IT would make a wonderful gift for any soap fan: some proper Corrie clobber. Clothes worn on the most famous street in Weatherfield are up for auction to raise cash for children's charity Candlelighters.

We are delighted that the outfit worn by Coronation Street barmaid Shelley Unwin includes big earrings and a leopard print top, continuing the great tradition of understated Rovers Return fashion pioneered by Bet.

What with the recent raffle of a Graham Norton jacket, North Yorkshire is now the place to be to find dazzling showbiz cast-offs.

Updated: 11:21 Thursday, June 19, 2003