Johnny Gibson

Johnny Gibson was a Hire Purchase man who worried David and Ken Barlow when he turned up at their house looking for their mother Ida. Ida asks Johnny to return at a more convenient time but their exchange is witnessed by her husband Frank Barlow who, after realising that Ida is buying new seat covers, blames his son Ken for putting fancy ideas into his mothers head. Frank is annoyed as he views Ida to be wasting their money despite them wanting to move house. While on the street Johnny also sells two overcoats to Florrie Lindley and tells Elsie Tanner that the fox-fur coat her son Dennis has had his eye on has come back in - this leads Elsie to demand Dennis tell her what he is spending his money on.