Coronation Street (1960)
Coronation Street (1960)
The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, in the workplace, and in their local pub, the Rovers Return Inn. Britain's longest-running soap.

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10x01 01 Jan 1969

01 January, 1969 8:00 pm

10x02 06 Jan 1969

06 January, 1969 8:00 pm

10x03 08 Jan 1969

08 January, 1969 8:00 pm

10x04 13 Jan 1969

13 January, 1969 8:00 pm

10x05 15 Jan 1969

15 January, 1969 8:00 pm

10x06 20 Jan 1969

20 January, 1969 8:00 pm

10x07 22 Jan 1969

22 January, 1969 8:00 pm

10x08 27 Jan 1969

27 January, 1969 8:00 pm
Hilda sees a lot of money in the tea leaves. She thinks about becoming a professional clairvoyant. Janice stays at No.9. Ray isn't keen on having her about and realises she has given her probation officer the slip. Ena tells Emily she can sleep on her sofa rather than at Elsie's. Ena worries about Minnie's gambling. Ray wants Janice to leave. He gives her money to buy a decent dress and is appalled when she buys a mini dress. Emily tells Ena she's going to stay with Elsie. Dave Smith frightens Emily by his presence at No.11. Hilda wants a prediction to come true before Stan can persuade her to become a clairvoyant.

10x09 29 Jan 1969

29 January, 1969 8:00 pm

10x10 03 Feb 1969

03 February, 1969 8:00 pm

10x11 05 Feb 1969

05 February, 1969 8:00 pm

10x12 10 Feb 1969

10 February, 1969 8:00 pm

10x13 12 Feb 1969

12 February, 1969 8:00 pm

10x14 17 Feb 1969

17 February, 1969 8:00 pm

10x15 19 Feb 1969

19 February, 1969 8:00 pm

10x16 24 Feb 1969

24 February, 1969 8:00 pm
Ena searches for Minnie. She informs the police of her disappearance. She breaks down, blaming herself. The residents rally round, contacting the hospital, newspaper and hostels. Dave agrees to use his grapevine to try to find Minnie. Len goes to Liverpool to find Jed. Emily rows with Dave. Ena is afraid that Minnie's dead. In a hospital a nurse finds Minnie's name on one of the patients.less

10x17 26 Feb 1969

26 February, 1969 8:00 pm

10x18 03 Mar 1969

03 March, 1969 8:00 pm

10x19 05 Mar 1969

05 March, 1969 8:00 pm

10x20 10 Mar 1969

10 March, 1969 8:00 pm

10x21 12 Mar 1969

12 March, 1969 8:00 pm

10x22 17 Mar 1969

17 March, 1969 8:00 pm

10x23 19 Mar 1969

19 March, 1969 8:00 pm

10x24 24 Mar 1969

24 March, 1969 8:00 pm
Even after a night's sleep, Reverend James is thoroughly depressed at the sight of the wreckage. Effie is worried as to where Albert has been all night. Audrey and Dickie tell her he stayed with them and he'll agree to come back if she takes over the cooking. Effie tells them she's prepared for battle. Annie confronts Lucille about Dave bringing her back at 11.00pm last night. Annie doesn't believe she was working late and Jack agrees to sort Dave out. Len tells Alice that Albert is back from Bury. Annie warns Dave that a scandal could put punters off his establishment.

10x25 26 Mar 1969

26 March, 1969 8:00 pm
Annie tries to hide it from Jack that Lucille was out again with Dave last night. Dickie helps Alice move into No.1. Effie tells him that Albert has left the house. An upset Ena can't bear to watch Lucille be led astray and urges Elsie to intervene. She assures her that Dave is playing Lucille along. Ena thinks he won't be able to help himself and he's practicing a double deception. Lucille shows off a new gold bracelet and lets people assume it was a gift from Dave. Audrey tells Ena about the gift.

10x26 31 Mar 1969

31 March, 1969 8:00 pm
Alice temps as the Rovers' cleaner while Hilda is ill with flu. Annie is surprised to hear from her that Effie has gone to live with her niece without saying goodbye to anyone. Elsie remains worried about the mysterious man. Len tries to play it down, annoying her. Val pushes her into getting Len to put a bolt on the door but Elsie rejects his suggestion that he stays in No.11 with her. Albert gets annoyed as Alice moves her own pieces of furniture into No.1.

10x27 2 Apr 1969

02 April, 1969 8:00 pm
The blackout continues. Elsie desperately knocks on the wall with No.9, unaware that Len is in the Rovers. Minnie and Ray go to help Reverend James with Alice. Jack gives Len a drink after hours, delaying his return. When he finally gets home, a terrified Elsie calls out for his help. She thinks her stalker has cut the lights out on her and Len has to explain what's happened. The power is restored as Len calms her down. Ken and Val take a sobbing Alice and her belongings in. They think Albert is callous. Gordon thinks the neighbours are prejudiced against him because of Lucille. Len catches Arthur Green taking notes in the street and discovers that both he knows his name and that he's a private investigator.

10x28 7 Apr 1969

07 April, 1969 8:00 pm
It's Easter Monday. Elsie tries to contact Dave who is on a business trip to Doncaster. Ray sees that she seems down. Hilda wants to do something as it's a Bank Holiday and suggests a walk in the Peak District followed by a cream tea. Stan reluctantly agrees. Alerted by Ray, Len calls on Elsie and finds her in a foul mood. Ena, Minnie and Alice buy food in for an Easter tea, avoiding Maggie's questions about joining Albert's coach trip to Bury's Fusiliers' Museum. He can't locate anyone who had bought tickets. Dave returns and goes straight to the bookies where Ted tells him that Elsie has rung him several times. Lucille agrees to go out with Ray for the day. Dave receives a letter which troubles him and tells Ted that he's off out again. Stan and Hilda brave the Rovers in their walking gear before setting out. Ena reveals to Annie that every one of the pensioners are boycotting the trip due to Albert's behaviour towards Alice. Puzzled, he waits alone with the coach driver.

