Decided to try this, don't hesitate to let me know what you think! It will be a story of Peter, Carla and the struggles of their relationship here is just a recap of Peter's years on the cobbles.
To sum this up for you lot who haven't watched or caught up on Corrie!
Peter Barlow is the son of Ken and Valerie Barlow, the father of rebel, yet smart Simon Barlow and twin brother to the late Susan Barlow.
When Peter and his twin sister Susan were just 5 years old their mother Val was killed by an electric shock in 1971.
Ken did his best to raise the twins alone but the pressure became too much to handle and he sent them Glasgow in the care of Val's parents Alfred and Edith Tatlock.
When Ken had remarried and planned to gain the twins back, Peter and Susan refused, having settled in Glasgow.
However over the years Ken either went up to Glasgow to visit them or the twins would come down to Manchester.
Peter joined the Royal Navy when he was just 15 years old, serving from 1980-2002.
During this time he returned to Manchester for his sister Susan's wedding to Mike Baldwin, Peter then left with his girlfriend Jessica Midgeley who he later went on to marry in 1990.
He returned to Manchester in December 2000 after 20 years in the Navy, he revealed that he and Jessica had split up after she'd had an affair.
In 2001 Peter was the suspect of the rape of Toyah Battersby but later managed to catch the real culprit, during this time he accidentally let slip to Ken that Susan had a teenage son with Mike Baldwin; Adam Barlow.
Susan had claimed she had an abortion, Mike found out by Dev Alahan who had found out by Deidre, who had been told by Ken.
Peter was the only person to know of Adam.
Susan was visiting Ken at the time when she died in a car crash whilst trying to flee Weatherfield, however 13 year old Adam survived but Peter and Ken felt guilty, blaming themselves for the death of Susan.
In 2001, Peter began a relationship with The Rovers Return manager, Shelley Unwin, however in September 2002 he began an affair and impregnated florist Lucy Richards, after finding out she was pregnant Peter married her despite being engaged to Shelley!
The only person who knew of this bigamous relationship was his step sister and Lucy's employee Tracy Barlow.
When Lucy learned that he was still engaged to Shelley, she kicked him out, later giving birth to the couples son Simon in July 2003, slowly letting Peter have links to her life again.
When she discovered Peter had bigamously married Shelley in July 2003, just two weeks after his son Simon was born she took the pleasure in telling Shelley in September 2003 before moving to Australia and taking Simon with her.
Shelley kicked Peter out and he moved to Portsmouth following the public shame, he wasn't seen until 2007 where he was concerned about Tracy's relationship with Charlie Stubbs. Having been attacked by Charlie on accusation of having an affair with Tracy but within a week Tracy had murdered Charlie.
In the lead up to Tracy's trial he enjoyed a short relationship with Maria Sutherland, once Tracy was sent down with life imprisonment he returned to his business in Portsmouth, letting his nephew Adam go with him.
Peter was next seen in October 2008, returning with his son Simon after Lucy had died from breast cancer and her last wish was for the boy to be with his father.
However he turned to the bottle claiming he had no interest in being a father, once he had learned that Lucy had left him the estate in the condition he looks after Simon he had a change of heart, using the money to buy the Bookmakers shop from Dan Mason, renaming it Barlow's Bookies, the father and son duo moved into the flat upstairs.
Peter set his sights on Leanne Battersby but when it became clear he had a drink problem she refused to commit to him. In 2009 Peter entered into rehab and battled his demons and when he returned in March he and Leanne began a relationship.
However it didn't last as a woman arrived on the cobbles claiming she had an affair with him whilst he was recovering. Leanne left him and Weatherfield for Leeds.
Peter's drinking then began to continue, this resulted in him burning the flat down after passing out with a cigarette in hand. Once he'd realised the danger he'd put his young son in he vowed to never drink again and began to attend Alcoholics Anonymous.
He had a short fling with Michelle Connor before reigniting his relationship with Leanne after he persuaded her to take him back in September.
They decided to open a bar, The Joinery under the Viaduct at the end of Coronation Street.
Ken didn't agree to this but Peter found investment in Lucy's father George Wilson who wanted to build a relationship with Simon.
As work began on the bar Peter's drink problem returned, George tried to use this against him in order to get custody of Simon.
As Peter tried once more to clean up his act he berated George and his wife Eve for loosing Simon in Blackpool and warned George to stay away.
Due to Peter's rehabilitation the plans for the new bar were dropped and despite his own personal problems his and Leanne's relationship survived and they became engaged.
During this time Leanne's ex Nick Tiley had arrived back on the cobbles and planned to open his own new bar; The Joinery, Peter encouraged Leanne to take on his offer of the role of manager.
