Stanley Josiah "Stan" Ogden was the husband of Hilda and owner of 13 Coronation Street from 1964 to 1984. Born in 1919 in Weatherfield, lorry driver Stan met cleaner Hilda Crabtree when she fell over him during a wartime blackout in 1943. They married in December of that year. A marriage and four children - Freda, Trevor, Tony and Sylvia - followed, but the family struggled on low income and Stan's heavy drinking and occasional violence led to Tony and Sylvia being taken into council care, and Freda leaving home and changing her name to Irma. Stan eventually tracked his daughter down and bought No.13 Coronation Street as a sign that for once he could be relied on to support the family.