10x29 9 Apr 1969

09 April, 1969 8:00 pm
A tired and worn out Stan and Hilda return on a milk float. Len and Ray are amused when it almost droves off with a sleeping Hilda on the back. The pensioners decide to meet in the Rovers to decide on their form of protest. Alice declares that she's forgiven Albert. A saddened Maggie tells Len that Gordon's decided to work at the head office in London. Len tells her to call on him if she's lonely. An angry Elsie catches up with Dave at the bookies and tears into him for not telling her that he's married. He tells her Lillian's coming up from London. Neither of them knows why she rang Elsie. Bathing her tired feet, Hilda is annoyed when Annie gives her work for the day to Alice. Ena, Minnie and Alice form their OAP action committee and invite Albert to join them. Len tells Elsie about Arthur Green and she realises he was employed by Lillian. The lady herself arrives at the betting shop and greets her husband.

10x30 14 Apr 1969

14 April, 1969 8:00 pm
The pensioners meet in the OAP Clubhouse to plan their march and a petition. Albert favours more direct action. Dickie and Audrey call in, worrying about Minnie taking part. Len tells Elsie he believes her when she says there was nothing going on between Dave and her. Stan and Hilda ask Ken's advice about the tax demand. Ken is appalled at the size of their problem, even though it's just an assessment. He tells Stan that he can appeal against it and the Inland Revenue will probably reduce the sum claimed. Stan doesn't want Ken seeing his financial affairs and spurns his further help.

10x31 16 Apr 1969

16 April, 1969 8:00 pm
Len tells Elsie that Ena only got a caution. Elsie worries that her name will get in the papers over the divorce. The OAPs meet in the OAP clubhouse to discuss next steps and Ena insists they're going to have a sit-in to stop the bulldozers doing their job. Minnie grows fearful. Ray enjoys winding up Dave about how much the divorce is going to cost him. Dickie and Audrey collect supplies for the pensioners' sit-in from the Rovers, though Annie thinks Ena has lost her reason. She sees Lillian in the public and tries to find out who she is before Dave fetches her back to the bookies to discuss business. The pensioners start to prepare to bed down for the night. Ena prevents Ray from collecting a washbasin he's already been given some money for. A bulldozer arrives to begin work.

10x32 21 Apr 1969

21 April, 1969 8:00 pm
After a successful night, the OAPs are in no mood to give up. With the tea-maker broken, Ena plans for flasks to be sent in and takes Minnie to task for sleeping when she should have been on watch. Ray calls to offer to contribute to their "fighting fund" in return for the washbasin. Ena refuses. Reggie James has asked Emily to get the pensioners to the vicarage so he can mediate. She gets bottles from the Rovers to entice them out. Lillian calls into the Rovers and offers to pay Hilda for information about Elsie. They agree to meet at No.13 later. Annie is appalled that Hilda would stoop so low. Elsie needs to speak to Len but Ray tells her that he's gone on holiday. Elsie is livid with Dave when he refuses to contest the divorce, even though it would result with her name being in the papers.

10x33 23 Apr 1969

23 April, 1969 8:00 pm
The OAP Clubhouse sit-in continues as the pensioners sing protests over Mr Ironfield's attempts to talk. When they quieten, Ena shows him a map showing him an alternative site for the car park on the Red Rec. He won't listen to his excuses as to why it isn't practical. Dave calls on Val to tell her to keep out of his business. Ken orders him out but once he has gone he also orders his wife not to get involved. Ena won't let Ironfield leave until he's heard them out, even though it is late in the evening.

10x34 28 Apr 1969

28 April, 1969 8:00 pm
Ray offers to give Audrey a lift to work as Dickie wants to skive from the college and go to the cinema. Hilda enjoys getting favours from Annie as she is still trying to win the "Perfect Landlady" competition. Lucille is bored with hearing about the contest. Dickie gets annoyed at Ray's familiar attitude towards Audrey. Ena and Albert take Peter and Susan out. Val's knee hurts and Ken thinks she's doing too much. Annie collects nominations for the competition. Minnie doesn't know what to write on her form. Albert has taken Peter to his allotment rather than spend the day with Ena. Stan, Hilda and Ken disagree on what makes a perfect pub.

10x35 30 Apr 1969

30 April, 1969 8:00 pm
Annie tries to get Hilda to sign a nomination form for the "Perfect Landlady" competition, but she holds out, asking for the sixpence an hour pay rise they discussed two months before. Dickie didn't home until 1.00am the night before and he shoots out again, saying he'll be just as late this time. Ena thinks Audrey ought to put her foot down. Val's knee is still hurting, and Ena tells her to get it looked at. Len has gone to Nottingham to see Stanley. Stan suggests to Ray that he looks out for yard work while cleaning windows. Val worries that there are money problems in the Fleming's marriage.

10x36 5 May 1969

05 May, 1969 8:00 pm
Stan moans about the taxation stoppages that Ray has put on his wages but accepts the offer of a bonus for doing more houses each day. Lucille is touched by a card and a present of stockings that Ray has bought her for her birthday. Rag and bone man Jobber Pilling calls at the Rovers with a sack of old clogs that Annie has paid for. Jack finds out that she intends to decorate the pub with old Lancashire memorabilia and a consignment of old miners' lamps are on the way. Val returns from the doctors and says she just needs to rest her knee, but she confides in Elsie that she's in need of an operation. She can't be bothered with the waiting lists.

10x37 7 May 1969

07 May, 1969 8:00 pm
Ray is surprised when he finds Stan preparing for work early in the yard, but the answer comes clear when Hilda comes running in for her missing housekeeping and finds out that her husband is failing to meet his quota. Hilda insists he cleans forty houses a day. Ken wants Val to have a private operation on her knee even though it will cost over £200. Ray makes it clear to Lucille that she was wrong to tell Audrey about Dickie's job. Meanwhile, Audrey asks Dickie about his work and is unhappy when she doesn't get the truth out of him.

10x38 12 May 1969

12 May, 1969 8:00 pm
Audrey admits to Dickie that she likes the extra money he’s bringing in. Hilda rushes round her work at the Rovers, determined to be on the spot when Edith arrives now that Val is in hospital. Ray puzzles Annie when he checks that she will be serving at lunch time. Edith prefers the (Maisonette)|flat to No.9 as she feels it gives Ken and Val more privacy. She’s proven wrong when Hilda bursts in to see her. Audrey and Lucille go on a shopping spree. Edith doesn’t take to Hilda and is grateful when Elsie, also calling in, gets rid of her by telling her that she’s just spotted Stan talking to his fancy piece from Inkerman Street. However, Elsie makes herself equally at home, annoying Edith all over again. Ray tells Ena and Maggie that his plan about Annie is gathering pace. At the yard, Ray meets old friend Connie Robinson. He tells her he wants her to pose as pub landlady from Hyde.

