Rovers Return Inn Billy first appears in Coronation Street in January 1961, but takes over The Rovers Return in 1984 after his mother Annie retires and signs the pub over to him. It doesn't last long, though, and he leaves for good in 1984, after a series of run-ins with police due to the lock-ins held after hours. Arguably the most famous barmaid on "Coronation Street", Bet Lynch was in charge of The Rovers Return for a little over 10 years. In late 1984, the brewery, Newton & Ridley, unhappy with the way the pub was being run into the ground by Billy,
Rovers Return Inn one of the Street's typical sirens. Her reign is also short. A month after their marriage, husband Des Barnes (Philip Middlemiss) is murdered by thugs in search of Natalie's son, Tony. She later unexpectedly falls pregnant, and leaves both the pub and Weatherfield in search of a new life. Natalie puts the pub up for sale when she leaves. However, the interested party is a pub chain called "The Boozy Chain" which intends to rename "The Rovers Return" as "The Boozy Newt". Fearing that they are about to lose part of their local heritage, a consortium of businessmen puts together