Roy and Hayley's role in Fiz's life was as surrogate parents although in contrast to Becky Granger, Fiz rarely leaned on the Croppers for emotional support and her job alongside Hayley in the factory meant that they were as much friends as mother and daughter figures. "[11] Hayley's exit storyline saw her diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. In 2013, Carla was one of the first people to find out about Hayley's cancer treatment. Roy became obsessed with catching the prankster, suspecting Beth Tinker, but the mystery was solved when Deirdre Barlow, walking her dog Eccles, found Roy sleepwalking on the Red Rec. The following day, Hayley collapses and Fiz calls an ambulance to take Hayley to hospital. Her passion for bowls was passed on by her father. A few months later, Fiz returned to the area, older and wiser, and apologised to the Croppers for being rotten to them. Hayley was the first transgender character in a British soap opera Heather phones the father to tell him he has a son, and it is revealed to be the much younger Darren Miller (Charlie G. Hawkins). Also, his presents to her was usually more suited to him, for example an authentic but rustic meal from the Civil War period (2002), a holiday in Burnham Thorpe for the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar (2005), and Scrabble in a foreign language (2003). Mary Taylor (Patti Clare) intervenes in the wedding preparations and, after weeks of muscling in, Hayley and Roy tell her they do not want her to be a part of the wedding, despite Hayley wearing her vintage wedding dress. She was married to Roy Cropper and together they were devoted foster parents to many Street faves including Becky Granger, Fiz. Becky grew very attached to Royston and Hayles. On 30 August 2010, the train carriage that Hayley and bridesmaids Fiz and Becky (Katherine Kelly) decouples from the steam train that is transporting the groom and wedding guests to the venue, due to Mary's meddling. It being a big step for them, Hayley and Roy were very attentive and enthusiastic, much to Jackie's chagrin, but overall it was a pleasant experience for them. As a boy, Roy had found his mother cold and unsympathetic, and as an adult she still instilled fear in him. Hesmondhalgh: "Because nobody else would have them, the scriptwriters have got to be a bit imaginative with us - they can't just keep splitting us up and sending us off and having affairs and having children and things. Christian decides to wait and they talk but Hayley decides to take Roy and Christian to The Rovers, where Christian reveals that he is married and has two children, Sam and Maisie. The letter stirred up some painful childhood memories of abandonment, but with Hayley's encouragement Roy took a trip to Blackburn to meet St. John. We didn't want people to be fearful of her and dislike her for the wrong reasons. Alma took the news better, and urged Roy to make amends. The Croppers were one of the few people Becky said goodbye to when she left the Street a few weeks later, to start a new life in Barbados. However, Hayley refused to be defined by her illness and remained as active as usual. She was a fast machinist and got a job at Underworld, though when her secret came out and she faced bigotry in the workplace and elsewhere, she found it difficult to cope with. The Croppers were relieved when they were informed that Fiz had done similarly before, and there would be no action taken. When I got the scripts for those episodes I read them like a novel, all five episodes back to back I found it absolutely thrilling. (Fifty Years). Carla is determined to visit Hayley and she is glad that Carla came. However, Hayley was impressed with Roy, whose stories at the dinner table had bored everyone but her, and they went out for a drink afterwards. Angela claimed to be doing it so that the police would take the threat from the Morgan brothers - the cause of their relocation to Weatherfield seriously. Tracy drugs Roy at Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) and Shelley Unwin's (Sally Lindsay) wedding reception and claims to have slept with him. Becky's stay with the Croppers reached an impasse when Becky went for a joyride in Hayley's car with her friend Slug, and she was subsequently sacked for starting a fire in the cafe which was actually caused by an electrical fault. We'll get to know Hayley as a person, not a soap-box cause." The baby's true paternity is revealed at Steve's wedding to Karen (Suranne Jones), when Tracy demands that baby Patience be returned to her and the Croppers, heartbroken, do so and Tracy repays the cash to Roy and Hayley. However, she did not want to sleep apart from Roy anyway, and as she moved into Roy's flat, they cemented their relationship, although Hayley lied to Roy by telling him that, like him, she was a virgin. Julie Hesmondhalgh left Coronation Street temporarily in 2001 to give birth to her daughter, Martha Mo. They watch the CCTV footage and it proves that Roy is behind all of the rearranged furniture. When Hayley Cropper swallows poison on Coronation Street on Monday night, taking her own life to escape inoperable pancreatic cancer, with her beloved husband, Roy, in pieces at her bedside, it will be the end of a character who, thanks to Hesmondhalghs performance, has captivated and challenged British TV viewers for . One instance where this was a problem was when the Croppers were interviewed to assess their suitability as foster parents in December 2000. They thought it was a cop-out. Hayley and Roy then sit down as talk about Hayley's final days, where she tells Roy that she intends to end her own life when the cancer spreads. After affirming their mutual attraction, Hayley goes to Amsterdam for private gender reassignment surgery. As a wedding present to Roy, Hayley officially changed her name by deed poll to Hayley Anne Cropper. In September 2011, Hayley cleared Frank Foster's things from the factory after his rape of Carla and ran the factory in her absence. However, their meeting ended on a sour note when Christian refused to let Hayley meet his children. Thankfully some good news came not long after - on August 30, 2010, Roy and Hayley finally walked up the aisle and became man and wife. While minister Jessica Lundy and Spider Nugent kept the reporters occupied, Emily intercepted the wedding party and told them to turn around. 