Bet Lynch

Elizabeth Theresa Lynch was born 4 May 1940.

She made her first Street appearance in 1966 before returning as a full time resident in 1970, finding work as a barmaid at the Rovers Return.

In 1983 she took over from Annie Walker as landlady of the pub but soon got into financial difficulties and fleed to Torremolinos without telling anyone, there she met her old flame Alec Gilroy, he asked her to marry him and make a partnership of the Rovers, she accepted.

In 1987 after years of trying to find the right man and having brief affairs with many of the male folk in the Street [ie. Len Fairclough, Jack Duckworth ...], Bet married Alec Gilroy and were married until 1992 when he went off to find other work away from Weatherfield.

Bet herself left the Street in 1995 after she failed to loan enough money to buy her precious Rovers. Sincen then she has made three brief returns in 1999, 2002 and 2003.