10x39 14 May 1969

14 May, 1969 8:00 pm
Ena helps out in the shop with Val in hospital. Audrey starts spending too much. Ena tells Dickie that dignity is more important than money. Audrey spends over £200 on hire purchase. Brewery rep, Mr Bracegirdle gets drunk and flirts with Annie. Jack throws him out.

10x40 19 May 1969

19 May, 1969 8:00 pm
Audrey celebrates her eighteenth birthday. Dickie buys her a mod watch. Edith offers Ken financial help towards a house. Val returns from hospital. Ray buys Audrey her first legal drink in the Rovers. Edith takes the Barlows round a show house. Val doesn't want to leave the street, no matter what plans Edith has for the 'executive family'. Dickie is threatened by thugs at the arcade.

10x41 21 May 1969

21 May, 1969 8:00 pm
Dickie is too frightened to go to work. He tells Ray how Eddie Goulden wants him to fix the machines for him. Annie gets depressed as she receives no post from the brewery. Audrey tells Dickie he's not to go back to the arcade but he reminds her of the £200 on hire purchase. Ena tries to get Len to get the arcade closed but he refuses. Annie gets a telegram telling her she's won the "Perfect Landlady" competition.

10x42 26 May 1969

26 May, 1969 8:00 pm
Jack has received a postcard from Annie in Majorca. Ena’s postcard to Minnie hints that she prefers Morecambe, but a Spanish phrase written as a P.S. puzzles her friend. At a loose end, Elsie can’t find anyone to spend the bank holiday with her. With their hire purchase debt of £250, Dickie decides to brave the arcade and fix the machines for Eddie Goulden. Audrey translates the phrase as “Milk Stout, thank you”.

10x43 28 May 1969

28 May, 1969 8:00 pm
Elsie and Maggie suffer upset stomachs from the Hilda’s cooking and Stan’s punch. Minnie has received another postcard from Ena saying that she’s stood on a sea urchin. Val refuses to let Edith take Peter and Susan to Belle Vue on her own. Her mother’s presence is beginning to get on her nerves. Dickie gets a job on a building site, labouring for £14 a week. Audrey makes plans to return some of the HP items to economise.

10x44 2 Jun 1969

02 June, 1969 8:00 pm
The residents rally round as Ken goes in search of the twins. They help search the fairground. Maggie's sister Betty Turpin arrives, telling Maggie she's come to look after her. The police take over the search as Val breaks down. Mrs Allendale brings the twins back after finding them and giving them their teas. Maggie has to stop Val from going for her. Hilda finds two library books, overdue by five years. Maggie fears Betty will take over her life. Elsie gives Jack 300 to give to Len, in his name, not hers

10x45 4 Jun 1969

04 June, 1969 8:00 pm
Hilda wonders what Cyril Turpin does for a living but no one's met him yet. An amused Lucille returns the library books - Beer Brewing for Beginners and How To Make Your First Million - after Stan "loses" them in the betting shop, aware of what he's up to as they were taken out on 9th July 1964 and she knows that he could be in for a hefty fine and a court appearance. Val's good night's sleep hasn't improved her temper but she tells Ken she will try not to take offence at anything that Edith says.

10x46 9 Jun 1969

09 June, 1969 8:00 pm
Minnie has received a postcard from Ena saying she's returning at 10.00am, a week early, and gets supplies in. Hilda tries to spread gossip about Edith but Betty knows more than her on the subject. Minnie alarms Jack by saying that Annie is also returning. Cyril tells Stan that there will just be a fine on the books, no other prosecution, but his bike outside the front of the house has several illegal things wrong with it. He goes on to annoy Len and Ray when he points out the state of the yard's gate lock and van. Ena returns, full of complaints about Majorca, but without Annie.

10x47 11 Jun 1969

11 June, 1969 8:00 pm
Emily tries to get Hilda to help more in the Rovers in Annie's absence but she refuses while Betty's behind the bar. Emily tells Ena she doesn't like their deception and hopes that she's wrong about the contents of the letter. Betty makes breakfast for a grateful Jack and suggests he takes the morning off with a game of bowls and also the afternoon to watch cricket. Val tells Elsie that she and Ken are at loggerheads over Edith. Elsie buys a birthday card for Paul's eighth birthday. Jack is annoyed when Len says he can't get shut of Elsie. Ray takes Betty on at darts. Jack tells Elsie what Len said. Ena passes on a message to Val that Alfred Tatlock has rung her with an urgent message about her mother.

10x48 16 Jun 1969

16 June, 1969 8:00 pm
Emily hides Annie's postcard to Lucille from Jack when it arrives at the Rovers. He wonders why she hasn't written. He almost catches Ena and Emily talking about him. Elsie is down after hearing Len's news. Not knowing the reason behind it, Jack hears about her depression from Hilda's gossip and he goes to see Elsie. Annoyed with Len, he wants to tell him it was Elsie's money he was given. Elsie tells him about Len's proposed engagement to a girl named Janet Reid who he met at the Town Hall where she works. Elsie persuades Jack not to say anything as she thinks Len deserves real happiness.

10x49 18 Jun 1969

18 June, 1969 8:00 pm
Ted Loftus challenges Betty to a darts match. Ernie asks Emily to be his assistant. Len accuses Elsie of being jealous and hits her. The regulars bet on the darts match. Jack tells Len it was Elsie's money. Betty loses the match deliberately so that Ray will have to pay out money. Emily and Ena both decide to take Ernie's offers up. Janet gives Len his presents back and tells him to apologise to Elsie. Elsie packs and leaves the Street

10x50 23 Jun 1969

18 June, 1969 8:00 pm
Lucille and Ray have let themselves into No.11 and found a piece of paper with a Scarborough phone number on it. They wonder who Elsie knows there. Emily finishes at the playgroup, ready to begin work at the camera shop, and tells Jack she can't work behind the bar any more. Emily and Ena are concerned what will happen when he finds out about Annie's dalliance. Jack tells Ray of a building job at the Fletcher's Arms, a Newton & Ridley pub in Manchester but tells him they won't employ Fairclough and Booth because of the incident over Jerry's accident three years before. Ray determines to change the yard's reputation with them. Ray phones the number - it's Sheila Crossley's. She tells him that she hasn't seen Elsie when in fact she is sat in the room with her.

