Coronation Street

- Season 20

(1978)

Len has a black eye, he swears vengeance. Annie reprimands Fred for fighting Len. Fred refuses to pay Ray any money for the coffee table. Hilda decides to camp out for Perkins sale to buy a colour TV for £5. The residents hang around the Rovers in the hope of a fight. Hilda camps outside the store. Len hits Fred in the Rovers. Rita drags him home. Hilda is horrified when a meths-drinking tramp, Ozzie, camps down with her.

Hilda is the first in the queue at Perkins sale. Fred sports a black eye. Annie tells him that if it happens again he'll have to leave the Rovers. Ernie feels in a bit of a rut as a wages clerk. Alf arranges a date with Renee. Hilda is too busy being interviewed by a local radio reporter, Ted Thomas, to notice the store doors opening. She misses the TV. Two thugs, Tommo and Dave, follow Mike and Ernie when they go to the bank. Alf has to call off his date with Renee because of work. He's got to go on a course in London for a couple of weeks. He assures her they'll go ...

Tommo and Dave follow Mike and Ernie back to the factory. Emily plans a summer holiday abroad. Hilda is bitter that she hasn't got a colour TV. Eddie promises to get her one. Steve is embarrassed when the factory girls tease him about Suzie. Renee is flattered when Alf rings her from London. Ernie makes up the wages. Eddie gives Hilda a green and blue screen to put on the black and white TV. She thinks it's useless and refuses to have it. Tommo and Dave, with shotgun demand the wages from Ernie. He is in the middle of handing it over when Mike comes into the wages ...

Ernie is rushed to Weatherfield General. The police question Mike and force him to give accurate descriptions of the gunmen. Ernie undergoes emergency surgery. Ivy and Vera are in shock after Ernie's shooting. Emily returns from work to find the police in the Street. She realises something has happened at the factory. When Elsie breaks the news to her, she collapses. Betty takes Emily to the hospital. Mike blames himself, thinking he panicked the gunmen. A surgeon, Mr Liston, breaks the news to Emily that Ernie is dead.

The police question two men about the shooting. Mavis takes charge of Emily. Emily can't see any point in life going on. Reporters descend on the Street. Mike and Emily identify Ernie's body. Albert is surprised when his chiropodist is a woman, Sally Robson. Elsie lays on lunch for Emily and Ken. Emily can't eat anything but is grateful for their support. Emily's sister, Norah Seddon, arrives to sort Emily out but she isn't grateful.

Emily makes an effort to cope with Ernie's funeral. She is surprised by the amount of wreaths that arrive. Annie has a cold so she has to miss Ernie's funeral. As a mark of respect she doesn't open the Rovers until after the funeral. Norah Seddon, Ken, Bet, Betty, Mike, Ivy, Mavis, Ray, Elsie and Suzie help Emily bury Ernie. Suzie can't stop crying. Ernie's friend Rev Hope from the Mawdsley Street Chapel Mission conducts the service. Emily shows no emotion at the graveside. Ernie is buried in the family plot. Albert's foot keeps playing him up. Ivy breaks down at the ...

Annie plans to take a friend to Southport but the Rover is overdue for its MOT. She blames Fred for not noticing. She orders Fred to get it done in time for the trip. Steve goes for a job interview for an electrician's job at Bristow's Dairy in Mike's time. Suzie lets it slip to Mike. The Rover fails its MOT. It needs a new shock absorber and silencer. Albert matchmakes between Sally Robson and Ken. Ken isn't really interested in her. Steve gets the job if he can get a good reference from Mike. Annie orders Fred to put the car right. He is shocked. Mike gives Steve a ...

It is Tracy's first birthday. Steve decides to finish at Baldwin's Casuals if he doesn't get the job at the Dairy. Fred refuses to let Annie treat him like dirt. Steve tells Mike he's disgusted at the way Mike has treated him over the reference. Mike tells him he's not going to give him a good reference; he wants him to stay on and train in management - he wants him as his right hand man. The Rover is repaired and passes its MOT. Fred dresses up as a chauffeur, including hat, to prove a point to Annie but she takes no notice and likes the idea of having a chauffeur, ...

Albert is pleased when Ken takes Sally Robson out. Bet arranges to go to a club with Renee. When she sees Mike's friend George Livesey she changes her mind. Mike isn't pleased that she fancies George. Mike is forced to lend George his car so he can take Bet out. Ken is surprised when Sally takes him to Rugby League match. Sally tells him she's got a twelve year-old daughter called Philippa. Bet is worried when George insists on driving home when they've had three bottles of wine.

George Livesey hits something in the car, knocking Bet against the windscreen. Bet realises she could have gone through it. Renee shows Bet in the paper that a man was knocked down at Parrswood at the time they had their bump. A witness saw the car drive away. George admits to Bet the bump was a person. She tells him she's going to the police but he tells her he shouldn't have driven; he lost his licence six months ago. She agrees to tell Mike about it. Mike agrees with Bet that they should go to the police but George threatens not to give him the order. Albert is ...

Elsie is woken up in the night by noises in the loft. She fears it's a rat. She and the girls make so much noise they wake the Ogdens. Renee's mother is taken ill so she goes to Lancaster to look after her. Mavis looks after the shop for her. Eddie investigates the noises in Elsie's loft. He finds pigeons nesting in the loft. Emily returns home. She feels very much alone. Len tells Elsie there's slates missing in the Ogdens' roof and as there's no dividing wall the pigeons are come into her part. Hilda is astounded to hear she's got a slate missing. She tells Elsie ...

Hilda grabs Suzie's leg and tries to pull her down. She manages to keep hold of her shoe. She is horrified when a pigeon flies down from the hole into their bedroom. Stan weakly demands that Suzie pays for the damage to the ceiling. She puts on a limp and threatens to sue him for not having a safe ceiling. Ena is holidaying with the Lomaxes in Hartlepool. Fred offers to help Emily with any manual jobs now Ernie is dead. Hilda demands money for the ceiling but Elsie physically throws her out of the house. Emily sorts through Ernie's clothes to give to the Mission. She ...

Elsie makes Gail and Suzie share the cost of the ceiling repairs. Hilda fights back when Stan receives a Valentine's card. Albert objects to Ken dating married woman Sally.

