Ken also resigned from his job before his hearing as he assumed the verdict would not be in his favour. During the rest of the year, Ken and Deirdre were mainly occupied by the antics of their children, including Peter marrying two women without either of them knowing about it, and Tracy pretending to sleep with Roy Cropper after getting pregnant with Steve McDonald 's baby in order to sell her baby to Roy and Hayley Cropper.
Peter's son and Ken's grandson Simon was born later in the year, but his mother Lucy Barlow was angry with Peter and left Weatherfield so he wouldn't have any contact with her or Simon. Peter moved to Portsmouth. When Ken's third grandchild was born early in , Tracy decided to go back on her deal to give Amy to the Croppers. Ken persuaded Roy to do the right thing and give the baby to her mother, even though Tracy had behaved despicably.
In , Ken proposed to Deirdre again, but she said no when Ken insinuated he mainly wanted them to marry for financial reasons. Ken assured her this wasn't true so after another proposal she accepted. On the day of the wedding, Amy was involved in a road accident, so Ken and Deirdre abandoned their plans and met up with Tracy and Amy at the hospital, where they were shocked to discover the driver of the car involved was Ray Langton - Deirdre's ex-husband. Deirdre showed sympathy for Ray as he was dying of stomach cancer but Ken didn't see why they should welcome Ray given his year absence from their lives.
In the end, Ray wished the pair well, and Ken got married to Deirdre. However, Ray died at the Rovers during the reception from his cancer. Ray had built up a relationship with his biological daughter, Tracy, on his return to Weatherfield, leaving Ken feeling excluded as he had raised Tracy with Deirdre. Deirdre was upset by Ray's death, and their wedding day had most certainly been overshadowed by heartache.
Ken and Mike's decades of rivalry end tragically in Problems with Tracy continued to occupy Ken and Deirdre's time in and Ken tried to persuade Adam to apply to University but Adam wasn't interested and ended up working at Mike's factory. Ken was shocked when a dispute in the Baldwin family that resulted in Adam hurriedly returning to Scotland turned out to stem from Mike's Alzheimer's disease. When Mike went missing from hospital, Ken found him outside the factory in Coronation Street suffering from pneumonia.
Mike collapsed and died in Ken's arms, and Deirdre entered a mourning period, much to Ken's annoyance. Ken helped Adam fight his case when Mike's other son Danny Baldwin was left everything in Mike's will. Ken and Danny argued about the situation at Mike's funeral. Later in the year, Ken and Deirdre worried that Tracy's boyfriend Charlie Stubbs was being violent towards her, unaware that Tracy was only pretending he was abusive. In , Tracy murdered Charlie and claimed it was self-defence.
Ken and Deirdre did their best to support Tracy, even meeting the sizeable legal fees to afford the solicitor she had demanded. Before the trial, Deirdre admitted to Ken that Tracy had confessed to her that it was murder and not self-defence, and that Deirdre was panicking about taking the stand and testifying as a character witness. Ken urged Deirdre not to take the stand but she did so anyway and gave a disastrous performance.
Tracy was found guilty of murder and when Ken and Deirdre visited Tracy in prison, Tracy disowned them. The aftermath of Tracy's sentencing was difficult for Ken and Deirdre as they blamed each other for what had happened. Eventually Ken decided he'd had enough and had to get away from his troubles. He went to build a relationship with his son Daniel, and the boy's mother Denise Osbourne.
Denise took Ken to make amends with Deirdre, but this resulted in Deirdre slapping Denise in front of a packed Rovers. Deirdre later visited Ken and apologised for her behaviour, begging him to return to Coronation Street, but to no avail. Ken was determined to put Daniel first but failed to make a fatherly connection with him, however he grew closer to Denise. Convinced that Ken wanted to rekindle their passion, Denise made a blatant attempt to win him over but when she leaned in for a kiss, he rejected her advances.
Denise was humiliated. After this embarrassing encounter, Ken decided to return to Coronation Street. He waited for Deirdre at No.
The couple forgave each other and reconciled once again. When Roy returned, Ken continued working there as he enjoyed it. Ken later took an interest in Roy's investigation of a bat colony at Tony Gordon 's Victoria Court building site, and helped Roy and Becky to stop Tony's plan to carry on the building work whilst bats, an endangered species, remained on the site.
