Bert Daniels was a police sergeant ex-colleague of Cyril Turpin's from the police force. When Cyril passed away in 1974, Bert to pay his condolences to Betty. Even though Cyril had left the force, the lads wanted Betty to agree to let them be pallbearers are his funeral. A grateful Betty agreed. In October of that year, Ken Barlow and Alf Roberts got in touch with Sgt Daniels on Betty's behalf about Bet Lynch being stranded in Spain. Daniels got in touch with the Spanish police on their behalf and reported that no trace of Bet had been found.