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Quarryman ' s Rest The Quarryman ' s Rest was a Weatherfield pub located near the cemetery . At one time , it was a popular watering hole for workmen at the local quarry ( hence the name ) but by 1990 the quarry was disused , and the Quarryman ' s empty and dilapidated . It was known throughout the town for its dinginess and chronic depressive drinkers who had been barred from everywhere else . In June of that year , Alec and Bet Gilroy were offered the tenancy of the Quarryman ' s Rest by Newton & Ridley if they didn ' t want to remain at the Rovers Return when it was turned into the " Yankees " theme pub . The mere mention of the pub ' s name chilled the Gilroys ' souls , although they did briefly consider the idea , with Bet suggesting they could do it up . She was immediately put off the idea when Alec told her it was notoriously haunted by the ghost of a dead quarryman who was killed in an accident , his body never recovered . The Gilroys decided instead to make a stand against the brewery by closing the Rovers and drumming up support from the regulars and local media .
Episode 1375 ( 20th March 1974 ) Plot . Lucille tells Rita she ' s been living with Danny Burrows for a month . Emily has her heart set on being Lady Bracknell in RADA ' s production of " The Importance of Being Earnest " . Ernie favours Annie and suggests Emily plays Gwendaline . Albert rows with Janet over her attitude towards Peter and Susan . Deirdre wins the part of Gwendaline for herself . Billy takes Danny on at the garage . Ken gets the part of Algernon . Janet tells Ken to take the day off tomorrow and bring the twins home .
Episode 575 ( 15th June 1966 ) Plot . Len agrees to be bouncer at the Mission dance . Jerry teases him that he ' s got a thing for Ruth . Len rigs up a bar for the dance and helps with the advertising . Sheila doesn ' t want Jerry to be too serious about their friendship . Elsie asks Wally for some housekeeping money but he dodges her question . Dennis puts his £12 week ' s wages on a horse , Irish Moon to win . Wally puts on half his pension but it comes in second . Elsie tells Jerry not to rush things with Sheila . Elsie tells her menfolk that if they don ' t give her any money they ' ll not get any food . Whilst Len entertains Ruth at the Rovers , the dancers blast up the music and get frenzied . They start to vandalise the Mission . Ena tries to stop them and is cornered by two thugs , Vic and Colin , in the Vestry who threaten to carve her and Lucille up .
Episode 7289 ( 8th March 2010 ) Plot . Peter and Leanne arrive at the Wilsons ' house to take Simon to school but George informs them that he ' s already gone with Eve . Peter seethes but agrees to collect him after school . Trevor ' s puzzled to find learn that Teresa ' s the factory cleaner . He congratulates Carla on her joke and offers to buy her a drink to apologise . She accepts . David ' s unhappy that Gail has summoned Nick home for support . Tina doesn ' t know what to make of the police ' s suspicions of Gail . She calls at No . 8 to find out what they asked her but David insists they were just covering all angles . Gail and Tina are somewhat pacified by his argument . Nick arrives and goes straight to the factory to ask Carla to reconsider his offer . She sends him packing but it ' s clear he does not intend to give up . Gail ' s relieved to have Nick home . The police call and tell her that Joe ' s body is being released for a funeral . Nick and David surmise that Gail must be in the clear . John enjoys helping Chesney with his Shakespeare homework . Peter and Leanne are furious to find that George picked up Simon from school early . Realising how little she really knew about Joe , Gail asks Tina to help with the funeral arrangements . Tina agrees , reassuring Gail that Joe loved her . George calls at Peter ' s flat without Simon . He tells him that he ' s keeping hold of his grandson until Peter can be trusted . Peter goes berserk and storms out of the flat , intent on fetching Simon , and vowing never to let George near him again .
