angela and her husband tommy (thomas craig) and their children katy (lucy-jo hudson) and craig (richard fleeshman) first appeared on the street, having rented number 6 and using the last name "nelson". they came originally from sheffield where angela worked in a pub. she witnessed a murder and gave evidence against the accused. but the family of the accused took their revenge with threats and eventually tried to burn their house. the harris's were taken under the witness protection program, given a new identity as the nelson family and moved to weatherfield.