Whilst Leanne and Nick were working hard to open The Joinery, Peter grew close to Leanne's friend Carla Connor when he realised she was also going through a drink problem, he offered her support and the meetings were only kept between the two of them.
When Leanne asked where he was going he claimed he was helping out a mate from AA called Carl.
In November The Joinery finally opened and Carla became drunk before driving her car home.
This resulted in her being pulled over by the police, Peter collected her from the station and took her home after she'd been charged with drink driving.
Later that night Carla made a pass at Peter but he told her that whilst he was tempted he wanted to be with Leanne.
However across the road at The Joinery Leanne began an affair with Nick.
Nick begged Leanne not to marry Peter, when Carla learned of the affair she told Leanne to choose Nick too although this was down to her plan to get Peter for herself, Leanne however chose to call off her affair with Nick and marry Peter.
On 6th December 2010 during Peter's stag night in The Joinery just as Nick took Peter into the office to tell him the truth, after being interrupted by Ashley Peacock who came to say his farewells a massive gas explosion ripped through The Joinery, damaging the Viaduct and causing a Tram to derail and crash into the Street.
Peter suffered life risking injuries, believing he was going to die, he married Leanne that night.
Peter fortunately survived but his injuries meant he would have to learn to walk again.
He and Leanne moved into 1 Coronation Street with Ken and Deidre whilst he recovered.
Leanne told Peter that she now knew that "Carl" was Carla.
On Christmas Day, Peter announced in the Rovers that he intended to be walking by 14th February to give Leanne the wedding she deserved.
After a week away over the New Year the pressure of his injuries was starting to show.
He rejected Ken's help and insisted to move back into the flat, taking his frustration out on Leanne, with Nick's encouragement he began to drink again.
Peter later learned of Leanne's affair from Tracy who had overheard Carla and Leanne arguing about it.
He asked a worried Nick to be his best man to which he accepted.
On the day of the wedding Peter managed to walk down the aisle but then revealed to a shocked congregation about Leanne and Nick's deceit claiming he wanted to divorce Leanne.
Later on Ken convinced Peter he should give Leanne a second chance and Peter managed to catch her before she boarded her train and they got back together.
They then went on a break to discuss it.
Later in the year Peter began to see Carla, still being attracted to her.
When Carla got drunk and ran over Leanne's mother Stella Price he helped to cover it up.
Leanne wanted to go to the police but decided against it after Carla overdosed, only Leanne and Peter knew this.
When Carla was raped by her business partner and fiancée Frank Foster after calling off the wedding, Peter had beaten him up and got arrested but was released.
Peter began to support Carla after her ordeal, coming under suspicion of Leanne.
They began an affair and planned to get together after Frank was sent down but he was later let off by getting photos of Peter and Carla together and convincing people he was set up, a devastated Leanne fled the Street, much to upset of Simon and Peter moved Carla in.
When Frank managed to com the shares out of Underworld from Carla, Peter got drunk and announced in Nick's Bistro that he would kill Frank.
Coincidentally, Frank was later murdered, and Peter came under suspicion.
He couldn't remember what happened that night but "confessed" as the police were suspicious of Carla.
However Leanne found out he was with Howard Lee who ran the Alcoholic's Support Group and told the police who let him go.
The killer later turned out to be Frank's mother Anne.
Throughout the first half of 2012, Peter was involved in a strong feud with Leanne over the custody of Simon, eventually allowing Simon to go stay with her.
However when Peter decided he wanted to see his son Leanne made excuses not to and Peter wasn't happy about Simon's bond with Nick.
When Leanne planned to leave Weatherfield with Simon and Nick for a fresh start, Peter was strongly against it and vanished from the Street, presumed dead, but later picked Simon up from his football training and took him to a B .
He then contacted Carla to meet him at the train station and bring their passports so that they could flee the country.
Carla turned up with a worried Leanne and Peter decided to let Simon stay with her.
A broken hearted Peter left the country with Carla and a few months later Peter and Leanne were divorced.
In December he arrived back in Weatherfield with Carla just as Nick and Leanne were set to leave for their wedding in Las Vegas.
Peter announced he was off the alcohol and back for Christmas.
Leanne and Nick postponed the wedding as Simon wanted to stay with Peter however Carla wanted to return to Los Angeles as she didn't like it in Weatherfield.
Carla left on her own whilst Peter remained and attempted to work himself back into Leanne's affections.
After finding her drunk after her Hen Night he tried to convince her to give their relationship another go, Leanne left, apparently turning down Peter's offer.