Wes ( Episodes 8664 / 5 ) Wes was a partner of Joe who was , in turn , a friend of Luke Britton ' s and who used to own a clothing store until it went bankrupt . He and Wes subsequently went into the more dubious business of selling fake designer clothing and one of their lines was the " Mule Face " range of t - shirts . Not knowing it was a fake , Luke bought one for £25 , reduced from the retail price of £83 . Luke ' s friends Tyrone Dobbs , Kirk Sutherland , Jason Grimshaw , Gary Windass and Chesney Brown all put in orders , paid in advance , for similar shirts through Luke , once they had seen that his had attracted the admiration of Talisa Grady . It was Steph Britton who saw through the shoddy workmanship of Luke ' s t - shirt and pronounced it a fake . Joe refused to refund the monies paid and Luke and the others decided to enact their revenge by going to his lock - up and helping themselves to some of the stock . Luke , Tyrone , Chesney and Kirk went in Jason ' s van once the whereabouts of the lock - up had been ascertained through a ruse carried out by Chesney , posing as the purchaser of one hundred of the t - shirts . Once there , they broke the chain lock with a bolt cutter from Jason ' s van and were happily collecting the stock when Joe and Wes came back . The lads scarpered but Chesney was left behind and spotted by the two men . He managed to evade capture and made his long way home on foot . In the meantime , back at 9 Coronation Street , the other lads stressed over their missing chum and questioned how violent Joe and Wes could get with him . They were surprised when the two slightly comical men in question arrived on their doorstep with their purchased t - shirts and listened sympathetically to their tale of woe over the break - in at the lock - up , Wes blaming it on " recidivists " ( a word his probation officer had taught him ) . All seemed fine until Joe and Wes came to leave upon when they saw Chesney walking towards the house and realised the connection between him and Luke . They instantly started to repossess Tyrone ' s widescreen television as compensation and were only stopped by the timely arrival back in Weatherfield of Fiz Stape who had been looking after her mother Cilla Battersby - Brown for several months in Wolverhampton . She made sure that suitable compensation was paid over for the broken lock and sent the two lads on the way under threat of calling the police .
Episode 3272 ( 30th August 1991 ) Plot . Alec sees movement in No . 1 and calls the police not knowing it ' s Vicky and the twins . Vicky enjoys herself DJ ' ing on ' Just Can ' t Wait ' Radio . Bet discovers they ' re the intruders and rush them out before the police arrive . The residents watch the carnival . Vivian Barford enacts Britannia on the WARTS float . Liz takes the radio equipment off the twins . Phyllis startles Percy , causing him to knock Vivian off her chair , bringing the Union Jack down on top of them both . Bettabuy wins the prize for best float . Gail refuses to marry Martin . Angie gives Reg a design bill of £406 . Reg refuses to pay it and gives Curly a £10 voucher to give her .
Episode 4291 ( 31st October 1997 ) Plot . Andy and Steve are stunned to discover that Liz has spent the night with Jim . She is enthusiastic about being back with him but he isn ' t that sure . Gail demands that Nick leaves Leanne alone before she gets pregnant . Deirdre is thrilled when Jon tells her that he ' d want to take on the mortgage himself so she can have all her money for herself . She is impressed by his generosity and agrees to pay the deposit out of Samir ' s insurance money . Gail tells Janice that she doesn ' t want Nick seeing Leanne as she doesn ' t think she ' s good enough . Janice is furious and rows back at her . Deirdre is thrilled when Jon ' s offer on the house is accepted . Gail tells Martin that she ' d rather have Nick back in Canada than seeing Leanne . She pleads with Martin to talk some sense into him . Chris takes Sally out to a restaurant , assuring her that he finds her attractive and enjoys her company . Martin advises Nick to play the field as Leanne is a no - hoper . Nick isn ' t impressed . Natalie is furious when Kevin stands her and her friends up to attend a breakdown . Jim admits to Liz that he too would like them to be back together . She spends another night with him .
Alf Nuttall Alf Nuttall was a tenant of 9 Coronation Street from 1946 to 1950 . Before living in Coronation Street , he lived at 5 Crimea Street with Jackie Rigby , the husband of Alf ' s late daughter Iris who died in the Blitz in 1940 , until their house was blown up when the Army detonated an unexploded bomb found in the yard . Aged 60 in 1946 , Alf got a job as cellarman at the Rovers Return . Before that , he worked four years at the Tripe Dressers Arms . Jackie and Alf did a moonlight flit in May 1950 , owing three weeks ' rent .
