8 March
Joan Walker and
Gordon Davies, St Thomas's C of E church
The first Coronation Street wedding
saw Jack and Annie's daughter marry teetotal vegetarian teacher
Gordon Davies and move away from Weatherfield. The wedding never
appeared on screen but father Jack Walker was seen leading his
daughter to the church. Meanwhile in the street Elsie Tanner and
Ena Sharples were having one of their most legendary rows. This
couple are the longest serving happiest married in the street's
wedding history.
1 October
Concepta
Riley and Harry
Hewitt, St Theresa's RC church
The couple married after a proposal
during a coach trip to the Blackpool Illuminations. Sean Riley
gave his daughter away, Len Fairclough was best man and Lucille
Hewitt was bridesmaid. The wedding was not seen on screen but
we did see the reception at the Greenfield Hotel - and Elsie Tanner's
first meeting with seaman Bill Gregory. The Hewittts honeymooned
in the Isle of Man, staying at the Cresta Hotel, Port Erin.
20 June
Christine
Hardman and Colin Appleby
Three weeks after being jilted
by plumber Joe Makinson, Christine eloped to London with Colin
Appleby and returned married
4 August
Valerie
Tatlock and Ken Barlow,
St Mary's parish church
Ken's friend Michael was best
man, Albert Tatlock gave Valerie away. Ken and Val were seen coming
out of the church and Ken had to sell his motorbike to pay for
the wedding. The couple honeymooned in London
19 October
Myra Dickinson
and Jerry Booth,
St Paul's parish church
Myra's father George gave her
away and Dennis Tanner was best man. The wedding was not seen
but residents and viewers were invited to a slap up reception.
Ena Sharples' home, The Vestry was vandalized during this reception
by vengeful schoolboy Michael Butterworth
18 December
Irma Ogden
and David Barlow, Register Office
The couple had a secret wedding,
but the game was given away by a talkative cabbie, and the whole
street turned up to suprise them at a reception at the Greenvale
Hotel.
4 September
Elsie Tanner
and Steve Tanner,
St Stephen's Methodist church, Warrington
Elsie finally married her wartime
sweetheart at a church near his air base with Dennis giving his
mother away and Greg Flint as Best Man. They honeymooned in Lisbon.
This was the first big Coronation Street wedding to be shown in
full and Granada ensured plenty of publicity for the two-part
special which was also repeated at 9:30pm. The TV Times even produced
a 32-page colour Wedding Souvenir special costing one shilling.
29 May
Jenny Sutton and Dennis
Tanner, Register Office
Dennis borrowed £100 from
a moneylender at 48% interest to pay for the wedding. Jerry Booth
was Best Man. The marriage got off to an inauspicious start as
Dennis was ordered to Bristol on his wedding night by his employers,
Crowning Glory Hair Requisites. Jenny was left alone in the honeymoon
bed. Geoffrey Palmer played the registrar for this wedding, and
this was the first Register Office ceremony seen on-screen.
15 July
Audrey Bright and Dickie
Fleming, Register Office, Gretna Green
16 year-old schoolgirl Audrey
eloped with trainee electrician Dickie to Gretna Green to get
married.
22 July
Elsie Tanner
and Alan Howard,
Weatherfield Register Office
For Elsie's third marriage she
chose a very quiet ceremony with informal celebratory drinks in
the Rovers afterwards. Len Fairclough was best man and Bet Lynch
was bridesmaid. They honeymooned in Paris.
3 April
Emily Nugent
and Ernest Bishop,
Mawdesley Street Congregational Church
Len Fairclough gave Emily away
and Mavis Riley was bridesmaid at this Easter wedding. In a special
two-part episode viewers saw Ernest having second thoughts and
a nervous Emily waiting in the vestry
29 October
Janet Reid
and Kenneth Barlow,
Register Office, Keswick
Whilst taking his twins back to
Glasgow, Ken married Janet in her home town of Keswick.
