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Harry Ashton
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Keith Marsh
First appearance 25 January 1988
Last appearance 27 April 1988
Classification Former; recurring
Priscilla Millbanks
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Nicola Stephenson
First appearance 1 February 1988
Last appearance 1 June 1988
Classification Former; recurring
Gina Seddon
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Julie Foy (1988–1989)
Connie Hyde (2017–)
Duration 1988–1989, 2017–
First appearance 14 March 1988
Introduced by Bill Podmore (1988)
Kate Oates (2017)
Classification Present: regular
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Sandra Stubbs
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Sally Watts
Duration 1988–1989
First appearance 2 May 1988
Last appearance 22 February 1989
Classification Former; recurring
Jason Stubbs
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Paul Simpson
Duration 1988–1989
First appearance 9 May 1988
Last appearance 15 February 1989
Classification Former; recurring

Coronation Street is a British soap opera, initially produced by Granada Television. Created by writer Tony Warren, Coronation Street first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced in the show's twenty-ninth year, by order of first appearance.

Harry Ashton was an OAP who enquired about a vacancy for a paperboy at The Kabin in January 1988. Rita and Mavis tried to politely refuse but he had an answers for all of their concerns - he got up early every day to walk his loyal dog Jimmy, and he was obsessed with keeping fit. To prove he could manage the early hours, he volunteered for a trial run. Alan Bradley gave Harry the toughest round to test him, and he returned with the same enthusiasm despite a gang of kids pinching his flashlight (he'd got it back when Jimmy frightened them away). Rita and Mavis were impressed and he was taken on.

While Harry insisted on being treated no differently from the other paperboys, Mavis gave him Priscilla Millbanks's round as it was the easiest. This didn't go down well with Priscilla and Wayne Pickles, who threatened to quit unless Harry was sacked as the job should go to a kid. Harry offered to resign, but Mavis instead called all parties to a meeting at Jim's Cafe where she got Wayne and Priscilla to agree to stay in exchange for reinstating their old rounds, and sharing Craig Atkinson's round between them while he was sick with a cold, but she made clear her feelings on their selfish, petty-mindedness.

As Mavis had saved his job, Harry asked her out to dinner at a place in the Precinct. Mavis tried to refuse but he wheedled a yes out of her. The evening was made awkward by the fact that Mavis thought Harry was spending what little money he had on her and tried to cut costs by suggesting they split the bill (which he refused) and then ordering an omelette and water (which Harry asked was for religious reasons). Harry told Mavis that he'd taken early retirement from his position as Senior at the Rates Office as his wife was ill but she died six months later, and so a job delivering newspapers coupled with his pension suited him very well.


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