Ken was given food for thought when he was invited to a University reunion. He was unsure of going at first because he was embarrassed that he hadn't had a successful career. At the reunion he came across old flame Marian Lund again. Remembering the dreams of his youth, Ken found his manuscript for the novel he started working on in and resumed work on it.
He became so engrossed in it that Deirdre started to think he wasn't satisfied with the life he had led - or with her. As Ken spent sleepless nights working on the manuscript, Deirdre became more frustrated and they eventually had a blazing row. Ken realised that it was foolhardy to dwell on the chances he missed when he was a student and that he should concentrate on the here and now, so he burned his manuscript.
Peter returned later in the year when his estranged wife Lucy died, having asked him to raise Simon, the son he hadn't been allowed to see for five years.
Peter made it obvious that he didn't want a son and turned to drink, much to Ken's dismay. Ken was forced to intervene and take Simon away when a drunk Peter made a scene at Simon's school nativity play. Peter admitted to Ken he couldn't cope with fatherhood but Ken persuaded Peter to try harder and stay sober.
Ken found he had a lot in common with her and befriended her, frequently visiting Martha at her barge at Weatherfield Canal under the pretence of walking the Barlows' dog Eccles. Ken greatly enjoyed his time with Martha, finding they had a lot in common, and became increasingly dissatisfied with his home life. He was reluctant to admit to Martha that he was married, out of fear that it would ruin any chance of a relationship, but later did so anyway out of guilt for spending more time with Martha than his own family when Peter and Simon nearly died in a fire.
Martha immediately told Ken to leave. Despite trying to spend more time with his family, Ken found his dissatisfaction remained, and he eventually sought out Martha, who he convinced to forgive him. Martha told Ken that she was leaving Weatherfield, but that she wanted him to go with her. Convinced this was his last chance for happiness, Ken put affairs in order and left, leaving Deirdre a note explaining his decision. However, after further consideration he made a last minute decision to stay.
Deirdre found out when Ken showed her the letter he had written, but despite being angry she quickly forgave him, unwilling to start over at her time of life. Her forgiveness was offered on condition that the incident was never mentioned again, and things quickly returned to normal. In late , Peter wanted to set up a wine bar in Viaduct Street with girlfriend Leanne Battersby , but Ken was against it, as Peter was a recovering alcoholic.
Things weren't helped with the arrival of Simon's other grandfather, George Wilson , who Ken didn't trust, believing that he had been trying to buy Simon's affection with expensive gifts.
Ken resorted to drastic measures to stop the bar from opening, getting a journalist to investigate it and also selling the story of the Barlow family's chequered history, to the indignation of Peter and Deirdre. After feuding over the bar for a number of months, Ken and Peter finally settled their differences for Simon's sake in January However, Ken and his family were left reeling when Peter destroyed the grand opening of The Joinery when he started drinking again.
After Peter realised that he needed help with his problem, Ken, George and Leanne agreed that he should spend sometime in rehab so that he could sort out his addiction. Relations between Ken and Deirdre became strained once again when Ken found out that Deirdre had shared a kiss with Audrey Roberts ' boyfriend Lewis Archer.
With Ken's tryst with Martha still fresh in Deirdre's mind, the couple acknowledged their mutual unhappiness with their marriage but remained together. In August , Norris Cole discovered an unopened letter wedged under the skirting board at No.
The letter was written by Ken's first girlfriend Susan Cunningham. After some investigating, Ken found that Susan had died but had a son called Lawrence , an English lecturer who, on meeting Ken, was quickly determined to be Ken's son. Wanting to get to know his new-found family members, Ken invited Lawrence's son James to the Rovers. It was clear that animosity lay between father and son as Lawrence and James bickered in front of Ken. He was stunned to discover that James was gay and Lawrence was not supportive of his sexuality.
In November , Ken discovered that Leanne was having an affair behind Peter's back with her ex-husband and employer Nick Tilsley , when he walked in on them at The Joinery. Leanne begged Ken and Deirdre to give her another chance as she has ended her affair with Nick, and Ken agreed after thinking about it.
However on the night of 6th December during Peter's stag night at The Joinery, Nick intended on telling him. When Ken and Leanne made their way to the bar to stop Nick, the bar exploded due to a gas leak, leading to a tram derailing from the viaduct and crashing into Coronation Street.
