When
we think of Deirdre, what comes to mind are the huge glasses she wore for
nearly 30 years. As well as the huge glasses, she is also known for her many
liaisons with the men of Coronation Street. After failing to lure Alan Howard
from wife Elsie, Deirdre caught the eye of Billy Walker. They were due to marry
but Billy fled to Jersey. Soon enough, Deirdre was dating her boss Ray Langton
and they married in 1975. Deirdre gave birth to Tracy in 1977 (who’s served
time in jail for murder). Ray left Deirdre for Holland in 1978 and she found
comfort in Ken Barlow who she married in 1981. Ken adopted Tracy in 1986. In
1982, Deirdre had a headline affair with Mike Baldwin. A furious Ken found out
but forgave her. But it was Ken’s infidelity with Wendy Crozier that led to
their separation in 1989 and divorce in 1992. She married Moroccan waiter Samir
Rachid in 1994 but he was stabbed to death the following year. Her next
boyfriend Jon Lindsay led to Deirdre being wrongly imprisoned for crimes he
committed but was released and found comfort again in Ken and they remarried in
2005, to everyone’s delight. Over the years, Deirdre has worked at the
builder’s yard, the corner shop, the council and as a receptionist at the
medical centre. For forty years, she's had about 14 men!
Should
Deirdre be at 32? Should Sexy Specs be higher? Were you glued to the Weatherfield One
saga? Or the love triangle? Leave a comment!
31. David Platt 1990- (58 votes)
Born
on Christmas Day 1990 to Martin Platt and Gail Tilsley, David didn’t have a
prominent role until his parents split up and his mum married psycho Richard
Hillman – which has mentally affected him. Over the years he has developed from
an innocent schoolboy to a lying, scheming and manipulating sociopath to a
responsible stepfather and husband. Among his evil deeds were writing to
greeting cards under the name of Richard to his family members, pushing his
mother down the stairs, nearly killing niece Bethany, ruining sister Sarah’s
marriage to Jason Grimshaw, vandalising the street and framing neighbour Gary
Windass for burglary. He had a relationship with Tina McIntyre but is now
married to Kylie Turner and has managed to adopt her son Max. He currently
works at his gran Audrey’s salon as a stylist.Follow the Coronation Street Blog on Twitter and Facebook
Deirdre should be much higher than that!
ReplyDeleteShe's one of my favourite characters anyway.
Deidre only 32??? What on earth is going on here?
ReplyDeleteI haven't voted;never do but I can't remember whether it was one vote per ISP per character. If not, then people who take voting seriously will have been waiting for favourites eg: Sian to come up and will send millions of votes. Some of these listings seem quite unlikely.
ReplyDeleteYou were allowed to vote for two characters per week: 20 characters in all. The results are bound to be controversial at times :)
ReplyDeleteDeirdre should be in the Top 15 at least. In my 50th anniversary DVD of 50 great characters I thought Hilda would come second over Gail and why is Blanche at only No 38 and Ena? Elsie should have been in the top 10 as well.
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