Albert Tatlock is a fictional character on the British ITV television soap opera Coronation Street.

However, his wife Bessie died in 1959 and he retired from his job at the Town Hall the following year, before taking up a new occupation as the street's resident grumpy old man, forever complaining about the struggles of old age and living on the low income from his pension.

Not idle in his retirement, Albert gets a job as a school crossing warden and acquires an allotment from the council to grow his vegetables.

In 1967 he briefly buys items in bulk with Ena Sharples (Violet Carson) to cut costs and later takes a live-in assistant job at the Fusiliers' Museum, working for his old friend Harry Dunscombe.

Effie leaves the house abruptly upon Albert's return as he has increased her rent because he hates the decorations she has placed as a surprise for him.

Just as he is coming to terms with their departure, Valerie dies in an accident in the Barlows' maisonette, and a distraught Ken decides to stay in the country.

In 1980, Albert sells his military medal to go to London for Remembrance Day, to pay tribute to his war friend Monty Shawcross.

Albert agrees to move into the front parlour so that Deirdre's daughter Tracy (Holly Chamarette) can take his room.

Albert Tatlock died of a heart attack while sitting in his chair at 11 am on 14 May 1984, aged 88, after paying a visit to Beattie.

In January 2019, Ken's long-lost son Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) and his wife Sinead (Katie McGlynn) have a baby boy whom they name Bertie, after Albert.

[1] To those who did not know him, Albert could be perceived as a very bitter man, as he was constantly complaining about nearly every aspect of his life and seemed to think that his problems amounted to more than anyone else's, however trivial they were.

To his family and close friends, as well as anyone willing to indulge him in recollections of his war stories, Albert showed a softer side.

Despite his advancing years, Albert was very active in the community in Coronation Street, acting as chairman of the Over 60s Club in 1961, organising an Over 60s bazaar in 1964, and a trip to the Preston Guild in 1972.

Having worked at the Town Hall, Albert was also pressed into action by the residents for several causes, including investigating the possibility of Coronation Street being demolished.

Albert did not feel close to her and refused his doctor's recommendation that he move in with Beattie and her husband Norman Pearson, as he knew they did not want him so he would never be at home.

Albert thought of the Barlows as his extended family and was upset when David married Irma Ogden while he was away, as he had not wanted to miss the wedding.

Albert's closest friends in Coronation Street were Rovers Return landlord and landlady Jack and Annie Walker, mission caretaker Ena Sharples, and one-time fiancée Minnie Caldwell.

When he feared the council was going to take it off him, the neighbours agreed to help out, although he was furious when Ray Langton carved "Albert rules OK" into his marrow.