Gloria Todd Gloria Todd was a Rovers barmaid from 1985 to 1988 . She had relationships with Alan Bradley and Mike Baldwin . Biography . 1958 - 1986 . Gloria Todd was born on 20th April 1958 . When she grew up , she had no contact with her mother who she felt abandoned her . Gloria was taken on as a barmaid at the Rovers by temporary manager Frank Harvey in January 1985 . Bet Lynch had just got the job of permanent manager and was away on a training course , and Betty Turpin was rushed off her feet . Gloria and Maureen Barnett both started on the same day . Gloria had never worked behind a bar before but Frank was impressed and took her out for a meal , however when Bet came back from her course she was put out to find a young , glamorous woman behind the bar and asked her to finish , telling Gloria she was too inexperienced . Gloria ' s boyfriend at the time was Steve Holt , but when he was sent to prison for a year Gloria started afresh with men . Gloria returned to the Rovers in September that year to help Betty out when Bet went on a cruise at short notice . Gloria was hoping for a permanent job and this time Bet kept her on . Bet was in trouble with the brewery for disappearing without letting them know and Gloria saved Bet ' s job by sending for her when George Newton called at the Rovers to check that Bet was doing her duties as landlady when in fact she was on a night out with Frank Mills . Gloria and Frank fancied each other . At Christmas , Frank kissed Gloria under the mistletoe and then made a pass at her - Gloria had to fight him off and she ended up with bruises on her arms . Frank tried to make Bet get rid of Gloria by telling her Gloria had made a pass at " him " , but Bet was convinced by Gloria ' s bruises that Frank was a liar and she told him to get lost . In March 1986 , Gloria started getting red roses from a secret admirer . One set came with a card inviting her to Birds Nest Hotel , where all would be revealed . Gloria went to the hotel , bringing along Jack Duckworth for protection , only for Jack to turn up in his " Vince St . Clair " outfit and reveal that he was the sender ! Gloria promised not to tell Vera in exchange for him not sending any more roses but another one did arrive , this time from David Atherton , a man she ' d met at the hotel . She went out with him for a while but it wasn ' t serious . A short time later , Steve Holt was released from prison and , with nowhere to go , he turned up at Gloria ' s flat . Gloria had moved on and told him he didn ' t love him anymore but she put him up for one night while she stayed at the Rovers . After this he started stalking her , resulting in Bet barring him from the Rovers to protect Gloria . He slept rough near her flat but when he realised that Gloria wasn ' t going to change her mind , he headed south . 1986 - 1988 . Early in the year , Alan Bradley moved into Flat 3 opposite Gloria at 41 Ashdale Road . He let Gloria know he ' d handle any jobs she needed doing that needed a man . Gloria fancied Alan but was wary of him ; when she was being pestered by Terry Duckworth , who she ' d went on a date with but dumped him when he ' d taken her to a party full of teenagers at 13 Coronation Street , Alan dealt with him non - violently but then when Terry badmouthed him , Alan gave him a beating . Gloria and Alan fancied each other but Gloria thought Alan and Rita Fairclough were an item . Alan told her they were just friends . Gloria and Alan started sleeping together but Gloria asked Alan to make his feelings clear to Rita so he didn ' t mislead her . Alan played the part of the perfect boyfriend , even getting Gloria a job at the Graffiti Club when the Rovers closed after the fire , but soon after this he started lying to Gloria about his whereabouts and Gloria decided to get the truth from Rita . She discovered that Alan was two - timing her and warned Rita to stay away from Alan , but when she also learned that his relationship with Rita had been going on longer than her own relationship with him , Gloria finished with him , telling him his lies had killed their relationship . When the Rovers was re - opened , Gloria returned to work there . At the end of the year , a man called Richard Armstrong introduced himself to Gloria as her half - brother , much to her surprise . He was in the country on behalf of her mother , who was dying from cancer in Canada and wanted to see her . Gloria didn ' t want to go at first but changed her mind when Bet told her she ' d never forgive herself if she passed up her last chance to see her mum . Gloria returned in April 1987 to the news of changes at the Rovers . The tenancy was now owned by Bet , with an investment from Alec Gilroy . The couple married later in the year - with Gloria serving as Bet ' s bridesmaid - but with two landlords now running the Rovers Alec decided they didn ' t need two barmaids and either Gloria or Betty would have to go . Bet decided reluctantly to sack Gloria but Betty volunteered to cut her hours back to save Gloria ' s job . The following year , Gloria started going out with Mike Baldwin , his first date since splitting up with Susan . Things were going well until Mike suddenly stopped taking Gloria out without explanation - eventually he fobbed her off by saying he was too busy with the factory , but he did invite her to a business dinner with him and Graham and Linda Farrell . Gloria realised that Mike was only interested in her when it was convenient for him and that he wasn ' t offering her an equal relationship but then he surprised her by giving her a key to his flat . Later , Gloria found Mike in the flat bending over an unconscious Linda , who ' d gotten drunk and told him she was leaving Graham for him . Mike asked Gloria to take Linda home and tell Graham they were on a night out . Gloria did as he asked but was annoyed at him for involving her in the fiasco and she finished with him . Mike later tried to get Gloria to forgive him by sending her roses but when it became obvious that he was taking her forgiveness for granted , she threw the roses at him over the bar and told him to get lost . In August , Gloria went on a night out with fellow barmaid Sandra Stubbs and they were chatted up by Tony Walker in a club . They called themselves Cheryl and Roxanne , but when they joined him and his friend , the friend turned out to be Mike . Mike went along with the charade . At the end of the year , when Sandra broke a date with Pete Shaw , Gloria looked after him at the Rovers and he gave her a lift home afterwards . They fell for each other and decided to have a relationship but it fell to Gloria to break the news to Sandra . When she did so , Sandra became angry and threw a drink in her face . Gloria felt even worse when Alec sacked Sandra because of the fight ( Bet was away at a health farm ) and Gloria decided to resign from the Rovers so that Sandra would get her job back . She then left the Street . Quotes . " Like this ? " ( First line , to Frank Harvey when he teaches her to pull a pint ) " Ask Sandra . Bye . " ( Final line , to Alec Gilroy when he asks her where her notice is )