Albert Tatlock
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Jack Howarth | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1960–1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 1 9 December 1960 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 2381 25 January 1984 |
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| Created by | Tony Warren | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Stuart Latham | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Book appearances | Coronation Street: The Complete Saga Coronation Street: Keeping The Home Fires Burning Coronation Street: The War Years |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Town Hall clerk (retired) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Father | William Tatlock |
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| Mother | Emmeline Tatlock |
| Brothers | Alfred Tatlock |
| Wife | Bessie Vickery (1919-59) |
| Daughters | Beattie Pearson |
| Grandfathers | Alfred Tatlock |
| Grandmothers | Louisa Tatlock |
| Uncles | Horace Duckworth |
| Aunts | Mary Osbourne Ada Broadbent |
| Nieces | Joyce Tatlock Valerie Barlow |
Albert Tatlock was a fictional character on the British television soap opera Coronation Street. Albert was played by actor Jack Howarth from 1960 to 1984. The character became something of an institution, so much so that grumpy old men were sometimes nicknamed "Albert Tatlock".
A veteran of the First World War, Albert settled back into civilian life by marrying and starting a family, however his wife Bessie died in 1959 and he retired from his job at the Town Hall the following year, 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.
Although Albert was never close to his daughter Beattie, he maintained close ties with his brother Alfred's family, particularly his niece Valerie, who married Albert's neighbour Ken Barlow in 1962. With Val's death in 1971, and Beattie's continued absence, Ken eventually moved into No.1 and took care of Albert in his twilight years until his death of a heart attack in May 1984.
Albert was delighted when his niece Valerie, daughter of his brother Alfred, came to stay with him, and began seeing neighbour Ken Barlow, and even more so when the pair got married in 1962. Albert was pleased to have family ties in the street and he was a frequent visitor at No. 9.
Not idle in his retirement, Albert got a job as a school crossing warden and hired an allotment from the Council to grow his own vegetables. In 1965, Albert asked Clara Midgeley to look after his house while he went for an extended visit to Beattie's, and upon his return he soon realised Clara was interested in him. Clara proposed to Albert but he turned her down, saying he was too set in his ways.
Money was always a great concern of Albert's. In 1967, he briefly bought items in bulk with Ena Sharples to cut costs and later took a live-in assistant job at the Fusiliers' Museum, working for his old friend Harry Dunscombe. Effie Spicer looked after No.1 while Albert was living elsewhere. Effie left the house abruptly upon Albert's return as he had increased her rent because he hated the decorating she had done as a surprise for him.
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