10x51 25 Jun 1969

25 June, 1969 8:00 pm
Ena tells Ernie that she plans to move into the flat next week but wants to reopen the matter of her wages. An upset Emily tells her that they're on the edge of an abyss with Jack and Annie. With Stan's bike out of commission, Ray gives him the yard's handcart so he can continue his window-cleaning round rather than laze around. Ray tells Len about Sheila's phone call but he feigns disinterest. In Scarborough, Sheila insists that Elsie goes shopping with her to stop her brooding. Jack tells Len to keep away from Elsie, knowing full well his words will prompt him into doing the exact opposite. Jack is amazed at the way that Hilda does exactly what Stan tells her to do. Ena tells Maggie she won't be able to help out any more. Maggie hastily turns down Cyril's suggestion that she gets Betty to help out as she has Val to cover. Annie sends a telegram to say she's arriving at Ringway Airport at 3.00pm on Monday with Mr Cresswell. Lucille wonders who he can be, but Jack pretends he doesn't

10x52 30 Jun 1969

30 June, 1969 8:00 pm
A contented Annie flies back from Majorca with Douglas Cresswell of Newton & Ridley. Back at the Rovers, Jack rages how someone can break up a thirty-year old marriage. Ken returns from Glasgow, having left Val and the twins up there for a while. He advises Len to phone Elsie. He does so and hears from Sheila that Elsie has left but she doesn't know where she's gone. Ena refuses Ernie's request that he photographs her. Elsie returns to the street and hears from Ken that Len thinks she has a fella. Hilda is put out to hear that Betty knew of Elsie's return before she did. Ray delays telling Len about the possible brewery deal, wanting to keep it for himself. To stop Hilda annoying Jack with tactless remarks, Ena and Emily tell her that Annie has a fancy man, but to keep it quiet. Lucille tells Len that Elsie is back. Jack goes to the airport as the plane descends into Manchester.

10x53 2 Jul 1969

02 July, 1969 8:00 pm
Jack isn't totally against moving to Majorca but will only promise to think it over. In front of Hilda and Emily, he and Annie put on a show of extreme domestic discord. Annie asks Emily to get Ernie to develop her holiday snaps but asks her to pass on the message to be discrete with them, making her and Hilda think the very worst. Len is chirpy about the brewery contract. An uncomfortable Lucille tells him not to make too big a thing of it. Ken finds a buyer at the college for Len's van. Douglas arrives at the Rovers with flowers for Annie. Hilda is appalled while an amused Elsie, Maggie and Betty play along with thinking Annie's had an affair. Ray is delighted to hear from Lucille that he has the contract and tells her he's setting up on his own. She's appalled. Hilda rushes to tell Ena about the flowers. She still refuses to let Ernie take her photo. Elsie refuses Lucille's entreaties to inform Len of his business loss. Len celebrates with several bottles in No.9. Lucille breaks the

10x54 7 Jul 1969

07 July, 1969 8:00 pm
Annie looks forward with glee to the result of Ena and Emily reading her letter. Dickie looks forward to being 20 next week. Annie is amused when Emily is late getting up, thinking she's hiding herself away, though she tells Jack she blames Ena for the incident. Jack has misgivings about starting again in Majorca. Emily tells Annie that they've decided not to read the letter, instead making one last appeal to her to see sense. She insists they read it. Elsie refuses to let Ray be her lodger and Maggie is cold towards him. Having put it off, Ena and Emily finally read the letter. Emily feels ashamed and argues with Ena who feels no guilt over the situation. Minnie tells Ernie that Ena wants the camera shop flat inspected for rats before she moves in. Len refuses Ken's suggestion that he calls off the deal to sell his van. Ken and Maggie wonder if Ena will brave the Rov

10x55 9 Jul 1969

09 July, 1969 8:00 pm
Emily helps Ernie decorate the camera shop flat but Minnie warns them that Ena won't like the wallpaper they're putting up. Maggie warns Lucille that Len is planning to shop Ray. Ena inspects the flat, telling Ernie that she likes the wallpaper and she picked it herself. Dickie encourages Audrey to go out with Ray thinking he will cheer her up but she feels uneasy about it and asks Elsie's advice. Ray needs three months' rent in advance for a builder's yard and a reference. Ena moves into the flat after giving Ernie a final list of requirements. Lucille asks Len to give Ray a chance and he tells her that he's not going to tell the brewery about the theft. Jack goes for a medical at the brewery and to have a passport photograph taken. Annie asks Grimshaws to value their furniture. Jack breaks the news to Lucille that she can't come with them to Majorca as there's only accommodation for him and Annie and the brewery only want it for a married couple. Lucille gets upset, thinking she's be

10x56 16 Jul 1969

16 July, 1969 8:00 pm
Emily shows Ena a photograph of her that Ernie has taken for a competition. Ena tells Alice Pickins when Albert is visiting her so she can drop in and grab him for a day out. Albert isn't pleased. Ray starts business at his yard. Stan refuses him when tells him that he wants him to be his labourer. Annie announces a farewell party in the Rovers with a Spanish theme. Councillor Farnsworth visits Elsie, worried about why Len is missing council meetings. Len feels put out when Ray takes his customers, including repairs. Dickie and Audrey decide to have a belated wedding photograph taken. Sir Hubert Ridley tells Douglas Cresswell that the Walkers are too old for the Majorca pub. Jack and Annie visit Newton & Ridley where they are given the bad news by Cresswell, saying the board have not ratified his decision. The Ogdens and the Flemings have portraits of themselves taken. Annie tells the regulars that they decided to turn the brewery down as it's not the type of bar they thought it would

10x57 21 Jul 1969

21 July, 1969 8:00 pm
Dickie celebrates his twentieth birthday. Lucille helps out Ray at his yard without telling Len. Hilda finds the £50 in Stan's trouser pocket and demands to know where he got it from. Annie worries that Jack's medical let them down. Emily advises her to ask the brewery outright. Councillor Farnsworth asks Elsie to talk to Len but she refuses. Jack tells Hilda that Elsie gave Stan the £50. Hilda runs round to the florists demanding to know what’s going on. Hilda taunts her with gossip about her and Len and Elsie throws her out. A group of pensioners go on the trip to the Fusiliers' Museum in Bury but Alice misses the bus there. Stan sells suit lengths that he has bought with the £50. Ray gives Alice a lift in his van to Bury. Len plans to leave the council. Elsie wants Ena to help Len but Ena tells her that only she can help. Betty tells a troubled Hilda that some cloth has been stolen from a tailor's. Annie cannot find out from the brewery the truth about why they were turned down. Els