Ken could do nothing but look on until emergency services got Nick and Peter out who were trapped Peter's friend Ashley Peacock died managing to help them escape. Peter, thinking he was going to die, requested the wedding to take place at Weatherfield General with Leanne at his bedside.
He later went into critical condition and then a coma, but woke up and recovered, but still had issues with his walking. Ken offered for him, Leanne and Simon to move into No. On 24th December , Ken's daughter Tracy was released from Redford Prison due to accusations of false evidence by the forensics and was due for a retrial.
She interrupted during a memorial service in the street as remembrance to those who died in the tram crash. However, Tracy soon began causing trouble for the residents, which lead her to being attacked in her own back yard by Claire Peacock.
During Peter and Leanne's vow renewal ceremony, Peter revealed to everyone about Leanne and Nick's affair. Furious that Ken and Deirdre knew the truth, Peter wanted Leanne out of his life.
Ken however managed to persuade Peter to give her another chance and to talk it through. Peter managed to catch Leanne before she boarded a train to London. When Ken took James to task over this, James mocked Ken and suggested that he hadn't done anything with his life. James showed no remorse for his actions and admitted he would con again, and Ken decided to phone the police. James attempted to stop him, and ended up banging Ken's head on the wall knocking him out. James left the Street and although Ken didn't want to report him, Kevin instead contacted the police.
In September , Ken applied to be the chair of governors at Bessie Street School after a vacancy suddenly opened and was accepted. Ken was shocked however when he attended the first meeting and came face to face with the vice chair, Wendy Papadopoulos Crozier that was who had broken up his first marriage to Deirdre with their affair. Ken considered stepping down from his new position as he was uncomfortable working with Wendy and shuddered to think what Deirdre would make of it, but was persuaded by Brian Packham to continue.
Wendy got Ken to meet her for a coffee and convinced him that they could continue to work together and they were both interested to hear where life had taken them since they last saw each other in In October, Ken and Wendy went for a drink together after work and there was a romantic spark between them but a suspicious Deirdre realised Ken had lied to her about his whereabouts after speaking to Brian.
The following day Wendy invited Ken to her house to discuss some governors business and Deirdre and Rita followed him. Deirdre was horrified to see Ken meeting "Wendy flamin' Crozier". Deirdre confronted Ken and Wendy and although they insisted that they were just colleagues, Deirdre warned Wendy to stay away from Ken. After a row over Tracy's relationship with Ryan Connor , Ken opened up to Wendy about the conflict within his and Deirdre's relationship and unintentionally fell asleep in a chair at her house.
Deirdre was fuming and questioned whether Ken had indeed slept in the chair. Ken tried to resolve the matter by getting Wendy to corroborate his story but this just resulted in another row and Deirdre stormed off. Wendy invited Ken back to her house for a cup of tea and attempted to kiss him but Ken was taken aback that Wendy had misread the signals and rushed home, leaving Wendy embarrassed. Feeling scorned Wendy told Deirdre that it was Ken who had made a pass on her and lodged a formal complaint against him with Brian.
Deirdre confronted Wendy again and realised that she was just a sad and lonely old woman and apologised to Ken for not believing him. Wendy ultimately dropped the allegations and resigned from the school board after apologising to Ken. In April , Ken disapproved of Tracy's partner Rob Donovan and shared his concerns with Peter, stating that Rob reminded him of Mike Baldwin because of his cocky nature.
In July , Ken flew out to Canada to be with Adam who suffered a shock collapse at work, spending almost a year there and, in December , missing Peter's wedding to Carla Connor. Ken returned to Weatherfield in August , angry to discover that during his absence Peter had been arrested and locked up for the murder of Tina McIntyre without him being told. Ken went to visit Peter and assured him that he knew he was innocent and would help him fight the case.
The subsequent trial proved too much for Deirdre's stress levels and she went to stay with her friend Bev Unwin while at the trial Peter was found guilty. Events took an unexpected turn however when Carla deduced that her own brother Rob was guilty and reported him to the police.