Episode 670 ( 17th May 1967 ) Plot . The residents send Ena presents . Hilda searches for her ticket . Irma feels David compares her to Val being a good housewife . Ena walks out of the hospital having grown tired of the place . Dave asks Elsie for a date but she refuses . He tells her Len is jealous . Ena arrives home . Steve asks Elsie where he stands with her . He tells her he loves her . Stan confesses to Irma . She promises to keep quiet for £5 . She gives the money to Hilda . Irma can ' t see that looking after Peter and Susan is hard work . Val challenges her to swap places for a day and she accepts .
Edna Gilroy Edna Gilroy was Alec Gilroy ' s older sister . Daughter of Reg and Mabel , it was Edna who instilled in Alec a passion for showbusiness ; she had a modicum of talent as a singer and performed at a number of venues , sometimes alongside her brother ( with Alec starting up a trained ferret act to compete ) . Left to entertain the crowds solo when Edna left the business to get married , Alec moved his career backstage , where he found he was better at managing talent than showcasing his own .
Episode 7679 ( 29th August 2011 ) Plot . David is shocked and wet through . Kylie throws the pan out the window narrowly missing him , angering Gail . David tells an upset Kylie that he sent her flowers for her birthday . Kylie doesn ' t believe him and disappears back inside . Nick and Gail persuade David that they should leave Kylie to calm down , though David is reluctant to leave seeing the state his wife is in . Sylvia is highly amused and requests an encore . Gail is furious . Fiz is in the communal area with Hope . She tenses as Ruth approaches her . Asking if Hope is ok , Fiz tells her that she won ' t settle as her favourite teddy has gone missing . Ruth reveals the teddy from behind her back . Fiz snatches it from her and is visibly unnerved , realising it was taken from her cell . Gail tells David that Kylie has been flirting with other men . Not in the least bit bothered , David asks if that ' s what all this rowing is about . Nick informs David a social worker is coming round tomorrow . Gary is surprised when Owen tells him that his mum cancelled their drinks . Owen tells Gary his phone was taken from his van . Tyrone visits Fiz , noticing how drained and emotional she is . He hands her a baby book for Hope . Sensing something is wrong he asks Fiz to tell him what is going on . Leon Southam is visiting Ruth . Frank invites Peter and Leanne to his and Carla ' s engagement party . Peter feels awkward but Leanne decides to make an effort and accepts . Carla looks uncomfortable . Tommy and Kirk suggest that David buys Kylie flowers as they walk past No . 8 where David is talking to Kylie through the letterbox . Fiz tells Tryrone that she told the Governor it was Ruth supplying drugs and doesn ' t feel safe . David eventually persuades Kylie to let him in saying he has proof he purchased the flowers . He tells Kylie that he will never leave her again . Gary is confused when Anna tells him that Owen cancelled on her . He suspects Faye may be involved . Audrey , Nick and Gail discuss Kylie ' s behaviour . Audrey tells Gail that she has to get her out of the house . Frank suggests Leanne goes with Carla to find a wedding dress . Leanne claims she is snowed under at work Gail stomps across to No . 8 ready for another stand - off with Kylie only for Nick to discover the door is no longer bolted . Tyrone follows Leon who meets up with someone on a rundown estate . Gail tells Kylie that she has to leave . David is amused by Marc being a cross - dresser . Nick tries to mediate the situation and suggests they all apologise to each other . Gary confronts Faye after finding Owen ' s phone in her room . He tells Anna that Faye sent the text from Owen ' s phone . Faye is humiliated . Tyrone tells Kirk and Tommy about his visit to see Fiz . They are concerned when Tyrone admits he followed Leon . Carla is touched when Leanne has a change of heart and says she will come with her to look for a wedding dress . David reveals he has been offered a job managing a salon in Monton and he and Kylie will be moving to the flat above it . Gail , Nick and Audrey are gobsmacked .
