Jason Lomax

Jason Lomax was the son of Colin and Karen Lomax and the great-grandson of Ena Sharples. Ena didn't know she had a great-grandson until 1972 as she hadn't been in contact with Colin since the passing of his mother Vera Lomax in 1967. In September 1972, the Lomaxes travelled from their home in West Hartlepool to Weatherfield to visit Ena. Calling at Ena's Community Centre accommodation, they were informed by Lucille Hewitt that Ena was away on a Street outing to the Preston Guild and wouldn't be back until late in the evening. With nowhere else to go, they spent the remainder of the evening nursing drinks in the Rovers Return, although as Annie Walker refused to have a baby on licenced premises, Karen volunteered to leave Jason in his pram outside so that she and Colin could stay and wait for Ena.

They had only been there a short time when Karen went out to check on Jason and discovered that pram and baby were gone. The police were called immediately and the Street residents who weren't at the Preston Guild rallied round to help the police with their enquiries while Colin and Karen were looked after by Annie and a policewoman in the Rovers back room. When questioned by Det. Insp. Patterson, Colin was near-catatonic and Karen hysterical. The kidnapping sparked a large-scale search by the police and the army, but fortunately the baby was found quickly, his pram abandoned on waste ground with Jason unharmed inside. Ena returned in the midst of the investigation having been summoned home from the Preston Guild. The kidnapper wasn't identified until January 1973 when Christine Peters's suspicious behaviour caused Emily Bishop to investigate and discover that she snatched Jason as she had lost her own baby and was suffering mentally from the loss.


 * Jason was played by Samantha Ferguson, daughter of designer Eugene Ferguson who was a designer on Coronation Street from 1970 to 1972. Jason was uncredited in his/her first appearance.