Minnie Caldwell (née Carlton) was a Coronation Street resident from 1962 to 1976. A widow by the 1960s, Minnie lived at No.5 with her beloved cat Bobby. She was a fixture in the snug of the Rovers Return Inn along with her pensioner friends Ena Sharples and Martha Longhurst. In 1976, Minnie moved to Whaley Bridge to live with her friend Handel Gartside.