CORONATION STREET Almanac
Vol: C - F

A massive Who's Who of Coronation Street, THE World's favourite soap. Simply use the alphabetical navigation to jump to the name of the Street Character's SURNAME.

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Caldwell, Minnie Casey, Mark Cavanagh, Fiona Chappell, Yvonne Cheveski, Ivan Cheveski, Linda Cheveski, Martin Cheveski, Paul Choong, Jasmine Christie, Alex Clarke, Josie Clayton, Andrea Clayton,Connie Clayton, Harry Clayton, Sue Clegg, Gordon Clegg, Les Clough, Ida Cole, Norris Conway, Jimmy Cooke, Ron Crabtree, Archie Croft, Robert Crossley, Neil Crossley, Nee Birtles, Sheila Crozier, Wendy Cunliffe, Tony Cunningham, Susan Minnie Caldwell: Actor: Margot Bryant 1960-76 Quiet and timid, Minnie was Ena Sharples' stooge. She moved into No. 5 in 1962 with her cat, called Bobby, and she remained there for the next fourteen years. She took in lodgers Charlie Moffit, Jed Stone, Eddie Yeats, Joe Donnelli - and she spent her evenings in the Rovers' Snug with Ena and Martha Longhurst. In 1969 she was nearly killed in a coach crash, and the following year she was held at gunpoint by Joe Donnelli. In 1973, she became engaged to Albert Tatlock in order to save money on her pension, but eventually she broke off her engagement because of his annoying habits. She left the Street to become housekeeper to her old friend Handel Gartside after his wife died. ·· top ·· Mark Casey: Actor: Stuart Wolfenden 1989-90 Mechanic employed at his father Tom's garage to work under Kevin Webster. he ended up being the boss and sacking Kevin. ·· top ·· Fiona Cavanagh: Actor: Sharon Muircroft 1988 Ken Barlow's assistant at the recorder. When the company was seized by the courts she helped Ken smuggle out the templates to publish the paper on time. ·· top ·· Yvonne Chappell: Actor: Alex Marshall 1971 Hotel receptionist who fell for Ken Barlow. Ken proposed but she realised he was only after a replacement for Valerie. ·· top ·· Ivan Cheveski: Actor: Ernst Walder 1960-67 Polish Ivan was Elsie Tanner's son-in-law. He bought No. 11 for wife Linda and worked as potman at the Rovers. In 1961, the Cheveskis emigrated to Canada but returned in 1966 when their marriage was wrecked by Linda's affair. He settled in Birmingham. ·· top ·· Linda Cheveski: Actor: Anne Cunningham 1960-84 Elsie Tanner's headstrong, moody daughter. She and husband Ivan moved into No. 9 in 1961 shortly before the birth of their son, Paul. The family lived in Canada for five years, but returned to England after Linda's affair with a Canadian, Mike. In 1984, Linda started divorce proceedings and returned to the Street to an empty No. 11. She attempted to stop the sale of the house but failed. ·· top ·· Martin Cheveski: Actor: Jonathan Caplan 1980 Linda and Ivan's son, born in Canada. He stayed with Granny Elsie at No. 11 after leaving school. Len Fairclough employed him as an apprentice but returned to Birmingham when girlfriend Karen Oldfield refused to marry him ·· top ·· Paul Cheveski: Actor: Victoria Elton, Marcus Saville, Nigel Greaves 1961-72 Elsie Tanner's grandson, the first on-screen birth in the Street. In 1966, he battled for life after falling into the canal. ·· top ·· Jasmine Choong: Actor: Lucille Soong 1969 Billy Walker's Chinese girlfriend who stayed at the Rovers. When Billy announced his plans to marry her, his mother Annie announced his plans to marry her, his mother Annie collapsed and told Jasmine she would stop the marriage. Annie's blatant racial hatred was too much for Jasmine and she left Billy. ·· top ·· Alex Christie: Actor: Gavin Richards 1994 Bookie who employed Des Barnes and had an affair with Tanya Pooley. He sacked Des and finished with Tanya when he discovered they had been having an affair. ·· top ·· Josie Clarke: Actor: Ellie Haddington 1995 Doctor's receptionist who fell for Don Brennan. ·· top ·· Andrea Clayton: Actor: Caroline O'Neill 1985 'A' Level student who fell for Terry Duckworth when her family lived at No. 11. When she became pregnant' she refused to settle down