Ned Buck and his family inhabited 9 Coronation Street from 1910 to 1926. Ned, wife Sarah, and children Larry, Joe and Alice, lived in a one-room tenement in Inkerman Street before moving to Coronation Street. All of them worked at Hardcastle's Mill but Ned was also an embalmer and cheap coffin maker, and Sarah a midwife who carried out abortions and so they were a great asset to their neighbours. Ned was also the Rovers Return's best customer and biggest drinker.