10 July
Maggie Clegg
and Ron Cooke,
St Mary's parish chuch
Gordon Clegg gave his 'mother'
away. The entire street turned out to wish the couple well with
their new life in Africa.
7 July
Deirdre
Hunt and Ray Langton,
Register Office
Len Fairclough was best man and
Blanche Hunt gave her daughter away. The couple missed their train
for the honeymoon and had to spend their wedding night in Blanche's
corset shop flat.
20 April
Rita Littlewood
and Len Fairclough,
St Mary's parish church
Alf Roberts was best man and Rita
was given away by her uncle Sam. Granada went all out on this
two part special wedding with all the residents turning up. TV
Times produced a special magazine for the occasion and artists
posed months in advance for the pictures. When the episode was
filmed Pat Phoenix found that she was unable to be present - feeling
that her characters relationship with Len was too special. TV
Times had to edit the picture to remove Pat from it. Pat did,
however turn up to the reception at the Greenvale Hotel - where
Elsie met manager Ted Brownlow, who became another of new lovers.
20 March
Renee Bradshaw
and Alf Roberts,
Register Office
Len Fairclough was best man and
Bet Lynch was a witness.
28 November
Gail Potter
and Brian Tilsley,
St Boniface RC church
All the residents turned out for
a day to remember with Gail wearing a traditional wedding outfit.
It was the first sight viewers had of Vera Duckworth's husband,
Jack. Fatherless Gail was given away by her ex-employer Mike Baldwin.
10 September
Emily Bishop
and Arnold Swain,
Register Office
The best man, George Turner, was
played by Bill Waddington who went on to play Percy Sugden. The
following year Emily was to discover that Arnold was a bigamist,
and the marriage was annulled.
13 May
Eunice Nuttall
and Fred Gee, Register
Office
Bet, Betty and Annie helped the
couple celebrate in the back room of the Rovers.
27 July
Deirdre
Langton and Kenneth
Barlow, All Saints C of E.
The parish vicar had refused to
marry Ken because he had divorced his second wife but the vicar
at All Saints agreed. Len Fairclough was best man and Alf gave
Deirdre away. This wedding was watched by more ITV viewers than
the wedding of Charles & Diana two days later. And a Coronation
Street first - the vicar was played by a real vicar, Frank Topping.
20 January
Caroline
Wilson and Gordon
Clegg, Wimbledon Register Office.
Betty Turpin intended to travel
to London to see her son marry. Instead they married in a hurry
as Gordon was offered the chance to go to America on business
and the couple honeymooned in the USA, paid by his company. Betty
was notified by telegram and was left with the distinct impression
that she wasn't wanted at the ceremony.
31 October
Marion Willis
and Eddie Yeats,
All Saints C of E.
Although the bride was pregnant
at the time, this was lovely church wedding in church with lots
of guests. Hilda was honoured to see her surrogate son Eddie happy.
Jack Duckworth acted as a chauffeur in a hired limosine for the
day, Elsie Tanner was matron of honour (!) and Eddie's old pal
from Liverpool, Norris Stephens, was Best Man. The reception was
held in the Select at the Rovers, and they honeymooned in Spain.
The Yeats left to live in Bury later that year.
9 January
Elaine Prior
and Bill Webster,
Register Office
A quick trip to the register office
and a party in the Rovers. They moved to Southampton soon afterwards.
23 December
Audrey Potter
and Alf Roberts,
Register Office
Mike Baldwin was best man. Audrey
looked glam for the wedding with a white feather boater.
14
May
Susan Barlow
and Mike Baldwin,
St Mary's parish church.
Despite his opposition to the
marriage, Ken surprised everyone at the last minute when he turned
up at the church to give daughter Susan away.
8
October
Sally Seddon
and Kevin Webster,
Register Office
Terry Duckworth was best man.
