Brian Slater was the late husband of Jean Slater and father of her two children, Sean and Stacey, as well as Kyle, Shannon and Siobhan. His grandson Arthur Brian Fowler's middle name is dedicated to him.
Brian Slater has never appeared on screen but has been mentioned numerous times.
Backstory[]
Brian is the husband of Jean Slater and Alison Slater and father of Stacey Slater, Sean Slater Kyle Slater, Shannon Slater and Siobhan Slater.
Brian and Jean got married in 1982 and had their son, Sean Slater, a year later on Christmas Day in 1983. In November 1988, they had their second child, Stacey Slater. The family were relatively stable until Jean began to suffer from bipolar disorder, in which she shortly got diagnosed for. Brian struggled to provide for his family due to Jean's struggles and this resulted in him frequently leaving the home for Blackpool, where he had an affair with another woman, Alison Slater. Jean knew of this affair and Brian continued anyways, eventually marrying Alison and having his three other children.
In December 1999, Brian had a fight with his son Sean and was punched in the head. He then went to work and suffered a brain haemorrhage resulting from the injury and fell to his death from a scaffold. Prior to his death, he had given a key to Sean for a safety deposit box which contained his possessions. Sean soon left the home out of the guilt for killing his father and joined the army. This key was then given to Stacey by Sean in 2015 off-screen.
Kyle's mother had the same key to the safety deposit box. She cleared it out when she found out he'd died. It contained photos, birth certificates, letters and marriage certificates. Kyle’s mother and siblings didn't know about Jean, Stacey and Sean either, until Brian died. Even then, Kyle's mother wouldn't tell anyone.
On Kyle's 21st, his mother wrapped the stuff from the safety deposit box and sent it to Kyle as a present. As she wanted to hurt him as they don't get on, Brian left a letter in the safety deposit box for Kyle, Siobhan, Shannon, Sean and Stacey.
Kyle doesn't really remember his father. He was only five when he died. He’d remember building sandcastles in Norfolkand and sticking little flags in them. He’d fill a bucket with water and make moats around them.
He has never appeared on screen but seen in photos on 24 July 2009, 28 December 2010 and later in a similar photo on 7 July 2015.