Elsie throws her rubbish into Hilda's yard. Hilda turns her radio on full to annoy Elsie. Eddie advises Hilda to stand aloof to confuse Elsie. She refuses; she's going to fight fire with fire. When Len accuses Elsie of being too old to rage battle with Hilda she goes crazy. She storms into No.13 and turns Hilda's radio off. Stan and Len stops Hilda and Elsie from fighting. Len suggests they go into arbitration. Steve sends Gail and Suzie Valentines. Suzie is disappointed it wasn't from Nick Partington. Gail sends Steve one. Philippa Robson goes to the youth club at ...

Len tells Elsie he'll mend the ceilings for £20 each or £30 for the two; she can pay him £10, the Ogdens £20. Len gives Hilda a £20 estimate for the ceiling. Alf returns from London. He brings Renee an expensive bottle of scent. Hilda is furious when Renee starts banging on her side of the wall to make Hilda shut up. Stan uses an electric drill which interferes with Elsie's TV reception. Struck by this, Hilda gleefully looks around for things to drill. Alf proposes to Renee.

Hilda throws all her rubbish into Elsie's yard. Elsie threatens to take her to court. Deirdre begins to get anxious as Emily spends so much time with her and Tracy. She feels that Emily is taking over Tracy. Renee tells Alf she can't marry him, it would be a mistake for both of them. Betty advises Deirdre to let Emily see Tracy; the child might help her bring herself out of the void she's in. Alf tells Hilda the small claims arbitration court will only cost her £1 and she could put in a counter claim. Emily thanks Deirdre for helping to bring her out of herself. ...

Hilda borrows Rita's black coat to go to the Arbitration court. Suzie uses the Western Front phone to ring Roger Floriet in France. She is on for fifteen minutes and puts the phone down when Mike arrives. Renee is thrilled when Alf buys her an expensive engagement ring from jeweller Donald Anderson. Suzie phones Roger again. He invites her over for the Winter sports. Alf and Renee throw an engagement party. The Ogdens and Elsie go to court. Elsie dresses down to appear poorer than she is whilst the Ogdens are in their best.

The Ogdens claim for the ceiling damage. Hilda verbally attacks Elsie, disrupting the proceedings. Bet accuses Betty of being jealous of Renee's engagement to Alf. Suzie phones Roger Floriet again and they plan a holiday together. The arbitrator, Mr Franklyn, decides that Elsie and Hilda each pay for their own repairs. Elsie is satisfied but Hilda is furious. Suzie tries to put Gail off going to France. Steve is amazed to discover Suzie has been phoning France. He tells her that he'll tell Mike if she does it again. The residents celebrate Alf and Renee's engagement. ...

Ivy collects signatures on a petition to bring back hanging for murderers. Alf tells Renee they're marrying a week on Saturday. Emily refuses to sign the petition; she doesn't believe in hanging. The Western Front's phone bill is £20 higher than normal. Mike tells Steve to sort it out. Suzie asks Steve to cover up for the phone calls but he tells Mike one of the girls has been phoning France. Mike tells him to find out who it was and sack her.

Hilda plans to go to court to see Ernie's murderers' trial. Mike is adamant that Suzie is to be sacked. Steve gives Suzie a week's notice. She can't believe it. Mrs Lester calls on Mike and tells him her son Dave Lester is one of the lads charged with Ernie's murder. She asks him to tell the court it was an accident. Suzie offers to pay the £20. She thinks her good record as an employee entitles her to a second chance. Mike decides to take her back but Steve is adamant she must stay sacked. Alf plans to sell his house and move into the shop. Bet fears they'll want her...

Alf pretends to book a honeymoon in Scarborough to see Renee's reaction. She puts on a brave face. Emily and Hilda watch the trial. Renee is thrilled when Alf reveals they're really going to Capri. Mike gives evidence at the trial. Deirdre buys a plate at the flea market and Eddie tells her it could be valuable. Eddie takes it to be valued. Terry Bradshaw can't make the wedding which upsets Renee. Eddie has the plate valued at £100. Deirdre tells Ray it used to belong to Betty.

Deirdre feels guilty over having bought the plate off Betty. Ray refuses to tell Betty it's worth anything. Eddie threatens to tell Betty about the plate's value unless Ray pays him commission but Ray refuses. Ernie's murderers get life. Mrs Lester accuses Emily and Mike of ruining her son's life. Deirdre tells Eddie he can have £10 if he sells the plate for £100. Eddie tells Betty about the true value of the plate. Deirdre gives her £45. Ray calls Deirdre a fool for giving the money to Betty. He refuses to accept any money from her. The women throw a hen party for ...

Len spends the night in a police cell. Rita regrets denying him to the police. Elsie celebrates her birthday. Ken, Mavis, Bet and Renee's mother and stepfather Daisy and Joe Hibbert gather for Alf and Renee's wedding. Len tells Rita he can't believe she let the police arrest him. He has to attend court. Renee is upset that Len hasn't arrived at the Register Office as he has the ring. Daisy offers her hers but it doesn't fit. Elsie receives a depressing letter which puts her off going to the Roberts' wedding. Len and Rita arrive just in time. Len and Bet witness the ...

Renee's stepfather Joe Hibbert congratulates Alf for marrying Renee for her money. The wedding reception is laid on in the Select of the Rovers. Joe's coarseness gets to Alf. Joe tells Alf that Renee was lucky to get married as she's not very attractive. Alf hits him to the floor. The Roberts' fly off to Capri. Elsie breaks down and tells Gail her birthday present was her divorce from Alan; she never thought it would end this way.

Elsie goes for a night on the town to cheer herself up. Suzie borrows a hat from Annie to enter the Easter bonnet contest. Ena's unheralded return catches Albert by surprise.

Mike tries to rally a maudlin Elsie as she wallows in self-pity. Albert grumbles as Ena takes over the Snug at the Rovers. Len's brush with the law costs him dearly.

Alf and Renee return from Capri. They feel Bet is in the way at the shop. With Elsie gone, Ivy considers applying for the supervisor's job before her enemy Ida Clough does. Mrs Mottershead, the secretary of Len's party, the Ratepayers Association, informs him that they don't want him as their representative any more. Len is furious. Ida has her eyes set on Elsie's job and gets her daughter Muriel to flirt with Steve. Vera applies for the supervisor's job as well causing Ida to row with her and Ivy. Mike tells Ivy, Vera and Ida that he'll hold a selection board for the...

