Audrey Roberts Audrey Roberts
Played by: Sue Nicholls
First appeared: 16 April 1979 -
Until mid-1980's Audrey lives in Bury.
Audrey likes buying clothes and is seen at least once a week
clutching loads of bags from her latest spree. She'll often turn
up in the caf and try and get Alma to go with her. Alma is her
best friend, but things are a bit strained at the moment because
of Almas feelings for Audreys son Stephen.
Its difficult to know what Audrey feels for her children. We get
references to the way she disregarded them when they were young,
and she isn't always helpful to them when they have problems now.
Audrey was pregnant with Stephen at a young age, and was forced
to give him up for adoption. He turned up out of the blue from
Canada earlier this year.
She didn't get on at all with Ivy Brennan, Gail's ex mother-in-law,
and since Ivy's death, relations with Don have also been fraught.
He has no blood connection with the family, and Audrey doesn't
see why he should keep coming round to see Gail's children, even
though he was really their grandfather for many years.
Audrey likes to think of her and Alf as a cut above the people
of the street. They moved out to a posher neighbourhood some years
ago. She loved being Mayoress, because she got to buy lots of
clothes and accessories, but she didn't like the functions. She
thought they were boring and had uninteresting people. She would
often drink too much and then go and sit in the mayoral Rolls
and flirt with Brian the chauffeur. She was horrified when Alf
offered to give up the car and use public transport, to reduce
the council bill. What was the point of being in that position
if you behaved like everyone else?
She could hardly contain herself when Alf was awarded an OBE and
they went to the Palace to receive it. But Alf had booked Don
Brennan's taxi to take them to London, and Audrey was in the middle
of one of her feuds with him. Half way there, they had a big argument
and Don told her to get out. She did, and Don drove away. She
had to hitch a lift from a truck driver to get to the palace,
but Alf had the tickets and she could only watch through the gates.
The ultimate humiliation was when she saw that Betty Turpin had
been presented instead of her. She had been Alfs stand-in Mayoress
and happened to be there at the time.
Another coup was when the council offerred to name a street after
Alf. But what dismay when he chose Coronation Street "a pokey
little backstreet". Now it's going to be Alfred Roberts Wind,
which doesnt impress her either.
July 1998: Audrey is elected as councillor for Weatherfield's St Marys Ward
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