Peter was set free and Rob imprisoned at his own trial, leaving Ken to comfort Tracy who had expected a life of happiness with Rob and had now lost her intended husband and leaving Barlow's Buys , the cash converters shop they had opened together in financial difficulties. Peter moved away from the street in the wake of the events. Ken and Tracy excitedly awaited the return of Deirdre on 8th July - the day of her 60th birthday - but Bev returned alone and told them that Deirdre had passed away that morning.
The news that she had died peacefully brought some comfort to Ken, however he broke down outside and was consoled by Steve. Liz McDonald broke the news in the Rovers, and a few days later Ken was told that Deirdre died from an aneurysm. Ken also learnt that Deirdre had planned to come back a few weeks earlier, however postponed the return as she felt ashamed of Tracy's affair with local builder Tony Stewart - something that put him at odds with Tracy.
Deirdre funeral was held on 13th July. Just mere months after his wife's death, Ken began to date Nessa Warner , the sister of Cathy Matthews. As soon as Tracy found out about the pair she immediately disapproved.
Ken would later break off his relationship with Nessa. In October Ken planned to go on a trip around Europe, much to Tracy's again disapproval. He was shocked when his son Peter made an unexpected return. After the pair had another argument, Ken was about to go and depart in his taxi before collapsing in the hallway and suffering from a stroke. Although he survived, he was left with the inability to speak or move, and was hospitalised at Weatherfield General.
Peter was blamed by Tracy for causing the stroke and wanted him to go, however Ken mustered up enough energy to make clear to Peter he wanted him to remain.
Following his stroke Ken began to reconcile with other family members, including Adam who returned from Canada as well as Ken's estranged son Daniel, Denise's son. Ken received visits from Daniel which he had kept a secret from his family. When Adam, Peter and Tracy stormed their way into Ken's ward to find out who his secret visitor was, they were shocked by seeing Daniel. After Ken returned home Daniel moved in as he was willing to help with the caring responsibilities.
In February , Daniel's girlfriend Sinead Tinker fell pregnant with his baby. However, Ken disapproved and his harsh words forced Sinead to abort the unborn child, upsetting Daniel. Sometime later, Ken was spending the night alone at his house, when an unknown assailant pushed him down the stairs. Initially, the Barlow family assumed that Ken had suffered another stroke and were shocked to discover his fall was no accident at the hospital.
After weeks of searching during which most of Ken's children and grandchildren as well as Tracy's daughter ex-lover Rob came under suspicion, the culprit was revealed to be Daniel. This bombshell coincided with the return of Denise, who had gone missing at some point while living with Daniel.
Realising the impact that his abandonment by Denise had on Daniel's mental health and feeling guilty for his own absence from his youngest son's life, Ken forgave Daniel and lied to the police that he remembered accidentally falling on the stairs. Tracy, Peter and Adam were furious when they discovered this but Ken pointed out that he had suspicions about every single one of them and they had all made huge mistakes, him included.
Later that year, Peter broke down in front of Ken after thinking he'd killed Billy Mayhew. He told Ken that Billy was indirectly responsible for Susan's death. Ken then went to visit Billy in the hospital and warned him to not tell anyone that Peter caused his fall. Billy initially refused, but then Ken threatened him and said that if Billy were to tell people that Peter pushed him, he'd make sure that everyone knew that he'd killed Susan.
Daniel and Sinead informed Ken that they were expecting a baby again and Ken was pleased for them. Shortly afterwards, Sinead was informed that she had cervical cancer and should have a termination and begin treatment immediately.
A distraught Sinead ran into Ken and ended up confiding in him about her diagnosis. Sinead urged Ken not to tell Daniel the truth and Ken reluctantly agreed to support her wishes, after she reminded him what his interference had caused last time she was pregnant.
Ken continued to wrestle with this decision as Sinead deliberately delayed treatment into her second trimester for the sake of the baby and when Sinead collapsed and was taken to hospital with anaemia a couple of weeks later, Ken confessed the truth to Daniel.
Daniel was furious with Ken for keeping the secret from him in the first place and cut him out of his life. The pair were only reconciled the following January after Sinead gave birth prematurely. In Ken become closer to hairdresser Claudia Colby who was an old friend of Audrey Roberts , the pair began spending a lot of time together and Ken privately confided in Claudia about Sinead's cancer.
