Jamie Ramsden Jamie Ramsden was the baby son of Eddie Ramsden and Marie Lancaster . Born in 1988 , before his first birthday Jamie had been abandoned by his mother and was being raised by Eddie alone . Marie had suffered post - natal depression but Eddie believed her rejection of their son to be genuine and cut off all contact with her . Living with his mother in Cromwell Street , Eddie worked on the building sites with Mrs Ramsden looking after Jamie during the day . In November 1989 , Eddie started going out with Rovers barmaid Tina Fowler . Afraid of putting her off , he didn ' t tell her about Jamie at first , and when she discovered that there was a baby under his roof , he passed Jamie off as his baby brother until Mrs Ramsden put her straight . Eddie managed to win Tina round by telling her about Marie , promising that he had no interest in going back to her . Two months later , Eddie invited Tina on a trip to France with him and his mates to see a football match . Tina accepted but at the last minute they had to pull out as Mrs Ramsden had to go into hospital for tests so she couldn ' t watch Jamie . Feeling sorry for Tina , Sally Webster volunteered to have Jamie while Mrs Ramsden was in hospital . Sally and Kevin looked after Jamie with no major problems arising except for a momentary panic when an old lady moved his pram while Sally was in a shop at Weatherfield Precinct . With Eddie detained by the police in France after being picked up for football hooliganism , Tina returned alone to collect Jamie , but believing that Tina ' s flat was no place for a baby Bet Gilroy insisted on putting them both up at the Rovers instead . Jamie ' s presence spoiled Alec Gilroy ' s plans to have his granddaughter Victoria Arden over for the weekend , but by the time Eddie arrived back after a week and collected Jamie , even baby - hating Alec had warmed to Jamie and privately told Eddie that he could stay anytime . After seeing a psychiatrist , Marie recovered from her depression and returned to the scene . Worried that she would try to snatch Jamie , Tina hid him at the Rovers , passing him off as her own to Marie when she overheard Alec mention a baby at the establishment . Marie quickly discovered this to be a lie and tried to recover Jamie from the Rovers by force , with her brother Carl Lancaster supporting her , only backing down when Bet made her see that it would look bad in court . To strengthen his case against Marie in an anticipated custody battle , Eddie got engaged to Tina and booked a registry office wedding for the following week , but after a conversation with Marie he changed his mind and reconciled with her instead . For a while , Jamie had some stability with his parents at their Clarence Street home , where they moved after getting married . However , after a while Eddie started treating Marie like a baby - sitter while he went out with his mates , and later in the year he was handed a prison sentence for hitting a policeman at the Railwayman ' s Arms . Marie took the opportunity to leave Eddie , making sure that he wouldn ' t be able to trace her when he regained his freedom . Moving into a tower block at Maxton Walk , Marie couldn ' t work because of Jamie , and had to get by on the £40 a week she received from the social . In November 1990 , Marie and Jamie were given a lift home by taxi driver Don Brennan , who remembered them from their earlier visits to Coronation Street . After seeing where she lived , Don let Marie off with the fare . He became her regular driver to and from the hospital , where Jamie met a physiotherapist three times a week because of a bad hip . Horrified at her living conditions , and worried for Jamie ' s health , Don never charged her for the journeys , telling her that seeing Jamie smile was enough satisfaction . As Marie ' s situation continued to prey on his mind , Don eventually told Ivy Brennan about her . After seeing the flat for herself and meeting Marie and Jamie , Ivy made the suggestion that they stay at 5 Coronation Street over Christmas . Marie agreed , but after clashing with Ivy on Christmas Day over feeding Jamie toffee before dinner , Marie decided that the Brennans were becoming too interfering and left the house with Jamie . They had no further contact with either of them .