Emily and Hilda made the reception food at No13 and friends from
school turned up although no family members were present; Kevin's
family were in Southampton and Sally had fallen out with hers.
9 September
Bet Lynch
and Alec Gilroy,
St Mary's parish church
Charles Halliday was best man,
Alf Roberts gave Bet away and Gloria Todd was bridesmaid. In true
Bet fashion there was no expense spared when Bet wore a traditional
white dress with trail.
24 February
Gail Tilsley
and Brian Tilsley,
Register Office
Brian and Gail had separated and
were divorced in 1987. After kidnapping their son Nicky and finally
accepting Sarah Louise as his own child, the Tilsleys finally
decided to remarry a year later. This wedding caused problems
for the costume department at Granada as the script stated that
Ivy insisted on wearing the same blue hat she wore at the first.
The problem was that the hat had gone missing. After searching
high and low through Manchester shops a replacement hat was found.
13
June
Ivy Tilsley
and Don Brennan,
St Luke's RC church
Jack Duckworth was best man and
Brian Tilsley gave his mother away. Jack thought he had forgotten
the ring but the marriage went off fine.
9 November
Mavis Riley
and Derek Wilton,
Register Office
After neither turned up to the
church at their first attempt at marriage, and a proposal through
a letterbox, the Register Office ceremony went off without hitch
with Mavis wearing a floral dress.
12 February
Steph Jones
and Des Barnes,
Register Office
The couple made their first appearance
in the street in their wedding outfits, rowing as they moved in
the newly-built No6. Despite many publications claiming the contrary,
the couple married on 12 February 1990, NOT Valentine's Day.
8 August
Jessica Midgley and Peter
Barlow, In church in Portsmouth.
Tracy and Ken travelled to Portsmouth
for the wedding.
5
July
Jackie Ingram
and Mike Baldwin,
Register Office
The marriage only lasted a week
- the shortest of them all. They divorced within the year.
27 September
Gail Tilsley
and Martin Platt,
Register Office
Gail wore an off the shoulder
dress but Ivy was not happy about the wedding. Martin got drunk
on his stag night and fell asleep on Des's sofa. Gail threatened
to call the whole thing off but it was eventually smiles all round.
27
May
Lisa Horten
and Terry Duckworth,
St Mary's parish church
Curly Watts was best man and Lisa,
five months pregnant with son Tommy, was given away by her father
Geoff.Terry was released from prison in handcuffs for the wedding
but when Vera talked the guard into unlocking them for the photos,
predictably Terry did a runner.
5 June
Rita Fairclough
and Ted Sullivan,
Register Office
A tear jerking service as the
bride and groom knew that Ted was dying. He died of a brain tumour
three months later.
19
June
Alma Sedgewick
and Mike Baldwin,
Register Office
No expense was spared with Alma
wearing a yellow two-piece and all the residents turning up for
a lavish reception.
29 September
Olive Clarke and Edwin Turner, St Saviour's church
Percy and Emily went to the wedding
although Percy was feeling rejected because Olive had turned down
his proposal of marriage. Emily fell for the vicar Bernard Morton
who later left the church.
26
Janaury
Maureen
Naylor and Reg
Holdsworth, St Christopher's church
The whole street turned up for
the wedding with Maureen wearing a short white dress but during
the wedding reception at the Belstaff Hotel Maud overheard son-in-laws
Clive and Reg arguing over much of a burden she was. Maud quietly
left in her wheelchair and the couple missed their honeymoon in
Paris searching for her. A couple of days later they finally had
a short honeymoon in the Lake District.
25 November
Deirdre
Barlow and Samir
Rachid, Register Office
Another short lived wedding that
hardly anyone approved of but both were besotted with each other.
Mike drove Deirdre to the Register Office in his Merc and Liz
and Mike acted as witnesses. Tracy turned up to hear the vows
and ran out afterwards. An unknowing Ken walked into the Rovers
and headlong into the reception.