Claudia accompanied Ken to his grandson Bertie 's party in March , to celebrate the baby being released from hospital. There, Claudia got into an argument with Beth Sutherland and was offended when Ken referred to her as just being a friend. Later after Ken and Claudia discussed this, Ken confirmed to his family that he and Claudia were a couple. Ken celebrated his 80th birthday in October that year and was thrilled when Norris Cole returned and Emily video called him to mark the occasion.
A gloom was cast on the day however when it was revealed that Sinead only had weeks to live, her cancer having returned. Not long afterwards, Ken witnessed a kiss between Daniel and Bethany Platt. In February Ken decided to move away from the street for a new adventure and moved into the Stillwaters retirement complex with Claudia. After moving in, they were introduced to Charles Moore , the chairman of the residents' committee, and Ken also discovered his old friend Norris living at Stillwaters.
After missing Eccles, Ken sneaked her into Stillwaters, but Charles found out and gave him a bill. Ken was devastated when Eccles had to be put down shortly afterwards due to a tumour and after Norris overheard a comment made by Charles at Eccles' expense, Ken was furious.
On the back of this, Ken decided to run against Charles in the upcoming election for the head of the residents' committee, where he had long stood unopposed. After successfully exposing abuse of power by Charles, Ken won the vote but surprised everyone by declining to take on the role and handing it over to Norris.
By now Ken had realised that he was unsuited to the Stillwaters environment and that he and Claudia clearly wanted different things and they mutually agreed to go their separate ways. Once again, Ken found himself back where he started on Coronation Street. Ken is an educated man but he has not made as a great a success of his life as he hoped, which is a source of constant frustration for him. During his University years he remained friendly with his neighbours while casually putting them and Coronation Street down when in the company of his peers, confident that he would eventually leave the Street.
Over the years Ken has had several chances to leave Weatherfield to further his career, but he has always found a reason to stay. In the s and s he wore his education like a badge of honour in front of his neighbours, never flaunting it but distancing himself from them enough to remain an outsider. Ken prides himself in his integrity and morals. He and his family have occasionally suffered because of his insistence on doing the right thing, although in recent years he has been more considerate of his family's wishes.
On several occasions Ken has sometimes said one thing and done another, tending to put his morals aside on a whim or if he felt passionate about something. Although Ken can be stubborn in his adherence to his moral code, he is just as stubborn when he breaks his morals, as when he is determined to do something nobody can talk him out of it.
When Ken changes his mind about something it is usually only because somebody has forced his hand. A fairly quiet man, Ken enjoys a stable life, and generally isn't very spontaneous, only being so when he feels it is expected of him or that it will benefit him in some way.
He has tried not to let marriage or children change his lifestyle, although he has mellowed somewhat after years of leading his life by what's most convenient for him led to solitude and depression. In recent years, Ken is more able to recognise the mistakes of his past, though he rarely learns from them. Ken today is a strong opponent of smoking and often complained about Deirdre smoking.
However, in the s , Ken smoked regularly and didn't quit until ; when his smoking habit caused a fire that nearly killed the twins. In when Tracy was on trial for murder, Ken was almost tempted to join Deirdre in a cigarette but after considering, declined the offer. Upon his return from Canada in , Ken announced that he had become a vegetarian.
Ken has had difficult relationships with virtually all members of his family and in his early life this mostly consisted of his parents and brother who he was raised with in Coronation Street. Ken's father Frank Barlow was a postman. Although Frank was generally supportive of Ken's attempts to forge his own path in life, they sometimes struggled to find common ground and when their opinions differed both were usually convinced they were right.
Over time this drove a wedge between them. Ken and Frank often clashed over Ken's principles and ideals and Frank objected to Ken attending a 'Ban the Bomb' protest in Frank was initially pleased that his son had got an article published but was shocked by what he read and like many of the neighbours, believed Ken was criticising his own street and background.
In , their relationship suffered when Frank started dating Christine Hardman , an old school friend of Ken's who was much younger than Frank. Ken refused to speak to Frank when Frank proposed very soon into the relationship, and even warned Christine that she was making a mistake. Many years later, Ken would reflect that while he used to think Frank stood for everything he fought against, he now looked back and saw that he was really a family man.
Ken's mother Ida Barlow was understanding of Ken and usually mediated between Ken and Frank when they had had an argument. As a result she and Ken had a close relationship. Ida died in , leaving everyone in the family distraught. Ken thought a lot about his mother on his wedding day to Val and gave his daughter the middle name Ida in honour of her.
