As I’m a massive fan of Coronation Street in tv I was excited to read this, well I loved it. I recognised many of he older characters, An easy but delightful read.

I used to enjoy Coronation Street until they introduced oddities and controversial issues. The bonhomie and humour dispersed. I thought I might recapture it in the three books, but although the historical references were interesting and it was well written, I found them uninspiring and tedious. Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Collins UK

I loved this book. It was a wonderful trip down Memory Lane. The idea of taking the street back to the end of the Second World War was brilliant. Stan Ogden started off as he carried on through the series, lazy and drunk and treating his poor wife Hilda with indifference. The fact that she literally picked up the fella that was to become her husband after falling over a load of old clothes, had me in stitches. The Hilda I had known and grew to love came to the forefront of my mind. On screen she was a warm character with a sad life and this was captured in this book. As I read about Elsie Tanner it was easy to visualize her. Very kind hearted but sure loved the men. She was coarse always yelling at her children. The Rovers Return was there in 1945 and at the helm Was The formidable Annie Walker, husband Jack was away at war. Martha Longhurst and the infamous Enable Sharples, always ready with her sharp tongue and never frightened to use it and not worry about the recipient. Whether you are a fan of Coronation Street or not this is a wonderful read. There is mystery and is there spirits and not just the kind you buy at The Rovers Return? Fulf of humour throughout. I recommend everyone read this. I will read the other books.
Thank you to NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

January 1945 and the residents of Weatherfield are looking forward to the end of the war with rumours circulating that it will be sooner rather than later. Young Hilda Ogden can’t wait for her husband Stanley to be freed from a POW camp in Italy so they can resume their married life.
Lizzy Doyle has just moved into number 9 Coronation Street with her mother and brothers and meets Hilda when they both go to a new pub that is opening on Rosamund Street to ask for jobs. Hilda as cleaner and Lizzy as Barmaid. They both secure their jobs and become friends but Lizzy has a secret that she can’t tell anyone and it could wreck any future chance of happiness she has.
Meanwhile Annie Walker is doing a great job of looking after the Rovers while her husband is away fighting but how will Annie feel when Jack returns and takes back the reins.
A story about how the women of Weatherfield coped while their men were away at war and how they coped when they came back.

Lovely book that must make followers of a certain soap very happy. Definitely recommended to those who enjoy a prequel to the T.V.

This book is beautifully written and having been a fan of Coronation Street since the 1960s when I watched it with my mum, all of the familiar characters were as I imagined them to be. Hilda Ogden Elsie Tanner and Annie Walker at The Rovers Return, as residents on Coronation Street were lovingly recreated as a backdrop to the love story. The descriptions of life and its hardships during and after the war were great, including the street party, rationing and cardboard in their shoes, and I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Will look out for more by this Author.

Coronation street lovers off all ages will love this, there could be more to come, so we can find out about all the character’s past before they started in the series. I remember watching this in the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, 00’s, 10’s, and I particularly enjoyed the background information on Hilda & her Stan, would make a great great for many age groups.

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. I have not read the first 2 books but have now ordered them that's how much I enjoyed this nice easy read. Great read

A brilliant read for the christmas season was so beautifully written and thought out, I was so engrossed in the book nearly read in one sitting.

I struggled to get into Snow on the Cobbles. This story was about people who I’ve never heard of on Coronation Street. I felt I could not finish this book.

Lovely book. I’m a huge Corrie fan, feel it was more for the older generation but that said everyone can enjoy it. Great book for the cold dark nights we have. Curl up in front of the fire and head for the cobbles

This book is beautifully written and having been a fan of Coronation Street since the 1960s when I watched it with my mum, all of the familiar characters were as I imagined them to be. Hilda Ogden Elsie Tanner and Annie Walker at The Rovers Return, as residents on Coronation Street were lovingly recreated as a backdrop to the love story. The descriptions of life and its hardships during and after the war were great, including the street party, rationing and cardboard in their shoes, and I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Will look out for more by this Author.

Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for allowing me to read this Arc. For anyone who has followed and watched Coronation Street over the years, especially the early years you will love this. It is mostly based around Hilda Ogden but other early characters are involved too. The women wait for their husbands to come home from the war. Some laughs to be had.

I’ve been watching Coronation Street for years so when I saw Snow on the Cobbles, a Coronation Street story on NetGalley described as ‘perfect for Coronation Street fans’ I requested it. It’s the third book in the Coronation Street series. It’s set in 1945 as the Second World War is coming to an end with some of the familiar Street characters – the main one being a young Hilda Ogden, with minor roles for others such as Elsie Tanner, Albert Tatlock, Ena Sharples and the young Ken Barlow. But there are also other characters who have never appeared in the TV soap.

