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List of Coronation Street characters (1975)

Donna Parker
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Rachel Davies
Duration 1975–1976
First appearance 14 July 1975
Last appearance 18 February 1976
Classification Former; recurring
Profile
Occupation Canteen worker
Hairdresser
Monkey Gibbons
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Arthur Kelly
Duration 1975–1977, 1982
First appearance 8 September 1975
Last appearance 29 September 1982
Classification Former; recurring
Vince Denton
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Mike Heywood (1975)
Constantin de Goguel (1977)
Duration 1975, 1977
First appearance 8 September 1975
Last appearance 30 March 1977
Introduced by Leslie Duxbury
Classification Former; recurring
Profile
Occupation Haulage contractor
Fred Gee
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Fred Feast
Duration 1975–1984
First appearance 29 September 1975
Last appearance 28 November 1984
Introduced by Leslie Duxbury
Classification Former; regular
Profile
Occupation Barman

Coronation Street is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 1975, by order of first appearance.

Donna Parker, played by Rachel Davies, made her first screen appearance on 14 July 1975. Donna was a love interest for Alf Roberts (Bryan Mosley). Of Alf and Donna's relationship, Mosley said "no one in the street, only viewers, knew.".

While Donna is working in the canteen at the post office, she meets Alf Roberts. Donna asks Alf if he can retrieve a letter that she regretted posting, but Alf turned her down as he did not want to break the law. Donna and Alf become good friends and he takes her in when she loses her home. Alf becomes infatuated with Donna, but she is only interested in Alf for what she can get out of him. When Donna tells Alf that she wanted to run her own hair-dressing business, Alf gives her £500. Donna suddenly disappears from Alf's life and he refuses to press charges against her. The following year, Len Fairclough (Peter Adamson) meets Donna at a club and, recognising her as the woman who fleeced Alf, decides to try to get Alf's money back. When Len learns that Donna wants to buy a new premises for another salon, he gets her interested in The Kabin flat. Donna agrees to pay a £500 deposit for the flat, but when she hands the money over, Len brings over Alf to return the money. However, Alf then reveals that Donna had already paid back the £500 and given him a watch as a thank you.

Monkey Gibbons, played by Arthur Kelly, made his first screen appearance on 8 September 1975. Monkey was a friend and former cellmate of Eddie Yeats (Geoffrey Hughes).

Eddie Yeats and his friend Monkey reunite to case some houses for Monkey to burgle. They store the proceeds of the burglaries at Minnie Caldwell's (Margot Bryant) house. However, the police quickly catch them and they are sent to prison. When they are released from prison the following year, Eddie and Monkey go to the Rovers Return, hoping to find somewhere to stay. Ray Langton (Neville Buswell) tells them that Number 11 is empty and Eddie and Monkey let themselves in and go to sleep. The owner's, Elsie (Patricia Phoenix) and Gail (Helen Worth), return home and throw them out. In desperation, Eddie and Monkey let themselves back in and fell asleep in the living room. The following morning, Elsie and Gail threaten to ring the police, but Eddie begs her not to and she agrees. Eddie and Monkey find separate lodgings in the area and when Eddie is thrown out of his, Monkey invites him to stay with him. Monkey gets some cheap watches and sells them to Eddie, who then sells them on. When one of the watches stopped working after a few days, everyone assumed the watches were dodgy. Eddie throws the lot down a drain, but Monkey explains that the watches were not stolen and they try unsuccessfully to retrieve them. A few years later, Monkey helps Eddie to get back some items that have been stolen and return them to their owners.


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