studied
