Joy Fishwick

Joy Fishwick was the pensioner mother of John Stape’s old teaching colleague, Colin Fishwick. When Colin had gone to Canada, John stole his identity for the purposes of getting back into the teaching profession as he was barred due to his criminal record. Unfortunately, Colin returned to Weatherfield and found out what John had been up to. In a furious row with John, he collapsed of a heart attack and died, leaving John to bury his body under building works at the Underworld factory.

Several months passed and Joy turned up at 5 Coronation Street. Desperate to hear from her son, she had traced him to his last known teaching post in Rochdale (in reality, the job John had fulfilled) and the address he gave of Coronation Street. Fiz Stape, who knew of the role impersonation but not Colin’s death, listened as Joy told them of her own ill-health and her wish that she see Colin again before she died. Fiz truthfully told Joy that as far as they knew Colin was last known to be working in a bookshop in Manchester. She traced him there and found out that before he had disappeared he had been beaten up by Ben Fielding, the husband of a woman he had had an affair with. Distraught, she came back to the Street, worrying John and Fiz again. To try and get rid of her, John told her several days later he had heard from Colin who had gone back to Canada but that he didn’t want to see his mother again. Joy was upset at this news but pleased at least that he was alive and well.

List of appearances

 * Episode 7473 (22nd November 2010)
 * Episode 7474 (22nd November 2010)
 * Episode 7479 (1st December 2010)