Coronation Street fans can't hide their delight as two soap legends reunite and share beaming selfie

Coronation Street fans couldn't hide their delight as two of the soap's best-known legends were seen enjoying a reunion. Bruce Jones and Julie Hesmondhalgh, who played taxi driver Les Battersby and the late Hayley Cropper, beamed in a selfie posted to social media.

Bruce is famed for having played Les, the father of Leanne and step-father of Toyah and Chesney Brown for a decade in the ITV soap between 1997 and 2007 who was best known for his outspoken opinions and his following of English rock band Status Quo.

Since his departure from the cobbles, Bruce has appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in 2013 alongside his former on-screen wife Vicky Entwistle, who played Janice in Corrie, and he’s also appeared in Celebrity Come Dine With Me, as well as acting in various feature films and on stage in pantomime.

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Meanwhile, Julie played the much-loved anorak-wearing Hayley, the wife of fellow soap icon Roy Cropper, from 1998 to 2014 and the iconic character was also the first transgender character in a British soap, picking up countless awards for her portrayal. And it's fair to say Roy and Hayley were made for each other, and for Roy, no-one has been able to replace his wife and best friend.

The pair became friends after they were introduced by Alma Baldwin but at first it wasn't all plain sailing for the couple. They split when Hayley revealed she was a pre-operative transsexual who used to be called Harold, but Roy realised he couldn't live without her and she travelled to Amsterdam to have her surgery.

They were such a solid couple they provided a loving home to Fiz Brown and Becky McDonald, and they even managed to break down Carla