Maurice Allen

Newton & Ridleys in-house decorator who was engaged by Annie Walker to re-decorate the Rovers Return Inn in 1977. More interested in earning extra money by moonlighting, Murice took work with Ernest Bishop and neglected his day job. Maurice was reported to his bosses and lost his job, causing the breweries dreymen to go on strike in sympathy. Whilst in The Rovers he stole money from Annie, later confessing to this when Betty Turpin was falsely accused of theft.