Template:28 September

28th September 1966: Despite the disapproval of Ena Sharples, Minnie Caldwell had always had a soft spot for Jed Stone ever since meeting him in 1961. She looked on him as a son she had never had and he looked after her in a way that few had during her life, even as Ena belatedly acknowledged. Jed though was always a petty criminal and his activities even while he lived with her at 5 Coronation Street crossed over the law. Inevitably the police were catching up with him and Jed received a tip-off that they were on his case in September 1966. He couldn't leave Minnie though as she was ill and needed looking after and then he had to stay for a birthday party for her in the Rovers. The police entered No. 5 and found five stolen blankets. They came for Jed in the Rovers during the party but the kindly officer went along with a deception played out by Jed and the other regulars that he was a friend of Jed's so as not to distress Minnie. At the same time, she knew full well what was happening but kept quiet. Nevertheless, she wept as her "Sunny Jim" was taken away. She never saw him again, nor did any other resident of the street for 42 years...
 * For more information see Episode 605 (28th September 1966).