The story centres around Hilda Ogden and new characters, Lizzie Doyle, her mother and her brothers, who have recently moved into No. 9 (currently home to Tyrone Dobbs, his daughter Ruby Dobbs, Fiz Stape and her daughter Hope Stape). Their new neighbour, Elsie Tanner, tells them that the house is said to have bad luck and they are worried about strange noises from the loft. Lizzie makes friends with Hilda when they both start working at the Pride of Weatherfield, a pub that had recently reopened in competition with the Rovers Return, where Annie Walker is in sole charge whilst her husband Jack is away at the war.

The story is of their daily lives, struggling to make ends meet and their joy and celebrations as the war comes to an end and the men return from the war. Lizzie, however, has a secret that threatens her relationship with Steve, the barman at the Rovers Return. And the new manager at the Pride of Weatherfield is involved in some very dodgy dealings.

I read it quickly and enjoyed it as I liked the setting and the historical details about the end of the war. I also liked the biography of Jean Alexander, who played the role of Hilda Ogden and I think Maggie Sullivan has captured the essence of Hilda in this book.

My thanks to the publishers for my review copy via NetGalley.

An interesting story, very evocative of how Coronation Street was when it was first on the television. The war is just coming to an end, and the women are expecting their husbands back soon. We meet a few of the old regulars, Elsie Tanner, Annie Walker, Albert Tatlock, to name just a few; but the book is essentially about Hilda Ogden, and her new friend Lizzie Doyle. Hilda has just been laid off from her job in a munitions factory, and Lizzie has just moved in to number 9 Coronation Street, both of them need to find a job quickly. They hear that the pub in Rosamund Street is reopening with a new name - The Pride of Weatherfield - and they go there, each hoping to secure work. Lizzie is immediately snapped up as a barmaid, and Hilda as the pub cleaner.

The story is about life in general, everyone struggling to make ends meet, a rogue here and there, and a budding romance between Lizzie and Steve Tanner, who works as bar manager for Annie Walker; but Lizzie is nursing a big secret and is trying to keep him at arm’s length. Steve is already back from the war, having suffered a nasty injury. As the men gradually come back we see the women’s lives change, not necessarily for the better. Stan Ogden expects to be well-fed, but when he earns money he wants to keep most of it for his beer and baccy, and Hilda doesn’t earn enough to pay for everything. Annie Walker has got used to running the pub, and making all the decisions, and doesn’t know what to do about Jack easing back into that role.

All ends well for Lizzie, when she finally decides to tell Steve her secret, and Hilda gets a new cleaning job in another pub, Stan’s regular, so she can at least keep an eye on his spending, so life improves for her, just a little bit.

The story is very evocative of the time, well worth reading.

I never saw Coronation Street but I love this type of story and I really appreciated this one.
It's a good Christmas story, heartwarming and well written.
I liked the cast of characters, well thought and likeable, and appreciated the historical setting.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

Didn’t really enjoy this book as I have never watched Coronation Street and didn’t realise it was based on Corrie characters. However I do believe it is a good story for older Coronation Street fans

Snow On The Cobbles is set in Weatherfield (fictional place where the long running TV soap Coronation Street is set) starting a few months before VE Day. The story centres on Hilda Ogden but other well known characters from the early days of Coronation Street feature such as Annie, Jack and Billy Walker, Elsie Tanner and occasionally Ena Sharples, Albert Tatlock and Minnie Cauldwell.

As an avid watcher of Coronation Street from the very beginning in 1960 until the 1990s I was looking forward to reading this but I found it quite dull. A new pub, the Pride of Weatherfield (formerly the Tripe's Dresser's Arms!), has opened at the other end of Rosumund Street. It's been taken over and done up by the brewery so in in direct competition to the Rover's Return on Coronation Street. Hilda gets a job at the Pride and once her husband, Stan, comes back from being a prisoner of war he gets work there too shifting goods. What is in 'the goods' is anyone's guess and there the mystery starts.

It was fine but just not a good enough story to make me want to come back and read others in this series.

With thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I am a huge Coronation Street fan and have watched since the 1970’s. This story is set towards the end of WWII. This era isn’t my favourite time period to read about but saying that I did enjoy this easy to read book.

This is a lovely heartwarming story that would make an ideal present for older Corrie fans who will have fond memories of Hilda and Stan Ogden, Ena Sharples etc. with an added bonus of a very interesting biography at the end about Jean Alexander and her life.

Curl up under a nice warm blanket and relive the good old days!