with Terry and the family moved. Her son Paul was subsequently adopted. ·· top ·· Connie Clayton: Actor: Susan Brown 1985 Mother of the Clayton family who lived briefly at No. 11. A dressmaker by trade she soon fell out with Vera Duckworth over a dress bill. ·· top ·· Harry Clayton: Actor: Jonny Leeze 1985 Trombone-playing milkman who bought, and sold, No.11. ·· top ·· Sue Clayton: Actor: Jane Hazelgrove 1985 The youngest Clayton girl. She had only just got a job in a bakery when the. ·· top ·· Gordon Clegg: Actor: Bill Kenwright 1968-82 Betty Turpin's successful accountant son. When he arrived in the Street he lived at the Corner Shop with Les and Maggie Clegg, who he thought were his parents. Years later, he was told that it was Maggie's sister Betty who was really his mother. He became engaged to Lucille Hewitt but dropped just a week before the wedding was due to take place. He went to live in London but returned occasionally to visit Maggie and Betty. Now living in Wimbledon, he is married to Caroline with a son, Peter ·· top ·· Les Clegg: Actor: John Sharp 1968 Bought the Corner Shop in a bid to start afresh and escape his drink problem. When drunk, he became abusive and hit wife Maggie. He left after only a few months at the shop and entered a psychiatric hospital. Eventually he and Maggie divorced. ·· top ·· Ida Clough: Actor: Helene Palmer 1978-88 Militant shop steward at Mike Baldwin's factory. Mother of Muriel and Bernard who also both worked at Baldwin's. ·· top ·· Norris Cole: Actor: Malcolm Hebden 1994 Enviro-Sphere salesman who lodged with the Wiltons after rescuing Derek when he was stranded on a motorway. Whilst Derek's fortunes as a salesman sank, those of Norris rose. In 1995, Norris started a relationship with Derek's former wife, Angela Hawthorne. ·· top ·· Jimmy Conway: Actor: Colin Edwyn 1964-72 Local PC who was eventually promoted to sergeant. His girlfriend Sonia Peters was killed when the train crashed off the viaduct. He was saved by the frame of his car. ·· top ·· Ron Cooke: Actor: Eric Lander 1972-74 Draughtsman who married Maggie Clegg despite a history of alcoholism. ·· top ·· Archie Crabtree: Actor: John Stratten 1971 Hilda Ogden's brother who came to stay with her while Stan was working abroad. He erected a porch for Hilda only to have Ray Langton remove it as he had no planning permission. ·· top ·· Robert Croft: Actor: Martin Shaw 1967-68 Leader of the hippie commune that took over No.11. Lucille Hewitt fell for him, much to Annie Walker's horror. ·· top ·· Neil Crossley: Actor: Geoffrey Matthews 1963-66 Unpleasant character who caused a stir by making Sheila Birtles pregnant. He was sacked from Gamma Garments for stealing from the till. He eventually married Sheila Birtles and settled in Scarborough. ·· top ·· Shiela Crossley, Nee Birtles: Actor: Eileen Mayers 1961-74 F*Actory girl Sheila lodged at the Corner Shop with friend Doreen Lostock in the early 1960s. She went out with Jerry Booth but ditched him for the more worldly Neil Crossley. She tried to kill herself when Neil left the area, leaving her pregnant. She left herself in 1963 but returned in 1966 to lodge with Elsie Tanner at No.11. she took up with Jerry, but left him again when Neil re-entered her life. She married Neil and set up a home for them and their son, Danny. ·· top ·· Wendy Crozier: Actor: Roberta Kerr 1989-90 Town Hall secretary who leaked Council information to newspaper editor Ken Barlow and eventually had an affair with him. ·· top ·· Tony Cunliffe: Actor: Jack Carr 1984 Betty Turpin's policeman lodger who had affairs with Bet Lynch and Rita Fairclough. ·· top ·· Susan Cunningham: Actor: Patrica Shakesby 1960-61 Ken Barlow's university girlfriend. Together they marched against the bomb, but they split after a few weeks. ·· top ··

