Sheila Crossley Sheila Crossley ( née Birtles ) was a factory worker at Elliston ' s Raincoat Factory in the early 1960s . Sheila and her friend Doreen Lostock frequented Coronation Street and lived in the Corner Shop flat from 1962 to 1963 . Despite their low - paying jobs , Sheila and Doreen were laid back about their lives and spent most of their time socialising and partying . In 1963 , Sheila had an affair with Neil Crossley , who was put off by her infatuation with him and dumped her , which left Sheila suicidal . Sheila moved back to her parents house to recover but the affair had left her pregnant . She gave birth to a son , Danny , but gave him up for adoption . In 1966 , Sheila returned to the Street and lodged with Elsie Tanner at No . 11 , also taking a job at the local PVC Factory . During her stay , Sheila had a brief relationship with Jerry Booth , who had long held a torch for her , but she left him for Neil Crossley after a chance encounter . Sheila and Neil married soon afterwards . After leaving the Street , Sheila remained a close friend of Elsie ' s and occasionally helped her out when she had a crisis . Her last visit to Coronation Street was in 1974 . Biography . 1940 - 1963 : Early life . Born in Manchester to protective parents , Sheila Birtles found work at Elliston ' s Raincoat Factory in Victoria Street when she left school and spent most of her time in the Coronation Street area . Sheila and her best friend from the factory , Doreen Lostock , could often be found flirting with the men of the Street and going to the disco hoping to meet people . Sheila was more level - headed than fun - loving Doreen but enjoyed a good time just as much . In 1962 , when her parents moved to Rawtenstall , Sheila moved into the Corner Shop flat in Coronation Street with Doreen , eager to be free from her parents at last . Soon after , Sheila began flirting with nervous builder Jerry Booth and agreed to a date with him , but the date was a disaster as the motorcycle Jerry had borrowed fell into a ditch and they had to walk ten miles to get home . Sheila was willing to see Jerry again , but asks him not to take things too fast . Sheila ' s parents were constantly pressuring her to move to the country to live with them , but the lure of her carefree lifestyle was too strong . In 1963 , Sheila took on an extra job , helping Jed Stone with his market stall on Saturdays . When people wrongly assumed they were dating , word got back to Sheila ' s parents , who showed up to have a word with Jed . 1963 onwards : Neil Crossley . That same year , Neil Crossley took over as manager of Gamma Garments , a clothing retailer where Doreen worked . Neil was a bad manager and took the shop ' s takings for himself , but Sheila quickly fell in love with Neil and dumped Jerry so she could go out with him . Neil only thought of her as a bit of fun and thought nothing of standing her up , but Sheila was too infatuated with Neil to realise he badly he was treating her , and willingly paid back money he owed out of her own rent money . When Sheila confronted Neil when he stood her up on a date , Neil hit her and left Weatherfield . Following Neil ' s departure , Sheila was in a daze and sunk into a depression . She refused to let her friends help her and was sacked from Elliston ' s when she took too much time off . Sheila ' s mentality took another blow when Neil met her and told her he didn ' t want to see her again . Sheila locked herself in her flat , intending to kill herself by overdosing on tablets , but she couldn ' t bring herself to do it and was rescued by Dennis Tanner . A doctor came to see her and she broke down , letting out the emotions she had been bottling up . At the doctor ' s recommendation , Sheila left Weatherfield to stay with her parents and recover there . Sheila soon found out she was pregnant by Neil . In April 1964 , she gave birth to a boy , who she named Danny , although she gave him up for adoption . In 1966 , Sheila had a surprise encounter with Jerry on a blind date . Sheila was keen to see more of Jerry , but only as a friend . She moved into No . 11 as Elsie Tanner ' s lodger , and got a job at the new PVC Factory across the Street . Sheila quickly admitted she was in love with Jerry and told him about her son . Jerry and Sheila wanted to marry , but Jerry was still married to Myra Dickinson . Myra ' s father was suspicious of Jerry and Sheila ' s relationship and hired a private investigator , but when Jerry ' s three - year wedding anniversary passed he was able to start divorce proceedings . Later in the year , Sheila bumped into Neil Crossley on a train , and realised she felt stronger for Neil than Jerry . Neil asked Sheila to marry him , and the pair left Weatherfield together to get married , leaving Jerry heartbroken over Sheila again . The Crossleys settled in Sheffield . During her second stay in the Street , Sheila had made a firm friend in Elsie and for several years was someone she turned to during difficult times . In 1969 , Sheila paid a brief visit to the Street to see Elsie when she had to go to court for stealing dresses from Miami Modes , and in 1973 Elsie told her husband Alan Howard she had gone to see Sheila when she had actually went to see Dennis in prison . Sheila corroborated Elsie ' s story when Alan contacted her . Her last visit to Weatherfield was in 1974 , when she stayed with Ernie and Emily Bishop , as Elsie was no longer living in the Street . Though he was dating Mavis Riley , Jerry was enamoured with Sheila , making things awkward between them . Quotes . " ' ey , did you ' ear that ? " ( First line , to her friend Glynis when the two girls were wolf - whistled in the Street ) . " No look , I ' ll tell you what - I ' ll toddle on ahead and you two stay and have a natter and see when you can make it . Then you can let me know in the Rovers . " ( Final line , to Ernest and Emily Bishop when she invited them to come and stay with her in Sheffield ) .