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A significant incident involving the Rovers occurred in when a lorry overturned outside the pub and its load of timber crashed through the front of the building, causing significant damage and injuring Mike Baldwin and Alf Roberts who were sitting at a table next to the window. Young Tracy Langton was thought to be buried by the pile of timber as she had been left in her pram outside the pub while Deirdre Langton spoke to Annie inside, but fortunately baby and pram had been taken away by Sally Norton moments before the crash.

The brewery repaired the damage to the pub and things soon returned to normal. In , Annie took time off to visit Joan and the following year decided not to return.

The brewery appointed Fred Gee as temporary manager but he was replaced by Billy Walker, who had been persuaded by Annie to take on the licence to keep the Rovers in the family.

Unfortunately, Billy's heart was never in it and he had only accepted the brewery's offer for the money. Debt had always followed Billy and his troubles continued when he became the landlord, with him paying gamblings debts with money from the till and getting into trouble with the brewery for selling supermarket ale.

When he was caught by the police selling alcohol after hours, Billy realised that he would never cut it as a pub landlord and asked the brewery to buy him out.

Billy left the Rovers in December , thus ending the forty-seven year reign of the Walker family at the pub. Kevin Webster rescues Bet during the Rovers fire.

Bet Lynch had been a barmaid at the Rovers since and was popular with the regulars. Following Billy's departure, they persuaded her to apply for the management, in competition with Gordon Lewis , who had managed the pub in while Annie was on holiday and replaced the entire staff. Bet knew that the regulars liked the Rovers the way it was and that Gordon and his promise of big changes wasn't what they wanted but still didn't think she would get the job as the brewery preferred married couples and were unlikely to pick a woman to run it alone.

However Bet got a massive surprise, when it was revealed by Sarah Ridley herself that the regulars had signed a petition demanding that she be appointed manager.

The brewery officials were convinced that Bet was the best choice for the job and appointed her as manager over Gordon. Bet's first year-and-a-half as manager went relatively smoothly, save for an incident in September when she went on a last-minute cruise with a new boyfriend and neglected to inform the brewery.

George Newton was annoyed that Bet had left the brewery in the lurch and placed Betty in charge. When Bet returned she found Jack Duckworth and Gloria Todd , both of whom she'd previously dismissed, working in the Rovers with Betty as the new manager. Bet apologised to George Newton, however the brewery was now beginning to doubt that Bet was cut out to be manager and he placed her on probation. Two months later, Newton visited the pub one morning to tell Bet she was off probation but as bad luck would have it Bet had spent the previous night in a hotel and not yet returned.

Following a mad dash to the hotel and back by Terry Duckworth and a lot of stalling by Gloria they managed to get Bet back before Newton became suspicious and saved her job. In June , as the regulars enjoyed a singalong around the piano, the lights began to flicker and Bet had potman Jack Duckworth go down to the cellar and replace the fuse, however Jack made the mistake of replacing it with a stronger one, causing a fire to start in the early hours of the next morning.

The fire quickly spread through the pub and trapped Bet upstairs. Noticing the fire, the neighbours came to her rescue while they waited on the fire brigade. Bet was later assured by brewery official George Newton that the pub would be renovated and reopened within months.

The refurbishment included a significant modernisation of the pub by removing the Snug and Select function room. The Rovers was reopened in August , with long-serving cleaner Hilda Ogden performing the opening ceremony, and Bet remaining as manager. In , it split them up.

The following year, the brewery decided that they wanted to sell the tenancy at the Rovers and offered Bet first refusal. Bet and Alec had dated before but Alec had broken off their relationship after realising that Bet believed his real interest to be the Rovers itself and not her, which wasn't the case.

Alec convinced the brewery to allow him to mind the Rovers in order to watch his investment but his prime interest was to track Bet down. After three months with no word, Bet finally contacted the brewery. Alec flew straight out to find her working as a waitress. When he saw how much the Rovers meant to Bet, Alec offered to marry her so that she could remain landlady, with Alec taking on the licence.

Bet agreed and they were married. Bet and Alec soon got wind of plans by Nigel Ridley to turn the Rovers into an American-style bar called Yankees and knew it wasn't for them. Neighbours petitioned the brewery to keep the Rovers the way it was but their pleas were ignored and the Gilroys , deciding to make a stand against the brewery, locked the pub and refused to leave. Their cause attracted some local publicity but eventually the brewery reclaimed the pub and evicted them.

