Spare a thought for the poor children in Coronation Street. It suddenly occurred to me while watching last week that many of the children have lost parents.
In no particular order they are :
Jack Webster - lost his mum in the tram crash
Hope Stape - her father, a murderer, died of a brain haemorrhage after a fall.
Ruby Dobbs. - her mum died of an aneurysm
Max Turner
Lily Platt. - their dad was killed by their mum, Kylie, and their mum was stabbed by Fiona’s son.
Harry Platt - Sarah Platt’s son, dad killed by Kylie
Aadi Alahan
Asha Alahan - Mum Sunita died of a heart attack while in hospital recovering after a fire
Kelly Neelan. - Dad killed by Gary Windass and mum died if cancer
Joseph Brown. - Mum died in a car accident while living in Portugal
Bertie Barlow. - Mum died of cancer
Summer Spellman - Dad died of cancer
Baby Alfie Habib. - Dad died in car crash accident ( ? )
Simon Barlow - Mum died of cancer
Sam Blakeman - Nick ‘s son - mum was shot by a gangster
Liam Connor. - Dad killed by hit and run driver hired to kill him.
* Quite a list. I may have missed one or two off it ! Added to the this quite a few Coronation Street women have been to prison it’s all rather unlikely in a respectable back street, don’t you think ?