Mike tells Steve he has to interview the machinists for the supervisor's job. Len tells the Council he intends to stand in the next elections. Vera is puzzled at her interview as Steve and Mike ask her what she believes is a trick question. Ivy surprises Mike at the interview by establishing the money and terms straight away - an extra £15 a week. She tells him she'd do the job her own way and would side with the girls if she felt they were right. Alf tries to stand up for Len but the Independents agree to tell the Ratepayers that they will back whomever they put up ...

Ray fears that Len will have lost them a big contract by being thrown off the Council. Because he can't get into the bathroom, Alf tells Renee that Bet will have to go. Len tells Alf he doesn't blame him for the Council's reaction. Bet knows the Roberts' want her out of the flat and evades the issue. Annie considers putting up for the election. Stan buys Hilda misshapen chocolates as a present. She thinks it's because he's feeling guilty over an affair. He is annoyed when Bet sprays him with perfume. Mavis is upset because she's forty tomorrow. Len gets a big contract...

Mavis celebrates her fortieth birthday. Alf and Renee steal themselves to tell Bet she has to vacate the flat but she tells them she's moving out to a new flat anyway. Len realises he won't be able to get credit for the materials for the hotel job. Bet tells Hilda she didn't squirt Stan with scent. Len puts The Kabin down as security to get a bank loan. Bet tells the Roberts' the new flat is a dump so she's not moving. Bet admits to Hilda that she did spray Stan but Hilda refuses to believe her. Derek sends Mavis flowers and arranges to meet her.

Alf is furious to find Cliff Mottram, a boyfriend of Bet's, in the bathroom. He feels it's the last straw. Mavis refuses to see Derek. For the first time in their relationship she takes control and tells him not to bother her. Renee is too loyal to evict Bet. Len refuses to attend any Council meetings although he is still a Councillor until the elections. Derek makes Rita see that it is important that he sees Mavis. Bet is annoyed when Alf refuses to let Cliff wait for her in her room. Cliff tells her he wants to spend another night with her. Rita manages to get Mavis...

Bet is quite pleased that Mike is subsidising her rent but agrees to look for somewhere else to live. Len tells Alf he's pleading "not guilty" in court on the charge of being drunk and disorderly on Alf's stag night and is defending himself. Bet tells Mike he can continue to pay the extra £2 a week but he's not getting anything from her. He tells her she's down as hospitality and entertainment on his tax returns. She decides to pay the extra in future so the Roberts' can't use it to evict her. Derek tells Mavis he never wanted to cause her pain over the house. He ...

Beryl Challis accuses Mavis of being Derek's bit of fluff. She tries to drag Derek off to their engagement party. She accuses him of infidelity with Mavis. Beryl accuses Mavis of not being able to let Derek go. Mavis is upset that Beryl has an engagement ring. Beryl is annoyed that Derek talked to Mavis about them and breaks off the engagement. She tells Mavis she can have him. Mavis is upset that Derek finds her too sympathetic to marry and throws him out. Len gets a solicitor and Alf agrees to be his character witness. Ena and Hilda go to court to see Len's case. ...

WPC Rogers tells the court that Len told her she looked sexy in stockings before becoming abusive towards her. Len swears he did not make a pass at WPC Rogers and wasn't drunk. In court, on her first wedding anniversary, Rita is forced to admit she denied knowing Len because she was angry with him for getting drunk. Mike wants Suzie and Gail to stock-take on May Bank holiday. The girls ask Steve to talk Mike out of the idea. The Magistrates find Len not guilty. Annie flies to Jersey for the Bank holiday weekend. The paper carries a report of Rogers' allegations ...

Rita refuses to go to Len's last Council dinner because of the gossip. Suzie and Gail decide to throw a wild party at No. 11. Suzie plans to seduce Steve and tells Gail she can have her ex, Chris Wheelan. Steve takes Angie to Suzie's party. Suzie feels disappointed. In Annie's absence, Fred holds a Lancashire evening in the Select of the Rovers. Gail enjoys herself with Chris. Rita refuses to sing at the Rovers. Suzie is furious as she has no man at the party. The Langtons enjoy Suzie's party by splitting up and flirting with others. A gatecrasher, Batesey, leaves No....

Albert recites a poem - "To Sarah" - at the Lancashire evening and has everyone in tears at the words and his delivery. Angie gets annoyed when Suzie makes a play for Steve and he responds. Fred is embarrassed when Wendy Williams calls on him. Deirdre is amused when a teenager makes a play for her. Fred discovers the Rover has been stolen. The police arrive to talk about it and find the party in progress past closing time. When Steve refuses to leave the party Angie walks out. Suzie lures him up to Elsie's bedroom. Ray frightens Tim Gibbs off Deirdre. They both think ...

Gail is upset that Suzie conquered Steve. Fred worries about picking Annie up from the airport without a car. Hilda is thrilled to get a letter from her old flame, GI Ralph Curtis. He wants to meet up with her again. She doesn't tell Stan. Annie has met a Mrs Forrester from Bramhall on the plane back and offered her a lift home by her chauffeur, "Frederick". She is therefore furious when Fred collects her from the airport in Len's van and tells her that the Rover has been stolen. Mrs Forrester takes a taxi. Suzie is annoyed when Steve bosses her around at work. Hilda ...

Ken and Emily organise a pram race for the hospital's Kidney Machine Appeal. Suzie accuses Gail of being jealous of her and Steve. She is furious when Steve stands her up to take Angie out. The police find the Rover. Hilda tells Stan about Ralph Curtis and wants to meet him. He refuses to have a Yank in the house. The Rover is unmarked but the thief left a note with it saying the tappets needed adjusting. Albert tells Annie and brewery rep Barry Goodwin about the police catching the Rovers opening after hours. Goodwin tells her he'll have to report her to the brewery ...

Billy arrives. He contacts Joan Davies and tells her to come over from Derby. Annie is delighted to have both her children with her. She tells them she's worried that whoever takes over the brewery will throw her out. Ralph Curtis arrives and gives Hilda a scarf from Pennsylvania. Jim Conran phones and gives Ray and Len the hotel job. Betty puts Fred up for the night as Joan takes his room. Hilda is embarrassed when Stan falls asleep whilst Ralph is talking. Glenn Miller is on the radio so they start to jive.

