Beverley Mather

Beverley Mather was a young temptress who had a fling with Gordon Clegg while he was in Weatherfield for Maggie's wedding in 1974.

Beverley's mind was always on men and yet behind her butter-wouldn't-melt expression was a somewhat devious young woman. She met Gordon when she came into the Corner Shop for a tin of baked beans and found him serving behind the counter instead of Maggie. After some flirting, Beverley told Gordon that she'd be back tomorrow. Gordon was so dazzled by her that it wasn't until she'd left that he realised that she hadn't paid for the beans.

The next day, Beverley and Gordon fixed up a date at the disco. Before meeting Gordon, Beverley stopped by the Kabin for a Montego, having seen an advert for the chocolate bar on television in which a girl was chased on a beach by a hunky man. Rita Littlewood hadn't heard of the item but did provide some useful information by telling Beverley that Lucille Hewitt was after Gordon. Beverley had caught a glimpse of Lucille looking unusually glamorous on the way in and Rita's info helped her remember that Gordon had once jilted Lucille.

Beverley continued to date Gordon until he went home to London. When he took her out to Southport for the day, Beverley dropped hints that she'd like to work in London and he offered to find her a job there. However, he left Weatherfield earlier than planned as Betty Turpin, with whom he was staying, found out that Beverley had stayed overnight at 37 Hillside Crescent and, warned by Billy Walker that Beverley had a bad reputation, gave Gordon his marching orders. Gordon went back to London straightaway, and Beverley realised that they'd been stringing each other along.


 * The character was credited as "Beverley" in Episode 1404, uncredited in Episode 1405, and fully named subsequently. Sue Cornell previously played a character with the same surname, Lindsay Mather, in Episode 1324 (24th September 1973).

1974

 * Mon 1st Jul
 * Wed 3rd Jul
 * Mon 15th Jul
 * Wed 17th Jul