Perhaps the family member Ken got on with best was his younger brother David , although as adults their interests and careers took very different paths. After leaving school, David spent a few years in London to pursue his football career.
Ken didn't like the thought of his brother marrying into the Ogden family as he considered them common, but he put his views aside so that his relationship with his brother wouldn't suffer. Ken and David were both bright, politically-minded individuals and both of them had little in common with their wives, and their similarities paved the way for a healthy, amicable sibling relationship.
David died in a car crash in Australia in along with his infant son, Darren , who Ken regrettably never met. Following Val's death in and the twins' move to Glasgow , where they were cared for by Edith Tatlock , Ken had only a minimal role in their upbringing and both of them turned out nothing like him, although he was prepared to have them move back to Weatherfield if and when he ever re-married. As a result of his limited part in raising them, Peter and Susan resented his efforts to interfere with their lives whenever they visited.
They saw no reason to listen to his advice or accept his help. Ken's first confrontation with Susan was in when Mike Baldwin got her a barmaid job in London , and Susan refused to quit as Ken wanted. Susan crossed paths with Mike again in and they dated, despite the age difference and Ken's objection. Ken only agreed to go to the eventual wedding as the alternative was losing Susan to Mike forever.
As Ken hated Mike, he never accepted him as part of the family and only tolerated him for Susan's sake, and was always on the lookout for trouble between them so he could step in and protect Susan. Most of the time, however, he kept his distance, unwilling to risk alienating Susan. Susan left after separating from Mike in when she claimed she had aborted their child, and Ken saw significantly less of his daughter as a result.
Unbeknownst to Ken, Susan had never had an abortion and had started a new life in Scotland with her son. In , Ken finally found out the truth after a comment from Peter but a road accident claimed the life of yet another Barlow, this time Susan.
Ken fought to stop Mike from seeing his and Susan's son Adam , ostensibly to follow Susan's wishes, but Ken's feelings towards Mike undeniably also had a part in it.
Ken was keen for Peter to get a good education and attend University. The first sign of trouble came in , when Peter visited Ken in Weatherfield to avoid going to school. When Peter achieved disappointing grades for his 'O' levels, Ken was adamant that Peter would sit the exams again, but this time in Weatherfield so that Ken could supervise him closer. To Ken's surprise, Peter applied to join the Navy without telling him, and left for training after passing his exams.
Ken decided to let Peter lead his own life and it wasn't until Peter left the Navy in that Peter was a regular part of Ken's life again, by which time Peter was 35 and had grown into a man who was nothing like his father. In and , Ken clashed with Peter over Peter's son Simon , his concern initially borne out of Peter's alcoholism but later from Simon's other granddad George Wilson showing up out of the blue to get to know Peter and Simon. Ken felt threatened by the affluent George who spoiled Simon and invested in a wine bar Peter and Leanne Battersby wanted to open.
Ken objected on the grounds that owning a bar might tempt Peter to drink, and even tried to rally the community against the wine bar unsuccessfully. Again, his stubbornness alienated him from his family, so Ken decided to give his blessing to the bar plan. His fears were borne out however when Peter got drunk at a party, leading to George and his wife Eve taking Simon to stay with them while Peter recovered in rehab, which again was paid for by George.
Ken put aside his concerns about George to support Peter. Later in , with Peter and Leanne's wedding preparations in their final phase, Ken discovered that Leanne was having an affair with her ex-husband Nick Tilsley and agonized over whether to tell Peter.
Eventually he believed Leanne's sincerity when she insisted that the affair was over and that she deeply regretted it. The following weeks were difficult for Peter as he was crippled in a gas explosion at The Joinery bar and came to live with the Barlows while he regained the use of his legs.
Ken was worried not only about Peter's mental and physical recovery but the unresolved matter of Nick and Leanne - Peter had befriended Nick when Nick pulled him out of the Joinery, although he didn't interfere. Ken was relieved when Peter and Leanne survived Peter's discovery of the affair but disappointed when Peter left Leanne for Carla Connor in Ken has had a role in Tracy's life since she was a baby, taking on the duty of being her godfather.