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Davies, Nee Walker, Joan Deakin, Tommy Dirty Dick, Dewhurst, Julie Dobson, Ralph Donnelli, Joe Downes, Martin Duckworth, Jack Duckworth, Nee Horten, Lisa Duckworth, Terry Duckworth, Vera Duffy, Sharon Duncan, Eddie Joan Davies, Nee Walker: (Actor: June Barry, Dorothy White) 1961-77 Jack and Annie Walker's daughter who married Gordon Davies in the Street's first wedding. ·· top ·· Tommy Deakin: (Actor: Paddy Joyce) 1968-74 Irish rag and bone man who lodged his donkey, Dolores, in a makeshift stable under the viaduct. ·· top ·· Julie Dirty Dick, Dewhurst: (Actor: Su Elliott) 1991-92 Barmaid who had an affair with Don Brennan. ·· top ·· Ralph Dobson: (Actor: Michael Lees) 1990-91 Jackie Ingram's trusted friend who brought about the downfall of Mike Baldwin at Ingram's Textiles.! ·· top ·· Joe Donnelli: (Actor: Shane Rimmer) 1967-70 American GI who murdered Steve Tanner over an unpaid debt. He deserted from the Army and went into hiding in No.5 at Minnie Caldwell's. After confessing to Irma Barlow about the violence of his temper he held Stan Ogden at gunpoint before shooting himself dead. ·· top ·· Martin Downes: (Actor: Louis Selwyn) 1974 Bet Lynch's illitimate son, died in a car crash. ·· top ·· Lisa Duckworth, Nee Horten: (Actor: Caroline Milmoe) 1992-93 Married Terry Duckworth and then struggled to bring up their son Tommy while Terry was in prison. She moved in with Des Barnes after realising Terry would always be a villain. They planned a new start but she was knocked down on the street and died in hospital. ·· top ·· Terry Duckworth: (Actor: Nigel Pivaro) 1983-The bad boy on the Street moved into No.11 after leaving the Paras. He Struggled to get along with his rowing parents, but was constantly embarrassed by them. An affair with Andrea Clayton left him a father to a son he never saw, and he left the area in 1987 with Linda, the wife of his pal Pete Jackson. He married Lisa Horten as she was pregnant, but was sent to Strangeways for GBH. After his release and Linda's death, he sold his son Tommy to the Hortens. ·· top ·· Jack Duckworth: (Actor: William Tarmey) 1979- John Harold Duckworth first appeared at Gail and Brian Tilsley's wedding - his nagging wife Vera had dragged him along. Jack and Vera were seldom faithful to each other, he having affairs with Bet Lynch and Dulcie Froggatt. As 'Vince St Clair', Jack joined a dating agency but was caught out by Vera. In 1983 the couple, with son Terry, moved into the Street and upset the neighbours with their rows. Originally a welder, Jack became a taxi-driver and window-cleaner before landing his dream job - potman at the Rovers. ·· top ·· Vera Duckworth: (Actor: Elizabeth Dawn) 1974- Loud-mouthed Vera joined the Mark Brittain warehouse as a packer before starting as a machinist at Mike Baldwin's factory. From 1976 to 1989 she made Baldwin's life a misery as she used her trouble -making tongue more then her sewing machine. In 1983, together with Jack and Terry, she moved into No.9, where she was close to her best mate Ivy Tilsley. Prior to this she had a brief fling with Fred Gee. She worked at Bettabuys until she gave up work to look after her grandson Tommy. She was heartbroken when he was taken to live withhis other grandparents. ·· top ·· Sharon Duffy: (Actor: Susan Littler) 1972 Barmaid at the Flying Horse who went out with Ray Langton, thinking he was wealthy. ·· top ·· Eddie Duncan: (Actor: Del Henney) 1971 County footballer who had affairs with Irma Barlow and Bet Lynch before being transferred to Torquay. ·· top ··

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E	There are no Surnames that begin with the letter 'E'

