Jack Tilsley was Ivy Tilsley's husband when she worked at the Mark Brittain Warehouse from 1971 to 1975. Jack and Ivy had a stable marriage, in spite of pipe-smoking Jack's roving eye. In April 1972, they nearly split when Ivy caught Jack in the house entertaining his fancy piece, Cheryl Crowther. Ivy walked out on Jack and dumped herself on Elsie and Alan Howard at 11 Coronation Street, returning to her husband after letting him sweat for a week or so.