10x58 23 Jul 1969

23 July, 1969 8:00 pm
Hilda is nervous around Cyril and questions him about his investigation of the stolen suit lengths. Annie fusses over Jack, worried over his health. Albert is laid up in bed with bruised ribs and a broken arm. Elsie and Len visit and bring a present of a bottle of rum. Alice is nursing him, receiving no gratitude whatsoever. Ena and Emily return drunk from the ceremony to collect the prize for Ernie's photo of Ena. Ray buys some of the sixteen suit lengths from Hilda. Stan arrives home drunk but sobers up when Hilda tells him that Cyril is on his case. He insists that he bought the lengths from a man down the market. In the middle of the night, Ena hears noises from the camera shop below and thinks it's Emily. Annie refuses to buy any of the lengths from Hilda. Annie breaks down, having got it into her head that Jack failed his brewery medical and something is wrong with him. To put her mind at ease he agrees to go to the doctor. Hilda tries to flog some lengths to Elsie. Emily tells E

10x59 28 Jul 1969

28 July, 1969 8:00 pm
Jack gets tired of Annie's fussing. Elsie suggests that she should go to Doctor Mackay herself to get the truth out of him. Hilda demands to know from Stan what he's going to do about the suit lengths and getting Elsie her money back. Emily has her first-ever commission to take wedding photographs, much to Ena's disdain. They are puzzled as to who has moved the heavy lights in the studio by several feet. Annie tells Hilda she is slack-spined and threatens to sack her if she is late again. Albert enjoys a visit from Cyril and tells him about some of his more salubrious exploits in the army, before discovering he used to be a military policeman.

10x60 30 Jul 1969

30 July, 1969 8:00 pm
Alice tells Ena she's worried that with Val and Ken back from Scotland, Albert will have no time for her. Having spent most of the suit money on drink, Stan is concerned how they will pay Elsie back her £50 by the weekend. Hilda manages to retain her temper with him but insists he gets another job. Betty refuses to accept her sacking and carries on working, lording it over Hilda. Emily guesses that Ena is still disturbed by the noises she's heard when she overhears her questioning Cyril if some burglars have been caught. Albert insists Ken and Val move in to look after him and replace Alice but they are adamant that she stays. Both Len and Ray refuse to take Stan back on. Ena is disturbed by Cliff Stone watching her carefully in the Rovers. Both she and Elsie think they recognise him. After closing hours, Ena carefully locks up the camera shop. Elsie cheerfully lets Stan find the money in as much time as he needs. Hilda is frustrated that Betty is still behind the bar. She takes her te

10x61 4 Aug 1969

04 August, 1969 8:00 pm
Cliff Stone tells Ena he's after his £74 savings under the floorboards which he left there when he was employed in the premises when it was a junk shop. A fearless Ena keeps the money, telling him he can have it at 1.00pm tomorrow after she has made enquiries as to whether his story is true. Albert grumbles about the library books that Alice has fetched for him. She tells him she's leaving as people are talking about them living together. She refuses to be his paid housekeeper and tells him she has to think about their good names. Ena passes a message on, saying she wants to see Cyril at her flat at 12.45pm. Stan tells Emily he wants to be a street photographer and she reluctantly promises to think about it. Ken jokingly suggests Albert proposes to Alice to get her to stay. Stone fails to turn up at 1.00pm. Cyril tells Ena to leave police matters to them in future. Alice asks Hilda to tell a fortune for her.

10x62 6 Aug 1969

06 August, 1969 8:00 pm
Hilda has trouble removing the stain from Stan's trousers. Elsie sends them a note as they are overdue the first £5 repayment. Lucille questions Ray about his living arrangements at No.3 with the Flemings. Hilda looks forward to Annie's return and her reaction when she finds Betty still in situ. Albert and Alice plan their wedding, bickering over the choice of hymns. Ray tells Dave Smith he needs £1,700 for the Albert Park central heating contract. Annie returns from Joan's, shocked at seeing Betty behind the bar. She insists that she's sacked but Betty refuses to take heed. Stan begins his first photographic round. Annie isn't pleased to see changes behind the bar, instituted by Betty. She demands that she is given formal notice but Jack refuses, saying to do it herself. Len and Cyril set about finding Cliff Stone's family but Len can't find anything from the council social services.

10x63 11 Aug 1969

11 August, 1969 8:00 pm
Marlon gets lost whilst in Hilda's care and she worries what Stan will say. Dave tells Ray not to take on small jobs but go for the bigger league. Stan hunts for Marlon. Annie tries to get Cyril to persuade Betty to leave the Rovers, hinting that there is something going on between Jack and Betty. Len is pleased when he receives a phone call from the council and hints to Dave that he's backed the wrong horse. Marlon bites Dave's leg and Dave threatens Stan. Stan tries to trap Marlon in Dave's Jaguar but he escapes again. Cyril speaks to Betty about Annie's concerns but tells her to stand her ground. Stan chases Marlon with a net through back streets and fields and ends up falling in a river. Ray puts in the tender to the council for the OAP homes and it's shortlisted for acceptance. Annie tells Jack it's her or Betty. He gives Betty a week's notice, telling her how sorry he is. Hilda asks Ray for some of the suit lengths he bought so that she can fix a hole in Stan's trousers. Len tell

10x64 13 Aug 1969

13 August, 1969 8:00 pm
Len starts his inspection of Ray's business. Val warns Alice that Beattie will worry about her inheritance if her father marries her. She and Val make plans to make it appear that Alice is financially independent. Jack goes on a bowling holiday for a week and Annie asks Lucille to help behind the bar but she can't. Annie has no option but to need Betty to stay for the week but can't bring herself to ask her. Betty tells Annie she'll not work her notice and goes. Ray wants to jack in the OAP homes job but Dave refuses to listen and makes plans to get Len out of the way. Beattie Pearson arrives to see her father and gives a cautious approval to Alice. Val invites her to stay with her and Ken. The residents try to kid her that Alice is well off but good with money. A phone is installed in the Rovers' bar. Annie can't cope with serving on her own. Annie rings Cyril and asks to speak to him on a delicate matter. She calls in on him at the corner shop and tells him that Jack was too hasty in

