Janet Felicity Barlow (née Reid) was Ken Barlow's second wife. Ken hoped that she be a mother to his twin children from his first marriage but after a happy elopement in Scotland in 1973, Janet fought Ken's plans to have the twins live with them, causing a difference of opinion which led to their separation in 1974. Janet flitted in and out of Ken's life until 1977, when she killed herself by taking an overdose when Ken turned down a reconciliation. Janet also had relationships with Len Fairclough and Alan Howard. She worked as a town clerk.