On that same night, Carla showed up again and moved back in with him, Peter hadn't warned Leanne of Carla's return and she went ahead and attempted to jilt Nick on their wedding day but was shocked to see Carla had moved back in.
Peter ended up denying to Carla that he was going to take Leanne back.
In 2013 Peter began to struggle at the bookies.
He had unwillingly taken on Carla's brother Rob Donovan for Carla's sake when Rob had more ideas for the place, ideally bringing more punters in.
Peter also disliked Rob for the fact he was dating Tracy and felt that she was too good for him.
Peter assured his father that he would deal with Rob as Ken was also mistrustful of him.
Peter later sacked Rob from the bookies feeling he was incompetent, causing more bad feelings between the pair.
In the summer Rob offered and placed high bets on certain races and even though he didn't have the cash to pay if Rob did win, Peter agreed and when Rob won, Peter was embarrassed in front of the punters when he was unable to pay up.
Instead of reporting Peter, Rob made him an offer to lease the premises to him and Tracy rent free for the next 6 months.
Peter had no choice but to agree.
The pair then renamed it Barlow's Buys and Peter began to work at Underworld in the office with Carla but felt it damaged his pride as he was relying on her for his work and upkeep.
Later in the year Peter found himself growing close to Rovers barmaid Tina McIntyre.
On the day of his wedding to Carla, she had passed out drunk and Peter and Tina shared a kiss on the dance floor however he regretted his actions but regardless they began an on, off, affair over the next few months but the pressure was on Peter when Carla fell pregnant and Tina suspected she was too.
This led him to fall off the wagon for the first time in nearly two years but he didn't want to admit to Carla the real reason why.
He was admitted to a rehab clinic for a couple of weeks but when he returned home he occasionally sneaked off for a drink and Carla put him under house arrest which angered him further.
In May 2014, Peter planned to run away to Portsmouth with Tina for a new life away from Weatherfield however he chose to remain as Carla was pregnant although Tina threatened to expose his secrets.
A distraught Peter went to the Rovers and confessed everything to Carla about the affair.
Tina was viciously attacked by Rob and later died in hospital and Peter became a prime suspect.
His world fell apart when Carla separated from him and he went to move into No.1.
Peter turned up at Tina's funeral drunk and got into a confrontation with Rob and blurted out that he and Tina were even as she had ruined his marriage causing the residents to now suspect he was responsible for her demise.
Peter was arrested in July on suspicion of Tina's murder as a charm bracelet belonging to her flat mate Steph Britton was found in the backyard of No.1 with Peter's fingerprints on it as he had innocently moved it whilst retrieving a newspaper in the kitchen and Peter was subsequently charged.
Peter began to loose hope inside believing his family thought he was guilty and Ken wanted nothing to do with him although Ken had no idea of the recent events as he hadn't been informed by Deidre because he was still in Canada.
Ken returned to Weatherfield and assured Peter that he didn't think he was guilty which helped to reassure him however he still found himself deprived of booze and when Simon hadn't turned up for a visit Peter was desperate for a drink.
His cellmate Eugene Clelland had let slip that a man nicknamed "The Landlord" has been smuggling booze in for prisoners however warned that he wasn't to be messed with Peter went to see The Landlord and to his surprise it was Jim McDonald, he allowed Peter to have a drink as he was a friend of Steve's, however, expected payment.
Over the course of the coming weeks, Peter found himself again, alcohol dependent and Jim then began winding Peter up and told him to contact Steve and organise a visit.
Ex wife Liz however turned up and told Jim to back off and leave Steve alone.
In a foul mood, Jim refused to give Peter anymore booze as he didn't fulfill his promise, growing desperate, Peter sought out Jim's drink stash and began drinking a lot which caused him to collapse with alcohol poisoning.
Peter was rushed to Weatherfield General in critical condition but managed to pull through.
At this point Carla had miscarried their baby and visited Peter in hospital, Peter assured her that he "knew" she killed Tina and that he would cover for her, this confused Carla and she realised that Peter was not guilty.
After recovering Peter returned to prison and was visited by Jim who told him that a lot of prisoners were angry with him for drinking away most of the supply, Peter and Eugene's cell was later trashed as a warning.
Wanting revenge, Peter scuppered Jim's chances of seeing Steve and Amy again by revealing to Steve, Jim was supplying the booze, Steve once again cut off contact with his father and reported Jim for his dodgy dealings.
Peter was led away by two men hired by Jim and given a beating however he accepted his punishment instead of reporting Jim.
Peter was put on trial for Tina's murder however felt he was pretty much done for when Leanne gave damaging evidence about his attack on Nick.