10x65 18 Aug 1969

18 August, 1969 8:00 pm
Lucille tells Annie that she should apologise to Betty. Val tries to persuade Beattie that Alice is good for Albert. Annie kids on to Betty that she's coping well but nevertheless wonders if she'd like to return to the Rovers. Betty agrees to give her an answer by dinnertime. Alice buys Albert a cap for his birthday. It's clear that she has some doubts about the wedding. Annie drops her pride and apologises to Betty and she returns to work behind the bar. Len decides to recommend Ray for the tender, knowing he can't afford it. Cyril convinces Beattie that Albert has no money to leave Alice by telling her that Albert's borrowed money off him. Ray gets the tender and shows Len it's Dave's money that's backing him. Beattie wishes Albert and Alice every happiness. Audrey leaves the garage to become Ray's secretary. He assures her he doesn't fancy her and gives her £2 a week more than the £8 she was getting at the petrol station. Ray buys a new convertible with his new-found wealth. Dave te

10x66 20 Aug 1969

20 August, 1969 8:00 pm
The Pink Posy is flooded by a leak and Dave is forced to ask Len for help as Ray is busy with other work. Dickie is annoyed when he finds out that Audrey is working for Ray and has delayed telling him. Betty matchmakes between Maggie and Len by inviting him for tea. Ena can't get hold of Alice to get a look at the photograph of the soldier. Lucille is devastated to find out that Ray chose Audrey for the job over her. Dickie admits to being jealous of Ray and asks her not to go back to work at Ray's yard but she refuses. Val pinches the photograph to show to Ena and they realise that the man himself is drinking in the public of the Rovers. It is Alice's son, Douglas, who turns up to check up on Albert as he’s the latest in a line of men who Alice has planned to marry. Alice confesses that Albert doesn’t know she has a son. Lucille and Audrey nearly come to blows in the corner shop when Lucille suggests that Audrey has been after Ray for a long time. Maggie intervenes to stop them. Dougl

10x67 25 Aug 1969

25 August, 1969 8:00 pm
Val doesn't think Albert will go through with the wedding and dreads being saddled with him for evermore. Determined to help her and make the wedding go ahead, Elsie tells Alice that she and Albert are going on honeymoon to Morecambe. The Flemings make up. Minnie is pleased for them and thinks Ray needs a mother figure in his life. Dickie says he has no more objections to Audrey working for Ray. Dave thinks Ray ought to use cheaper materials on the job for a bigger profit but he refuses. A sulking Lucille continues to snub Ray and Audrey. Ray tells Dickie that as Audrey has no interest in him, he doesn't in her. Albert deliberately bores Douglas with his war stories. Val books the hotel in Morecambe. Len organises a stag night for Albert without his knowledge and tells Douglas he's got his future stepfather wrong.

10x68 27 Aug 1969

27 August, 1969 8:00 pm
Douglas thinks Albert is boring with his constant war stories but is determined that the wedding will take place. Jack returns from his holiday. Elsie worries about the gossip that will occur when Lilian arrives. Albert tries his best to dodge out of the wedding. The Rev Lingard calls at No.1 to find out the hymns that the couple want at the service. The menfolk gather for Albert's stag night. Albert tells Douglas that if Alice wants to cancel the wedding, he'll not object. Douglas sees through him and tells him that he's pleased his mother is marrying such a thoughtful man. Albert discovers that the menfolk are drinking on his slate and tells everyone to sup slower.

10x69 1 Sep 1969

20 August, 1969 8:00 pm
Albert grumbles away in the church and Ken panics as he can't remember who he gave the ring to for safekeeping. The Rev. Lingard tries to thumb lifts but no one stops for him and Aunt Ada. The bridal party waits outside for the signal to begin. Ena gives Ken the ring and Minnie extra tissues for when she starts crying. The ceremony starts but there is no vicar at the altar to officiate. With Lingard's whereabouts unknown, the wedding guests have their photos taken by Ernie to save time. Albert suggests they go to The Co-op Reception Rooms and come back for the wedding service.

10x70 3 Sep 1969

03 September, 1969 8:00 pm
Annie wants to put tables and chairs on the pavement to make the Rovers more Parisian. Jack disagrees but gives in to her. Dave wants to give Leo Slater the once over before he agrees to the divorce because he still likes Lillian. Ray persuades Minnie to take him in as a lodger at No.5. Hilda finds out that Stan has a paid week off work and wasn't going to tell her. She insists on going out for a trip to Llandudno. Douglas is staying in the area for a few weeks and pays attention to Emily. Leo Slater turns up. Elsie is sent an expensive bottle of perfume from an unknown admirer that was handed in by a child in the Rovers. T

10x71 8 Sep 1969

08 September, 1969 8:00 pm
Douglas Pickins asks Emily to pose for some pictures for him. Jack reminds Elsie that Cyril recognised Leo as a villain. Hilda's depressed that the Ogdens' luck never seems to turn. Stan's bike is flattened by a steamroller but it gives him an idea. Ray moves into No.5 and Minnie gives him the written rules of the house. Elsie invites Cyril round for a cup of tea and the low-down on Leo Slater. Elsie doesn't know whether or not to tell Dave that Leo is a villain. Cyril makes himself known to Leo. Elsie tells Dave about Leo and he tells Leo he'll have to tell Lillian but Leo isn’t bothered.

10x72 10 Sep 1969

10 September, 1969 8:00 pm
Douglas gets annoyed when Hilda makes comments about Mrs Tanner. Elsie tells Len that Dave is divorcing Lillian to suit himself and not because he wants to marry her. She admits that he uses her. The Turpins are getting to be too much for Maggie when they try to control her life. Emily is impressed with Stan's work and the way he's expressing his primitive nature through his art. She tells him that she'll try to find a market for it. Maggie confides in Val about how she feels oppressed by the Turpins being around. Stan gets nervous about his work when he finds out that Emily has found a gallery owner who is interested in his work. Val overhears the Turpins talking about Maggie and tells them to leave her alone. They realise that Maggie doesn't want them living with her. Gallery owner Bernard Fielding likes Stan's work and gives him a solo exhibition but wants 15% commission on sales and a token advance on the rent on the gallery space. Ken is annoyed for Val interfering. He's depressed

10x73 15 Sep 1969

15 September, 1969 8:00 pm
Bernard Fielding is impressed with Stan's latest output and asks him to carry on producing the pieces for his exhibition as an "artisan artist" but wants Hilda kept in the background and suggests Stan would be better seen by the press with a dolly bird. Ken buys flowers from Elsie to lay on Ida's grave and she gives him a rose from herself to add to the bouquet. The regulars are puzzled by an item of Stan's work when it's displayed in the Rovers. Elsie promises Douglas that she'll put in a word with Emily. The dustmen take away Stan's sculptures from the back yard of No.13 thinking they're rubbish. Douglas tells Emily how much he admires her, despite the travails of her past, confusing her all the more. Elsie tells Emily about Douglas. She is flattered and Elsie asks her what she's going to do. Ken is fed up with his life, depressed by thinking about his mother. Fielding is told of the loss of Stan's "art". He tells them he'll have to find someone else to exhibit.

