Lucille Hewitt is a fictional character from the British soap opera
Coronation Street. Created by Tony Warren as one of Coronation
Street's original characters, at eleven years old Lucille was the
show's only child character upon its inception and first appeared in
the episode broadcast on 21 December 1960.Daughter of widowed bus
conductor Harry Hewitt (Ivan Beavis), Lucille spent several years in
an orphanage in her youth but occasionally visited her father. When
Harry married again in 1961, this time to barmaid Concepta Riley
(Doreen Keogh), Lucille was able to return home but took an instant
disliking to her stepmother. The following year Concepta gave birth to
a half-brother for Lucille, Christopher Hewitt (Stephen Ward). When
Christopher was kidnapped while in his sister's care, Lucille received
the blame which strengthened the hatred between Lucille and Concepta.
In 1964, Harry and Concepta moved to Ireland alongside Christopher -
however, Lucille refused to follow and ended up being fostered by
local landlords Jack (Arthur Leslie) and Annie Walker (Doris
Speed).Both of Lucille's father figures died in the years that
followed, with Harry being crushed to death in 1967 and Jack suffering
a heart-attack in 1970. Another loss for Lucille came when she was
jilted by her fiancée Gordon Clegg (Bill Kenwright) and Lucille
longed to escape Annie's strictly-run household. Over the years
Lucille and Concepta mended their relationship, and in 1974 Lucille
joined her and Christopher in Ireland never to return.Lucille runs
away from away from the orphanage in December 1960 and finds her way
back home, her father Harry Hewitt (Ivan Beavis) gives in to her pleas
and arranges for her to stay for the holidays. Ultimately Lucille is
allowed to return permanently from the orphanage when her aunt, Alice
Burgess (Avis Bunnage) agrees to move in to look after her niece while
her father was away working. However, the pair didn't get on and
Alice's stay was a short one.
Coronation Street. Created by Tony Warren as one of Coronation
Street's original characters, at eleven years old Lucille was the
show's only child character upon its inception and first appeared in
the episode broadcast on 21 December 1960.Daughter of widowed bus
conductor Harry Hewitt (Ivan Beavis), Lucille spent several years in
an orphanage in her youth but occasionally visited her father. When
Harry married again in 1961, this time to barmaid Concepta Riley
(Doreen Keogh), Lucille was able to return home but took an instant
disliking to her stepmother. The following year Concepta gave birth to
a half-brother for Lucille, Christopher Hewitt (Stephen Ward). When
Christopher was kidnapped while in his sister's care, Lucille received
the blame which strengthened the hatred between Lucille and Concepta.
In 1964, Harry and Concepta moved to Ireland alongside Christopher -
however, Lucille refused to follow and ended up being fostered by
local landlords Jack (Arthur Leslie) and Annie Walker (Doris
Speed).Both of Lucille's father figures died in the years that
followed, with Harry being crushed to death in 1967 and Jack suffering
a heart-attack in 1970. Another loss for Lucille came when she was
jilted by her fiancée Gordon Clegg (Bill Kenwright) and Lucille
longed to escape Annie's strictly-run household. Over the years
Lucille and Concepta mended their relationship, and in 1974 Lucille
joined her and Christopher in Ireland never to return.Lucille runs
away from away from the orphanage in December 1960 and finds her way
back home, her father Harry Hewitt (Ivan Beavis) gives in to her pleas
and arranges for her to stay for the holidays. Ultimately Lucille is
allowed to return permanently from the orphanage when her aunt, Alice
Burgess (Avis Bunnage) agrees to move in to look after her niece while
her father was away working. However, the pair didn't get on and
Alice's stay was a short one.
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