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Maggie Norris Maggie Norris appeared in " Coronation Street " from May 1996 to April 1997 as Claire Palmer , a long - term ( for him ) girlfriend of Des Barnes . Maggie has enjoyed a long career in television with appearances in " All Creatures Great and Small " , " Hollyoaks " , " Perfect Scoundrels " , " Peak Practice " and " Doctors " among other programmes .
Gladys ( Episode 1956 ) Alice , together with her friends Mary and Alice , were three merry women who found Alf Roberts pacing up and down the Street on New Year ’ s Eve 1979 having been ordered outside by the Rovers regular to be 1980 ’ s first footer . The girls instantly grabbed him and dragged him along to a party at 32 Bessie Street where he got blindingly drunk and enticed Fred Gee along when he was sent to look for him . Fred , in turn , did the same with the other menfolk ( with the exception of a strictly - controlled Stan Ogden ) and all of their women were left to fester in the pub .
Episode 7460 ( 4th November 2010 ) Plot . Chesney ' s annoyed with Fiz for taking Owen ' s side and failing to back him and Katy . It ' s Sophie ' s 16th birthday . She ' s thrilled when Sian gives her a beautiful necklace . John phones Charlotte and tells her that he ' s received another threatening letter . Baby Jack ' s christening takes place with Kevin and Sally as godparents . Ashley attends the christening without Claire . He confides in Jack that his marriage is falling apart . Becky lies to Roy and Hayley telling them how Social Services were keen that she should have Max as she ' s Kylie ' s sister . The christening party takes place at the Rovers . Proud Tyrone thanks Kevin for being such a good mate . Kevin wishes the ground would swallow him up . Leanne pops home and finds Carla deep in conversation with Peter . Carla pretends she was looking for Leanne . Claire tells Ashley she and the boys are moving to France and he ' s not a part of their plans anymore . Ashley ' s heartbroken . John meets up with Charlotte and tells her that he ' s on an emotional knife - edge and can ' t manage without her support . Charlotte promises she ' s there for him and hugs him . Whilst Molly ' s distracted , Kevin steals baby Jack ' s dummy and pockets it .
Milton Keynes Milton Keynes is a large town in Buckinghamshire , England . It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes and was formally designated as a new town on 23rd January 1967 with the design brief to become a " city " in scale to accommodate overspill from London . At designation , its 34 square miles incorporated the existing towns of Bletchley , Wolverton , and Stony Stratford , along with another fifteen villages and farmland in between . It took its name from the existing village of Milton Keynes , a few miles east of the planned centre . At the 2011 census the population of the Milton Keynes urban area , including the adjacent Newport Pagnell and Woburn Sands , was 229 , 941 , and that of the wider borough , which has been a unitary authority independent of Buckinghamshire County Council since 1997 , was 248 , 800 , ( compared with a population of around 53 , 000 for the same area in 1961 . Curly Watts spent a month in the town beginning in August 1990 on a management - training course at the Bettabuy branch located there . Liz McDonald moved to the town in November 1998 along with Michael Wall , Jim McDonald ' s occupational therapist after the two began a relationship behind his back and remained there for the next two years .
Episode 7290 ( 8th March 2010 ) Plot . Leanne fetches Ken and sets off to the Wilsons ' house in pursuit of Peter . DC Glynn and DS Carr call at the salon and question Audrey about Gail and Joe ' s relationship . Audrey ' s uneasy . George finds Peter at the house and tells him that Eve and Simon are out . Refusing to believe him , Peter breaks a window to gain entry . George is shocked . The police catch up with Nick in the Rovers and ask him questions about Joe . Fiz tries to assure John that he can be happy without teaching but John ' s downcast . Ken and Leanne arrive at the Wilsons ' . George demands that Peter leaves . Defiant Peter decides to call the police . Gail ' s upset when Carr and Glynn visit No . 8 to ask David for his opinion of Joe . She fears the nightmare will never end . Eve and Simon arrive home . George orders Eve to stay locked in the car with Simon . Peter ' s incandescent with fury . Leanne implores him to stay calm and await the police . Nick tells Kelly that he ' s considering buying a share of the factory . Kelly ' s charmed and they go out for the night . Eve lets Simon out of the car . George provokes Peter , who pushes him and a scuffle develops as the police arrive . John secretly applies for a job teaching evening classes . George gives his side of the story to the police . Peter loses patience and makes to take Simon home . The police officer bars his way so Peter shoves him . The officer seizes the chance to arrest him and Simon watches as Peter is driven away .
