Ida Barlow
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Noel Dyson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1960–1961 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance |
Episode 1 9 December 1960 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 77 6 September 1961 |
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| Created by | Tony Warren | ||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Stuart Latham | ||||||||||||||||||
| Book appearances |
Coronation Street: The Complete Saga Coronation Street: The War Years |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Father | George Leathers |
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| Mother | Nancy Leathers |
| Brothers | George Leathers |
| Sisters | Ethel Leathers Vera Leathers |
| Husband | Frank Barlow (1938–1961) |
| Sons |
Ken Barlow David Barlow |
| Grandsons |
Lawrence Cunningham Peter Barlow Darren Barlow Daniel Osbourne |
| Granddaughters | Susan Barlow |
| Other relatives |
James Cunningham (great-grandson) Chloe Cunningham (great-granddaughter) Adam Barlow (great-grandson) Simon Barlow (great-grandson) |
Ida Barlow (also Leathers) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, played by Noel Dyson between 1960 and 1961.
Creator Tony Warren originally had Betty Alberge in mind for the part of Ida when writing the first scripts, but when Alberge auditioned everyone agreed she was more suited to the role of shopkeeper Florrie Lindley, leaving auditions for Ida wide open until Noel Dyson was found.
Ida Leathers was born in 1916 to Nancy Leathers. Ida grew up to be a soft, caring, almost saintly woman and married the love of her life Frank Barlow in 1938. They went on to have two sons - Ken (1939) and David (1942), and thus Ida found her new place in life as housewife and relished it. She spent most of her time looking after her family and keeping the house running, rarely socialising in the Rovers at all.
Ida was the perfect housewife and doted on Frank and her boys. Ida had a special friendship with the Barlows' next-door neighbour, Albert Tatlock, and visited him on a regular basis, unlike his daughter Beattie, which sometimes caused friction between the two women or at least disparaging comments from Beattie, despite Ida's calm nature.
Trinidadian lodger Winston Peters was asked to leave when Ida discovered he was secretly keeping snakes in the bath.
Ida's mother, Nancy, moved into No.3 in 1961, due to her failing health, and no-one expected her to outlive her daughter. One day when Ida was visiting Beattie, concern grew when Ida never arrived. Later that day, Frank learned that Ida had been hit by the bus she was intending to catch and died. Ida's funeral episode saw a new peak in viewing figures for Coronation Street, with 15.6 million viewers tuning in.
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