From his affair with Deirdre Barlow to dying in Ken's arms: Mike Baldwin's best moments on Coronation Street
direct to your inboxIn a soap opera based around working class life in the north of England, cocky chancer Mike Baldwin with Cockney accent and disarming smile stood out a mile on the famous Corrie cobbles.Michael Vernon Baldwin, a London-born businessman who owned and managed Baldwin's Casuals and Underworld factories between 1976 and 2006, was a conniving charmer with an eye for the ladies. Alongside his salt of the earth neighbours the market stall holder turned Coronation Street knicker factory owner was a ruthless character who rarely backed down, especially in his many fist fights with arch nemesis Ken Barlow.