Curly Watts
| Curly Watts | |||||||||||
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Kevin Kennedy | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1983–2003 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 2324 11 July 1983 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 4584 1 September 2003 |
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| Introduced by | Mervyn Watson | ||||||||||
| Book appearances | Coronation Street: The Complete Saga |
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| Spin-off appearances |
The Cruise (1995) A Knight's Tale (2010) |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||
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| Occupation | Supermarket assistant | ||||||||||
| Home | Newcastle upon Tyne | ||||||||||
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| Father | Arthur Watts |
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| Mother | Eunice Watts |
| Wife |
Raquel Wolstenhulme (1995–2000) Emma Taylor (2000–2010) |
| Sons | Ben Watts |
| Daughters | Alice Watts |
Norman "Curly" Watts is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, from 1983 to 2003, and in a few spin-off DVDs. He was portrayed throughout by Kevin Kennedy.
Most of Curly's storylines dealt with his repeated failure to form a successful romantic relationship. His nickname resulted from him having straight, lank hair. His hobby was astronomy, and he installed a telescope in the loft of his house.
The character was originally a paperboy for Rita Fairclough, before working as a binman with Chalky Whiteley and Eddie Yeats, whilst lodging with Emily Bishop, Jack Duckworth and Vera Duckworth. He later worked for Mike Baldwin alongside Terry Duckworth. Curly's first serious romance was with Shirley Armitage, a black sewing-machinist from Baldwin's factory. Opposition from his old-fashioned parents Arthur and Eunice led to tension between the couple, and Shirley left when Curly threw out the guests at his surprise party so he could revise for upcoming HND exams in Business Studies.
Having obtained his HND, Curly became an assistant manager at Bettabuy's supermarket, where he became a protégé of manager Reg Holdsworth. Whilst working there, he had a relationship with employee Kimberley Taylor. Once again, opposition - this time from both sets of parents - caused problems. Despite other brief flings with girls such as Anne Malone, Angie Freeman, a much older woman in Reg's future wife Maureen Holdsworth (who tried to get him sacked when he rejected her advances) and a much younger woman in Maxine Peacock (who slept with him believing that he was going abroad next day) Curly seemed doomed never to find domestic happiness.
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