Florrie Lindley

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Coronation Street character
Florence Lena "Florrie' Lindley
Duration 1960-1965
Profile
Status Married
Occupation Former Shop Keeper

Florence Lena Lindley, better known as "Florrie", was a fictional character of the British mega-soap Coronation Street, played by Betty Alberge from 1960 to 1965.

[edit] History

In the first episode of the series kind and friendly Florrie took over the corner shop at No. 15 from its previous owner, Elsie Lappin. During that two-day period when Elsie helped her out, they became friends. In fact, her first day as the Corner Shop proprietor, she was witness to a row between Ena Sharples (whom she thought of as morbid) and Christine Hardman. She was generally believed to be a widow, but actually had an estranged husband, Norman, who was working as an engineer in India.

She later renovated her shop to include a post office agency, and took in lodgers including Doreen Lostock and Sheila Birtles.

Her biggest storyline though was in 1964 when she had a nervous breakdown smashing everything in the shop to pieces. Her shop assistant Irma Barlow had to run the shop while she recovered!

In 1965 she was reunited with Norman, and they left the series by emigrating to Canada.

[edit] Family

  • Husband: Norman Lindley

[edit] Friends

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