Tricia Armstrong Patricia Mary " Tricia " Armstrong ( née Marsden ) was played by Tracy Brabin and appeared on " Coronation Street " from 7th March 1994 until 2nd May 1997 . Biography . Tricia was first introduced when her wayward son Jamie was suspected of shoplifting at Bettabuy . Tricia befriended the hapless Curly Watts primarily to get Jamie off the hook , and also because she thought that an assistant manager would make good boyfriend material . However , the relationship did not last , and when Tricia ' s aggressive husband Carl arrived home , he beat up Jack Duckworth - who had been babysitting Jamie - while Tricia and Curly were out on a date . In January 1995 , Tricia moved into the Street , occupying No . 1 , then owned by Mike Baldwin , and she befriended Vera Duckworth , although they had their fair share of arguments . Tricia picked fights with everybody , especially " do - gooders " who tried to help her . She was eventually evicted from No . 1 by Mike in July , but not before she had emptied a chamber pot over him . She still managed to end up in one of the Crimea Street flats that he owned , supervised by Deirdre Rachid who befriended her and Jamie . However , money was always short for Tricia , and she had trouble keeping a job down . She tried to get money from Mike by offering to have sex with him , but he wasn ' t interested . In January 1996 , she was sent to Styal Prison for a week for non - payment of a TV licence . On release , she was overjoyed to see Jamie , and confided to Deirdre that she wanted to have a nice bubble bath so that she could " feel like a woman again " . Things looked bleak again for Tricia the following May , as the DSS stopped her benefit when she was caught working as a cleaner for Mike Baldwin . Fortunately , he came to the rescue again and took her on as a machinist at Baldwin ' s Sportswear . In June , Terry Duckworth stormed back to the Street , and Tricia immediately began throwing herself at him . One evening later that month - with Jamie staying over at Deirdre ' s , Tricia got drunk in the Rovers and had to be escorted home by Terry . Tricia had lost her keys , although this was no obstacle for Terry , who broke in with a credit card . This resulted in the pair kissing , and eventually to Tricia becoming pregnant . Tricia got her feet under the Duckworths ' table and moved into the Rovers . Baby Brad arrived very unexpectedly on 14th February 1997 in the back room of the Rovers , delivered by Betty Turpin and Jamie . Jack was mildly tolerant of them all - though he suspected that Tricia may have been taking them all for a ride . Soon after Brad was born , Tricia met up with decorator Ray Thorpe , though it wasn ' t clear whether she had met him before . Ray and Tricia soon became close , but all this was destroyed when Terry suddenly reappeared in April . It only took a week for Tricia to realise that Terry would never be a father to her children and after some bridge rebuilding by Jack , Tricia and her children finally left the Rovers and Weatherfield for a new life with Ray . Quotes . " Megadeath t - shirt " ( First line ) " Yeah , we ' ll ring . " ( to Vera Duckworth , then to son Jamie ) " Hey , stop that ! "