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Elsie Tanner (née Grimshaw, previously Tanner and Howard) was a Coronation Street resident from 1939 to 1973, and then again from 1976 to 1984. For nearly all of that time, she lived at No.11, first moving in after marrying Arnold Tanner at sixteen and raising her children Linda and Dennis herself after splitting from Arnold.

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  • Elsie Tanner
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  • Elsie Tanner (née Grimshaw, previously Tanner and Howard) was a Coronation Street resident from 1939 to 1973, and then again from 1976 to 1984. For nearly all of that time, she lived at No.11, first moving in after marrying Arnold Tanner at sixteen and raising her children Linda and Dennis herself after splitting from Arnold.
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  • 1614(xsd:integer)
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  • 1960-12-09(xsd:date)
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  • Elsie Tanner
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  • 1960(xsd:integer)
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  • c.2004
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  • 1984-01-04(xsd:date)
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  • Retail clerk
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  • 1923-03-05(xsd:date)
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  • Elsie Tanner (née Grimshaw, previously Tanner and Howard) was a Coronation Street resident from 1939 to 1973, and then again from 1976 to 1984. For nearly all of that time, she lived at No.11, first moving in after marrying Arnold Tanner at sixteen and raising her children Linda and Dennis herself after splitting from Arnold. During the war, Elsie had an affair with an American GI, Steve Tanner. Many men came and went from No.11 during and after this period, but as Elsie was still married to Arnold, she gained a reputation for being a tart. One particular opponent of Elsie was Ena Sharples, the self-appointed moral guardian of the Street, with whom Elsie locked horns on many occasions. Despite her critics, Elsie was fiercely protective of her children, herself and her good name, and gave as good as she got, which over time earned even Ena's grudging admiration. As Elsie grew older, and Linda and Dennis moved away, she kept on looking for Mr. Right, but it was mostly married men whom she attracted. An exception to this was Len Fairclough, with whom Elsie shared a special relationship, but although Len asked Elsie to marry him twice, Elsie turned him down as they were more friends than lovers. In 1967, Elsie married her wartime sweetheart Steve, however Elsie failed to make the adjustment to living in the USA and she left Steve when he provided no support to her and had decided to accept a posting to South America. Three years later, she married her third husband, businessman Alan Howard. Elsie and Alan were together for six years before making a mutual decision to separate, and later divorce, on the grounds of irreconcilable differences. From 1973 to 1976, Elsie lived in Newcastle with Alan, but she returned to Weatherfield when they separated. She left Coronation Street for good in 1984 to join her old flame Bill Gregory in Portugal. The couple married and ran a bar together in the Algarve, living the high life. After many happy years together, they were both killed in a road accident. Elsie was 81. Elsie's career highlights included working at Miami Modes department store, Sylvia's Separates, and supervisor and later machinist at Baldwin's Casuals. Her friends in the Street were Dot Greenhalgh, Florrie Lindley, Maggie Clegg, and her lodgers Suzie Birchall, Gail Potter and Marion Willis, for whom she took on a motherly role.
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