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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Victoriafan3" data-source="post: 259087" data-attributes="member: 216"><p>I briefly met Johnny when he came to NZ for a telethon here in 1985. I got his autograph. His final episode was actually the last episode of Corrie as a series that I watched. It was a good swan song. I had watched every episode for thirty years and I could tell the show was going to go downhill after he left. He bowed out at the right time so he could enjoy some quality time for his retirement. I bowed out at the right time too so I only have (well 98%) very good memories of the Street. He definitely had some good stories on the show (with Deirdre, with Alma, with Bet and of course Ernest Bishop!) and I still remember his last Radio Times cover with the cast gathered round Mike’s deathbed :-(</p></blockquote><p></p>