Bessie Tatlock

Elizabeth Mary "Bessie" Tatlock (née Vickery) was the wife of Albert Tatlock and the mother of Beattie Pearson. Orphaned at seven years-old in 1911, she was raised by an elderly maiden aunt and upon her death three years later she entered into sevice at Mr. Thatcher's household in Bury, her hometown. She met her future husband Albert in 1915, while he was training during the War and she waved him off at the station when he went to fight in France.

After the War ended, they were married on 18th October 1919 and they moved into 1 Coronation Street with Bessie securing work as a weaver at Hardcastle's Mill. In 1933, she became a mother when she gave birth to their daughter Beatrice. She died in her sleep in 1960, leaving Albert a widower.