Editing Ken Barlow (section)

====Other relationships====
Ken's first on-screen relationship was with Susan Cunningham (Shakesby), whom he dated throughout the first ten episodes. Ashamed of his family and background, Ken was constantly apologising to her. This frustrated Susan, who actually liked Coronation Street.<ref>[[#refMyLife|Roache 2010]], p.117.</ref> Fifty years later, it transpired that their relationship had left Susan pregnant, resulting in the birth of a son, Lawrence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.list.co.uk/article/28837-bill-roaches-family-dream/|title=Bill Roache's family dream|date=24 August 2010|work=[[The List (magazine)|The List]]|access-date=8 May 2011|archive-date=7 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007031159/http://www.list.co.uk/article/28837-bill-roaches-family-dream/|url-status=live}}</ref> After Susan, Ken's early love interests included [[Marian Lund]] (Patricia Heneghan), a librarian eleven years his senior; Yvonne Chappell (Alex Marshall), a hotel receptionist he met en route to first wife Valerie's funeral; [[Norma Ford]] ([[Diana Davies (actress)|Diana Davies]]), an impressionable young shop-assistant;<ref name="P118"/> Wendy Nightingale (Susan Tebbs), a married woman who moved in with Ken, making them ''Coronation Street''{{'}}s first unmarried cohabiting couple;<ref>[[#refEgan|Egan 2010]], pp.138–139.</ref> and Elaine.<ref name="P118">[[#refMyLife|Roache 2010]], pp.118–122.</ref> Roache believes that Ken was in love with Elaine, though her feelings for him were less intense. He recalls some discussion of re-introducing her to the series in 2009; however, this did not come to fruition.<ref>[[#refMyLife|Roache 2010]], p.121.</ref> Upon separating from Elaine, Ken confided in his friend Rita (Knox) that, "There were other fellers more glamorous, more successful, more wealthy and more interesting than me." According to Roache, the line offers insight into Ken's psyche, evidencing that he truly belongs on Coronation Street, despite his desires to the contrary.<ref name="P122">[[#refMyLife|Roache 2010]], p.122.</ref>

Although the number of romances Ken was involved in declined from the 1980s onwards, Roache states that those relationships he did have "tended to be bigger and more involved".<ref name="P122"/> His later love interests included Wendy Crozier (Kerr), Alma Sedgewick (Barrie) and Maggie Redman (Kerman).<ref name="P118"/>