Betty enjoys having Fred to boss around at home. Joan feels Annie seems fine enough. She refuses to believe the brewery will throw her out. Billy tells Joan that Annie will have to live with her but Joan doesn't want her. Ralph Curtis takes the Ogdens out to celebrate Stan's birthday. Inspector Gorman of the police tells Annie she is responsible for the after-hours drinking even though she was absent at the time but lets her off with a warning. Billy realises the responsibility of the Rovers is too much for Annie. Joan tells Annie she's welcome to live with her. She ...

The hotel job is the biggest the Yard has ever done and they run out of space to store all the material. Eddie enters the pram race for the free ale on the pub crawl. Fred worries about his position if Morleys take over the brewery. Steve agrees to be Suzie's partner in the pram race. Billy goes to the brewery to find out about Annie's future. Richard Cresswell tells him that she would probably have to go if Morleys took over. Billy tells him he'd like to apply for the licence, whether or not there's a takeover. Len stores some of the material in Doug Clayton's ...

Len sleeps through someone stealing piping from the Yard. Annie worries that Billy is sacrificing Jersey for her sake. Fred worries about his future at the Rovers if Billy takes over. Richard Cresswell tells Annie that the takeover has fallen through and she can stay licencee. Billy admits he put up for the licence for Annie's sake and is relieved he doesn't have to take the pub on. She decides to have a holiday in a health farm to celebrate. After seeing The Flying Horse contestant Freda Loftus training in the Street, Suzie and Steve, Gail and Fred and Mavis and ...

Clayton's Warehouse is gutted. Len worries about losing the penalty clause. Another supplier agrees to supply the material for cash. They wait for the insurance company to pay up. Steve, Fred and Eddie dress as babies and the race starts. The men have to drink a pint in eight pubs as fast as they can. Steve finds the drinking hard while Mavis finds it hard work pushing Eddie. They change places and go down the back alleys. Suzie and Steve win the race by a neck. Ena, as steward, reveals that Suzie drank half of Steve's last pint so they are disqualified and the Loftus...

Steve has a hangover after drinking the beer at the pram race and has to take the day off work. Rita and Deirdre refuse to be kept out of the fact that the Yard is in trouble. When Eddie refuses to pay Fred the £5 wager they had on the race, Fred bars him from the Rovers. Ray decides to ask Emily to lend him £3,000 from Ernie's compensation money. Deirdre threatens to leave him if he does. Rita refuses to let Len take more security out on the Kabin. Eddie drinks in The Flying Horse and helps drink the free beer from the pram race. Ken announces the winners and ...

Fred looks forward to taking the tenancy of the Mechanics on Commercial Road but needs a wife. He asks Betty if she'd take him on. She doesn't want to get married again. Len asks Alf to lend him £3,000. Alf tells him he hasn't got it; he's paid off Renee's mortgage and can't sell his house. Fred considers Bet as a wife and starts being nice to her. Len refuses to take more money out with the Kabin as security and tells Ray it's up to him to find the money and advises him to take a second mortgage out. Deirdre refuses to take out a bigger mortgage on No.5. She tells ...

Alf tries to matchmake between Bet and Fred to get rid of her. Rita wants to borrow the money from old friend Eric Summers but Len refuses to entertain the idea of getting money from one of Rita's old "fancy men". Fred proposes to Bet. She tells him she'd have to love whoever she marries and turns him down. The loan officer at the bank says he'll have to refer the matter of a further loan to his boss, which Len is certain will result in a refusal. Rita arranges for Eric to come the house without telling Len. Len agrees to see him to get Rita off his back. Eric offers ...

Betty worries that Fred will get hurt whilst he looks for a wife. Hilda needs a new brush to clean the factory. Steve agrees to her having one. She puts a bill in for new cleaning equipment. Mike refuses to give any to her, thinking she'll use it all at home. Renee worries that Daisy Hibbert's having trouble at home with Joe. Alf thinks she's fussing over nothing. Fred's date stands him up. Hilda refuses to clean the factory until she gets new cleaning equipment. Len and Ray work overtime on the hotel job to meet the finishing date. Fred takes an interest in Alma ...

Alf talks Renee into visiting Daisy Hibbert. Ivy is appalled that Mike sacked Hilda. She feels that if he gets away with sacking her he could sack them all. Fred takes Alma Walsh out in the Rover. Ivy accuses Mike of victimisation. He accuses her of stirring. The Rover has a flat tyre and whilst Fred changes it, Alma chats him up. Ivy calls a union meeting. She tells Mike that the workforce demand Hilda's reinstatement. When he refuses she threatens to bring the factory out on strike. Renee goes to see Daisy, leaving Alf alone with Bet.

Steve tries to stop Ivy from calling a strike. Annie returns from the Health farm. Elsie returns from Birmingham to find a load of unpaid bills. Ida opposes the strike as Hilda isn't a member of the union. The majority of the factory girls agree to strike. Ivy is shaken when the union refuses to back the strike as Hilda is not a union member. Hilda is thrilled that the factory is on strike because of her. Mike accuses Ivy of striking to get at him. The girls walk out. Vera organises a picket line at the factory.

Alf is annoyed as Bet refuses to give him any privacy. Elsie looks for a job. When the pickets make too much noise, Alf and Bet appear at the same bedroom window to quieten them, causing embarrassment on Alf's part. Steve crosses the picket line to get into work. Mike doesn't want to miss an order so he sends the denim to London to be made up. The van driver refuses to cross the picket line so Steve has to get the denim out. Ivy catches him trying to leave with the van and gets the girls to block his path. She steals the van keys so he can't move it. Alf gets annoyed ...

Bet tells Alf he did the wrong thing sleeping at the old house; Renee will think they've been up to something. Suzie and Gail discover that if the strike affects sales at the Western Front through shortages then one of them might lose their job. Renee returns a day early. Hilda can't cope without the factory money. Suzie and Gail cross the picket line to get stock for the shop. They are mobbed on their way out and have the denim taken off them. Ken tells Renee that Alf was driven to sleeping in the old house because of Bet.

