Martha Longhurst
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Martha Longhurst was a well-known character in the British soap opera Coronation Street. She was known for having a glass of milk-stout in the Rover's Return snug with her friends Ena Sharples and Minnie Caldwell.
Characterized by her horn-rimmed spectacles and sharp tongue, Martha was the first major character in "The Street" to be killed off. She died of a heart attack in the Rovers in 1964, the storyline being that she was about to go on holiday to Spain. During a sing-song at the "Rovers", she collapsed and died at a secluded table. Proprietor Jack Walker had assumed she had drunk herself to sleep, but quickly realized that she was dead.
Little is known of Martha's past, but we know that she was born in 1896 to Mary and Jack Hartley, and grew up to marry Percy Longhurst (on May 18, 1919), and have a daughter, Lily and a son, Harold, by him. She had one grandchild (that we know of) named Sandra.
Family
- Jack Hartley - father (deceased)
- Mary Hartley - mother (deceased)
- Percy Longhurst - husband (deceased)
- Lily Longhurst - daughter
- Harold Longhurst - son
- Sandra - granddaughter
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