Gareth (Episode 8873)

Gareth was a forthcoming groom whose party called into the Rovers for a stage of his stag night in March 2016. The group knocked back pints and shorts, the latter being ordered in alphabetical order from behind the bar. Gareth quickly got inebriated and crashed into one of the booth tables where Ken Barlow, Freddie Smith and Audrey Roberts were sat, knocking over the latter's drink. When they politely remonstrated with him, one of Gareth's friends, Ben, became very belligerent and the situation was only diffused by a combination of threats and humour from Freddie. He got Gareth to buy Audrey a replacement drink though the young man refused to hand over the specially-printed "Stags let loose" t-shirt he was wearing to Audrey as Freddie requested. A drunk Mary Taylor was last seen wearing the garment as Gareth and his friends led her off to their next drinking hole - a pole-dancing club, but she was rescued at the last minute by Erica Holroyd.