He had a far more significant relationship with her though after Tracy's biological father Ray walked out on her and Deirdre and Deirdre began a relationship with Ken, who she married in From that point on, Tracy came to see Ken as her father and after Tracy was bullied at school for having a different surname to her parents, Ken formally adopted her in For the next few years, the stable life in the Barlow household provided Tracy with the happiest years of her childhood.
Ken's affair with Wendy Crozier in broke his marriage to Deirdre but Tracy was forgiving towards him and he remained a father figure in her life. Tracy seemed to have more respect for Ken than she did for Deirdre and usually sought Ken out whenever she had a disagreement with her mother, as Ken would usually take her side. Conversely, Ken was less blind to Tracy's faults than Deirdre, and his disapproval of her actions had a greater effect on her.
Ken's youngest child is Daniel Osbourne. Although Ken fought to see Daniel after he was born, Daniel was taken out of his life in when Denise Osbourne decided that she wanted to raise him without Ken. When Ken went to see Denise and Daniel in , Daniel was a virtual stranger to him and resented his presence. Other than an occasional visit, Ken continued to have very little to do with Daniel over the next nine years, however they were reunited when Daniel visited Ken in hospital following his stroke in Since then, Ken has built a more significant relationship with Daniel although it is one that can be as equally strained and complicated as his relationships with his other children.
Knowing that Daniel was academically gifted, Ken was keen for him to pursue his education further, as he had previously been with Peter and Adam. When Daniel began a relationship with Sinead Tinker , Ken quietly disapproved, wanting Daniel to focus on his studies.
In February Daniel pushed Ken down the stairs at No. Ken believed starting a family with Sinead would hold Daniel back in life and stop him from going places, as Ken thought had happened to himself. It took Ken weeks to remember who had attacked him and when he confronted Daniel, he was shocked by the state of Daniel's mental health.
As a result, Ken forgave Daniel and stood up for him when the rest of the family turned on him, feeling guilty over Daniel's abandonment as a teenager and regretting his words to Sinead. In , Daniel turned his back on Ken again when he discovered that Ken knew about Sinead's cervical cancer diagnosis and had hidden the truth at Sinead's request. When pregnant Sinead have birth prematurely in January , Ken came to visit the baby in hospital and the pair were finally able to bond again and put their bad blood behind them.
Ken met Lawrence for the first time in In , Ken discovered he had another child Lawrence Cunningham , born in as the result of his fling with Susan who had since passed away. Ken established contact with Lawrence and revealed that he was his father, initially seeking to build a relationship with his long-lost son.
However, Ken soon discovered that Lawrence was homophobic and estranged from his son James because he couldn't accept his sexuality. Ken was appalled by Lawrence's attitude and asked him to leave. Since then, Ken has remained estranged from Lawrence and the pair have had no further contact. Ken has another grandchild through Lawrence, Chloe , who he has never met. Ken was more impressed with grandson James and his charity work and offered him a room at No.
Ultimately James turned out to be a con artist and when confronted by Ken, he blamed Lawrence and by extension Ken, for all his problems and attacked Ken when he tried to call the police. James fled and with that the last link to this branch of Ken's family was severed. Adam is Ken's eldest grandson, although Ken was not aware of Adam's existence until Adam was 12 as Susan had deliberately ceased contact with Ken to distance herself and Adam from Mike Baldwin.
After Susan's death, Adam was caught in the middle of the bitter feud between Ken and Mike, although they did both agree that Adam should get a good education and Mike arranged for him to attend a boarding school in Scotland. Although Adam continued to visit Ken in Weatherfield as he continued his studies, Ken was disappointed as Adam grew disinterested in pursuing his education and more interested in pursuing girls.
Adam snubbed university and took on a role at Mike's factory Underworld after his father's death, before leaving for Portsmouth the following year. Adam followed a professional career and ended up in Canada , although Ken still cared for his grandson and travelled to nurse him through prolonged illness in Bill then went on to marry his second wife, Sara McEwan Mottram, in but she died suddenly on 7 February at their home at the age of With Sara, he had three more children - a daughter named Verity and a younger son, James.
Ken was created by Tony Warren as one of Coronation Street's original characters and debuted in the soap's first episode on 9 December December marked Ken's 50th anniversary on-screen, and he is listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest-serving male television star in a continuous role. See more More Coronation Street News. Poppy Logo.
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