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2nd June 1969: Betty Driver first appears as Betty Turpin, who arrives in Coronation Street to help her sister Maggie Clegg run the Corner Shop following the departure of Maggie's son Gordon. Maggie hasn't asked for Betty's help and is dismayed as Betty and her policeman husband Cyril Turpin move into the shop flat - Betty is here to stay, leading Maggie to fear she will take over her life and the shop. Maggie manages to convince Jack Walker to give Betty a job as a barmaid at the Rovers Return Inn, where she still works to this day.
 * For more information see Episode 881 (2nd June 1969).