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By Jane Atkinson, 13/12/2009

CORONATION Street stars love going to Poundland - they're quids in after opening 48 branches of the discount chain at THREE GRAND a time!

Thanks to the recession the shops - where everything costs £1 - are booming, even taking up 30 redundant Woolworths stores.

Top ribbon-cutting earners are Antony Cotton - who plays gay knicker stitcher Sean - and Andy Whyment - alias dozy Kirk. They opened 16 stores apiece, trousering £48,000 each PLUS travel and hotel expenses.

Not surprisingly Antony declared: "I've had an absolute ball!" His bank manager's quite pleased too. So are TV co-stars Katherine Kelly (Becky) and Jennie McAlpine (Fiz). They've all cashed in on the action.

A Poundland spokeswoman told us: "Our decision to use the celebrities has proved a huge success, resulting in a significant rise in footfall figures."

In Street speak that means the fans love it and turn out in thousands!

MAIN PHOTOS ABOVE: (Top image) £3k Jennie kicks off in Kings Heath shop. (Bottom row left to right) Antony opens Belfast store. Katherine hails Llanelli shop .. and Andy is a star at the Brum branch.

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hii everyone it is the best soap out of them all xx

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