18 August
Victoria
Arden and Steve
McDonald, St Lucia
They planned a wedding at the
Register Office but cancelled it when Vicky's grandfather Alec
Gilroy promised a more lavish affair. When Alec offered to pay
Steve off to not marry Vicky the couple eloped to a romantic service
on the island of St Lucia.
20
October
Betty Turpin
and Billy Williams,
St Mary's parish church
Raquel Wolstenhulme was bridesmaid
and Gordon Clegg gave his mother away. After walking away from
the Rovers, Bet Gilroy failed to return for her best mates wedding
so Raquel stood in. The whole street turned up although everyone's
mind was on who would take over the closed pub. A last minute
reception was held at the British Legion and Percy made the cake.
8 December
Raquel Wolstenhulme
and Norman Watts,
Register Office
One of the most tear jerking ceremonies
in the Street's history. We could all see Raquel was not happy
marrying Curly. The honeymoon made up for it even though the newly
weds had to work as QE2 staff because of Alec Gilroy's underhanded
deals. The blessing on the ship was witnessed by Carol, Raquel's
new found friend. The wedding was a complete secret although Curly
let former lover Maureen in on the good news.
29 December
Angela Hawthorne
and Norris Cole,
St. Agatha's Parish Church
Best man Derek discovered that
Norris, who was marrying his ex-wife Angela, was the kidnapper
of Arthur, the gnome and in revenge he took Norris to the wrong
church. After Norris pleaded on bended knee a jubilant Derek took
him to St Agatha's where Norris received a bit of an earbashing
from wife Angela for being late.
13 November
Tracy Barlow
and Robert Preston
, Register Office
Robert's parents didn't approve
of the wedding. Ken bought the outfit and Tracy splashed out so
she could get married in Dr Martens boots. After a frenetic stag
night, groom Robert was missing for most of the morning of the
wedding which ran alongside Raquel and Curly ending their ten
month marriage. Raquel walked off to a new job and life in Malaysia.
22
September
Maureen
Holdsworth and Fred
Elliott, Register Office
Fred proposed to Maureen several
times and eventually she said yes. Maud was not happy about the
idea but Fred was determined to make Maureen happy. He hired a
barber shop quartet for the wedding, at which Liz and Deirdre
were witnesses. Then there was a champagne reception at the Rovers
before Fred's big surprise and the wedding reception in their
new home, No4 which he had bought off Mavis Wilton. The wedding
party danced across the street as Natalie Horrocks and Sally Webster
fought on the cobbles.
30
January
Leanne
Battersby and Nick
Tilsley, Kircudbright Register Office
The couple travelled to Scotland
for the day where they married with two passers-by as witnesses.
No one in Weatherfield except Roy Cropper knew of their plans
so the couple spent their wedding night apart at their repective
parents after an afternoon in a hotel.
3 October
Kath and
Colin Barnes,
Hartlepool church
Des Barnes was Best Man at his
brother's wedding in Hartlepool, and he took along new girlfriend
Natalie Horrocks. Infused with the nuptual spirit, Des asked Natalie
to marry him and she accepted.
23 October
Natalie
Horrocks and Des Barnes,
Register Office
Natalie's dress was ripped but
Hayley Patterson came to the rescue with a needle and thread.
The reception was held in a marquee erected by Charlie West and
Best Man Les Battersby in the garden of No6. Hayley, aided by
Alma Baldwin used material from Mike's factory to decorate the
marquee,and she became the star of the day; everyone forgot that
she had just been unmasked as a transsexual. A rather drunk Jim
McDonald embarrasingly proposed to Liz again at the end of the
reception.
