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,
Now Is Early it wouldn't have occurred to me unless they told me so. To me, "everyone" sounds unique." Among retrospective reviews, John Bush of AllMusic rated "Now Is Early" four stars out of five and felt the album "charts an intriguing course between her soulful, house-influenced vocal work and the more hardcore production sound." In their year-end list of the best albums of 1992, "Spex" ranked the album at number 3, while "OOR" ranked it at number 11. "Now Is Early" has gone on to be considered an overlooked 'lost classic'. In "The Rough Guide to Rock", Al Spicer called "Now Is