Sal’s girls Rosie and Sophie have left the cobbles to follow their dreams, while in real life stars Helen Flanagan and Brooke Vincent, who play the characters respectively, took a break to have children of their own.
Helen has two daughters Matilda, four, and Delilah, two – while first-time mum Brooke welcomed her son Mexx last year. Fortunately, Sally managed to catch up with them all before the UK went into lockdown.
“There was a point where Brooke came over with Mexx, and Helen came over with her two little girls, and we had lunch together,” grins the 57-year-old, who has three kids with scriptwriter husband Tim. “I said to them, ‘I can’t believe you’re in my house with your children, when I’ve known you since you were babies!’
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