Colin George Colin George ( born 20th September 1929 in Pembroke , Wales ) is an actor who founded the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield . He appeared on " Coronation Street " between August and September 1974 as Jimmy Graham , and his other television credits include " Poldark " , " Soldier Soldier " and " Doctors " . The character Jimmy Graham , a property developer from the South of England , came up to Weatherfield to expand his empire , met and fell in love with Rita Littlewood and tried to lure her away from the Street . In the last episode with Jimmy , his plans were foiled , when a romantic lunch with Rita was interrupted by Jimmy ' s wife and two children . Actor Colin George experienced one of the first cases of public outrage at the behaviour of a fictional character - often approached in public by angry " Coronation Street " fans .
Episode 8866 ( 23rd March 2016 ) Plot . Sally nags Tim to creosote their garden fence , pointing out that now she ’ s a councillor , she has a reputation to maintain . Carla arrives at work to help fix the O ’ Driscoll mess , telling Aidan he did the right thing . He reminds her she ’ s leaving in two months and that he should be the one to save Underworld . Kylie is furious about the kitchen but David is more worried about Sarah . Kylie admits she feels more bonded to Sarah now that they ' re raising the same dead man ' s children . Gail , Sarah and Bethany discuss names . The factory staff have no further orders to fulfil . Tim moans about his lot in life to Tyrone who offers to do the fence for him for cash . Tim offers £40 . Michael arrives at No . 8 with a gift for the baby and another for Gail . He agrees to stay for a cuppa . As Todd and Bethany chat with Sarah , the mood is soured by the arrival of Marion Logan , following the tip - off by Gemma . Enraged , Sarah demands that Marion stay away from her and the baby and throws her out . Michael tells Gail that he is thinking of leaving Weatherfield . She tells him she is saddened as they ' re still married . Eva overhears Sally and Beth talking about the state of the factory . Bethany starts to worry that Callum might show up now that Marion ’ s in the know but Sarah insists that won ’ t be happening . Sarah likes one of Bethany ' s suggestion for a name . Eva arrives at the factory to help Aidan drum up business . Todd informs David and Kylie about Sarah ’ s extreme reaction to Marion . Michelle is about to visit Steve in Spain and worries how they ' ll get on after their time apart . Eva takes on the task of ringing Dave Hanlon . Sally is furious to find that Tyrone has done the fence instead of Tim . Sarah announces she ’ s calling the baby Harry . David and Kylie urge her to relax and not stress . Hanlon agrees to a meeting next week as he hates the O ' Driscolls . Aidan ’ s impressed and he and Eva kiss . Notable dialogue . Sally Metcalfe : " Well , I hate to nag . . . " < br > Tim Metcalfe : " Mmm , wouldn ' t say ' hate ' . . . "
Lily Haddon Lily Haddon ( née Longhurst ) was the often - mentioned daughter of Percy and Martha Longhurst . To her friends and neighbours , Martha put on a front of being very proud of Lily and her successful husband Wilf , but Lily rarely visited Martha and only had interest in her if Martha could babysit for the grandchildren . When Martha died in 1964 , Ena Sharples berated Lily for being a bad daughter . Lily ' s birth coincided with a deterioration in her parents ' marriage and as she grew up she wondered if she had been the cause . Percy had always had an eye for the ladies and he openly womanised , even going so far as to take his lady friends on trips away causing much scandal in the neighbourhood . A young Lily would sit on the stairs at 7 Mawdsley Street while Martha and Percy conducted their rows almost on a nightly basis . She grew into being a wilful young woman , and able to convince her father into letting her do what her mother and mother ' s friends disapproved of , such as working in a department store as a mannequin and model . Lily began a sexual relationship with Tom Hayes , which she did not especially enjoy , but was happy that he gave her gifts and said she was his girlfriend . One night Ena ' s daughter Vera Lomax caught them together and Tom attacked Vera , causing her to hit her head . Tom and a reluctant Lily fled the scene . When the truth emerged , Lily apologised for her actions . After Percy ' s death in 1946 , Lily and Martha weren ' t any happier in each other ' s company although Lily thought her mother did love her in her own unusual way .
