Audrey's

Audrey's started life in 1990 as a charity shop run by Emily Bishop. The next year, it was renovated by owner Denise Osbourne, who took on Fiona Middleton and Jon Welch. In 1996, Denise left Weatherfield and sold the salon to Fiona, whose friend Maxine Heavy, was assistant. Fiona herself left Weatherfield two years later, and sold the salon to Audrey Roberts. Maxine kept working at the salon as a stylist until her death in 2003. In November 1999, Audrey changed the name of the salon from "Salon" to Audrey's. In October of the next year, while Audrey was on holiday, stylist Candice Stowe became temporary boss. Debs Brownlow walked out on Audrey the next month. After the death of Audrey's best friend Alma Halliwell in 2001, Audrey renamed the salon "Alma's". Alma's was renamed backed to Audrey's after the death of Richard Hillman in 2003, who was Alma's "cousin" and had married Audrey's daughter, Gail and tried to kill Audrey, Gail, Gail's children, and several other characters. The fact of him being Alma's cousin is disputed, as he was a notorious liar. Other staff throughout the years have included Maria Sutherland, Natasha Blakeman, and Audrey's grandchildren Sarah Grimshaw and David Platt.