Alf tells Renee he moved out to stop people talking about him and Bet. She tells him it was the worst thing he could have done; now people will think something was going on. Hilda goes for a job cleaning the offices at the Abattoir. Mike plans to switch the important orders to another firm, Cottams. Ida tells Renee that she saw Alf and Bet in their nightclothes at the same bedroom window. Hilda gets the Abattoir job but feels guilty as the girls are still striking. Renee realises there's only one way to stop Bet's tricks. Fred takes Alma Walsh out again. Ivy tells the...

Emily sees Ena at the hospital and worries that something is wrong. Mike brings in blacklegs to make the orders up. Steve urges him to talk to Ivy and negotiate. Ena tells Emily she's having back trouble. Fred shelves the idea of his own pub and finishes with Alma Walsh. Ray is working so hard on the hotel job that he forgets his wedding anniversary. Ivy demands Hilda takes her turn on the picket. Emily worries about Ena's back and asks Eddie to try to help her. Ena tells Eddie her bed is causing her back trouble. Hilda leaves the picket line to go to work at the ...

The blacklegs refuse to touch the machines as they didn't know anything about the strike. Mike pays them to sit around and chat to make the pickets think they are working. Annie phones the police over the riot at the factory. The blacklegs fear the pickets will get them and refuse to stay in the factory. Annie lifts the ban on Eddie drinking in the Rovers. Ena refuses to ask the Social Services for a bed. The police make a clearing in the picket to get the blacklegs out of the factory. Eddie starts a collection to buy Ena a new bed. Mike tells Ivy he'll take Hilda ...

Bet looks for a new flat. Renee feels bad about it. Joe leaves Daisy Hibbert so Renee goes to visit her in Lancaster. Eddie and Emily collect £40 for Ena's new bed. She is touched but refuses to accept their charity. Albert suggests the residents replace Ena's bed with a new one so she can't object. Bet finds a flat in Gas Street but needs a cooker. Alf says she can have his old one. Elsie lands a supervisor's job in Salford. She doesn't know if she wants it or not; she wants to reassess her life. Eddie breaks into Ena's flat and leaves the money. She returns it. ...

Neither Renee nor Alf want Daisy Hibbert to live with them. Elsie decides to take the job at Spencer's sewing room. Emily is embarrassed as she, Ray and Eddie break into Ena's flat. They take Ena's old bed and replace it with a new one. Elsie tells Mike she might work for him or Spencer's. Alf and Renee decide to let Bet stay at the flat so Daisy can't move in. Elsie tells Mike she'll return to the factory but wants a £5 rise. He refuses the rise but is glad she's returning. Renee tells Bet she can stay. Bet doesn't let on she knows Daisy wants the room. Ena is ...

The Langtons and Faircloughs can't believe the hotel job has backfired. Ray tells Jim Conran's partner Dick Rawlins that the Yard still wants payment from him. Rawlins tells him the receivers have been called in and they'll eventually get some money. Emily feels sorry for battered wife Brenda Summers who she meets at the hospital. Rita worries that Len will want to sell The Kabin for funds. Emily tells Brenda she can stay at No. 3 for the night. She hopes she'll see a social worker.

Emily promises to help Brenda Summers start a new life. Len tells Rita he may have to sell The Kabin. Emily is horrified when John Summers pushes his way into the house looking for Brenda. He accuses Emily of coming between him and his wife. Len decides he's going to hang on to The Kabin. The bank agrees to the Yard paying back the loan £60 a week for two years. He tells the Langtons they've got to find their £30 share. Rita calls Len a hypocrite when he asks her to start singing at the Gatsby Club again to help financially. She refuses to be used. John Summers dumps ...

Deirdre plans to get a job as a barmaid but Ray stops her. Len tells Rita he'll have to get a job on an oil rig to earn a lot of money. She is horrified and goes to see Ralph Lancaster. Emily tries to look after the children as Brenda Summers withdraws into herself. She tries to get her to talk to Ken but she refuses. Emily urges Brenda to take out a court injunction against John but she doesn't want him to go to prison. Betty calls in an emergency plumber when she has a leak and is charged £20. Alf worries that she's been conned. Len looks at the pipe and tells her ...

Ray and Len start doing emergency work on Sundays. Emily is annoyed at Brenda Summers' lack of drive as she spends all her time thinking about John. Ralph Lancaster assures Rita she's not past it and suggests she tries the British Legion. She doesn't like the idea of singing in a Working Men's Club. John tells Brenda he wants her to come home. Emily tells him Brenda is not returning to him. Ray and Len can't bring themselves to con the customers by charging the earth and Len only charges Mrs Holt £5 instead of the planned £30 for unblocking her toilet. Rita and ...

With Hilda away for the day, Stan and Eddie decide to go to the races but need money. Workmen start work on the shop next to The Kabin, changing it into a tea room for Joe Dawson. Emily grows tired of working at the hospital, as she's carrying around the depression that has built up during the day. Dawson tells Rita he's a baker with a shop in Armitage Street - the new shop will be an outlet. Eddie and Stan offer to clean the windows at St. Margaret's Church. The vicar, the Rev A. Challenor, is grateful, thinking they're doing it out of charity. Rita works the grotty ...

Stan and Eddie have to get bigger ladders to clean the stained glass windows of St. Margaret's Church. The Kabin is reported for having no toilets for customers. Mr Healy, an inspector from the Environmental Health, calls and tells Rita she has to provide two toilets in the cafe section. Len is threatened with a fine or imprisonment. Stan and Eddie are exhausted after cleaning the church. They are horrified when the Rev A. Challenor thanks them for their charity. Len asks Alf to find out who reported him to the Town Hall.

Elsie has trouble with kids playing in the Street. Alf finds out that Joe Dawson reported the Kabin. Emily applies for the job of manageress at Dawson's Cafe and gets it. Len and Rita are furious that Dawson is opening a cafe next door as their trade will suffer. When he discovers it was Dawson who reported the Kabin, Len goes for Dawson. Dawson dodges him and threatens him with the police. Rita begs Len not to hit him knowing it'll end in jail. Rita tells Dawson that if he takes Len to court she'll finish the job. Len decides not to hit him. Elsie keeps the kids' ...

