Cilla Battersby - Brown Priscilla Petunia Aurelia " Cilla " Battersby - Brown ( née Brown ) is the mother of Fiz Stape and Chesney Brown and grandmother of Joseph Brown and Hope Stape . Throughout her time on Coronation Street , she pulled scams and was disliked by most neighbours . She married troublesome Street resident Les Battersby in 2005 . Cilla left Weatherfield for Las Vegas in 2007 , leaving her young son Chesney behind . Later suffering from osteoporosis , Cilla returned to Weatherfield in 2014 in order to make amends with her family , however Chesney was still raw for her leaving him all those years ago . She later left for Wolverhampton with Fiz in order to receive treatment . Despite Cilla betraying Chesney a lot , he still cares for her deep down and believes there is good in her somewhere . But overtime Chesney felt bitterness for Cilla abandoning him , and had refused to help her when she was diagnosed with osteoporosis , as she hadn ' t made the effort with him in the past . Biography . 1965 - 2007 . Cilla first appeared as a barmaid in the Weatherfield Arms , where she met Les . During their initial meeting , she told Les that her name was Lulu ( after the singer ) . It was when she met Fiz , that it was revealed that they were in fact , mother and daughter . It was also revealed that she had left Chesney at home alone while she was out having fun with her new man . When Janice Battersby found out about Les and Cilla ' s relationship , the two began to argue . Janice , despite being on crutches after breaking her ankle in a factory fire , fought Cilla . Mother and son moved in to 5 Coronation Street but due to Cilla ' s attempts to force herself on other men , she dumped Chesney on Les and stayed with a friend for six weeks . When she returned to Les , he was on the verge of rekindling the passion with Janice , but that ended after Les gave in to passion with the bustier Cilla . Cilla was grateful that Les had chosen her . Later , Les and Cilla dumped Chesney on Roy and Hayley Cropper jetted off to Spain for six weeks , where she got a tan and came back bustier , and when she tried on some of her old clothes , it took her a while to get into them . Later that year , Les bought himself and Cilla a large bathtub . However , when they tried to have a night in the bath , Chesney ' s pet dog Schmeichel jumped into the bath and it ended up crashing through the ceiling , as the weight of it was too heavy for the ceiling joists . The next day , Norris Cole , their next door neighbour tried to report the bath incident to the council , but when Les and Cilla caught him in their garden ' looking at underwear ' they threatened to call the police for being a pervert . Les and Cilla planned to marry for the sake of the wedding presents they would receive . On her hen night , Cilla had a brief encounter with Janice , arguing over Les with the two ready to fight . Cilla backed off , covering her face and her tummy . Cilla tried to sleep with a younger man , but was interrupted by Les , and Cilla , wearing a red bra and panties , passed the young man off as her eldest son , Billy , who had arrived for her special day . When Les fell asleep , Cilla tried to go off with the young man again , but he refused . They finally arranged their wedding day , despite the fact that the priest was a defrocked clergyman , and they had to distract the real vicar while they " married " . Cilla smashed Tracy Barlow ' s window ( she would not give Cilla the bouquet she had made because Cilla would not pay her , so Tracy pushed her , making her fall ) . However , Cilla could not reach the flowers and ran to the Corner Shop and stole some flowers , before jumping into the wedding car en - route to the church . While Les was driving , he spotted a member of the band Status Quo . He took his eyes off the road to stare in amazement , and crashed into their van ( with the other band member inside ) . Status Quo decided to play at the wedding to avoid a lawsuit against Les , who had been punched by a member of the band . Billy was also at the wedding . Les put on a neck brace before " tying the knot " ( despite the marriage being illegal ) , and they became known as the Battersby - Brown family . The Quo turned up at a back room of the British Legion ( where the presents were being kept ) to rest . Les walked in and told his idols that his dream was to trash a room full of expensive things . He duly wrecked everything and threw a TV out the window , only for Cilla to walk in and inform him that he had just trashed their wedding presents . She went crazy and started attacking him as the Quo watched in bursts of laughter . The reception ended with the band agreeing to put past differences with Les behind them . They performed " " Rockin ' All Over the World " " , with Les and Cilla on stage with them singing . Cilla went on honeymoon with her friend , Yana Lumb , instead of Les . Upon returning , Les and Cilla were legally married ( off - screen ) at Weatherfield Register Office . On Christmas Day 2005 , Cilla tried to deep - fry a turkey ( her oven had broken down ) , at Wong ' s Chippy where she worked and left it to cook . When they returned hours later , they discovered the chip shop was on fire . In March 2006 , Cilla threw Les out after he slept with his ex - wife