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Fairclough, Len Fairclough, Stanley Farrell, Wayne Finnan, Carmel Fisher, Steve Fleming, Nee Bright, Audrey Fleming, Dickie Flint, Gregg Ford, Jacko Ford, Norma Foster, Des Fowler, Tina Frazer, Jimmy Frazer, Laurie Freeman, Angie Froggatt, Dulcie Len Fairclough: (Actor: Peter Adamson) 1961-83 Builder Len Fairclough was a regular at the Rovers for many years before he moved into No.9 in 1968. When his wife Nellie left him he proposed marriage to Elsie Tanner but she turned him down. Len conducted affairs with three women on the Street - Maggie Clegg, Bet Lynch and Anita Reynolds – before settling down with Rita Littlewood, whom he finally married in 1977. In 1962 he started his own business, eventually going into partnership with Jerry Booth and Ray Langton. The three men shared No.9 in the mid-1970s before Len got married to Rita. His son Stanley disowned him following Nellie's death and, with Rita, he fostered Sharon Gaskell. In 1983, he started to have an affair with Majorie Procter, and it was while travelling back from her house that he was killed in a motorway crash. ·· top ·· Stanley Fairclough: (Actor: Peter Noone, Ronald Cunliffe) 1961-77 Len's son who was brought up in Nottingham by stepfather Harry Bailey, following his mother Nellie's death. He resented the way his father had treated Nellie so badly during their marriage, and in an act of vengeance set fire to his building-yard, nearly killing himself. ·· top ·· Wayne Farrell: (Actor: Ray Polhil) 1992-93 Vain footballer who had an affair with Raquel Wolstenhulme whilst seeing other women behind her back. ·· top ·· Carmel Finnan: (Actor: Catherine Cusack) 1992-93 Student nurse who became infatuated with Martin Platt and attempted to break up his marriage. ·· top ·· Steve Fisher: (Actor: Lawrence Mullin) 1977-79 Mike Baldwin's sidekick. Gail Potter loved him but he only had eyes for Suzie Birchall. He left the area to run Mike's London factory. ·· top ·· Audrey Fleming, Nee Bright: (Actor: Gillian McCann) 1968-70 Married Dickie Fleming when she was sixteen and still at school. They bought No.3 and she took a job at a petrol station before becoming Ray Langton's secretary. It was her love for Ray that finished her marriage. When Dickie left her, she went to live with her parents in Preston. ·· top ·· Dickie Fleming: (Actor: Nigel Humphreys) 1968-70 Trainee electrician who bought No.3 when she was just eighteen and then married sixteen year old Audry Bright. He struggled with debt and Audrey's on-off affair with his friend Ray Langton, before leaving in 1970. ·· top ·· Gregg Flint: (Actor: Bill Nagy) 1967-70 Steve Tanner's best friend from the USA. When in Weatherfield, he romanced Dot Greenhalgh and Maggie Clegg. ·· top ·· Jacko Ford: (Actor: Robert Keegan) 1972-73 Jailbird father of Norma Ford. He moved into the Corner Shop with Norma upon leaving prison, but was never really trusted by the residents. He was framed for the break-in at Benny Lewis flat, but Ken Barlow managed to prove his innocence. ·· top ·· Norma Ford: (Actor: Diana Davies) 1972-74 Maggie Clegg's assistant at the Corner Shop. She was haunted by her father's prison record, and moved to the Street to escape him but he tracked her down. She was relieved when he was accepted by the residents. She left the Street after realising Ken Barlow did not love her. ·· top ·· Des Foster: (Actor: Neil Phillips) 1983-91 Decorator and counsellor who had an affair with Bet Lynch while cheating on his wife and girlfriend. In 1991, Bet tried to use him to make Alec jealous but he beat her up when she refused his advances. ·· top ·· Tina Fowler: (Actor: Michelle Holmes) 1989-1990 Barmaid at the Rovers who left after an affair with Nigel Ridley. Prior to that she was jilted by Eddie Ramsden on her hen night. ·· top ·· Jimmy Frazer: (Actor: John Barrie) 1972 Alan Howard's business partner who owned the Capricorn Club. ·· top ·· Laurie Frazer: (Actor: Stanley Meadows) 1963-64 Elsie Tanner's married boyfriend who owned the Viaduct Sporting Club. ·· top ·· Angie Freeman: (Actor: Deborah McAndrew) 1990-93 Fashion student who lodged with Jenny Bradley at No.7. When Jenny moved out, Curly Watts moved in and the couple eventually ended up in bed, although they were full of regrets the next morning. She struggled after graduation, designing for Mike Baldwin. After a painful romance with Neil Mitchell she left for Mexico to study Aztec designs. ·· top ·· Dulcie Froggatt: (Actor: Margi Campi) 1984-87 Lonely housewife who ruined the relationship by sleeping with his son Terry ·· top ··

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