23
April
Hayley Patterson
and Roy Cropper,
Roy's Rolls cafe, Victoria Street
Possibly The Street's most unusual
wedding yet - not least because this wasn't legally a wedding
under UK law. Transexual Hayley was to be given the church wedding
of her dreams by Jessica Lundy, the temporary curate of St Paul's
parish church. Her and Roy's hopes were cruely dashed by a vindictive
Les Battersby, who tipped off the press and the wedding had to
be called off literally at the last minute. Eventually the ceremony
went ahead in the cafe, with Hayley being given away by her Great
Uncle Bert, Toyah Battersby and Sarah Louise Platt as bridesmaids
and Martin Platt as Best Man. To round it off, Hayley announced
that she had legally changed her name to Hayley Cropper. After
the reception, the happy couple left for a honeymoon in York.
As the Croppers married, Nick and Leanne Tilsley's marriage collapsed
as he emigrated alone to Canada.
24
September
Maxine Heavey
and Ashley Peacock,
St Mary's parish church
An eventful engagement saw Ashley
find out that his real father was Fred Elliott and he first met
his real mother Kathleen Gutteridge, though Beryl Peacock still
took pride of place as the groom's mother. The wedding nearly
didn't happen as bridesmaid Melanie Tindel threatened to reclaim
the booking after she called off her wedding. Tragedy haunted
the ceremony though for whilst Best Man Gary Mallett was giving
his speech, his wife Judy lay dying in No9 from a blood clot,
and above The Kabin Sharon Gaskell attempted suicide. Maxine helped
Ashley overcome his fear of flying as they honeymooned in the
Caribbean - but he came back by boat !
1
November
Sharon Gaskell
and Ian Bentley,
Weatherfield Register Office
A sad little hole-in-the-wall
affair. After Ian's affair in previous March, Sharon's foster
mother Rita Sullivan refused to have anything to do with the couple
- who kept the wedding quiet from her. In the end there were no
guests and only two friends as witnesses - Sally Webster and Danny
Hargreaves. The couple didn't go on honeymoon until three weeks
later
23
January
Alison Wakefield
and Kevin Webster,
Weatherfield Register Office
Alison and Kevin wanted a quiet
wedding after he had finally persuaded pregnant Alison to come
back from Morecambe with him on New Year's Eve, and despite Kevin
sleeping with his ex-wife sally the previous evening. Alison's
parents weren't invited because of the rift between them. At the
last minute, Alison's co-workers turned up from Underworld to
swell the numbers. Kevin's children from his first marriage -
Rosie and Sophie were the bridesmaids, and the witnesses were
workmates of the bride and groom - Jim McDonald and Linda Sykes.
There was a small reception in the Rovers, and then the new Mr
& Mrs Webster went on honeymoon in the Lake District.
10
September
Linda Sykes
and Mike Baldwin,
De Lisle House country hotel, Cheshire
THE wedding of the Millennium
turned out to be far more dramatic behind the scenes than in front
of it. Mike's son, Mark Redman - the best man - took the opportunity
to reveal that he had been conducting an affair with the bride
over the past few months. Roy Cropper had to stand in as best
man whilst Mark got drunk upstairs. The "happy couple"
embarked on their honeymoon in the Maldives wearing very false
smiles but where reconciled the next month after Mike was amongst
those held hostage at Freshco's.
30
November
Liz McDonald
and Jim McDonald,
Manchester Prison
The McDonalds were married for
over 20 years before they divorced. Jim McDonald had a history
of violent assaults on his wife; she in turn cared for him after
he was paralysed in a building site accident, despite being divorced
- and then promptly walked out on him, making a new life for herself
with his physiotherapist in Milton Keynes. Not the most auspicious
grounding for a relationship, but when Liz found that Jim was
in prison facing an attempted murder charge, she came back to
support him and they fell back in love. Days before his trial
they remarried whilst Jim was still on remand in the former Strangeways
Prison. Their son Steve was Best Man and the couple spent their
wedding night apart, Jim back in his cell. The second marriage
remains unconsumated...
24 December
Emma Taylor
and Norman (Curly) Watts,
All Saints Church
A whirlwind romance followed Curly
Watts' rollercoaster ride of a Millennium. His wife, Raquel now
living the height of luxury in a French chateau, asked for a divorce
- but also revealed that Curly was a father to two-year old Alice.
