Coronation Street's 'boozy breaks' with shots, snogs, bust-ups and dancing on tables revealed by author

CORONATION Street's 'boozy breaks' with shots, snogs, bust-ups and dancing on tables by cast members has been revealed by author Melanie Blake.

The claims came as Melanie recalled her days working as an extra on the set of the Manchester soap.

Melanie, who took bit parts in the show during the 1990s, explained how the staff bar close to the set was where the real action happened.

She told the Daily Star: "You could get into the bar if you knew someone.

"Lynne Perrie, who played Ivy Tilsley, used to take me there and we’d get leathered together. She was wild."

Melanie went on: "She’d be dancing on the tables. Then she’d be rowing with Liz Dawn who played Vera. They were always at each other’s throats.

"A lot of the cast would get a bit merry.

"And a couple of them would go there in their lunch hour and then rock up to the set drunk."

Melanie, who is also a successful music manager and talent agent admitted it "felt like a real-life Rovers Return."

Based of her experiences of life on set and behind the scenes of showbiz life, Melanie has written Ruthless Women.

"It was the place to go," she added. "All the secret stuff went on there. It was crazy.

"They all got to be normal in there, so they really lived it up.

"People were drinking shots and getting off with people. And some of them would sneak off for a bunk up."

She teased: "There were flings that fans still don’t know about."

Ruthless Women by Melanie Blake is published by Head of Zeus and out now.