Mr Glegg

Mr Hibbert was a rent collector for Coronation Street who in the spring of 1963 found himself in conflict with Elsie Tanner when she refused to pay an increase in the rent on 11 Coronation Street of 10/- a week levied by landlord Edward Wormold. Moreover, she refused to pay any of the rent until the increase was cancelled, accruing six weeks in arrears.

She thought she had the backing of the rest of the residents of the street but one-by-one they all backed down on their principles. When Mr Clegg called on the 1st April, the date that the new rents were due, he didn't receive a warm welcome from everyone although they all paid their subs, with the exception of Elsie. Ena Sharples and Martha Longhurst teased him to bring a police escort back-up when he next called as Elsie was a lynching party of her own.

When he did call back later that evening, albeit still on his own, Elsie spiritedly told him she had nothing against him personally but told him the property wasn't worth the sum being charged though she was willing to pay the arrears, sans the increase. After she had shut the door in his face, Ena tried to wind him up by saying the lad who did the job before him had died of a broken heart and they still observed two minutes' silence for him every pay day!

He tried again with Elsie two days later, but once more only managed to catch up with her in the evening. Wormold had passed to message on to her to threaten her with the bailiffs but she refused to listen, even when Clegg told her he had heard similar speeches hundred of times over the years but the bailiffs always won. Again, Elsie slammed the door in his face and he realised his attempts were futile and there was no option but to bring the bailiffs in.