Shortly afterwards he met and fell in love with police officer
Emma Taylor, and within the year they were married. Alice was
bridesmaid and Ashley Peacock was Best Man. The reception was
held in a hotel next to the church, and because of delayed flights
to get Alice back to France the couple had to wait a couple of
days before embarking on their New York honeymoon.
30
May
Karen Phillips
and Steve McDonald,
Weatherfield Register Office
Another of the increasingly bizzare
Coronation Street weddings. This started off with a bet between
two workmates about the best way to handle your boyfriend. Within
a couple of weeks the stakes and the bets rose from a few pounds
to get a night out to two days wages for most of the Underworld
workforce for a honeymoon. Neither Karen nor Steve would back
out - but believed the other would do. Both they and Best Man
Vikram Desai seemed surprised when they both turned up - and even
more when they both said yes ! The reception was held at the Rovers
with cakes from the Corner Shop at the end of their sell-by date.
Neither the bride's nor groom's family were there. It was only
then they actually realised they DID love each other - but it
still took them another six weeks to arrange the honeymoon in
Florida.
5
September
Evelyn Sykes
and Fred Elliott,
The Dales Country Hotel, Pately Bridge
Marry in haste - repent at leisure...
During a very public row in the middle of Coronation Street, Fred
proposed marriage to Eve - and after sleeping on it she accepted.
She probably didn't expect to be married within three days - but
that's how things work in Weatherfield. There was the obligatory
"on-off" saga in the hotel as Fred's former fiancée
Audrey Roberts turned up, but the ceremony finally went ahead,
with Fred's son Ashley Peacock as Best Man and his wife Maxine
standing in for Eve's daughter Linda Baldwin as Matron of Honour.
Unbeknown to Eve, the last anyone saw of Linda was her being forced
into her husband's car. The couple honeymooned in Venice followed
by a Mediterranean cruise. Within eight months Eve admitted she
had never divorced Ray, her first husband, and exposed as a bigamist,
she walked out on Fred.
28 July
Gail Platt
and Richard Hillman
One of the most stylish weddings
seen on Coronation Street as Richard Hillman was determined to
give his bride the best possible wedding. Behind the smiles, Richard
was hiding was big secrets - his financial advisory business was
on a knife-egde, and just eight weeks beforehand he had murdered
his second wife Patricia.
Richard's pal Roger Hinde was his Best Man - for the third time!
Gail's son Nick turned up expectedly from Canada, and Gail and
Richard honeymooned in Florida - together with Richard's new step-children
Sarah and David!
9 December
Sally and Kevin Webster
After Gail and Richard's wedding, Sally suggested to Kevin that he move back in with her and the girls. It would make so much financial sense and be good for the girls. Kevin eagerly moved in but was disappointed that he was made to sleep on the sofa other than one or two nights spent in Sally's bed. Soon, though, Sally took him back for good and they planned to remarry. During wedding preparations, Sally developed a crush on Alex the builder, who was redecorating number 13. She nearly left Kevin for Alex. Kevin found out just before the wedding and assured Sal that he would still marry her. Sally did the right thing for her family and said good bye to Alex and remarried Kevin.
24 March
Lucy and Peter Barlow
Peter met florist Lucy Carmichael when he was buying a bouquet for Shelley. He was immediately intrigued and soon began an affair. They broke off for awhile but when Tracy was hired by Lucy who had no idea of the connection between Tracy and Peter, and Tracy told Peter that her employer was pregnant, he realized the baby was his. He talked his way back into her heart and married her although he was living with and engaged to Shelley at the same time. As you might expect, it all ended in tears and Peter probably has broken the Corrie record for shortest marriage on the books. Lucy chucked him out days after the wedding when she realized Shelley was still in his life.
