Norman Arthur "Curly" Watts is a fictional character from the British
ITV soap opera Coronation Street, from 1983 to 2003, and in a few
spin-off DVDs in 2010. He was portrayed throughout by Kevin
Kennedy.Most of Curly's storylines dealt with his repeated failure to
form a successful romantic relationship. His nickname resulted from
him having straight, lank hair and getting into rows over money,
mainly in 1996. His hobby was astronomy and he installed a telescope
in the loft of his house.The character was originally a paperboy for
Rita Fairclough (Barbara Knox), before working as a binman with Chalky
Whiteley (Teddy Turner) and Eddie Yeats (Geoffrey Hughes), whilst
lodging with Jack (William Tarmey) and Vera Duckworth (Elizabeth
Dawn), and later Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire). He later worked for
Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs) alongside his best friend Terry Duckworth
(Nigel Pivaro). Curly's first serious romance was with Shirley
Armitage (Lisa Lewis), a black sewing-machinist from Baldwin's
factory. Opposition from his old-fashioned parents Arthur (Kenneth
Waller) and Eunice (Angela Rooks) led to tension between the couple,
and Shirley left when Curly threw out the guests at his surprise party
so he could revise for upcoming HND exams in Business Studies.
ITV soap opera Coronation Street, from 1983 to 2003, and in a few
spin-off DVDs in 2010. He was portrayed throughout by Kevin
Kennedy.Most of Curly's storylines dealt with his repeated failure to
form a successful romantic relationship. His nickname resulted from
him having straight, lank hair and getting into rows over money,
mainly in 1996. His hobby was astronomy and he installed a telescope
in the loft of his house.The character was originally a paperboy for
Rita Fairclough (Barbara Knox), before working as a binman with Chalky
Whiteley (Teddy Turner) and Eddie Yeats (Geoffrey Hughes), whilst
lodging with Jack (William Tarmey) and Vera Duckworth (Elizabeth
Dawn), and later Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire). He later worked for
Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs) alongside his best friend Terry Duckworth
(Nigel Pivaro). Curly's first serious romance was with Shirley
Armitage (Lisa Lewis), a black sewing-machinist from Baldwin's
factory. Opposition from his old-fashioned parents Arthur (Kenneth
Waller) and Eunice (Angela Rooks) led to tension between the couple,
and Shirley left when Curly threw out the guests at his surprise party
so he could revise for upcoming HND exams in Business Studies.
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