After a tense few days in court the jury delivered a "guilty" verdict and a speechless Peter was put back into his cell.
On 24th October he was sentenced to life in prison, expected to serve at least 15 years.
Rob later confessed to Carla it was him who killed Tina and was subsequently arrested, Peter was then acquitted and released from prison on 10th November, although he received a frosty reception from some of the residents he made up with Steve and begged Carla for forgiveness but she refused to take him back.
Unable to cope with being judge by the residents Peter decided to move down to Portsmouth once again in order to clear his head but to the distress of Simon.
With the help from Carla, Peter had a heart to heart with his son who was assured he could visit Peter whenever he wanted, Peter then said goodbye to Ken, Tracy and Leanne and left Weatherfield in a taxi but allowed Simon to come see him off on the train.
Peter pulled himself together following his departure and got a flat and a job at a bookmakers shop.
In July 2015 Peter was informed by Ken that Deidre had passed away.
Peter wasn't able to make it to the funeral but turned up at No.1 afterwards just as Ken and Tracy had gotten into a heated argument and in return Tracy let rip into both Ken and Peter, angry that Peter had missed Deidre's funeral and didn't care for his excuses.
When Ken went to lie down, Peter gave Tracy some home truths and revealed that he feared her daughter Amy would turn out like her, hated by everyone and would one day be alone and warned Tracy to change her ways before it came true.
When Ken came down from his rest, Tracy apologised for her behaviour and the family made up and reminisced about the happier times with Deidre.
The next day Peter prepared to leave again, he was visited by Simon and Leanne and broke the news to his son that he had been offered a job with a charter boat company in Antigua for 6 months, Simon was upset and wanted to leave with him but Peter said they could always keep in touch and visit.
Saying goodbye to Simon again and another glance at a passing Carla, Peter got into a taxi and left Weatherfield once again.
In September that year, Leanne was unable to cope with the stress of Simon's behaviour as she had been suffering domestic abuse from him behind closed doors so she sent him to stay with Peter in Portsmouth, Simon returned in November after an 8 week stay but claimed that Peter had no time for him as he was away most of the day and even after work he would be spending time with his girlfriend Sharon.
Despite this claim though Simon tried to hurt Leanne further by claiming that Sharon was better than her and more fun, unable to cope once more, Leanne contacted Peter but he didn't answer her calls, Ken did manage to contact Peter and informed him about what had been happening, he was apparently sympathetic towards Leanne's situation, blaming himself for the way Simon had turned out.
Simon went to stay with Peter again in February 2016 after Leanne called the police on him for his domestic abuse after Simon was accused of deliberately attacking his former friend Kyle during football training.
After it was discovered Simon didn't attack Kyle as evidenced by video footage he called Peter to see if he could come and stay with him, Ken then drove Simon to Portsmouth.
In May Leanne and Simon went to visit him again as it was the first anniversary of Leanne's boyfriend Kal Nazir in the Victoria Court fire and she wished to avoid being close to such painful memories.
In October 2016 Peter called Simon and told him that he would be present to see him receive his player of the year award for football, much to Simon's excitement.
However to no surprise Peter was a no show leaving Simon bitter.
A couple of days later Peter made an unexpected return to Coronation Street, letting himself into No.1 much to the surprise of Ken, sporting a nasty gash, Peter apologised for missing Simon receiving his award and claimed he had walked into a boom.
Peter arrived at Tracy's new venture set up at his property, now a florist named Preston's Petals and asked for money to tide him over saying that he'd had a busy up with the yacht's owner and that he was struggling to find work as the man knew every marina, Ken walked in on the conversation and was disappointed Peter had lied to him but agreed not to tell Simon.
That night Peter arrived back home at 1am to a suspicious Ken, Peter insisted he was meeting someone in the pub about new work but Ken refused to believe him, moments later Ken had a stroke.
A few days later with Ken in hospital, Tracy learned about the argument and told Peter to leave town telling him no-one wanted him there.
When Peter was about to leave he started chatting to Steve McDonald who offered to let him stay at his place at The Rovers.
Since then he has entered into a relationship with Leanne's sister Toyah, bought The Rovers and ran it with her, been involved in a surrogate storyline where he believed Eva and Aidan's daughter was his own, naming the daughter Susie after his late twin sister Susan.
Then finding out Susie wasn't his, supporting Carla through a mental health period after the Underowrld Roof Collapse and her psychosis.
He is currently a taxi driver for Steve's taxi firm Street Cars and part time manager of the Rovers Return along with his girlfriend Carla to help Carla's dad Johnny Connor and his wife Jenny. He currently lives upstairs in The Rovers with Carla.