Episode 5532 ( 25th June 2003 ) Plot . Mike offers Harry his job back as cleaner at Underworld . After some persuasion Harry accepts . Eileen is shocked to hear from Shelley that Todd and Sarah are moving into Peter ' s flat above the bookies . She is even more upset when she finds out from Todd that he ' s sold his laptop computer to pay the rent . Tyrone goes to visit Maz O ' Loughlin on the allotments . She ' s busily planting seeds which she says are tomatoes . She agrees to meet Tyrone for a drink just to get rid of him . Steve clears all Karen ' s belongings out of their flat . He gets upset when he finds some of their wedding photos . Emma confides in Mick that she ' s got an interview for an inspector ' s job in Newcastle and that she ' s not told Curly yet . Tracy chats up Steve and gives him an early birthday card . Eileen calls to see Gail and tells her that Todd and Sarah are moving in together . Gail is shocked and upset . Martin tells Katy that they ' ve got to end their relationship before it starts as it would upset too many people . Katy is gutted . Gail tells Sarah that no way is Bethany going to live in their hovel of a flat with them . She tells Sarah that Bethany is staying with her and she ' ll fight her all the way .
Episode 2469 ( 28th November 1984 ) Plot . Billy lays on the funeral meal to help Hilda . Jack tells Tony how he gave the police Stan ' s name . Tony takes him to the station to make a statement . Trevor Ogden , Ken , Mike , Emily , Ivy , Vera , Fred , Alf and Stan ' s cousin Edwin and his wife Doris arrive from Ormskirk to attend Stan ' s funeral . Hilda is touched to receive flowers from Annie Walker and the Lowthers . Bill tells Elaine he thinks she ' s special . Tony tells Bet he ' s furious she warned Rita off ; he ' s a free agent . He only went out with her for a bit of fun and doesn ' t want to see her again . Trevor finds the funeral boring . As soon as it ' s over he returns to Chesterfield . Mike tells Fred he ' s found out he ' s been posing as him to buy and sell shirts . He tells Fred he ' s fired . Hilda breaks down when she opens Stan ' s spectacle case , sent on by the hospital .
Episode 5781 ( 11th June 2004 ) Plot . As Bev explains to Shelley that she slept with Charlie , Shelley is disbelieving . Shelley asks Charlie for his version of events and he categorically denies it . Leanne calls in the salon and gets her hair done by Maria . She unwittingly tells Leanne all about Nick ' s ex - wife , calling her a common tart . Steve apologises to Eileen for not telling her about the house sale . Eileen ' s dejected but forgives him . Norris , Blanche , Emily and Rita play dominoes . Norris is intrigued to hear that Vera Lomax died in the Mission Hall on the site of The Kabin ' s stockroom . He ' s convinced it ' s Vera Lomax ' s ghost that ' s trying to contact him . Rita despairs . Maria buys Leanne a drink , unaware she ' s Nick ' s ex . When Nick turns up he ' s horrified to find Leanne there . A fight breaks out between Leanne and Maria . Vitriolic Leanne accuses Nick of forcing her to have an abortion and throws her drink all over him . Having had time to consider , Shelley tells Bev that she doesn ' t believe a word she says and that she believes Charlie . Shelley throws Bev out telling her to pack her bags . Bev ' s devastated . Cast . Guest cast . " None " Notable dialogue . Norris Cole : " It stands to reason out of the two of us , it would be me they ' d try and get through to . Any ghost would take one look at you and wouldn ' t bother . No , you ' ve a very closed mind , Rita - your aura is definitely hostile . "
Des Foster Des Foster was a painter / decorator and Councillor who asked Alf Roberts to back him over fighting vandalism on the Red Rec in July 1983 . While at the shop , Des flirted with Bet Lynch , who at the time was Alf ' s tenant in the flat . He and Bet started going out together , causing friction between Alf and Bet as Des was a married man and Alf was worried about a scandal . As far as Bet was concerned , Des had initiated it and he was the one with a marriage and a standing in the community that could suffer from it . When Alf had to cover for them when Des ' s wife Edith turned up at the shop , he told Bet to dump Des or leave the flat . Des offered to set Bet as his mistress up in a flat in Jubilee Gardens but Bet wanted more and tried to get him to leave his wife . But Des wanted to have his cake and eat it and so Bet dropped him , telling him she wouldn ' t be a tart any more . A few weeks later , Edith found out Des had been having an affair and threw him out . Des got a flat and told Bet he ' d left Edith , and Bet , believing that he was serious about her , agreed to move in with him . However , Alf put Bet straight about Des being thrown out and Bet discovered that the woman Edith found out about was Des ' s other bit on the side . Heartbroken and feeling cheap , Bet finished with him . In November , Des was sent by the brewery to decorate the Rovers . Des tried to chat Bet up but she decided to play him at his own game by going out with him and letting him think she was going to sleep with him again only for her to tell him he was only good for a laugh now and again . Eight years later , a now married Bet hired Des to decorate the living quarters in the Rovers , hoping to make Alec Gilroy jealous to get back at him for leaving her over Christmas to work on a cruise . Des took this as a sign that she wanted to sleep with him but Bet stayed faithful and , realising Des ' s intentions , she cancelled a meal they had planned . Des sent his assistant Greg Simpson to finish the job but called on Bet after hours , telling her he still fancied her . Bet then had Des over for Christmas dinner where he made a pass at her , but Bet fought him off and threw him out . He didn ' t see Bet again but when Alec returned he was so impressed with his work that he decided to hire him again . Bet had to tell him her history with Des and made him believe her by showing him the bruises Des had given her when he hit her .
