Bert Tilsley

Bert Tilsley

Full name: Herbert Harrison Tilsley (also called Albert in some scripts) Parents: Born: 8th June, 1935 Siblings: Trevor Married: Ivy Nelson Died: 16th January, 1984, nursing home, Southport, Lancashire Children: Brian Tilsey b: 15th October, 1958; d: February 1989 (m: Ivy Tilsley)

Played by: Peter Dudley Appeared: 29th January, 1979 - 27th July, 1983

A Manchester United and Mantovani fan.

January 1982: After being unemployed for nearly two years, Bert gets a job as fitter at Longshaws Foundary in Bessemer Street.

July 1983: Bert is injured in a cmpressor accident at Brian's garage. He spends two days unconsciousness, and when he comes home he realised he is an invalid. At the end of July he disappears and is found a week later dazed and confused in Bristol, where it is found he has had a nervous breakdown and he is admitted to hospital. He never leaves and is never seen on the Street again, and dies in hospital in January 1984.