About: Mark Hillkirk

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Mark Hillkirk was a pupil at Bessie Street School and a friend of Terry Bates when Ken Barlow became deputy head there in January 1972. When watching a slideshow on the First World War that Ken presented, he told him that his own grandfather was in that conflict but go into trouble when he deliberately mis-named a Howitzer gun as a "Hows-your-father" gun and was later cheeky when Ken advised on good television programmes to watch and he replied that he'd rather watch Sylvester and Tweety-Pie. The character was not credited under his name until the April 1972 appearances onward.

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rdf:type	Character
rdfs:label	Mark Hillkirk
rdfs:comment	Mark Hillkirk was a pupil at Bessie Street School and a friend of Terry Bates when Ken Barlow became deputy head there in January 1972. When watching a slideshow on the First World War that Ken presented, he told him that his own grandfather was in that conflict but go into trouble when he deliberately mis-named a Howitzer gun as a "Hows-your-father" gun and was later cheeky when Ken advised on good television programmes to watch and he replied that he'd rather watch Sylvester and Tweety-Pie. The character was not credited under his name until the April 1972 appearances onward.
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Number of Appearances	11(xsd:integer)
Sibling(s)	3(xsd:integer)
First Appearance	1972-01-17(xsd:date)
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Character Name	Mark Hillkirk
Played By	Mark Adshead
Last Appearance	1973-11-21(xsd:date)
abstract	Mark Hillkirk was a pupil at Bessie Street School and a friend of Terry Bates when Ken Barlow became deputy head there in January 1972. When watching a slideshow on the First World War that Ken presented, he told him that his own grandfather was in that conflict but go into trouble when he deliberately mis-named a Howitzer gun as a "Hows-your-father" gun and was later cheeky when Ken advised on good television programmes to watch and he replied that he'd rather watch Sylvester and Tweety-Pie. In April 1972, Mark was caught by headmaster Wilfred Perkins writing "Barlamb fancies Terry Bate's Mam" (sic) on the blackboard (referring to deputy head Ken Barlow and Rita Bates). When questioned by Perkins, Mark tried to blame another pupil, Susan, for putting the idea in his head. In October 1973, Len Fairclough stopped Rita Littlewood from selling fireworks to Mark and his friends at The Kabin and barred the lads from the shop. Mark later went to watch the communal bonfire with his friends. There, a freak accident occurred when a spark landed in an open box of fireworks, setting them off and setting Mark on fire. Ken Barlow rescued him by smothering him with his jacket but Mark was seriously hurt and had to have a skin graft on his leg. Alan Howard blamed himself for the accident as he was supervising the fireworks. While in hospital, Mark was visited by Albert Tatlock and two school friends. Albert used the toy tanks the boys were playing with to launch into a discussion of the First World War. The boys were interested in what Albert had to say and Mark already knew that it was that conflict in which tanks had first been used. Years later, in October 1999, Rita was furious to discover that Sharon Gaskell was selling fireworks in The Kabin, as she had refused to stock them since Mark's accident. The character was not credited under his name until the April 1972 appearances onward.

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