Alf Roberts
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Bryan Mosley | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1961–1963, 1967, 1971–1999 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 18 8 February 1961 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 4535 1 January 1999 |
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| Created by | Tony Warren | ||||||||||
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||
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| Occupation | Postal worker, shopkeeper, councillor | ||||||||||
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| Father | Sidney Roberts |
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| Mother | Eileen Roberts |
| Brothers | Malcolm Roberts |
| Wife | Phyllis Plant (1946–1972) Renee Bradshaw (1978–1980) Audrey Potter (1985–1999) |
| Stepdaughters | Gail Tilsley (1985–1999) |
Alfred Sidney "Alf" Roberts, OBE is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. He ran a grocery shop at No. 15 and was heavily involved in local politics, including two spells as mayor of Weatherfield. The character first appeared on the programme in 1961 on a recurring basis, before finally becoming a regular in 1971 and remaining in the series until he died on 1 January 1999.
He was played by Bryan Mosley, who died six weeks after his character's final appearance.
The character first appeared on the Street in 1961, working as a sorter at the post office alongside Frank Barlow. He appeared intermittently until 1967. Although occasionally mentioned, Alf was not seen again until 1971. When he returned, he continued to work at the post office, albeit now in a supervisor's role.
Alf was married first to Phyllis, who was mentioned by name but never made an appearance on screen. She was engaged to Alf's brother but Alf crashed his car, causing his brother's death. Out of a sense of duty, he offered to marry Phyllis but the marriage was a love-less one. Nevertheless, he was very upset when she died of cancer in 1972.
Alf became very close to Maggie Clegg (Irene Sutcliffe), who owned the corner shop on Coronation Street. Attractive, sympathetic, and a good listener, she seemed to him to be the perfect wife. However, when he proposed, she gently turned him down, unable to marry someone she did not love just to avoid being lonely. Alf was very hurt, doubly so when, she married wealthy businessman Ron Cooke and moved to Zaire shortly afterward. In 1973, Alf needed a partner when he became mayor of Weatherfield so Annie Walker (Doris Speed), the social-climbing landlady of The Rovers Return, invited herself to become Mayoress and Alf was forced to agree. Annie did a good job - she considered herself to be Weatherfield's 'First Lady' - but her snobbishness and pretensions often infuriated and exasperated Alf.
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