Jason Pearce cuts down Elsie's laden washing line. Suzie and Gail have to wash all the clothes again as they're dirty. Marjorie Pearce confronts Elsie in the Rovers and accuses her of hitting an innocent child. Elsie threatens to hit her as well. Annie throws them both out. Mavis suggests Len turns the café section of the Kabin into a record shop. Mrs Pearce tells Elsie she's going to get the police onto her for assault.

The police tell Elsie it is now a crime to hit a child, but let her off with a warning. The Kabin café is closed and Rita starts a record selection. Dawson's Cafe opens with Emily running it. Janice Stubbs is taken on as waitress. Joe Dawson is furious when trade is slow. Wendy Williams calls on Fred and tells him her husband is up to his old tricks. Wendy feels that she could be happy with Fred. He feels uncomfortable as she stares at him all the time. He allows her to stay the night at the Rovers, but gets Betty to act as chaperone. Mavis is upset by rockers at the ...

Fred worries as it's obvious Wendy Williams wants him. She terrifies him. Joe Williams arrives at the Rovers to see Fred. Fred fears that he's going to beat him up but is even more alarmed when Joe tells him Wendy loves him and he can have her. Joe tells him they'll stage an argument and he'll back down so Fred can have Wendy. Joe confronts Wendy and accuses her of being with her lover. He expects Fred to beg Wendy to stay but Fred gives in gracefully and tells Wendy it's obvious Joe wants her. She is thrilled but Joe is horrified. Rita and Deirdre break the news to ...

Albert dons a pinny and hoovers the house as Peter Barlow is coming to stay. Suzie attempts to bring Elsie out of herself and suggests a night on the town. Elsie is keen. The Brewery launches a new house magazine called Over the Bar. The Rovers is chosen to be on the cover of the first magazine. Annie and Bet get dolled up for the photographer. Peter arrives at No. 1. Suzie feels off-colour and calls off the night out. Elsie decides to go to the pictures on her own. The photographer, Norman Hill, tries to take relaxed shots but Annie insists on posing for him. Elsie ...

Bet has a date with the photographer Norman Hill. Peter Barlow reveals he has a girlfriend called Jenny. The sales figures are down so Mike pushes the staff harder. Edith Tatlock phones Peter with his 'O' Level results. He's disappointed with them but can't bring himself to tell Ken. Annie and Bet are furious to see Betty and Eddie are on the magazine cover. Elsie is pleased when Ron Mather calls again. Norman apologises to Bet about her not being on the cover and invites her out to the Gatsby Club but she refuses. Ken is annoyed that Peter tells Albert more about ...

Albert accuses Ken of having washed his hands of Peter. Hilda is annoyed that Stan hasn't paid the water rates and makes him work on the Bank Holiday. She discovers the water is based on the ratable value and not on the number of people in the house. She thinks it's criminal that she pays 50p more than Elsie. The brewery looks for each pub's longest-drinking customer with a prize of a free pint each day for life. Edith Tatlock phones Ken and tells him about Peter's bad exam results. Ena and Albert row about who's been drinking in the Rovers the longest. She swears she...

No.13 suffers from the flood of bath water. Hilda is heartbroken as her "muriel" is damaged. She tries to repair it but tears it instead. She decides she wants another mural. Peter feels he's failed Ken. He confesses he didn't do enough work. He doesn't want to take the exams again but leave school to get a job. Ken tells him he's going to make sure he re-sits the exams by making him take them in Weatherfield. Annie has enough of Ena and Albert rowing over the competition and tells them she wants proof. Ken takes Peter's return ticket off him. Albert remembers he ...

Edith Tatlock arrives in Weatherfield to find out why Ken doesn't want Peter to return to Glasgow. Renee worries about the dampness in the wall. Ken tells Edith it's his responsibility to decide what is best for Peter. Ken believes it's more important for Peter to pass his exams than to be happy in Glasgow. Edith is forced to give in. Mike entertains a buyer and gets drunk. Elsie takes his car keys off him and gets Ron Mather to take him home in the taxi. Mike has no money to pay the fare but Ron trusts him. Edith tells Peter she's going back to Glasgow and it's up to...

Mike suffers from a bad hangover. Edith Tatlock and Peter Barlow pack and plan to sneak off to the station but Peter wants to say goodbye to Albert first. Mike loses the order as the buyer goes elsewhere. Mike is furious. Ron Mather calls on Mike for his money. Mike refuses to believe he didn't pay him and accuses Ron of trying it on. Ken finds Edith and Peter with their packed bags. He tells them Peter is staying with him. Ron tells Mike he wouldn't bother fiddling him for £1.40. Mike pays up and is made to look stupid. Ken makes Peter see that for his own sake he ...

Elsie and Gail both suffer from stomach complaints. Albert has a stomachache and blames it on Annie's beer. At the cafe, Janice gets fed up with Ray flirting with her. He asks her out, telling her Deirdre doesn't keep him in chains. He tells her he'll meet her that night. She isn't sure if he means it or not. Ray tells Deirdre his evening appointment is with a contractor. Annie is annoyed when all the customers who are ill say they ate pies in the Rovers. Albert accuses her of starting a food poisoning epidemic. Ray waits for Janice but she doesn't turn up.

Elsie receives tickets for the Miami Modes annual dinner and dance. Some of the factory girls are ill and Albert blames Annie's pies. Janice Stubbs tells Ray she thought he was joking about a date. They arrange another date. Annie discovers everyone is talking about her pies being off. Deirdre plans a night out with Ray but he says he's got overtime. Annie tells Joe Dawson that the pies she ordered from him are bad. Ray takes Janice to a pub, he tells her he fancies her and they enjoy each other's company. Eddie buys all the untouched pies off Annie at half price. ...

Deirdre worries that Ray is wearing himself out doing too much overtime. Elsie discovers Ron is often seen with another woman. Joe Dawson has his pies cleared by an analyst. Albert investigates the cause of the illnesses. Annie goes down with the stomach bug. Ray is nervous when he finds himself between Deirdre and Janice at the Rovers bar. Elsie tries to find out who Ron's other woman is. Suzie and Gail do a survey to see what all the ill people have eaten. They realise everyone bought something from Renee.

