Harold Dewhurst

Harold Dewhurst was a butcher and former bowling colleague of Jack Walker and came to the Rovers in March 1971 to pay his respects to Jack’s widow Annie. He was a widower, the two became friends and it looked as if Annie would enjoy her first romance after Jack’s death. He invited her on a Mediterranean cruise and, prompted by son Billy, Annie accepted. When she returned though she was reticent to discuss the holiday and word soon started to spread that Harold had been seen with another woman. When, after a few weeks absent, he turned up in the Rovers with a younger woman who called herself Mrs Dewhurst, a furious Billy threw them out. The next night Harold turned up with his son John who angrily told Billy that the younger woman was his wife, not his dad’s girlfriend. Billy apologised for his behaviour - and for describing Mrs Dewhurst as “hard” - and the three men and Annie enjoyed a civilised drink of sherry in the back room of the Rovers. Annie later told Billy that she and Harold had both fallen for other people on the cruise and had decided to remain “just good friends”.

List of appearances

 * Episode 1060 (15th March 1971)
 * Episode 1061 (17th March 1971)
 * Episode 1062 (22nd March 1971)
 * Episode 1063 (24th March 1971)
 * Episode 1064 (29th March 1971)
 * Episode 1065 (31st March 1971)
 * Episode 1080 (24th May 1971)
 * Episode 1081 (26th May 1971)