Henry Wakefield was a former Foundry worker who responded to Hilda Ogden's advert for a lodger in January 1985. Hilda took him in with the understanding that he was a railway ticket inspector but Curly Watts recognised him from Manchester Central Library where he'd seen him during the day when he should have been at work. When Hilda asked Henry about this, he admitted he was unemployed and couldn't get work as he was known by the unions as a strike breaker. He added that his mother had recently died and she was ashamed of him for crossing the picket line.