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| Ivan Cheveski | |
| Father | Kazimierz Cheveski |
| Mother | Biasia Cheveski |
| Spouse(s) | Linda Tanner (1958) |
| Children | Paul Cheveski (1961) Martin Cheveski (1964) |
| First appearance | 14th December 1960 |
| Last appearance | 27th December 1967 |
| Duration | 1960-1961, 1962, 1966, 1967 |
| Played by | Ernst Walder |
Ivan Cheveski was a Coronation Street resident in the early 1960s, and the husband of Elsie Tanner's daughter Linda. He and Linda originally moved to Warrington but bought a house in Coronation Street when Linda wanted to be closer to her family.
Ivan, Linda and their newborn son Paul moved to Canada in 1961, making the occasional visit to Weatherfield on their return to the UK in 1966.
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A Polish immigrant, Ivan married 18-year-old Linda Tanner on 1st April 1958 and the pair moved to Warrington. Hard-working Ivan saw it as his duty to provide for his wife and preferred that Linda didn't work. Linda fled to her home town Weatherfield to stay with her mum Elsie Tanner, telling her she wasn't returning to Ivan, but when he followed her to get her back, she admitted she was pregnant. Ivan was thrilled and agreed to stay in Coronation Street - the couple moved into 9 Coronation Street, and Ivan bought it.
While Linda and Elsie prepared the house for the baby, Ivan concentrated on money. He worked in Warrington, and kept up the job while living in Weatherfield. For extra money, he took an evening job as potman at the Rovers Return Inn. Linda convinced Ivan to take a day job in Weatherfield, at an ironworks.
In June 1961, Linda gave birth to a baby boy - Ivan wanted to name him Rizard after his uncle, but they settled on Paul.
The new parents were worried when Paul developed a lingering chesty cough, and it made them realise how unhealthy living the inner city was. When Ivan received a letter from one of his workmates in Canada, he became taken with the standard of living his friend had and when offered a job that would see him earn just as much as his friend, Ivan convinced Linda that they should emigrate. Linda agreed, for better or worse, and the family moved.
The Cheveskis made several return visits to Weatherfield, including once for Christmas in 1962 and again in 1966 when Ivan had set his mind on moving to Birmingham. The marriage was in crisis as Linda had had an affair with a Canadian and returned to Weatherfield. Ivan got a job in Birmingham and waited for Linda to come to her senses. It took an accident in which Paul fell into a canal to bring Ivan up to Weatherfield, and the Cheveskis got back together after all. Ivan was furious when he found out councillor Len Fairclough had voted against the erection of a fence by the canal, and hit him when drunk, blaming him for what could easily have killed his son.
Ivan and Linda had a second son, Martin, in 1964 and stayed in Birmingham, next visiting for Elsie's wedding to Steve Tanner in 1967.
In 1984, Ivan and Linda split up, apparently for good.
"Oh yes." (First line - to Annie Walker's remark about how changable the weather is)
| Original characters | ||
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| Ken Barlow | Frank Barlow | Ida Barlow | David Barlow | Jack Walker | Annie Walker | Elsie Tanner | Dennis Tanner | Linda Cheveski | Ivan Cheveski | Harry Hewitt | Lucille Hewitt | Concepta Riley | Ena Sharples | Minnie Caldwell | Martha Longhurst | Albert Tatlock | Christine Hardman | Florrie Lindley | Esther Hayes | Leonard Swindley |
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