Scooter Makuna
| Scooter Makuna |
| Coronation Street |
| Portrayed by |
Sushil Chudasama |
| First appearance |
26 January 2005 |
| Last appearance |
6 November 2005 |
| Profile |
| Occupation |
Unemployed |
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Hiren "Scooter" Makuna, first appeared in early 2005 as the boyfriend of Sarah-Louise Platt. His character was mostly remembered for not being very bright, having a fondness for fish and getting great pleasure in retrieving junk from skips. Scooter and Sarah broke up after an argument.
Lena Thistlewood
| Lena Thistlewood |
| Coronation Street |
| Portrayed by |
Maria Charles |
| First appearance |
26 January 2005 |
| Last appearance |
29 June 2005 |
| Profile |
| Occupation |
Retired |
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Lena Thistlewood was a friend of Blanche Hunt, who first appeared in 2005 and was a regular visitor to the Barlow household and she took a fancy to Ken Barlow, Lena was a guest at Ken & Deirdre's wedding in 2005. In early 2006 Lena died and she left her dog, Eccles to Blanche.
Mr. Wong
| Mr. Wong |
| Coronation Street |
| Portrayed by |
Daryl Kwan |
| First appearance |
6 May 2005 |
| Last appearance |
23 December 2005 |
| Profile |
| Occupation |
Former chip shop owner |
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Mr. Wong was the owner of the chip shop on Rosamund Street, who hired Cilla Brown and Yana Lumb to work for him. He spoke very limited English and was frequently seen arguing with Cilla.
Yana Lumb
Yana Lumb was Cilla Battersby-Brown's best friend and in a way was usually involved in Cilla's scams and plots. Yana worked with Cilla in Wong's chip shop on Rosamund Street until its closure in 2007.
Yana ended up going on Cilla's honeymoon with her instead of Cilla's husband Les Battersby-Brown, who was in trouble with Cilla for trashing all the wedding presents at the reception.
Yana took pity on Les in late November 2006, when he revealed his suspicions of Cilla having an affair. Yana was shocked that Cilla wouldn't confide in her and felt sorry for a miserable Les, they became more and more attracted to each other and eventually couldn't resist each other. Yana engaged in an affair with Les and slept with him in the living room, only to be seen by Cilla's son, Chesney Battersby-Brown. Cilla soon found out about the affair, and pretended she had cancer. She forced Yana and Les to sit in a bathtub of mushy peas on Christmas Eve to raise money for Cilla's holiday fund to Florida. Before she left, she revealed the truth.
Returning in December, Cilla slapped Yana and forgave her. Her last appearance was in July 2007 when she and Cilla were fired from the takeaway.
Viv Baldwin
Vivian "Viv" Baldwin is the mother of Danny Baldwin. She was first seen on the street in July 2005, following her husband Harry's death and later revealing to her brother-in-law Mike that he was in fact Danny's biological father, not Harry.
Viv made a reappearance in Weatherfield at Christmas 2005, when the family went out to Christmas dinner.
In December 2006, she returned enquiring about her son's disappearance, only to find out the truth about her grandson Jamie's affair with his former stepmother Frankie Baldwin. After finding this, Viv stormed back home to London.
Zack
Zack is a psychiatrist who treated Shelley Unwin when her anxiety overtook so much of her life that she was rarely able to leave her own room. Zack helped Shelley slowly go back to the outside world, but Shelley's boyfriend Charlie Stubbs resented Zack's efforts to help, and eventually convinced Shelley to stop seeing him. Shelley had progressed far enough that she managed to dump Charlie moments before she was to become his wife. After getting away from Charlie, she called Zack to tell him the news. He said he was proud of her, and both agreed to continue therapy until she was fully recovered.
Ravinder Kalirai
Ravinder Kalirai is the mother of Amber Kalirai, who first appeared in 2005 and told her the truth about her father Dev Alahan. During the summer of 2006, Ravinder met a new man and decided relocate to Finland with him. After falling out with Dev, Amber went to stay with Ravinder for several weeks in November 2008.
Billy Brown
| Billy Brown |
| Coronation Street |
| Portrayed by |
Jay Martin |
| Duration |
2005 |
| First appearance |
31 October 2005 |
| Last appearance |
31 October 2005 |
| Profile |
| Occupation |
Soldier |
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William "Billy" Brown is the eldest son of Cilla Battersby-Brown, who attended her wedding to Les Battersby on 31 October 2005 and served as Best Man. Billy was more recently mentioned when Chesney ran away from Home to visit him in 2009.
Nicolette Seddon
| Nicolette Seddon |
| Coronation Street |
| Portrayed by |
Natalie Richards |
| First appearance |
28 November 2005 |
| Last appearance |
5 December 2005 |
| Profile |
| Occupation |
Student |
| Relationships |
| Parents |
Paul Seddon
Suzanne Seddon |
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Nicolette Seddon is the daughter of Sally Webster's cousin, Paul. This was revealed when Sally's daughter Sophie brought her home one day as a new friend and they mentioned they had traced their family trees and discovered they were related. Sally saw Nicolette as a bad influence on Sophie and later visited Nicolette's house - when she discovered that Nicolette's father was successful and wealthy, much to her chagrin. After a heated exchange with her parents, Sally decided not to keep in touch with that branch of the Seddon family tree.
Eric Talford
| Eric Talford |
| Coronation Street |
| Portrayed by |
Tony Slattery |
| First appearance |
11 December 2005 |
| Last appearance |
19 February 2006 |
| Profile |
| Occupation |
Bookmaker |
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Eric Talford was the owner of the bookies on Rosamund Street who first appeared December 2005 and became the boss and love interest of Carol Baldwin.
Freda Nugent
| Freda Nugent |
| Coronation Street |
| Portrayed by |
Ali Briggs |
| Duration |
2005–2006, 2009– |
| First appearance |
25 December 2005 |
| Profile |
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Freda is the deaf niece of Emily Bishop. She first apperaerd in 2005 and contanstly argued with Norris Cole, Emily's lodger. Freda left in 2006 after saying farewell to Emily and Norris. She then arrived again 2009. She announced she was engaged to a man who was serving time in prison. This shocked Emily. Freda revealed to Norris that she disliked his brother, Ramsey Clegg, as he was too eager to please. Norris was thrilled as he finally met someone else who didn't like Ramsey. Freda can lip read and understand sign language. She left Weatherfield again shortly after her visit. She Returned in November 2009 on the run as she had stolen her former bosses fake leg which she tried to persuade Graeme Proctor to get rid of it which he did soon after she moved in with Emily Bishop. In november 2009 she wanted to go to christmas ball with Audrey Roberts but she did not want to go so Audrey invited Norris to come along instead.