Renee is upset that everyone thinks the shop is full of germs. Elsie goes down with the illness again. The only thing she has eaten is salad. Everyone else ate salad too. Renee reveals she buys her salad stuff from Albert. Albert is confronted by Annie and Renee. He confesses to spraying his allotment with a new mixture. He then reads on the label that the food mustn't be eaten for seven days afterwards. Elsie is too ill to go to the dance so she and Ron stop in. Ray takes Janice out again. She takes him back to her flat.

Emily returns from a painting and sketching holiday in Wiltshire. Dawn Sampson turns up at No. 11 demanding to see Elsie about Ron Mather. She accuses Elsie of ruining their seven-year relationship and demands to know if they've danced together. Ray spends dinnertime in Janice's bed. Elsie struggles to keep a straight face as Dawn reveals she's Ron's dancing partner and thought she was a rival dancer. Len realises Ray has another woman. He tells him he's a fool. Joe Dawson tells a shocked Emily that Janice is seeing Ray.

Emily's suspicions are confirmed when she sees Janice and Ray go off together at lunchtime. Deirdre berates Len for not doing his fair share of the workload. Elsie finds her love life the topic of much conversation.

Rita is annoyed to discover from wholesaler Bob Scott that the LPs that are sold in the Kabin aren't sale or return. She orders Mavis to become pop-conscious to see what will sell. Peter Barlow starts at Weatherfield Comprehensive. Mavis' back goes whilst she's alone at the Kabin. Janice makes Emily feel guilty, telling her she hasn't seen Ray for days. Mr. Garfield from the hospital sees Mavis and straightens her back. Ena's free bottles of stout start - she is thrilled. Len is annoyed when Janice uses him as a messenger boy to see Ray. He tells Ray to keep him out ...

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Mavis dresses up for work in the hope that Mr. Garfield will call. Deirdre accuses Ray of lying to her. He says it was the Legion in Salford. Annie talks herself into thinking her back is causing her agony. Deirdre realises Ray is up to something. Annie summons Peter Barlow to tea to give him a little pep talk. Mavis takes Mr. Garfield to the Rovers to see Annie. Deirdre tackles Emily about Ray. Emily confirms that he's seeing Janice. Annie willingly allows Garfield to probe her back. Deirdre confronts Janice who tells her to ask Ray about their relationship. Ray sees...

Deirdre tells Ray she knows about his affair and that she is leaving him. Bet takes fiendish delight in listening to Annie wax lyrical about her back specialist's healing hands. Ken receives a shock concerning Peter's future plans.

Peter is called for a medical for the Navy. Stan lets Eddie's mate Tiny Hargreaves use the window-cleaning handcart for £3. Steve takes Suzie and Gail to an all-night party. Ken doesn't like the idea of Peter being in the Navy but Albert thinks it'll be the making of him. Two thugs beat Ron Mather up after refusing to pay their fare. Elsie takes him in. Tiny returns the cart late at night. He arranges to use the cart the following day for £10 in advance. Elsie makes Ron stay the night.

Ron spends the night in Suzie's bed. As his taxi is parked outside, the neighbours think he spent the night with Elsie. Ken arranges for a Chief Petty Officer from the Navy to call about a Community Centre talk but it's really for him to talk to Peter. Stan and Eddie go to the races for the day. Hilda sees Tiny Hargreaves with Stan's cart and thinks he's stolen it. She takes it when he's not looking. Hilda and the cart are stopped by a Police Constable who find the cart is full of lead. CPO Henderson tells Peter he'll have to be useful to earn a place on board and ...

Eddie and Stan don't tell Hilda that they lent the cart to Tiny Hargreaves but let her think he stole it. Stan tells the police he was at the races when they want an alibi as the lead is stolen. They keep the cart for fingerprints. Eddie realises his prints will be all over the cart. Deirdre refuses to let Ray sleep in her bed. Ken realises Peter wants to go back to Glasgow. Tiny tells Stan the cart was stolen and gives him £25 compensation. Eddie tells Stan that Tiny will kill them both if he finds out the truth.

Ray has enough of sleeping on the sofa. Stan and Eddie are forced to carry the ladders as they don't have the cart. Peter tells Ken he realises how difficult it must have been for him after Val died. Deirdre feels that everyone knows about Ray's affair and are talking about her. The police tell Stan they've checked his alibi and he's clear - he can also have the cart back. The police find Eddie's fingerprints on the cart. Stan says he hasn't seen Eddie for years. The police tell Hilda that Stan was at the races when the cart was stolen. She goes for Stan. Peter ...

The police search for Eddie - he sleeps rough. Hilda overhears him talking with Stan and worries that they're harbouring a criminal. The police find Eddie at No.13. Stan says that Eddie was with him at the races. Ray forgets to submit a tender for a Corporation job for £3,000. Len is furious as they've missed the submission date. Ron gives Elsie a brochure for winter holidays in Majorca and tells her he's got the tickets. She is furious that he takes her for granted. The police clear Eddie when his alibi checks out. The police stir things up by telling Hilda that Stan...

Deirdre feels that she will only be able to forget the affair if they move away. She says she's going with or without Ray. Elsie's passport is out of date as she has to get a temporary one. The police superintendent wants Stan and Eddie arrested for stealing the lead. Mavis can't cope with working for Len at the Yard. Ray tells Len he's ending the partnership. Len calls him an idiot. Elsie is nervous about being with Ron as she feels she doesn't really know him. They set off for Majorca. Hilda tells Eddie she won't have Stan arrested and that he'll have to tell the ...

Emily is upset to hear that the Langtons are emigrating; however they are looking forward to their fresh start. Mike tells Steve to entertain a buyer from Bradleys. They are both surprised when attractive Carole Gordon turns out to be the buyer. Steve takes her for lunch and falls for her, Mike tries to steal her from him but Steve insists on showing her the boutique. Blanche arrives to find out why the Langtons are emigrating. She accuses Ray of taking her grandchild away. Carole gives Steve a big order. Mike fancies Carole and hints that he would employ her. Deirdre...

Carole Gordon ups the order by 50%. Mike thinks she'd make a good sales rep. Blanche quizzes Emily and Len about the emigrating but no one will tell her the true reason. Jim Douglas, an old friend of Ray's, returns from working in Amsterdam. He tells Ray his firm have a plumbing contract going. Deirdre is forced to tell Blanche about Ray's affair. Blanche tells Ray she's going to do everything she can to stop Deirdre and Tracy leaving the country. She hits him across the face. Mike offers Carole a 10% rise if she'll work for him as sales rep. She agrees. Blanche urges...

