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Jessica Sansome

ITV Coronation Street's young stars look closer than ever as they pose for 'family photo' at summer bash

Coronation Street's Harriet Bibby, Elle Mulvaney, Jack James Ryan and James Craven seemed to be closer than ever as they partied at the soap's summer bash. Earlier this week, the cast and crew on the ITV programme were out in force for the annual do.

Corrie icons Barbara Knox and William Roache led the arrivals to the summer party which was held on Thursday night (July 28) at The Ivy in Spinningfields. The Rita Tanner and Ken Barlow actors were joined by the likes of Tina O'Brien (Sarah Barlow), Daniel Brocklebank (Billy Mayhew), Dame Maureen Lipman (Evelyn Plummer), and Sue Clever (Eileen Grimshaw).

Also attending the summer party was Bill Fellows (Stu Carpenter), Rob Mallard (Daniel Osbourne), Todd Boyce (Stephen Reid), Shelley King (Yasmeen Metcalfe), Jimmi Harkishin (Dev Alahan), Tony Maudsley (George Shuttleworth), Peter Gunn (Brian Packham), Jennie McAlpine (Fiz Stape), Jack James Ryan (Jacob Hay), Mollie Gallagher (Nina Lucas), Ryan Rusell (Michael Bailey), Nathan Graham (James Bailey), Dolly-Rose Campbell (Gemma Winter), and Antony Cotton (Sean Tully) among others.

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But it's Elle, Harriet, Jack and James who have been hitting up social media with their snaps from inside the summer party. Elle, 19, looked stunning as she posed in a plunging peachy dream mini dress at home prior to heading out into Manchester city centre. She then went on to post a string of snaps from the night to her thousands of followers.

One saw the Amy Barlow actress looking into the eyes of Jack, who plays her on-screen boyfriend Jacob Hay. In another she pulled a series of posed alongside James, who recently joined the Salford-based soap as Summer Spellman's love interest, Aaron. Elle also made sure to grab a selfie with her bestie, Harriet, before they both posed with Jack and James.

The group looked closer than ever (Jack James Ryan Instagram)

"Corrie summer party photo dump," Elle, 19, captioned the string of images from the tropical-themed bash. Jamie Kenna, whose exit as Phill Whittaker was confirmed this week, was among the first to comment, writing: " Hope you managed to have fun without me!!!" to which Elle replied: "we tried we tried :(!! Ahahah."

Jack took to his Instagram Story to share a different group shot, writing "Family photo," showing his closeness to his co-stars. Paddy Bever, who plays the soap's Max Turner also got in the fun. He shared a snap alongside Harriet, Elle, Adam Hussain (Aadi Alahan) and Ellie Leach (Faye Windass).

The young soap stars were letting their hair down (Jack James Ryan Instagram)

"Not even an ad for @colgate," the teen soap star joked as they all grinned for the camera. Harriet also shared a slew of images to her Instagram page, writing: " My faves." One of the pictures showed Harriet donning a gold top hat alongside Mollie Gallagher, who plays the soap's Nina.

Elle replied: "A lll the love." James said: " Absolute beauties." Jack James replied: "M y chica." Sally Carman, who plays Abi Webster in the ITV soap and didn't appear to be out partying with her co-stars, said: " Love these!"

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