Norris Cole (Malcolm Hebden) interview

• Character

• Norris Cole

  

  1. D.O.B: 5 March 1940
  2. Address: 3 Coronation Street, Weatherfield
  3. Work: Co-owner of The Kabin newsagent’s shop

  First Appearance

  • 11 March 1994: Norris came to the Street in search of Derek Wilton, to whom he had given a lift when his wife Mavis left him at a motorway service station.

  Street History

  • 1995: Kidnaps Derek Wilton’s gnome Arthur
  • 1995: Marries Angela Hawthorne
  • 1997: Breaks the news of Derek’s death to Mavis Wilton
  • 1999: Takes a job assisting Rita Sullivan in The Kabin
  • 2000: Begins lodging with Emily Bishop at number 3
  • 2001: Delivers Emma Watts’ baby on Christmas Day
  • 2002: Acts as a volunteer at the Commonwealth Games
  • 2005: Invites author Mel Hutchwright to address the local book club
  • 2009: Is horrified by the arrival of his half-brother Ramsay Clegg. Develops a friendship with Mary Taylor over their shared love of entering competitions.
  • 2010: His friendship with Mary gets increasingly fraught as she develops an unhealthy obsession with him. 
  • Worried when Rita goes missing after the tram crash, discovers her trapped under rubble in the Kabin.
  • 2011: Uses Mary's mobile home as a mobile Kabin until the shop is repaired. 
  • Performs opening ceremony for the new Kabin

  Likes

  • Gossip
  • Stationery

  Dislikes

  • Paper boys
  • Not knowing everyone's business

  Key Relationships

  • Mary Taylor
  • Rita Sullivan
  • Emily Bishop