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Jason Pearce was amongst a group of rowdy, school-aged children who were playing football in the middle of Coronation Street during the summer holidays in August 1978. As the football got repeatedly kicked up against the front door of No.11, owner Elsie Tanner emerged and, referring to Jason as Stanley Matthews, told him to clear off and play in his own street. He and the rest of the group quickly scarpered as he called Elsie a "silly old cow".

A short while later, the group had reconvened with their football and were playing in the ginnel when the ball was retrieved from the kitchen of No.11 by Suzie Birchall, who went out into the yard and asked Jason why they weren't playing on the Red Rec or in their own street. Elsie came out to them once more and told them to clear off, refusing to give Jason the ball back and told him to send his mom round for it. As he once again gave Elsie lip, calling her an "old bag", she gave chase and struck him around the face. Within a couple of minutes, another of the children, Sharon Dobbs, came into the yard to let Elsie know that she'd hurt Jason. She too quickly disappeared when Elsie sharply told her that she'd do the same to Jason's mom.

The following morning in another act of defiance, Jason unhooked Elsie's washing line which was laden with freshly-washed clothes. Due to a broken-down washing machine however, Elsie instructed Susie and Gail Potter to do the laundry again by hand. Jason's mom, Marjorie Pearce, caught up with Elsie in the Rovers where she was railed at for hitting an "innocent young child". The pair were ordered off the premises by Annie Walker when a slanging match ensued. Mrs Pearce called at No.11 again later in the day to inform Elsie that she'd reported her to the police for assault.

The character was heard shouting at Elsie Tanner in the yard of 11 Coronation Street in his second credited appearance.
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