Thomas "Chalkie" Whitely is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, portrayed by actor Teddy Turner.
When Chalkie learned that his home was to be demolished, he started house-hunting and became interested in 7 Coronation Street, recently rebuilt by Len Fairclough seventeen years after it collapsed in 1965.
Len and his wife Rita lived next door at No.9 and were asking for £14,000 for the adjacent property, which Chalkie thought was too much.
He kept in touch with the Whitelys in Australia as much as possible and in February decided to sell No.9 and live somewhere smaller so that he could give the money to Bob.
Marion Yeats (also Willis) was a shop assistant at Maggie Dunlop's florist, who was living in lodgings in Weatherfield.
Subsequently, Marion began chatting to Eddie Yeats (Geoffrey Hughes) and once she realised that she could have a future with him, she moved out of her lodgings and into no.
Sharon Bentley (also Gaskell), played by Tracie Bennett, first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 1 March 1982, and remained until her departure on 4 January 1984, later making a brief return in 1999.
After Len finds Sharon's boyfriend Steve Dunthorne (Howard Grace) trying to lead her upstairs, he forbids the pair from having sex.
Brian notices her interest, but remains faithful to Gail (Helen Worth) and although he did not encourage Sharon, he does not put her straight either, since he enjoys the attention.
Gail sees them fighting over this, and dismisses Sharon's feelings as a teenage crush and asks Rita to have a word with her.
She is engaged to Ian Bentley (Jonathan Guy Lewis), a sales representative, and Rita persuades Sharon to get married in Weatherfield.
Happy that Sharon has decided to stay, Rita offers her a job at the Kabin and Alec Gilroy's (Roy Barraclough) old flat, No.12.
Rita is furious when Sharon announces her plan to marry Ian and sell the Kabin, so that she could buy a house in Bolton.
[1] She finally made her return on the April 21, 2021 episode, reuniting with Rita, and informing her of her past battles with cancer and her breakup with Ian.
After scrutiny and suspicion from Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews), she once again leaves after giving Rita a cheque for £10,000.
She questions various people about the whereabouts of Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) and when she goes to visit drug lord Harvey Gaskell (Will Mellor) in prison, it is revealed that she is his aunt.
When Simon arrives at the hospital, his father Peter (Chris Gascoyne) saves him from being abducted and is attacked.
Nick returns to the street, but is warned by Harvey that, if Simon and Leanne give evidence against him, he will harm Sam.
When Jenny confronts her, Sharon uses a Taser, and then tries to flee but is interrupted by Rita who locks them both in The Kabin before Gary Windass (Mikey North) breaks in.
[3] He arrives at Sharon's 17th birthday party at her foster parents Len (Peter Adamson) and Rita Fairclough's (Barbara Knox) home unannounced and causes trouble by making unwanted advances towards Trish Keegan (Debbie Bowers) and picks a fight with Steve Dunthorne (Howard Grace) after Steve confronts him about his behaviour toward Trish.
She later had a brief relationship with Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs), who she met at Marion and Eddie Yeats' (Geoffrey Hughes) engagement party in May 1982.
Ken's daughter, Tracy Barlow (Dawn Acton) discovered that Mark was Mike's son and revealed it to him in January 1993, which annoyed Maggie, who in turn told Tracy about her mother, Deirdre Barlow's (Anne Kirkbride) affair with Mike in 1983.
Within a few weeks, Phyllis tracked her errant relations down and tried to convince Chalkie to let Craig move in with her, telling him that No.9 was a tip and not fit for a growing lad to live in.
Summers had previously played the role of Bessie Proctor, a cleaner who worked with Hilda Ogden (Jean Alexander) at a night club.
She tracks Craig down to Number 9 Coronation Street, where he is living with his paternal grandfather Chalkie Whitely (Teddy Turner).
[5] Phyllis' daughter Margaret had previously died of cancer and Craig moved in with Chalkie following her death.
Joan initially offered to recommend Hilda as a cleaner for the next occupants, but whilst they were packing, they were burgled and both ladies were attacked.
Joan received a bump on the head and subsequently died in Weatherfield General Hospital, whereas Hilda survived.
Victor was the main man in Mavis Riley's (Thelma Barlow) aside from Derek Wilton (Peter Baldwin) after they met through doing an English Literature course.
Eventually, when Derek decided to try to impress Victor by writing an analysis of the business' shortcomings, potentially saving thousands.