Marion Yeats Marion Yeats ( née Willis ) was assistant at Maggie Dunlop ' s flower shop who married Eddie Yeats in 1983 . They moved to Bury to be close to Marion ' s ill mother and started a family there . Biography . Marion Willis was born on 18th December 1950 . She was the only child of Winifred Willis , who by 1983 was a widow and living in Bury . Marion lived in lodgings in Weatherfield and worked as an assistant at Maggie Dunlop ' s florist . In 1982 , Marion was in a serious relationship with Phil Moss , her landlady ' s son . She didn ' t see much of Phil as he was a solider in Ireland , and this affected her view of the relationship . In January of that year , using the handle " Stardust Lil " , Marion started chatting with Eddie Yeats on CB radio and they quickly arranged to meet . Marion had doubts about Eddie ; while she liked him personally , she was put off as he claimed to be a businessman and lived in an expensive flat . She was relieved when he admitted he was actually a bin man and was using Mike Baldwin ' s flat to meet as he was worried about Marion would go off him if she knew his real profession and didn ' t have a home he could call his own . When Marion realised she and Eddie could have a future together , she decided she had to move out of her lodgings . As she hadn ' t yet told Eddie about Phil , she claimed that she had been forced to move out because of a rent increase . Elsie Tanner took her in as a lodger at 11 Coronation Street , next door to Eddie who lived at No . 13 with Stan and Hilda Ogden ( although she told Elsie the real reason for moving ) . Shortly after moving in , Marion was stood up by Eddie on a date but it turned out to be down to Stan not passing on a message . Eddie apologised to Marion and admitted to her that he had been in prison . When Marion said she was okay with it as it was years ago , Eddie proposed and Marion accepted but asked to wait a while before marrying . In August , Phil turned up in Coronation Street and begged Marion to return to him . Marion wasn ' t sure who to choose but Eddie made up her mind for her by breaking the engagement . Marion went to live with Phil but returned soon afterwards telling Eddie that he was the man for her , and so the engagement was back on . More troubles followed in November . When Marion found out that Eddie had withdrawn £1 , 000 from their building society account and invested it in Elsie ' s boyfriend Geoff Siddall ' s car business without even consulting her , she was furious . It transpired that Geoff had conned Eddie and run off with the money , robbing Eddie and Marion of their savings . This was too much for Marion and she broke it off with Eddie , demanding that he leave her alone . Eddie couldn ' t handle the loss of the love of his life and ran away to his native Liverpool , and when she decided to forgive him , Marion went there to track him down . Her search was fruitless as Eddie had already moved on from his digs there but when he came to the rescue when a man tried it on with Marion after mistaking her for a prostitute , they were reconciled ( again ) . In 1983 , Elsie took in another lodger , Suzie Birchall , and Marion agreed to share a room with her in exchange for a drop in rent . Marion and Suzie immediately clashed ; lazy Suzie never pulled her weight with the housework and let the room turn into a tip . Marion decided to move into the parlour and turn it into a love nest for her and Eddie . Later that year , Marion fell pregnant and the couple moved the date of the wedding forward . Winifred , who so far hadn ' t played any part in Marion and Eddie ' s relationship , appeared on the scene to help with wedding preparations and tried to get the couple to marry in a church instead of a registry office . The wedding took place on Halloween at All Saints Church . The Yeats returned from their honeymoon in Benidorm to the news that Winifred had had a stroke and needed looking after . Marion thought that as this coincided with them looking for a house , then they should move to Bury to be close to Winifred . Eddie didn ' t like the idea but was eventually talked round and the couple left Weatherfield in December to start their new lives . Their daughter Dawn was born in 1984 . As of 1987 , when Eddie made a brief visit to Weatherfield , he and Marion were still happily married and living in Bury with their young daughter , Dawn . Quotes . " Brake asking for a copy , you ' ve got Stardust Lil here , come back . " ( First line , to Eddie Yeats ) " Better for a bit of fresh air . " ( Final line , also to Eddie )