Fortunately, Alec's friend in the brewery, Cecil Newton , came out of retirement to put a stop to the plans, announcing that the Rovers would always be a working man's pub. In , Alec was offered a job as entertainments manager on a cruise ship. He persuaded Bet that they should move to Southampton and take the job; he had given Bet five years of running her own pub, now they had a chance for real success and he wasn't going to turn it down.

Alec was appalled at Bet's selfishness and went to Southampton alone, declaring their marriage to be over. She turned to her friend Rita Sullivan asking her to be a partner, and although Rita was initially interested in the idea she quickly realised that Bet's idea of a partnership was 'you buy it, I'll run it' and turned her down. Bet then turned to her step-granddaughter Vicky McDonald for a loan, but Vicky knew that Bet would never be able to pay her back and refused.

Her last chance gone, and realising that she was soon to be homeless and jobless, Bet decided to leave the pub and Weatherfield there and then. She threw everyone out of the pub, called a taxi and left the street, calling the brewery the next day to tender her resignation. Jack and Vera Duckworth became the first couple to own the Rovers when the pub became a free house in With Bet gone, the pub was quickly put on the market.

Jim and Liz McDonald , having often dreamed of owning their own pub the Rovers in particular put their house on the market with the intention of buying the Rovers. However another interested party were Jack and Vera Duckworth.

Jack had recently come into a large inheritance and the Duckworths had already been trying to sell their house. In the end, it was a case of whichever couple could come up with the money first. With the house soon sold to the Malletts, the Duckworths pipped the McDonalds to the post and bought the Rovers. As Jack had a criminal record, Vera was made the licensee. Owning her own pub was something of a dream come true for Vera, with her name going above the door one of her proudest moments, however the Duckworths were bad at business and quite workshy and after a couple of years started to struggle to keep the pub going.

In the coming months, their working relationship deteriorated further and Alec decided to go back on the deal by sacking and evicting them.

When they found out about Alec's plans, the Duckworths refused to be moved and waited for him to back down. While Alec pondered his next move, his granddaughter Vicky re-entered his life and he suggested they go into partnership at her new wine bar in Brighton. Alec sold the Rovers to Natalie Barnes and moved on. Widow Natalie liked the Rovers as it reminded her of her late husband Des Barnes , who was a regular there. Unfortunately for the Duckworths, Natalie wished to live in the Rovers herself as she had to sell her house to buy the pub and therefore had them both quickly kicked out.

Natalie was mostly known to the street's residents as the woman who had broken up the Kevin and Sally Webster 's previously happy marriage, however she ran the Rovers well and the residents soon warmed up to her. After two years, Natalie found she was pregnant by former potman Vinny Sorrell and, as Vinny had cheated on her before running off with her sister, decided to sell the Rovers and move, as she didn't want to be a single mother with a pub.

Her intention was to sell the Rovers to the Boozy Chain , who wanted to turn it into a theme pub called The Boozy Newt, but the locals objected and local businessmen Mike Baldwin , Fred Elliott and Duggie Ferguson formed a partnership and put in an offer which Natalie accepted, saving the pub in its current form.

Their biggest initiative was to change the Rovers into a family pub but it quickly emerged as a failure as the children, particularly David Platt , annoyed the staff. He ran the pub until December when he decided to buy the lease on the bar at Weatherfield Rugby Club and auction the Rovers. Manageress Shelley Unwin confined herself to her bedroom when she developed agorophobia. Another change occurred in when Fred discovered that Eve had married him bigamously. Eve tried to hold onto the pub but she had no legal claim over it as the documents were in the name of Eve Elliott.

As before, Fred wanted to focus on his Butcher Shop and help out at the Rovers only occasionally, and so appointed a manageress in the form of Lillian Spencer. However Lillian quickly turned out to be a bad choice, as she didn't get along with the regulars, had a mutual dislike of the current staff, sacked Jack Duckworth claiming his ill health and age made him a liability and employed her work-shy children. However, just as staff morale was at an all-time low, a better job offer came up causing Lillian and her family quickly packed and left.

Fred then turned to barmaid Shelley Unwin , who was happy to take on the job. Shelley was sometimes helped by her mother Bev Unwin and in Bev and Fred fell in love and decided to marry, sell the Rovers and move away. Fred agreed to sell to Steve McDonald but Fred died of a massive stroke before the deal could be finalised. Bev didn't want Steve to have the pub but as she hadn't yet married Fred she was left nothing in his will; legal ownership of the Rovers fell to Fred's son Ashley Peacock , who decided to honour Fred's agreement with Steve.

