Jennifer Swann

Jennifer Swann was a young woman who visited Maggie Clegg to tell her she was engaged to marry her son Gordon in 1971. Maggie was surprised to receive a call from Jennifer saying she was on her way up from London as she'd never met her and didn't know what she looked like, leading Irma Barlow to joke that she might wear a red fuzzy wig, have green fingernails and be wanted for gun running.

Jennifer turned out to be a polite and well-spoken blonde who was born in Cumberland before running off to London. She shared a flat with two other women in Earls Court and worked as a secretary at one of the partners of Gordon's accountancy firm. She was clearly pleased with the direction her life had taken and was dismissive about the "terrible" life Maggie led, commenting that she and her friends wanted more out of life than she had.

Her arrival also brought out the nasty side of Lucille Hewitt, Gordon's former fiancée. Lucille was annoyed when Jennifer barely acknowledged her despite Gordon mentioning his history with Lucille to Jennifer, causing Lucille to brand her a swanky bitch. When Lucille told Ray Langton about Jennifer, he remembered that he'd dated a Jenny Swann some years earlier in Burnley and on seeing her realised that she was the same woman. Ray told Alf Roberts that Jennifer was a ruthless and ambitious gold digger, information which Alf passed onto Maggie. Maggie didn't like Jennifer and planned to tell Gordon what she'd heard but changed her mind as she feared she'd lose Gordon for good. Jennifer then returned to London.

Gordon and Jennifer eventually called off the engagement.

1971

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