Jimmy Mullins was a porter at Weatherfield General whose good looks caught the eye of Katy Harris who was working in a summer job there in the canteen. Katy and older neighbour Martin Platt had an attraction for each other but the thirty-seven year old man was understandably reluctant to pursue the matter with a sixteen-year old girl and maintained a frustrated distance. Jimmy asked Katy to be his date at the hospital disco and Katy enjoyed Martin’s jealous reaction to the request. She went with Jimmy and Martin cried off a lad’s night out to go to the disco as well as see what transpired. When Jimmy started to get heavy with Katy and kiss her, Martin leaped in and a short fight broke out. Katy was angry but alone with Martin, he confessed his feelings for her and the two kissed, thus star