Episode 7108 ( 29th June 2009 ) Plot . Rosie takes delivery of a new sports car . Kevin ' s furious she ' s wasted £25 , 000 on a car when she can ' t even drive . Sally ' s thrilled hoping she can drive it too . Maria ' s fed up with being fat and wishes the baby would arrive . Tony comforts her . Hayley ' s annoyed with Pam for hurting the café trade with her sandwich round . She threatens to report Pam for operating without a licence . Pam ' s unfazed . Eileen apologises to Jesse for the embarrassing situation the evening before and they agree to meet for a drink . Jason invites Tina to his birthday drinks in the Rovers . Audrey and Natasha discuss Maria ' s relationship with Tony . Natasha suggests there ' s more to it than just friendship . Molly and Kevin set off for a run together . Tyrone waves them off . Bill and Pam make up and agree to put the personal ads incident behind them . Luke chats Rosie up and admires her car . He puts pressure on her to invest in Underworld and Sally agrees it ' s a good idea . Rosie basks in the attention . Kirk offers to play Hia - lowa for Jesse ' s General Custard act . Jesse agrees to give him a trial at a children ' s fete that afternoon . Molly and Kevin finish their run in the park . Buoyed up on adrenaline and sexual tension they kiss passionately . Cast . Guest cast . " None "
PC Stanlow PC Stanlow investigated two matters concerning residents of Coronation Street and its environs in 2014 . The first was when Roy Cropper disappeared following the funeral of his wife Hayley , leaving a note saying that he was going to stay with his mother Sylvia Goodwin . After several problems at the cafe , Fiz Stape tried to contact him through his Aunty Jean only to find that she hadn ' t seen Roy for six months and Sylvia was in Tenerife . Fiz , Tyrone Dobbs and Anna Windass contacted the police and Stanlow came to the cafe with a colleague but they initially needed convincing that Roy ' s behaviour was worrying . During questioning , Stanlow picked up on a comment of Fiz ' s that all Roy had left was guilt and asked what about . Knowing that she had almost dropped Roy in it for assisting Hayley in her suicide , Fiz managed a convincing answer that it was guilt over being the one left behind after her battle with cancer . They searched his flat and found his passport showing that he hadn ' t left the country and they started to compile a missing persons ' report , admitting that because he had been missing over a week that in itself was worrying . A week later she returned with something that raised the levels of concern - Roy ' s bag had been found in the canal in Castlefield . She also had CCTV footage of Roy walking by the canal bank . Considering the background , the police were considering Roy to be a high - risk case and they were considering searching the canal itself . Roy turned up two days later , having been staying in a B & B near to the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester and not realising the upset he had caused . At the end of March PC Stanlow brought photographs of known suspects round to 8 Coronation Street for Gail McIntyre and Kylie Platt to identify an intruder who had broken into the house . From these Gail identified Michael Rodwell who was subsequently caught , arrested and imprisoned for the offence . List of appearances . 2014
Episode 913 ( 24th September 1969 ) Plot . Betty opens the shop and worries as she still doesn ' t know where Maggie is . She asks Cyril to alert his collegue at the police station but he refuses . Albert thinks the football team ought to have a proper kit and decides to work on tactics . Dickie smothers Audrey with attention and insists she has a proper diet , consulting a baby book he ' s bought . Maggie worries that Ena has spread the word about finding her in No . 9 and that Les will find out . Albert worries about Hilda being on the team . Betty rails at Maggie when she turns up at the Corner Shop but is told she has no rights over her sister . When refuses to play in the team , Tommy Deakin provokes her into changing her mind , knowing that she ' s the Rovers ' worst player . Cyril tries to find out from Len if Maggie spent the night with him . Ena threatens to inform Les about Maggie and Len unless Len stops the Cemetery plan . Dickie turns up at home with a pram , winding up Audrey . He tells her that he knows she ' s not pregnant and was just having fun . They make up . Betty rows with Maggie over the shop . Maggie refuses to apologise ; it ' s her shop and she doesn ' t answer to anybody . Maggie asks Len to get Ena to keep quiet . Stan and Dickie teach Hilda football in the street with Albert coaching . Dickie kids on Annie that he ' s a former international player for Ireland . Albert asks Cyril for Les ' s address in Solihull as Les was looking after his allotment while he was in Bury , and now he wants it back . Cyril tells Maggie but doesn ' t remember who asked . Maggie worries it was Ena . Notable dialogue . Maggie Clegg : " Nothing ' s a five - day wonder round ' ere . " Hilda Ogden : “ Two tonne Turpin ? I could give ' er twenty yard start with me legs tied together . ” Len Fairclough : " I get sick and tired every now and again about Mrs Sharples walkin ' round like a flippin ' hanging judge ! "
