12 June
Paul Cheveski,
7lb 21/2oz; Parents:
Ivan and Linda
Cheveski
Paul was the first Coronation
Street baby - though in those days we didn't see the baby
until a few weeks after the birth
6 August
Christopher
Hewitt, 7lb 3oz; Parents: Harry
and Concepta Hewitt
15
April
Susan Ida
Barlow, 5lb 3oz; Parents: Ken
and Valerie Barlow
Peter Barlow,
4lb 11oz; Parents: Ken
and Valerie Barlow
20 November
Darren Barlow, 8lb; Parents: David and Irma
Barlow
Damien Ogden; Parents: Trevor and Polly Ogden
21 July
Jayne Ogden, 8lb 6oz; Parents: Trevor
and Polly Ogden
24 January
Tracy Lynette
Langton, 8lb 4oz; Parents: Ray
and Deirdre Langton
Although she was just called 'Baby'
at the time, Tracy was the first Coronation Street baby
to be seen on-screen on the day of her birth.
31
December
Nicholas Paul
Tilsley, 7lb 2oz, Weatherfield General Hospital; Parents:
Brian and Gail
Tilsley
13 April
Mark Redman
, 6lb 10oz; Parents: Mike
Baldwin and Maggie
Redman
To fit in with other storylines,
Mark's date of birth was later changed to 13 April 1981
23 May
Dawn Yates, 9lb 2oz; Parents: Eddie
and Marion Yeats
25 March
Peter Clegg,
7lb 2oz; Parents: Gordon
and Caroline Clegg
28
January
Sarah
Louise Tilsley, 4lb; Parents: Brian
and Gail Tilsley
24 December
Rosie Webster,
7lb 5oz; Parents: Kevin
and Sally Webster
Rosie arrived rather quickly and
was delivered in the back of Don Brennan's taxi.
25 December
David Platt,
8lb; Parents: Martin
Platt and Gail Tilsley
1 January
Katherine McDonald; Parents: Jim
and Liz McDonald
Katy was a surprise to the McDonalds.
When a suprised Liz discovered she was pregnant, not expecting
to fall pregnant later in life she didn't know whether to tell
Jim or not as they were going through one of their bad patches
and had been considering a separation. After the initial shock,
Jim was delighted.
They decided to keep the baby and were looking forward to it in
great anticipation, but the daughter they had always wanted arrived
early due to stress and only survived one day.
9
September
Tommy Duckworth,
6lb 4oz; Parents: Terry
and Lisa Duckworth
Tommy's birth was the first time
viewers saw inside the labour suite.
4
November
Sophie Webster,
7lb 5oz; Parents: Kevin
and Sally Webster
4 January
Daniel
Osbourne, 8lb 5oz; Parents: Ken
Barlow and Denise
Osbourne
Daniel is the sole survivor of
Denise's twins - his sibling died when Denise was five months
pregnant.
14
February
Brad Armstrong;
Parents: Terry Duckworth
and Tricia Armstrong
Brad was going to be called Bradley
Thomas Armstrong, but eventually he was registered simply as Brad.
27
August
Shannon
Jade Tattersall; Parents: Liam
Shepherd & Zoe
Tattersall
Shannon had a rather confused
entry into the world. Desperate for a baby, childless Gary and
Judy Mallett paid Shannon's mother Zoe Tattersall £2,000
for the baby and took her in as their own, calling her Katie Joyce
Mallett and going to the extent of illegally registering her in
that name and Gary as the father. However, the pull of motherhood
was too strong, and Zoe finally took her back at the end of 1997,
calling her Shannon Jade. Tragically, she died of meningitis four
months later, in the arms of babysitter Leanne Tilsley.
16
February
Morgan
Middleton; Parents: Fiona
Middleton and Alan
McKenna
25 December
William
Mallett, 6lb 8oz, 6:40am, Weatherfield General Hospital;
Parents: Gary and
Judy Mallett
Rebecca Joyce
Mallett, 6lb 4oz, 7:20am, Weatherfield General Hospital;
Parents: Gary and
Judy Mallett
4
June
Bethany Britney
Platt Parents: Sarah
Louise Platt and Neil
Fearns
The most controversial birth on
Coronation Street. Sarah Louise Platt was only a 12-year old schoolgirl
when she fell pregnant by classmate Neil Fearns, later bemoaning
that they had "only done it once". Sarah Louise didn't
realise she was pregnant until five months later, when it was
too late for an abortion, and so had to give birth to the child.
Although her pregnancy and birth went smoothly, she rapidly realised
that her childhood had ended and her life would never be the same
again.
5
June
Jake Webster Parents: Kevin
and Alison Webster
Tragically, the son that Kevin
had hoped for for so long contracted a Group B Streptococcus from
his mother whilst he was being born, and despite valiant efforts
by the hospital, it overwhelmed him and he died in his parents
arms the same day.
19 February 2001
Laura Barnes 9lb 6oz, Gloucestershire; Parents:
Natalie Barnes
and Vinny Sorrell
Landlady of the Rovers Return
Natalie has never really recovered from the loss of her husband,
Des Barnes. She started a relationship with Vinny Sorrell, the
Rovers potman, but the relationship was always rocky and it came
as no surprise whe it broke up in October 2000 - though it was
surprising that he strayed with Natalie's sister Debs. Shortly
afterwards Natalie found she was pregnant by Vinny, but chose
to keep this secret and Vinny and Debs left Weatherfield for a
new life working on cruise ships. Sick of the small talk in the
enclosed Weatherfield community, Natalie sold the Rovers and went
to live in the Cotswolds with her cousin Helen, and gave birth
to Laura in February 2001, happy to be a single parent.
26
December
Ben Watts 6lb 2oz, No7 Coronation Street; Parents:
Norman and Emma
Watts
Ben arrived a little early - whilst
his dad was taking Vera Duckworth to visit Terry in prison. Norris
Cole and his encyclopedic medical knowledge stood in whilst both
Curly and the midwives rushed to the scene. Ben, named after Norris's
middle name, was safely delivered on the blue sofa which is still
in the Watts' lounge...
8
April 2002
Joshua Peacock
Weatherfield General Hospital; Parents: Maxine
Peacock and Matt
Ramsden
On the very night her husband
was having infertility treatment, Maxine Peacock had a drunken
fling with next-door neighbour and GP Matt Ramsden. Soon after
she found she was pregnant, but didn't know whether this was by
her doctor or newly-virile husband. Unable to contain his excitement
that he may be a father, Dr Ramsden finally revealed his secret
to a horrified Ashley and Maxine, and Maxine promptly went into
labour 8 weeks early. Joshua was delivered safely and without
ill-effects, with Maxine insisting his father was Ashley, but
Ashley refusing to accept the baby as his own. Ashley demanded
a paternity test, but on the day of the test, when Joshua came
out of hospital, Ashley relented and finally accepted Joshua as
his son. Ashley is listed as the father on Joshua's birth certificate,
but a DNA test in February 2003 following Maxine's death revealed
that Matt Ramsden was Josh's biological father.
9 February 2003
Amy Barlow - daughter of Tracy Barlow and Steve MacDonald.
1 June 2003
Billy Platt - son of Sarah Louise Platt and Todd Grimshaw. Died the day after he was born premature.
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