Lesley "Les" Clegg was the owner of the Corner Shop in 1968. His alcoholism had almost destroyed his marriage to Maggie and despite his promise to stay sober, he fell off the wagon after a few weeks and recovered in psychiatric hospital. When Gordon's biological father Ted Farrell made a return to the area in June 1982, Betty stated that Les had died some time prior to Maggie marrying Ron Cooke in 1974.