Janice . Cilla was hurt at what Les had done , appearing in no make - up and basic clothes . When Les said he would crawl across the cobbles in order to win Cilla over , Cilla could not let Les go through with it , and they reunited . Cilla and Janice then had an ongoing feud , which ended in the two fighting . In November 2006 Cilla was diagnosed with skin cancer , but kept it from her family . Her cancer was most likely from the amount of time she spent on her sunbed . Suspecting Cilla was having another affair , Les kicked her out and Cilla came clean to Fiz about her illness , who told Chesney and Les . The family were reunited at Cilla ' s bedside in hospital , and Cilla then returned home . On finding out that husband Les and best mate Yana had slept together , Cilla hatched a plan to get her own back . She told everyone that her cancer was terminal , leading to the street ' s residents making a collection to send Cilla to Florida to " swim with the dolphins " , making Les and Yana sit in a bath full of mushy peas on the pavement in the process , raising £600 . She revealed the truth just after Christmas 2006 , leaving the family devastated that she had lied to them . Cilla flew to Florida alone , leaving Les to apologise to the residents for her lies . Cilla returned in late January 2007 . Chesney moved in with her and Les again , because Les couldn ' t look after Chesney properly . However , May 2007 saw Les disappear to work as a roadie . Cilla began a battle for business , going head - to - head with Jerry ' s Takeaway . Cilla and Yana first tried to get more customers by wearing special skin tight " Wong ' s Chips " T - shirts , and handing out leaflets . However , this failed to attract any customers because Cilla ' s belly stuck out her top , and also , the only people who walk past were going to the Medical Centre . Cilla came up with a cunning plan – she called pest control to spite the takeaway . In July , Cilla received a call from Mr Wong to say she had been fired , and he was closing the business down . Cilla later blamed Jodie Morton , claiming that she had the body of her father , Jerry Morton , and the face of Jabba The Hut . Cilla found herself struggling financially as Les was away . She took a job at a nursing home and met a wealthy man , Frank Nichols . He was a perfect match for Cilla as he seemed to have the same cunning ruthless streak . Cilla was always a material loving , money hungry woman , so she struck up a friendship with him . He needed a full - time carer and when he invited Cilla to go with him to Las Vegas , she was ecstatic and jumped at the chance . Cilla flirted with him and Frank offered Cilla everything if she would be his full - time carer but he died shortly afterwards . Cilla thought that she would inherit everything as he had told her she would , and was disappointed when he only left her £500 in his will . She decided to sell a necklace that he gave her which was a family heirloom . Cilla was in surprise when the necklace was worth £45 , 000 . Having all this money made her decide to leave Weatherfield for Las Vegas . She wanted to go alone , but Kirk mentioned Chesney going with her , but Cilla and Chesney agreed that Chesney should join at a later date . Cilla then decided that she needed some " me time " , but told Chesney that she would eventually send for him , and left £1 , 000 for him in Kirk ' s care . Fiz was going to get £1 , 000 too , but after her reaction in the Rovers about her mother ' s departure , Cilla took it back . She then left Weatherfield in a taxi , crying . Chesney spent £300 on an Xbox 360 which Fiz did not approve of , but told Kirk to make sure that Chesney used the rest of the money more carefully . 2008 - 2016 . In September 2012 , Cilla sent an invitation to Chesney and his girlfriend Katy Armstrong to join her in South Africa for Christmas . However , they declined the offer as Katy was trying for another baby , leaving Chesney disappointed . By 2014 , Cilla had returned to the UK and moved to Wolverhampton . In October , she turned up at 9 Coronation Street where Fiz was living with Tyrone Dobbs . Her family were frosty towards her , especially Chesney who hadn ' t forgiven Cilla for leaving him . When Cilla was alone in the living room at No . 9 , Chesney ' s girlfriend Sinead Tinker witnessed her struggling to stand up and in obvious pain . A sympathetic Sinead sat Cilla down , whereby she admitted to suffering from osteoporosis and that her bones were like " sticks " . She stepped into babysit grandson Joseph the following month but slipped on the stairs at No . 5 and left the child in the care of Craig Tinker and Faye Windass while she sought medical help . Chesney was furious and thought that Cilla was up to her old tricks , although he was silenced when he found out she had broken a vertebrae . Cilla decided to return to Wolverhampton for further treatment and after some soul - searching , Fiz decided to accompany her and stay until she was back to better health . In July 2016 , Chesney learned that Cilla was in hospital after suffering a fall and went to Wolverhampton to check on her . Quotes . " Ta . " ( First line , to Les Battersby ) " You too kiddo . Oh , about that school trip you were on about . You ' re only young once . " ( Final line , to Craig Tinker )