10x74 17 Sep 1969

17 September, 1969 8:00 pm
Maggie starts to get more impatient with Betty. The residents sign up for a 7-a-side mixed team football match against The Flying Horse but Annie doesn't understand the joke when Alan Ball, Bobby Charlton and Eusébio are on the list. Audrey gets annoyed as Dickie doesn't pull his weight at No.3. Maggie and Elsie stage a slanging match over Len and give Betty something to think about. Emily tells Elsie that Douglas has promised to see her again when he finishes overseas, but she thinks he'll forget her. Ray moves out of No.5 and into one of the Albert Park flats for convenience for work, leaving Audrey in charge of his yard. Ken's advice leads Dickie to think Audrey is pregnant. Len and Cyril bicker over who will be team captain in the match. Elsie asks Len to go easy with Maggie. Audrey lets Dickie busy around her. Ena discovers the council are planning to build a shopping precinct on North Cross Cemetery, on top of her grandad, who was killed in the Weatherfield Main pit disaster of 1

10x75 22 Sep 1969

22 September, 1969 8:00 pm
Betty cries over Maggie's behaviour. Cyril looks for Maggie who has run off. Maggie turns up at No.9 and looks to Len for support against Betty. Cyril makes himself Captain of the Rovers' soccer team, much to Annie's annoyance. He tries to recruit team members. Dickie agrees to join but refuses Audrey a place due to her "condition". Len tells Maggie that she must confront Betty or things will simply get worse. Audrey tells Cyril she will play on the team but he's not to tell Dickie. Jack is asked to help out nights for two weeks for a landlord friend, Harry Barlow of the Green Lantern pub on Eckersley Street, who has been hurt, falling off a stepladder. The team is announced - The Turpins, The Ogdens, Len, Dickie and A.N. Other (aka Audrey). Betty is elected Captain of the team by the other players. Not pleased by Audrey's deception, Ken tells Dickie about her game and they hatch a plot. Len goes off on an all-night job and lets Maggie stay the night at No.9, away frThe next

10x76 24 Sep 1969

24 September, 1969 8:00 pm
Betty opens the corner shop and worries as she still doesn't know where Maggie is. She asks Cyril to alert his colleagues at the police station but he refuses. Albert thinks the football team ought to have a proper kit and decides to work on tactics. Dickie smothers Audrey with attention and insists she has a proper diet, consulting a baby book he's bought. Maggie worries that Ena has spread the word about finding her in No.9 and that Les will find out. Albert worries about Hilda being on the team. Betty rails at Maggie when she turns up at the shop but is told she has no rights over her sister. When Hilda refuses to play in the team, Tommy Deakin provokes her into changing her mind, knowing that she's the Rovers' worst player.

10x77 29 Sep 1969

29 September, 1969 8:00 pm
Cyril tells Maggie that her attitude is hurting Betty's feelings. Maggie begs Len to ask Ena not to contact Les. Dickie helps round the house and cooks Audrey's breakfast. Albert trains Stan, Hilda and Cyril in keep-fit routines. Len passes on a message through Minnie to Ena telling her to keep her mouth shut. The team plan to kidnap Dolores - The Flying Horse's donkey mascot - to create a psychological advantage. Hilda volunteers her and Stan for the task. To forestall Ena, Len announces to everyone at the Rovers that Maggie stayed the night at his house in his absence and she had the place to herself. Maggie is grateful and Betty is pleased. Ena tells Len what went on is between his conscience and God. Stan and Hilda can't move the donkey. When it does walk, it treads on Stan's foot. Cyril tells Hilda to keep Stan off the booze, giving Albert the idea to get Tommy drunk.

10x78 1 Oct 1969

01 October, 1969 8:00 pm
The twins go down with mumps. The residents watch the football. At half time the scores are 3 - 2 to the Flying Horse. Ken tells Val that Dave Robbins is coming to dinner. Hilda scores the equaliser. Val is nervous about seeing Dave again. The Rovers win at the toss of a coin. Dave shows an interest in the maisonettes

10x79 6 Oct 1969

06 October, 1969 8:00 pm
The victorious football team continue celebrating in the Rovers. Ken worries about Val and Dave but Val tells him it's all ancient history between them. Minnie gets upset when Jed Stone sends her a 'complete Katty Kit' for her cat on her birthday. Annie claims her pep-talk contributed to the victory and likens the result to Agincourt and other historic battles. Ken gets upset when he sees Val drinking with Dave and walks out of the pub. The two row at home but Ken apologises and tells her he's sorry he takes her for granted. Dave tells Ken he's moved a group of squatters into the flat next door as he's in charge of the local squatters aid group. Ena persuades Minnie to change Sonny Jim's name to Bobby. Ken is sympathetic to the squatters' cause but an angry Val calls in Len for help against them.

10x80 8 Oct 1969

08 October, 1969 8:00 pm
Hilda spreads the news that people have moved into No.12. Ena realises they are squatters from the state of their furniture. Len argues with Dave for moving them in, as does Val. She warns Ken not to be led on by Dave but he insists he does things because of his own beliefs. Stan reads a book on better communication. Audrey shops for the squatters, further annoying Val. Dickie tells his wife she’s encouraging people not to work for their living. Dave tries to convince Ena of his socialist beliefs, saying people should just learn to live together and not just protect what's theirs. Annie gets a letter and acts coy over its contents.

10x81 13 Oct 1969

13 October, 1969 8:00 pm
Hilda wants rid of the squatters. Annie bores Emily rigid with her speech preparation, even though she hasn't accepted the invitation yet. Len annoys Emily when he tells her that the council will be carrying out their eviction today. Hilda thinks Stan has a stomach ulcer due to the pace of modern living. Maggie admits she is against the squatters and Ena takes both her and Val to task for their views. Stan and Betty keep their activities secret and Hilda thinks Stan's got another woman. Len tells Dave and Ken that the squatters have got to be out by 6.00pm or else.