Episode 7352 ( 31st May 2010 ) Plot . Tracy tells the courtroom that Gail admitted to following Joe down to the jetty with the rolling pin and smashing him over the head with it . Gail ' s apoplectic . Dev and Sunita move into No . 7 but are still waiting for the removal men to collect Maria ' s furniture . Sunita sends Dev back to work while she waits in with the twins . Gail ' s defence suggests that Tracy made up the story of Gail ' s confession . Tracy gives a convincing performance as she vehemently denies it . Carla ' s working alone in the factory when the police arrive and inform her of Tony ' s escape . Carla ' s alarmed and summons Trevor to her side . Sunita is startled to find Tony lurking in her backyard . Oblivious to his identity , Sunita invites him inside when he feigns sudden illness . Tina sets off for the court with Jason , Eileen and Julie in tow for support . David sees her and begs her not to betray Gail . Graeme leads him away . The police call on Roy and advise him to stay alert while Tony is at large . Sunita innocently chats to Tony about Maria moving away because of her murderer boyfriend . When the removal firm arrives , Tony takes the opportunity to slip away . The pathologist takes to the witness box and admits that Joe ' s head injury could equally have been caused by the boom of the boat as a rolling pin . Claire tells Dev about Tony ' s escape . Dev dashes home to check on his family and is horrified to find that Tony has been there . Dev phones the police . Sunita ' s shocked . Tina tells the jury how Gail always forgave Joe and was desperate to hang on to him . She declares that an innocent woman wouldn ' t have sent a text from a missing person . Gail ' s QC points out that Joe never gave Tina a thought when concocting his plan . Tina ' s stung . Tony watches as Carla talks to Dev . He calls Robbie and tells him to prepare for tomorrow .
Episode 5746 ( 30th April 2004 ) Plot . Chesney overhears Cilla making a date with Uncle Ronnie . Cilla threatens him that if he blabs to Les he ' ll end up back in a children ' s home . Cilla lies to Les saying that she ' s going to spend a few days with a girlfriend , Sandra . Claire tells Ashley they ' re having dinner with her mother . Ashley ' s nervous . Sally gets Rosie , dressed as Dorothy from " The Wizard of Oz " to perform " Somewhere over the Rainbow " for her and Kevin . Kevin is surprised at how good she is . Fiz spots Chesney on the Street looking upset when he should be at school . Todd calls round to see Karl at the Nurses ' Home . He admits that he can ' t face coming clean with Sarah although it ' s Karl he really wants . Todd ' s ashamed on realising that he ' s prepared to lead a double life . Fiz discovers Chesney in her flat . He explains that Cilla had a copy of Kirk ' s key made " for emergencies " . Fiz is suspicious . Chesney pours his heart out to Fiz . He thinks nobody wants him , especially Cilla and explains how she ' s seeing Uncle Ronnie again and has threatened to put him back in a home . Fiz hugs her inconsolable brother and promises him that she won ' t let that happen . Sally and Kevin take Rosie to her Drama school audition . To Sally ' s fury , Rosie refuses to go through with it , accusing her mum of trying to live her life through her . Incensed , Sally slaps Rosie hard , calling her a bitch .
Gaz Gaz was a man who met Janice Battersby at a singles night held at the Rovers Return in January 2011 . Janice drunkenly told him she ' d been let down on a holiday to Amsterdam her daughter Toyah had booked and to her surprise , Gaz invited her to go to Tenerife with him - departing on the following day . With the pair meeting up again in the Rovers , Gaz informed her that their flight had been delayed for a couple of hours and , whilst Janice continued getting into the " holiday spirit " she consumed several more drinks before they headed off in a taxi to Manchester Airport . Janice returned to Victoria Street alone later that evening when it was apparent that she was highly intoxicated - deemed too drunk to board the plane and returned to discover that her flat had been broken into .
