Anna Windass Anna Windass is the mother of Gary and Faye Windass and the former common - law wife of Eddie Windass . She currently resides at 19a Rosamund Street with Gary and Faye . The Windasses moved into No . 6 in December 2008 , and were dubbed as the " family from hell " . They immediately became involved in a feud with the Platts next door at No . 8 when they refused to pay for a kitchen fitted by Joe McIntyre at their previous address . Although Anna wanted to keep the peace and worried about Gary and his troublemaking ways , things were made difficult with his continuous feuding with David Platt , although this died down over time . In 2011 , Anna made a life - changing decision when fostering a troubled young girl called Faye Butler which led to her separation with Eddie as he couldn ' t cope and he planned a new life in Germany . Later she struck up a friendship with Owen Armstrong and although they had a rocky start since Faye was disapproving of him , Anna eventually adopted Faye and they became a family unit . The relationship between Anna and Owen became strained after they were blackmailed by Owen ' s business partner Pat Phelan , who harassed Anna and coaxed Gary into punching him , which was all caught on film . Anna slept with Pat in order for him to release Gary and Owen from their contract , but at the cost of Owen losing a large investment . Anna and Owen separated in April 2015 . Anna , despite some flaws , cared for her family and their well - being . She also looks out for her friends such as Roy Cropper who had given her a job at Roy ' s Rolls shortly after her arrival . Despite Gary ' s problems , she was always willing to stand up for him and fight his corner . Biography . Anna was born in 1967 , and later met Eddie Windass . In 1986 their son Gary was born . Anna and Eddie never married , but they remained together and presented themselves to the world as a married couple . Eddie had proposed several times but she always turned him down . Eddie was involved in scams with his brother Len , often bringing trouble . He had also begun faking a disability . Gary grew up to be a trouble maker , often ending up in prison time and again . In 2008 , the family began a feud with Joe McIntyre and the Platts after refusing to pay for a kitchen he fitted in their house . Joe ' s daughter ' s boyfriend David Platt came round and ripped out the kitchen . Anna , Eddie and Gary moved next door to the Platt family after renting the house from Jerry Morton . Anna decided to make amends and made friends with Gail Platt , Joe ' s girlfriend , although Joe and David weren ' t happy with the idea . Gary and David began to have feuds , and ending up getting into a fight which nearly got Gary done for assault , but thankfully David ' s girlfriend Tina McIntyre told the truth in court that David threw the first punch , and they later split up . Anna got herself a job in Roy ' s Rolls , but Eddie wanted some free booze so took Roy Cropper ' s identity and went on a shopping trip at the cash and carry , all oblivious to Anna . He wasn ' t found out until Roy ' s wife Hayley discovered that " Roy " had won a prize for being the millionth customer , and won a holiday . Anna felt embarrassed but the Croppers decided not to press charges and let Anna keep her job . She then told Eddie to stop his scheming and to stop faking his disability . In January 2011 , Anna started fostering a troubled young girl named Faye Butler . This caused difficulties between Anna and Eddie as he didn ' t want to adopt but he nevertheless wanted to make Anna happy so he let it go through . However , when he couldn ' t cope , he split with Anna and moved to Germany . In April 2014 , Anna took on the role of cleaner at the Rovers , because of the financial problems that the family was suffering from . In April 2015 , Faye gave birth to her daughter , Miley , just at the age of thirteen . She wanted to give her up for adoption , devastating Anna , as she didn ' t want Faye to make the wrong decision , but Anna ' s then boyfriend , Owen Armstrong , only saw Anna ' s actions as selfish . In June , at Miley ' s christening , Faye did a runner from the church and she confided in her biological dad , Tim Metcalfe , that she was not ready to be a mother yet . The baby ' s paternal grandparents , Josie and Greig Hodge offered to have baby Miley come live with them . Both Anna and Tim were against the idea but soon discovered this is the only option to prevent baby Miley from being adopted . Later that same month , Anna and the rest of the Windasses said a tearful goodbye to baby Miley . In August , the Hodges moved to Canada with the baby with no intention of returning . Quotes . " Like Torvill and Dean . " " ( First line ) "