2 min read. Once she had her final operation in Amsterdam, Hayley wanted nothing more than to be one of the girls, but when faced with prejudice it was not anger but disappointment Hayley felt, the abuse serving as a reminder that she would never be able to lead a normal life. Sylvia is initially outraged but, as of July 2011, appears to be coming round and accepts Hayley for who she is. Hayley insists on visiting Jane in the hospice and Jeff reveals that Jane has died. Hayley and Roy Cropper were married officially on August 30 th 2010. So I immediately imagined myself as a Bet Lynch-type character and I did literally pitch up for the audition with red lipstick and a leopard-skin coat. Patience Cropper is renamed Amy Barlow and the Croppers are her godparents. The following year, the Croppers joined the Weatherfield First Aiders. They seemed to be back on the road to normality when Tracy dropped a bombshell she was pregnant, and Roy was the father. ", Reaction to the character improved over time, with praise focusing on Hayley's relationship with Roy. Hayley felt compelled to track down her son and hired a private detective, who identified her son as Christian Gatley, manager of a record shop. She was a kind woman who always put others first, at times such that she could be seen as a pushover, as evidenced by doing her colleagues work for them to meet quotas. When Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) and her half-sister Eva Price (Catherine Tyldesley), argue at the factory, Leanne pushes Eva into Hayley, so Carla throws Leanne out. On 1 June 2010, Robbie Sloan (James Fleet) tricks Hayley to go to the factory, telling her that Carla Connor (Alison King) has had an accident, when in reality, Robbie has tied Carla to a chair and duct taped her mouth shut. When she returns to Weatherfield, she starts work at Underworld. Hayley was very non-confrontational, at least when dealing with bigots such as Les Battersby. With Anna Windass's encouragement (after Roy let slip Hayley's plans), Roy lied and told Hayley that he had changed his mind. Hayley joined Firman's Freezers after years of looking after her father, and in the midst of a sex change. [1] She was married to Roy Cropper (David Neilson). Roy tries one last time to stop Hayley but she is adamant. Following the death of her aunt Monica in September 2007, Hayley discovers that she has a son, Christian Gatley (Andrew Turner). Hesmondhalgh: "I worked with the costume department to create a look. Her friend and colleague Alma Baldwin (Amanda Barrie) introduced her to Roy Cropper (David Neilson) and they became friends until Hayley told him that she was transgender and used to be called Harold. She names him George Michael, after the singer. Hayley was wary of Becky's attempts to befriend her but, sensing something in her, decided to cut her a break and gave her a job at the cafe. The Lancashire-born actress, 42, admitted she has had "the most wonderful . Upset, Hayley runs home and is followed by Sylvia. Realising how close he came to losing Hayley, Roy got down on one knee and proposed marriage instead of a civil partnership, and Hayley accepted without hesitation. Feeling Christian would have responded better if she had told him the truth in her own time, Hayley blamed Roy everything and went to stay with Becky, although once she'd calmed down she returned to Roy. After . In 2010, Hayley took dance classes with Anna Windass, and two years later learned ballroom dancing with Norris Cole and Mary Taylor. The Croppers struck up an instant bond with Wayne, but although the quiet lad hadn't said why he ran away from home, as Alex left with Wayne, Roy saw him hit the boy through the cafe window. Hesmondhalgh also won "Best On-screen partnership" and "Best Storyline" both alongside David Neilson at the ceremony. Hayley tries to comfort Henry as he is not coping. When Hayley was fourteen, her mother walked out on the family and she was raised by her father thereafter. Their reunion was cemented when Hayley was taken hostage at the factory by a maniacal Tony Gordon, escaping after her fellow hostage Carla Connor appealed to Tony's better side and persuaded him to let Hayley go. The Croppers reunited, but the incident only made both parties more entrenched in their positions on Hayley's suicide plot. I think maybe Ann McManus came up with it. On being a woman playing the role: "I know a lot of the transsexual community were upset that it was a woman playing the part of Hayley, and not a transsexual. Anna lets her in and tries to stop Carla knocking on the flat door, but she does. In most aspects of their lives, they were a team, for example in their volunteer work and becoming first aiders. Hayley has a nightmare about being "Harold" again, making her regret the way things ended with her son, Christian. Making her character pregnant when Julie fell pregnant in real life wasn't possible for the Corrie script team for obvious reasons - Hayley Cropper was born a man. While Tracy felt no guilt over her treatment of the Croppers, Ken and Deirdre forced her to pay back the money and make the Croppers godparents to Patience, whose name was changed to Amy Barlow. Sticky Post By On January 8, 2022 By On January 8, 2022 Rising Stockholm -based designer Jade Cropper is debuting her Fall/Winter 2023 collection in a short film. They went on to possibly save their group mates' lives by evacuating the first aid tent when a rocket landed on it and started a fire at the local firework display. Suppressing his feelings of grief, Roy slumped into a depression. 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