Julia Goodman Julia Goodman ( born 1951 ) appeared on " Coronation Street " in April and November 1996 as racehorse trainer Hilary Forrest . Educated at Villa Maria convent school in Bognor Regis , her parents were already well known in the world of theatre and the arts and followed in their footsteps , joining both the Chichester Players and Festival Theatre . It was after studying at London ' s Central Drama School that she was " discovered " by television . Credits include roles in " Up Pompeii ! , Z Cars , The Lotus Eaters , The Brothers , Chalk and Cheese , Grange Hill , Inspector Morse , The Bill " and the films " Steptoe and Son , What ' s Up Superdoc ! " and " Twenty - One " , and stage credits include productions of " As You Like It , Much Ado About Nothing , Equus " and " Pygmalion " . in 1989 she founded her own training company , Personal Presentation Ltd .
Joe Carter Joe Carter was a rag trade manager who served two years in jail for fraud . Immediately on release he was offered a job at Underworld by Mike Baldwin . Joe and Karen McDonald had a complicated relationship . Their first intimate encounter was a steamy session on Joe ' s desk while Karen ' s husband Steve was hammering at the Underworld front doors . Joe left in 2003 . Quotes . " Yeah , I expect I can be persuaded . " ( First line , to Mike Baldwin ) " Alright Karen . . . Yeah , I enjoyed yer , and yer had yer uses so let ' s just leave it at that , shall we ? " ( Final line )
Woman ( Episode 1556 ) The unnamed Woman was a customer in The Kabin who bought a toy fire engine for her son , Andrew . Assistant Mavis Riley had just had the unsettling experience of Eunice Wheeler shoplifting a toy from the premises with the resultant police inquiry and abuse from husband Bob Wheeler and got flustered with the perfectly innocent transaction when it started to resemble the same previous pattern .
George Bolton George Bolton was a manager for Newton & Ridley brewery who Annie Walker summoned to see her in May 1973 . Billy Walker had left suddenly as his business interests in the area had gone badly and he had returned to London to seek employment there . Annie felt that there was nothing for her in the area any more and Mr Bolton promised to arrange a relief manager as she wanted to go to daughter Joan Davies ’ s in Derby for a while , possibly a month , but she wasn ’ t sure if she would ever be back . A worried George told her to have a little break and see if she felt differently .
Lane Meddick Lane Meddick ( born 18th March 1924 in Barry , Glamorgan ) played two roles on " Coronation Street " : removal man George Abbott , who in April 1961 assisted Ena Sharples . He returned to the programme in August 1971 as Sidney Burgess , the brother - in law of Ernest Bishop . After wartime service in the RAF , he became a journalist and only turned to acting at the age of twenty - six , joining a touring repertory company without any previous conventional training . He made his television debut for the BBC at Alexandra Palace in " Journey ' s End " . Other roles on television included " Dixon of Dock Green " , " Z Cars " , " The Army Game " and " No Hiding Place " .
Bruce McGregor Bruce McGregor appeared on " Coronation Street " in three roles : Graduating from RADA in 1996 , his other credits include roles in " The Bill , Heartbeat , City Central , The Lakes , Casualty , Peak Practice , Murder in Mind , EastEnders , Family Affairs , Holby City , The Royal , Doctors , The Street , Emmerdale , Waterloo Road , Moving On " and the films " East is East , The Parole Officer " and " A Drop of the Pure " . On stage he has appeared in productions of " Travesties , Playing for Time , Adam Bede , Lucky Sods , Neville ' s Island , Calendar Girls " and The Accrington Pals " .
Episode 3309 ( 25th November 1991 ) Plot . The Bettabuy Santa , Cyril Marsden , dies . Reg tells Curly to find a new Santa . Alma receives flowers . She realises that Mike sent them and Gail has to stop her throwing them away . She is furious at Mike ' s cheek . Des realises that Lynette Campion looks upon him as her " bit of rough " . She gives him her bill . Betty struggles to cope in the pub without Alec when Bet takes the day off to shop . Martin discovers that the agent has reduced No . 8 from £51 , 500 to £41 , 500 . Des is stunned to see Lynette ' s bill is for £640 . Martin tells Gail that they should buy No . 8 as the Brennans are leaving the Street . Gail is stunned .