Tommy Duckworth

Tommy Duckworth

Full name: Parents: Terry Duckworth and Lisa Duckworth Born: 9th September, 1992, Weatherfield General Siblings:

1. Paul (half-brother; f: Terry Duckworth, m: Andrea Clayton) 2. Brad Armstrong (half-brother; b: 14th February, 1997; f: Terry Duckworth, m: Tricia Armstrong)

Played by:

1. Darryl Edwards (9th September, 1992 - 1997) 2. Joseph Aston (2nd July - 30th August, 2000)

First appeared: 9th September, 1992

Poor Tommy has led an unhappy few years.

He was born by caesarean whilst his father was in Strangeways Prison for GBH. After spending a little time in Nº 9, Tommy and his mother Lisa moved back to her parents house in Blackpool. Lisa and Tommy came back to The Street in January 1993 to live with her lover, Des Barnes. Sadly, Lisa was knocked down by a car, and died on 12 February 1993.

Now Tommy's grandparents - Jack and Vera Duckworth - struggled to look after him. Vera gave up her job, but she looked forward to the end of the year when Terry would be released, and they could all rebuild their lives as one family. Unfortunately, Terry had other ideas, and on Christmas Eve 1993 he returned from the Horton's (Lisa's parents) in Blackpool without Tommy - he had SOLD his son to his in-laws !

Jack and Vera still see Tommy regularly - they all went on holiday to a caravan in North Wales in May 1995 - but still miss him desperately.

In June 1996, Terry appeared back in The Street with Tommy. The Hortens had failed to pay the £2,000 a year they had agreed to pay Terry for Tommy. Eventually the Hortens got him back by paying £10,000, and getting Terry to sign a document giving them total custody of Tommy until he is 18.