Don Newson

Don Newson was a customer in the Rovers Return Inn one evening who came in with three of his friends when Mary Taylor, Erica Holroyd and Liz McDonald were planning to go for a night on the town after a few cocktails in their local, partly to help Mary get over her recent doomed romance with Brendan Finch. Mary was instantly taken with Don, calling out a "hunk alert" to the other two women. The two smiled at each other as Mary and the others knocked back White Russians which unfortunately had the effect of making Mary maudlin. Things weren't helped when Don came over to their table but unfortunately made a beeline for Erica instead of Mary. She tried to give him the brush-off while Mary failed very badly to come on to him, scaring him instantly away. Undeterred, Mary continued to knock back the drinks, causing her to become paralytic.