Rovers Return Inn - Major Events

Major Events

The fictional timeline proceeds as follows:

• 13 May 1964: Martha Longhurst dies after suffering a heart attack in the snug of the Rovers.
• 7 March 1979: A lorry crashes into the Rovers Return, injuring several people including Alf Roberts, Mike Baldwin, and Betty Turpin. Deirdre Barlow panics because she left a young Tracy Barlow sitting outside in her pram, but it emerges that she was kidnapped by Sally Norton.
• 18 June 1986: A faulty electricity box starts a fire in the pub, and the whole interior explodes. Bet Lynch was asleep upstairs, but is eventually rescued by Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell).
• 12 February 1993: Outside the pub, Lisa Duckworth is killed by a speeding motorist while crossing the road. She dies instantly.
• 1 January 1999: Seconds into the new year celebrations, Alf Roberts dies during Gail Platt's birthday party.
• 13 April 2001: Toyah Battersby is raped in the ginnel beside the Rovers by an unseen assailant.
• 10 April 2005: Tracy Barlow's father Ray Langton dies of cancer during a party to celebrate the second wedding of his ex-wife Deirdre to Ken Barlow.
• 22 February 2008: Violet Wilson gives birth to her son Dylan assisted by Marcus Dent.
• 23 January 2012: During the wedding reception of Tracy Barlow and Steve McDonald, Steve's ex-wife Becky reveals that Tracey suffered a miscarriage the day before she blamed Becky for the miscarriage, thus meaning that Tracy was lying. Steve leaves Tracy.
• 9 September 2012: Kirsty Soames goes into labour after a fight with barmaid; Tina McIntyre, she later gives birth to her daughter Ruby Dobbs in the back room.