Marian Lund

Marian Lund was a librarian at the University of Manchester in the early 1960s who was student Kenneth Barlow's first love. A thoughtful, intelligent woman, Marian nevertheless liked to live for the moment and enjoyed her affair with Ken. She was however concerned at the age gap between them; Marian was born in 1928, and she was eleven years older than Ken, but Ken treated Marian with respect and his parents Frank and Ida were supportive when they found out about the relationship, despite Ida's initial misgivings.

The affair soon fizzled out and Ken learned in June that Marian was engaged to lecturer Mr. Collingwood. In 1963, a now-married Marian had dinner with Ken, who was then married to Valerie Tatlock.

Between 1963 and 2008, Marian was married again, and this time the union was a happier one. In 2008 she attended a University reunion which Ken attended. The two enjoyed reminiscing about their time together.


 * In her three 1961 appearances, Marian was played by Patricia Heneghan. Despite Marian being eleven years older than Ken, Patricia was actually two years younger than actor William Roache. The 2008 character was only credited as Marian but is assumed to be Marian Lund as she is said in the episode to have been a University library and an old flame of Ken's. In her 2008 appearance, she was played by Linda Marlowe. Despite being played by a different (and far younger) actress, the character currently holds the record for the longest time between appearances out of all Coronation Street characters (47 years).

List of appearances

 * Episode 36 (17th April 1961)
 * Episode 45 (17th May 1961)
 * Episode 48 (29th May 1961)
 * Episode 6858 (11th July 2008)