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Shirley Armitage was a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera Coronation Street. Played by Lisa Lewis the character appeared for a period of six years between 1983 and 1989. Shirley became the programme’s first major black character.Shirley Armitage was a machinist at Baldwin’s Casuals. From 1988 to 1989 she lived with Curly Watts in the shop flat but left the area when they split up.