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Roy’s top 5 moments on The Street

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WEDDING BELLS (1987) Alec and Bet’s wedding was a marriage of convenienc­e to keep hold of The Rovers when the brewery were after it – and seemed doomed.

But love bloomed and they were a brilliant double act behind the bar. HIS DAUGHTER’S DEATH (1991) A year after Alec found long-lost daughter Sandra, she and her husband were killed in a car crash and he was left struggling to look after his granddaugh­ter Victoria, who eventually married gold-digging Steve McDonald. PANIC IN WEB-ERFIELD (1992) Alec bought a Mexican mouse-eating spider as a bar attraction – but had to hide it from the health inspector when it escaped. He squashed it with his bare hands, before learning he’d been sold a fake. A GRAVE MISTAKE (1992) Jack Duckworth skipped The Rovers and went to work as a pallbearer – not realising it was one of Alec’s friends who had died. When the pair met he fled with Alec in hot pursuit. A HOTPOT OF BOTHER (1998) After Bet, Alec fell for Rita. One night, he climbed into her bed to find his nemesis Betty in it – she was staying while her house was decorated.

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