Dickie Fleming Richard " Dickie " Fleming lived in Coronation Street with his wife Audrey from 1968 to 1970 . The young couple were split up after Audrey ' s affair with builder Ray Langton . Biography . Dickie Fleming was born in 1949 . After leaving school he took an apprenticeship and trained to become an engineer . His head was turned by schoolgirl Audrey Bright and they rapidly started a relationship . In 1968 , Dickie put in an offer for a house they had liked - 3 Coronation Street - and the house was soon theirs . They also got married , as people would disapprove of them living together otherwise . With money being difficult to come by , Dickie had thoughts about giving up his trade and getting a labourer ' s job , but Audrey was against it . Dickie was against some of her choices too , including entering a beauty contest after leaving school . Fortunately , she only did one , despite winning it . In 1969 , Dickie took a job as a mechanic at an arcade but didn ' t tell Audrey as he was afraid of her reaction . He quickly ran into trouble at work as thug Eddie Goulden made him fix machines for him . Dickie didn ' t stand up to him and was sacked for being a soft touch . As he hadn ' t been gone from it long , he was able to get his apprenticeship back without any fuss . In July , Ray Langton moved into No . 3 as a lodger . Dickie noticed Ray clearly fancied Audrey and threw him out , though he did cool off and realise he ' d jumped the gun . He didn ' t mind when Audrey got a job as Ray ' s secretary at the Builder ' s Yard but wasn ' t oblivious as Audrey and Ray flirted . Despite having to revise for exams , he didn ' t want Audrey going on a coach trip with Ray for company and went along with the other residents of the street to the organised Lake District outing . Audrey sneaked off with Ray but Dickie knew what Ray was like and knew that he would try to lead his wife astray . When he confronted Ray , Dickie went for him but was restrained before he could do any damage . Ray and Audrey ' s on - off flirtation settled down as Ray was injured in a coach crash on the way back from the Lake District and became paralysed from the waist down . Dickie knew that Ray was no threat in that condition and allowed him to lodge with the Flemings while he recovered . When he got the use of his legs back , Audrey was distracted by her feelings for him and eventually Lucille Hewitt informed Dickie that Audrey and Ray had kissed . Dickie had to hear from Audrey that she didn ' t love him , and that she loved Ray . With Audrey ' s heart set on stealing Ray from his fiance Sandra Butler , but Ray adamant that he would marry Sandra , the rejected Dickie told Sandra about what had happened between Ray and Audrey so that she would have a chance to get out while she still had the chance . He immediately packed his bags and left Weatherfield . When Audrey ' s cousin Vicki Bright came to the street in March 1972 to oversee the sale of No . 3 , she told Ray that Dickie and Audrey had met up again and tried to give their marriage another go but it had been unsuccessful and the divorce was almost finalised . Quotes . " Yeah , out of this flamin ' street for good . I ' ve left her and I don ’ t want to see her face again . And do you know why ? No ? Because she ' s been carrying on with your lover boy . Yeah , your flamin ' lover boy - behind my back , behind your back . Ta ra . " ( Final line , to Sandra Butler )