Moira Wood

Moira Wood (née Kelly) was the wife of Harry Wood and mother of Greg Kelly.

In 1971, Moira engaged in a holiday romance with Les Battersby - who was working on a travelling fairground on the Isle of Wight (or Warrington, depending on which script you read). When the fair moved on to Wigton the following week Les never made any attempt to remain in contact and so when Moira discovered that she was pregnant she decided not to inform Les. Soon after Moira met and married Harry Wood, who raised Greg as his own son. When Greg was seven Moira revealed the truth about his parentage, believing that he had a right to know, but it wasn't until Harry's death in September 1997 that Greg decided to track down his real father.

In April 1998, Greg finally tracked Les down - however, his father didn't want to believe the truth. It wasn't until Greg showed him a picture of Moira, and Les discovered that she was wealthy and owned her own villa in Majorca, that Les became interested. Les began to fantasise about Moira, comparing her to his own wife Janice Battersby, and began pressuring Greg to help him make contact with her. Although, Greg was positive that his mother wouldn't be interested and refused - leading Les to search through his son's organiser to find Moira's number and address.

In May, Les finally contacted Moira and was thrilled when she invited him round to her house - believing that she would be keen to reignite their passion. However, despite Les borrowing his friend Charlie West's car to impress her - Moira saw through Les' deceptions when she discovered that the flowers he presented her had been stolen from a graveyard. Revealing that she had always seen him as a loser and had never even attempted to contact him after realising that she was pregnant, Moira threw Les out. On his way back to Weatherfield, Les became involved in an incident which led to him losing his license. When Greg discovered that Les had been to see Moira he was annoyed but agreed to cover for him. However, later when Greg insulted Maxine Peacock she revealed the whole truth to Janice. Humiliated that Les had attempted to have an affair, an enraged Janice threw him out.