20 July
Shelly and Peter Barlow (invalid, still married to Lucy)
Shelley and Peter got married in a big, beautiful church wedding in July. Shelley found out that Peter had had an affair but since he insisted it was long over, she married him anyway, deciding to trust him. Of course it wasn't too long before Lucy and Shelley found out about each other and Shelley found out about Peter's baby with Lucy and by the end of the summer, Shelley had kicked Peter to the curb for good. Divorce imminent.
17 November
Roy Cropper and Tracy Barlow (in name only)
Tracy drugged Roy and let him believe they had sex. She became pregnant by Steve McDonald, with whom she had slept with before the Roy incident but she let Roy think it was his baby. Roy and Hayley pursuaded Tracy to "sell" them her baby for a large amount of money and Roy nominally married Tracy to make sure he had parental rights. The truth came out about the baby's real parentage early in 2004 and Roy instigated annullment proceedings.
29 December
Sunita Parekh and Ciaran McCarthy (called off at the altar)
Sunita loved her boss Dev Alahan for a long time but the feelings were not reciprocated. She dated and lived with Peter Barlow's navy mate Ciaran McCarthy but he was taken to prison for being absent from the navy without permission. He returned after a few months just as Dev was finally beginning to return Sunita's affections. Ciaran moved in on her and managed to win her back. At Peter's wedding to Shelly, Ciaran asked Sunita to marry him and they set a date for Dec. 29 and planned to marry at the registry office. Ciaran really didn't want to get married but couldn't find a way to tell Sunita. At his stag do, he thumped rival Dev hoping to be put in jail but Dev didn't press charges. Tracy told Sunita anyway, and told her that Dev didn't want to get married. Ciaran said he did but at the registry office Sunita knew down deep he didn't want to and called off the wedding.
18 February
Steve and Karen McDonald
Steve and Karen divorced in 2003 due to Steve's infidelity and his jealousy over Joe Carter's attentions to his wife. Karen left Steve and moved in with Joe but reconciled with Steve after the whole thing with Joe blew up horribly. She talked him into remarrying in a big fancy wedding in a church. It almost didn't happen though, because Tracy Barlow, herself in love with Steve who is the father of her child, tried to cancel all the wedding arrangements. When Steve managed to reschedule things, Tracy crashed the wedding to get her baby from Roy and Hayley and ended up spilling the beans about the baby's parentage to all and sundry. Karen was horrified that her wedding was ruined and heartbroken by Steve's lies but married him after his protestations that Tracy meant nothing to him.
24 October
Sunita Parekh and Dev Alahan
Sunita has loved Dev a long time. Dev thought of her only as a friend and employee. Eventually however Dev came to love Sunita. Ciaran McCarthy came between them and Dev became involved with crazy solicitor Maya Sharma. When Sunita discovered she had an aneurism and could have died, though surgery was successful, Dev realized he really did love her. He finished with Maya and proposed to Sunita, winning her over. They planned an elaborate Hindu wedding which ended in disaster after Sunita was arrested and accused of bigamy. (Maya had stolen her birth certificate and had married several immigrants using Sunita's name, setting her up for an immigration scam as well.
24 October
Deirdre and Ken Barlow
A long planned second wedding of what could be considered the Street's golden couple eventually occurred on 8th April. Deirdre's first husband, Ray Langton watched, and then died of terminal cancer in the reception at the Rovers.
Interesting fact: The Barlow - Rachid wedding for 13 million viewers.
25 December
Claire Casey and Ashley Peacock
Claire was the nanny for baby Joshua after Maxine died. She and Ashley fell in love and finally got married on Christmas Day.
31 October
Cilla Brown and Les Battersby
Possibly a match made in hell or the only two that could stand each other, Cilla and Les decided to get married to get lots of wedding presents. Chesney was chuffed to bits that he was now part of a real family. Les had a pre-wedding dust up with one of the band members of Status Quo and in the end, the Quo actually played at their reception!
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