After Liz and Jim's failed attempt to buy the Rovers in , Liz was thrilled to finally become the licensee, with son Steve balancing work between his Street Cars taxi firm and the Rovers. Becky is arrested on her wedding day, Liz and Steve often found it difficult to live under the same roof; in Liz married Vernon Tomlin , and they fought for space in the living quarters with Steve and his girlfriend Michelle Connor , Michelle's son Ryan and Steve's daughter Amy Barlow.

By the end of , Liz's marriage to Vernon was over and he moved out. Steve's relationship with Michelle collapsed when he had an affair with Becky Granger , and Michelle and Ryan moved out.

In , Steve married Becky, who Liz didn't like at first but later warmed to. Becky suffered two miscarriages and was told that she would never have a child. Steve and Becky applied to adopt a child but were turned down on the basis of a reference from Becky's half-sister Kylie Turner.

In August , Becky brought Kylie and her son Max to live with them. Kylie proved a selfish and disruptive influence, and eventually left after selling Max to Steve and Becky. April saw Kylie become a permanent fixture on the Street when she married David Platt. What with this and Tracy Barlow constantly breathing down their necks, Steve and Becky's marriage broke down, and Becky blamed Steve when Max was taken off them by Social Services.

Liz by this point was back with ex-husband Jim once more, and saw this as her chance to at last to own the pub outright. Raising enough capital proved to be difficult however, despite Jim saying otherwise. Not wanting to let Liz and Steve down, Jim resorted to drastic measures in order to buy the Rovers by robbing a bank. This ultimately backfired however and Jim was arrested and sent to prison for a third time. Liz was heartbroken. Rather than staying put and putting a brave face on it, Liz did one final shift at the pub before locking up for one last time.

Executive producer, Iain MacLeod has spoken about the new collaboration, saying: "The upcoming story around the sale of the Rovers Return stems from something exciting that happens between Jenny and Johnny. Iain continued: "The presence of a real Purplebricks sign outside adds a little bit of extra realism to a really relatable story between two of our best-loved characters. It's not been officially revealed who will be taking on the deeds to the pub but this summer will see Jenny and Johnny go head-to-head as their marriage comes to a bitter end.

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Coronation Street spoilers: Daisy Midgeley exits in revenge plot? Coronation Street spoilers: Fiona Middleton returns in Emma exit plot? Natalie received the keys to the Rovers after buying the pub from Alec in While she was well-liked be the residents, she faced backlash when she attempted to sell the tavern to The Boozy Chain, before the pub was saved by businessmen Duggie Ferguson, Fred Elliott and Mike Baldwin.

Stella Gemma Collins landed the job of Rovers landlady when she first arrived on the cobbles in after buying the pub from the McDonald family. She eventually sold the pub and left Weatherfield after learning her husband Karl killed his mistress Sunita Alahan to cover up his involvement in a fire at the bar.

Liz and her son Steve were co-owners of the Rovers on more than one occasion, having first poured pints behind the bar from to , and again from to Steve decided to sell the pub after he split from wife Michelle in , with Liz handing over the keys to Peter Barlow and Toyah Battersby. Iconic: Annie Walker was the first Rovers landlady and made her debut behind the bar in Legend: Bet Lynch Julie Goodyear became Corrie's most iconic landlady thanks to her iconic look of leopard print and high heels, but decided to sell up in Annie Walker played by Doris Speed was the first and spent 50 years working behind the bar, but retired from those duties when she departed the cobbles in Bet Lynch Julie Goodyear became Corrie's most iconic landlady thanks to her iconic look of leopard print and high heels, but decided to sell up in Ahead of Johnny buying the pub in with wife Jenny, Liz McDonald Beverley Callard had been the pub's landlady alongside her son Steve Simon Gregson , but decided to sell up after his turbulent split from wife Michelle.

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Vera Duckworth While Vera is one of Corrie's most iconic characters, she and husband Jack had a turbulent time running the pub in the late s, clashing with their business partner Alec Gilroy when he tried to evict them. Natalie Barnes Natalie received the keys to the Rovers after buying the pub from Alec in Stella Price Stella Gemma Collins landed the job of Rovers landlady when she first arrived on the cobbles in after buying the pub from the McDonald family.

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