<P> When Annie Walker ( Doris Speed ) retires in 1983 after 46 years as landlady of The Rovers Return , her son , Billy , takes over the license of The Rovers Return . He is involved in various dodgy dealings and screws up frequently . He is the landlord for less than a year ; he gets in trouble with the brewery and the tenancy is purchased back by Newton & Ridley . The brewery decides to appoint a manager rather than sell the licence . Sarah Ridley appoints Bet manageress after receiving a petition from many of the Street 's residents who nominate her for the role . Bet is flabbergasted , but ecstatic . She moves out of the corner shop flat into The Rovers in January 1985 . Bet is involved in a fire at The Rovers in 1986 , but is saved by Kevin Webster ( Michael Le Vell ) . The place is gutted but eventually refurbished and she moves back in a few weeks later . When the tenancy of The Rovers is being sold by the brewery in 1987 , Bet ca n't raise the money to buy it . Club owner Alec Gilroy ( Roy Barraclough ) offers her a loan but she ca n't pay him back so flees to Spain for a few weeks . Alec manages to track her down to bring her back , and then proposes to her . They later get married . The marriage goes better than expected , and Bet falls pregnant in 1988 at the age of 48 ( more than 30 years after giving birth to Martin ) , only to lose the baby in an early miscarriage . </P>
<P> When Annie Walker ( Doris Speed ) retires in 1983 after 46 years as landlady of The Rovers Return , her son , Billy , takes over the license of The Rovers Return . He is involved in various dodgy dealings and screws up frequently . He is the landlord for less than a year ; he gets in trouble with the brewery and the tenancy is purchased back by Newton & Ridley . The brewery decides to appoint a manager rather than sell the licence . Sarah Ridley appoints Bet manageress after receiving a petition from many of the Street 's residents who nominate her for the role . Bet is flabbergasted , but ecstatic . She moves out of the corner shop flat into The Rovers in January 1985 . Bet is involved in a fire at The Rovers in 1986 , but is saved by Kevin Webster ( Michael Le Vell ) . The place is gutted but eventually refurbished and she moves back in a few weeks later . When the tenancy of The Rovers is being sold by the brewery in 1987 , Bet ca n't raise the money to buy it . Club owner Alec Gilroy ( Roy Barraclough ) offers her a loan but she ca n't pay him back so flees to Spain for a few weeks . Alec manages to track her down to bring her back , and then proposes to her . They later get married . The marriage goes better than expected , and Bet falls pregnant in 1988 at the age of 48 ( more than 30 years after giving birth to Martin ) , only to lose the baby in an early miscarriage . </P>
who did bet lynch marry in coronation street
who did bet lynch marry in coronation street
Alec Gilroy
Alec Gilroy