Sidney Templeton Sidney Templeton was the short - term fiancé of Maud Grimes before his untimely death in August 1999 . Having moved into retirement complex Mayfield Court following the death of his wife , Sidney and Maud became close companions and quickly decided that they would live out the rest of their days together as husband and wife . Maud summoned former son - in - law Fred Elliott and his son Ashley Peacock to a " meeting " at 4 Coronation Street where she announced the couple ' s forthcoming wedding . Within a couple of days , Sidney was formally introduced to Fred , Ashley , Councillor Audrey Roberts and Ashley ' s fiancée Maxine Heavey at No . 4 before the party headed off for celebratory drinks at the Rovers . With the news that the wedding was booked for Friday 13th August and arrangements had also been made for a honeymoon in the Far East , Fred ' s initial concerns of Maud slipping into senility were replaced by thoughts of Sidney being a gold - digger and just purely after Maud ' s money , so he devised a plan with the help of Audrey to probe the pensioner about his background and finances . As soon as Maud arrived at Audrey ' s salon for her hair appointment , Audrey quickly hurried away to meet up with Fred before driving to Mayfield Court and picking up Sidney . Ignoring the pensioner ' s complaints that he wasn ' t feeling too well , and oblivious to his discomfort in the back seat of the car , Fred continued on his planned drive out to the countryside - the realisation that Sidney had died only struck them when Fred stopped the car to check the map . With Sidney ' s corpse in the car , Fred and Audrey decided to take his body back to Mayfield Court and seat him on a bench outside , but their plan was thwarted when Maud arrived back at the main entrance of the building at exactly the same time in a taxi . Contemplating their next course of action , the couple were further panicked whle sat stationary in Freshco ' s car park , the vehicle drew the attention of a Policeman - who instantly recognised Councillor Roberts . However he was satisfied with the story that they were about to return the " tired - out " pensioner home after taking him out as part of Audrey ' s volunteer work for the council . Having eventually decided to take his body to Weatherfield General , Fred and Audrey returned to Mayfield Court and gently broke the news of Sidney ' s death to Maud . Initially angered at his interference , she thanked Fred for his concern and he comforted her as she wept . Sidney ' s funeral took place on Friday 13th August - the day the couple were due to be married . Only Betty Williams accompanied Maud as nobody else had enquired about the arrangements . A couple of weeks later , Maud was surprised to receive a solicitor ' s letter which confirmed that she had been left £10 , 000 in Sidney ' s will but was instinctively worried about what his family would think about her inheritance . In early September , Sidney ' s daughter and son - in - law Sandra and Keith Hesketh tracked Maud down and made out that they ' d only been left pennies from her father ' s estate , while she had been awarded the lion ' s share . Despite Blanche Hunt ' s warnings that the couple were just trying to bully her , she agreed to relinquish her money . However , Maud quickly changed her mind when she read in the newspaper that Sidney ' s total estate was worth £60 , 000 and having realised that the Heskeths had tried to deceive her , she summoned them to the Rovers and called their bluff . In a fitting tribute , Maud decided to finance a trip to the Far East with her inheritance money and scatter Sidney ' s ashes from the famous Burma Railway bridge over the in western Thailand , where many of his comrades lost their lives during World War II . Friend Emily Bishop accepted Maud ' s invitation to accompany her .