Brenda Taylor Brenda Taylor was Kimberley Taylor ' s very strict mother , who disapproved of her romantic entanglement with Curly Watts . Brenda ' s husband was Randolph Taylor , who was severely henpecked by Brenda . The Taylors were an old - fashioned , churchgoing couple and addressed each other as Mummy and Daddy in front of Kimberley . They gave their daughter a " proper " upbringing , teaching her to save herself until marriage . Brenda saw Kimberley ' s boyfriends as a threat to her and treated her dalliance with Curly with suspicion ; when Kimberley said she was staying over at her friend Alison ' s house , Brenda made a surprise call at 9 Coronation Street and caught Kimberley there in her dressing gown with Curly . Brenda refused to believe they didn ' t have sex and it was only when Curly promised the Taylors that he respected Kimberley and would wait until marriage that Brenda was won over . Brenda and Randolph then treated the couple as if they were engaged and Curly had no choice but to go along with it ! Curly was lodging with the Duckworths and when Vera found out Curly was engaged , she invited the Taylors for dinner at No . 9 . The evening was a disaster as Jack and Vera rowed in front of their guests over Vera ' s holiday dalliance with Lester Fontayne . Brenda decided the Duckworths were a bad influence on Curly and pressganged him into accepting an invite to move into their spare room ( although he managed to get out of it ) . Brenda ' s newfound liking of Curly extended to inviting herself and Randolph along on Curly and Kimberley ' s planned holiday , and changing it to a caravanning holiday in Barmouth ( Curly managed to get out of this too ) . Curly and Kimberley were planning a long engagement but Curly wasn ' t willing to wait until their wedding day for sex . Kimberley agreed to spend Christmas in a hotel with him , and told her parents they were visiting Curly ' s parents . Brenda found this to be a lie when she phoned Curly ' s parents to thank them for having them over Christmas , while Curly and Kimberley were having Christmas Eve dinner with the Taylors . Brenda told Curly that Kimberley would never stoop to what he had planned and threw him out . Brenda reconciled the pair after Christmas but Curly ' s behaviour was getting to Kimberley and after the New Year she broke up with him . Curly partially blamed Brenda for the break - up and shouted at her for ruining Kimberley ' s life . Curly re - entered the Taylors ' lives in August 1992 when he and Kimberley met up through the Cupid ' s Arrow Introduction Bureau and got engaged again . He was dismayed to discover time had healed no wounds and Brenda still disliked him . To avoid making things worse , Curly didn ' t tell the Taylors he had a female lodger , Angie Freeman , but this led to a misunderstanding when Brenda made a surprise call at 7 Coronation Street and found a bra on the sofa which Curly said wasn ' t Kimberley ' s . Curly dealt masterfully with the Taylors , convincing them there was nothing between him and Angie ( and on giving Angie the once - over , she decided Curly couldn ' t possibly be interested in her ) . Having finally decided that Curly was right for Kimberley , Brenda was displeased when Kimberley broke the engagement in an argument over money .