The Langtons pack and sell No.5. Ken asks Mavis to help cater for thirty OAPs at the Community Centre. Deirdre can't face the farewell party Annie has laid on at the Rovers. Carole Gordon tells Mike she's staying at Bradleys as they've given her a better offer. Mike is glad as he wouldn't have been able to afford her and now has a promising relationship with her. Len presents Deirdre with a carriage clock at the party. Deirdre tells Blanche she's waking up again, like she did when she broke her engagement with Billy. She tells Ray she's not going to the Netherlands.

Despite Blanche's pleas, Deirdre is adamant that she is not going to Holland with Ray. Mike wines and dines Carole in the hope of getting some extra business. The residents are puzzled as to why the Langtons have not left.

Elsie returns from Majorca. She enjoyed herself but refuses to tell the girls what the sleeping arrangements were. Ron is annoyed that they were followed everywhere by a man who fancied Elsie. Elsie is pleased that he was jealous. Deirdre misses Ray. Emily offers her financial help. Deirdre decides she won't return to the Yard but will have to find another job. Mike discovers the boutique doesn't make much money. He is annoyed at the girls' attitude to work. Steve warns Suzie that Mike is watching her movements. She isn't bothered. Mavis agrees to do the food for the ...

To avoid paying redundancy, Mike plans to sack Suzie and Gail for unsatisfactory work before he closes the shop. Steve wants to warn the girls but Mike threatens to sack him if he does. Elsie tells Suzie to watch herself at work. Suzie tells her she'll never lose her job - she goes with the shop. Len asks Deirdre to return to the Yard. Mike finds the girls have closed early again. He tells them that they're fired.

Steve tells Mike he wouldn't have had to pay the girls' redundancy and could now be done for wrongful dismissal as he didn't give the girls any verbal or written warnings. Mavis decides to cook the OAPs coq-au-vin for the supper. Ena tells her the OAPs won't like it. Gail looks for a job but Suzie isn't that bothered. Steve tells them Mike should have given them a written warning and they've got grounds for claiming unfair dismissal. Harry Payne arrives to Elsie's surprise - he was her admirer in Majorca. Ron is annoyed. Harry invites them out for a Spanish meal. Ron ...

Ron makes clear to Elsie his dislike of her seeing Harry. Eddie helps Mavis to prepare the OAPs' supper. Gail and Suzie seek compensation from Mike.

The Ogdens celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary. Suzie and Gail take their redundancy money. Steve is hurt when Suzie accuses him of liking the power he wields. The Social Security cut Eddie's benefits from £13.50 to £8.45 because he keeps turning jobs down. Eddie stores a one armed bandit at No. 13 overnight for a friend. Stan feeds it with money hoping to win the jackpot, not realising it was empty to begin with. Suzie and Gail decide to go to London to find their fortunes.

Hilda is horrified that Stan has put £1 of change into the fruit machine. She refuses to let it leave the house whilst it has their money. Stan feeds the machine with the gas and electricity money but still doesn't win the jackpot. The residents try to put the girls off London. Gail begins to worry that they're making a wrong move. Bet uses the fruit machine when she calls into No.13 for a catalogue and wins the jackpot. Hilda demands her £6 back but Bet says the money's hers as she won it. Eddie takes the machine away. The Ogdens can't watch television as Stan took ...

Gail gets a letter from Suzie. Ken starts giving Karen Barnes lessons. Hilda thinks it's disgusting that Elsie has two men after her. Ken and Karen keep getting interrupted at the Community Centre so he takes her to No. 1. Hilda tells Ron that Elsie is seeing Harry Payne behind his back. Harry calls when Elsie is out and Ron lets him think he lives at No. 11. Harry gets the message that he is being warned off. Gail starts work at the Corner Shop. Ron lets Elsie believe he bought Harry's champagne. Eddie tells Ken that Karen's husband is on remand.

Gail gets a letter from Suzie. Ken starts giving Karen Barnes lessons. Hilda thinks it's disgusting that Elsie has two men after her. Ken and Karen keep getting interrupted at the Community Centre so he takes her to No.1. Hilda tells Ron that Elsie is seeing Harry Payne behind his back. Harry calls when Elsie is out and Ron lets him think he lives at No.11. Harry gets the message that he is being warned off. Gail starts work at the Corner Shop. Ron lets Elsie believe he bought Harry's champagne. Eddie tells Ken that Karen's husband is on remand.

Deirdre feels lonely with only Tracy to talk to. The factory girls look forward to their Christmas Club money payout. Karen Barnes confirms to Ken that her husband Dave is in Risley. Albert accuses her of taking Ken for a ride. She wants to learn to write so she can send letters to Dave. Deirdre is upset when Ray rings to speak to Tracy. Club treasurer Eileen Tibson doesn't return from getting the £300 out of the bank. Ida, Ivy and Vera worry. Deirdre asks Len for more time to decide whether or not to return to work. Ivy calls on Eileen's house and finds she's ...

Deirdre does some of the Yard work at home. Albert warns Ken that Karen Barnes fancies him. Ivy suggests the police are informed about Eileen Tibson's disappearance - the girls agree. Elsie talks them out of it as her kids will be affected. Hilda refuses to listen, planning to go to the police herself. Eileen turns up at the factory having spent all but £60 of the money. Ivy is shocked at her depressed state, Eileen tells her she's on valium. Mike tells Ivy it's up to her what happens to Eileen. Eileen offers to pay the money back weekly but Mike refuses. He replaces ...

Deirdre does some of the Yard work at home. Albert warns Ken that Karen Barnes fancies him. Ivy suggests the police are informed about Eileen Tibson's disappearance - the girls agree. Elsie talks them out of it as her kids will be affected. Hilda refuses to listen, planning to go to the police herself. Eileen turns up at the factory having spent all but £60 of the money. Ivy is shocked at her depressed state, Eileen tells her she's on valium. Mike tells Ivy it's up to her what happens to Eileen. Eileen offers to pay the money back weekly but Mike refuses. He replaces ...