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Ken Barlow [1960-present], played by William Roache
Ken Barlow is the only surviving member of the characters that appeared in the very first episode of the Street. Slightly improbably, Ken has become the Street's lothario - racking up a total of 21 screen lovers; and more improbably he still lives on the street where he was born, having lived in a total of 8 different addresses in that one street.
After attending Bessie Street School, Ken continued to live in No3 Coronation Street with his parents whilst he was a student at Manchester University (where he gained a 2nd class honours degree in History and English). It was at university he met Susan Cunningham. In 1961, Ken's mother died, and he turned down a teaching post down south to support his father and started working as a personnel officer at Amalgamated Steels (and had an affair with librarian Marion Lund).
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