Episode 7109 ( 29th June 2009 ) Plot . Molly and Kevin pull apart and set off back to Coronation Street . Hayley ' s angry to discover Pam ' s now selling cakes and drinks too . Bill acts as mediator and suggests they work together . Pam and Hayley begrudgingly agree . Tony ' s furious with Janice when she loses one of their best customers . Rosie does a deal and buys 9 % of Underworld from Luke for £25 , 000 . Tony ' s unimpressed but agrees - on condition she takes her old job back as PA and Janice is demoted back to machinist . Tina joins Jason for a birthday drink . David , Darryl and Graeme watch from a distance . David ' s jealousy is evident and Jason feels uncomfortable . Tony ' s worried when he can ' t get hold of Maria . He tells her off in front of her friends for switching her phone off . Eileen reckons they ' re behaving like a married couple . Kirk arrives back from his first stint as Hia - Lowa and tells Eileen and Jason how the kids set light to his head dress and he had to jump in the pond . Jesse invites Eileen back to his parents ' house as they ' re out for the night . Eileen ' s delighted . Molly and Kevin work on the accounts in the garage and agree that they both want more . Cast . Guest cast . " None "
Episode 1209 ( 16th August 1972 ) Plot . Billy is waiting for the man caught in Bessie Street to be charged before he ' ll believe that Stan is innocent . Jerry tells Len that Rita isn ' t steady enough for him . Benny presents Rita with an expensive engagement ring . The Ogdens talk about moving as Stan loses some customers . After they receive anonymous hate mail , Hilda decides to fight her ground and decides a put a notice in the " Gazette " threatening legal action against slanderers . Jerry tells Benny that he was wrong and that Len has real feelings for Rita . The Ogdens read of the arrest of Edwin Ferguson - the real peeping Tom . Hilda storms round to the Rovers with the paper . Benny asks to see Len and tells him that he ' s not certain Rita wants to marry him and that she and Len are meant for each other . He wants Len to confess his feelings to Rita . A shame - faced Billy calls at No . 13 and apologises but Stan and Hilda feel no better . Len tells Rita that Benny is backing out and leaving the field open for him . He confesses he needs her and Rita goes off with him , leaving a disappointed Benny behind .
Martina Gaunt Martina Gaunt was the manager of a bar where Becky McDonald applied for a job in September 2011 . She and Richard Holloway , the area representative , interviewed Becky . Martina questioned her about her job at the Rovers Return and Becky seemed unfamiliar with many financial terms . However , Becky impressed them when she made it clear to them what she could and could not do and they offered her the job . This was impending a reference from Roy Cropper , as Becky had stated that she was manager of Roy ' s Rolls . Roy refused to lie and Becky was turned down the job after it became clear that she had lied about being manager .
Amanda Wright Amanda Wright appeared in " Coronation Street " in April 2015 as social worker Carol Gilligan . She trained at the at Central School of Speech & Drama in London and has also appeared in " Prime Suspect " , " Doctors " and " Midsomer Murders " . Her film roles include " Silent Voices " , " Stripping The Illusion " and " Consent " . Stage roles include " Henry V " , " Handa ' s Surprise " and " True " . Outside of acting roles , Amanda works extensively as an acting teacher , facilitator and lecturer . External links . Actor ' s website