10x82 15 Oct 1969

15 October, 1969 8:00 pm
Annie has gone to Derby for a while. Emily thinks she should do something to stimulate the social life of the street. Len warns an unconcerned Cyril that Hilda is on the warpath about Betty and Stan. Elsie returns from a short holiday to a letter from Dave Smith upbraiding her for timekeeping. She resigns on the spot. Hilda tries to follow Stan when he goes out but he sees her, and he and Betty avoid being spotted. An old man starts to follow an unnerved Hilda instead. Dot turns up at No.11 in a state as Walter has left her. Hilda gets back to the street and tells Len she's being followed but he can't see anyone.

10x83 20 Oct 1969

20 October, 1969 8:00 pm
Stan is disappointed when the Turpins' scales show that he has put on two pounds and watches in jealousy as Cyril eats a fried breakfast. Dot moves in with Elsie but she feels guilty about the way she treated Walter. Minnie feels ashamed about the suggestion she put in the box for the outing and wants it removed but Emily refuses. Stan has a homemade "Turkish bath". Dot gets impatient with a customer at work as her mind is on Walter. Elsie sends her home. Stan and Betty make plans to meet at Fatties Anonymous. Arthur Walker agrees to mind the Rovers on the night of Jack's regimental reunion.

10x84 22 Oct 1969

22 October, 1969 8:00 pm
Dickie feels like a night off from his revising but Audrey warns him against it. Stan tries to keep to his diet but as Betty has given up, he does too. Elsie is questioned by Mr Travers, the store manager. She tells him that Dot asked her to fetch the bags and he rings her to come in. Audrey is bored and goes to the yard in the evening to do some typing. Ray, returned from working away, is also there and happy to see her. Ena agrees to collect the money for the coach trip and Albert reluctantly agrees to be coach marshal. Dickie tells Emily to cancel the booking Audrey made for him as he has too much work to do.

10x85 27 Oct 1969

27 October, 1969 8:00 pm
Ena tells Jack and Betty that she suspects Dot. Ken goes round straight away to see Elsie and she and Dot tell him the full story. Betty worries that people will blame Cyril for doing his job and voices doubts about Elsie. The next morning, Elsie hasn't slept well. She worries what the press stories will say. Ken tells her he'll arrange a solicitor he knows for her and expresses doubts about Dot's story. Elsie refuses to go on the coach trip but Ken thinks she ought to carry on as normal. Ray flirts with Audrey again at work. Annie sends a curt letter to Jack about having to miss her Licensed Victuallers do. Elsie dresses up to face the world and suggests she and Dot go out for the day. Emily plans the route through the Lake District. Stan is upset to hear there's only two pub stops.

10x86 29 Oct 1969

29 October, 1969 8:00 pm
Ray and Audrey flirt on the coach to Dickie's anger. The coach company gets in touch with the police. Ray persuades the driver to take an alternative route. The police try, in vain, to contact the coach. Ray persuades Audrey to go off with him from the crowd. Dickie goes after Audrey. Ken stops Dickie and Ray fighting. The coach brakes fail and it crashes into a tree

10x87 3 Nov 1969

03 November, 1969 8:00 pm
The residents find themselves in Casualty. Annie and Hilda break down, Ena faints and Elsie is stunned. Everyone is separated from each other. Val comes to in a hospital bed. Ena slips back into thinking of air raid black outs. In the street, Dot hears the news over the radio. Elsie disappears from hospital and turns up at No.11. Ena discovers Minnie is unconcious

10x88 5 Nov 1969

05 November, 1969 8:00 pm

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10 November, 1969 8:00 pm

10x90 12 Nov 1969

12 November, 1969 8:00 pm

10x91 17 Nov 1969

17 November, 1969 8:00 pm

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19 November, 1969 8:00 pm

10x93 24 Nov 1969

24 November, 1969 8:00 pm

10x94 26 Nov 1969

26 November, 1969 8:00 pm

10x95 1 Dec 1969

01 December, 1969 8:00 pm
Hilda and Stan celebrate their wedding anniversary. Annie refuses to give way to Jack and reiterates that he can't go to his regimental reunion as she's at the Lady Victuallers function. Alan Howard tells the residents he is living at No.9 and is an old friend of Len's. Sandra meets him and thinks he's gorgeous. Audrey finds it hard to ask Ray for rent. Val suspects Sandra of writing the letter. Annie shows off a necklace lent by Mrs Hepplewhite for her to wear at her Lady Victuallers do. She reminds Betty that she's under notice although Jack tells her to ignore her. Betty warns the regulars that Annie intends to practice her speech on "The Role of the Lady Victualler in Modern Society" and they beat a hasty retreat, leaving Betty as the only audience. Maggie finds out from Val about the letter and persuades her to tear it up.

10x96 3 Dec 1969

03 December, 1969 8:00 pm
A drunken Albert and Jack burst into the back room, despite Annie's pleas and Albert insults her friends. Elsie is annoyed at the way all the womenfolk think Alan's fanciable, saying she's not bothered by him. Ray wishes everyone would stop feeling sorry for him. The necklace is taken by someone out of the drawer in the back room of the Rovers. Ray worries that Dave Smith will squeeze him out of their yard. Elsie agrees to speak to Dave but later has to pass on a message to Ray to stay away from the business and also to tell him that if he's not better in three months he'll be out of a job as Dave's just taken on someone else. Albert says that he's moving back home as the twins are too noisy and Val puts too much salt in her cooking. Annie goes away for a short break and Jack discovers the necklace has gone

10x97 8 Dec 1969

08 December, 1969 8:00 pm
Hilda wants the residents to send Alan to Coventry but no one will. Audrey feels that things are getting too much for her. Jack worries about the missing necklace. Albert tells Ken and Val that he's decided to stay a bit longer with them. Emily thinks the residents ought to do something special for Christmas but she doesn't like some of the suggestions offered. Alan tries to get on with Elsie by apologising for his attitude to Hilda but she doesn't like him and refuses to have anything to do with him. Annoyed at his dependency on others, Ray loses his temper with Maggie for trying to help him. Audrey suddenly collapses

10x98 10 Dec 1969

10 December, 1969 8:00 pm
Albert feels the Barlows no longer want him around at No.14. Audrey refuses to go to her mother's for a rest because of her duty to Dickie and Ray, even though she's worn out. Elsie offers Sandra to look after them but Audrey is too jealous of her feelings for Ray. Ernie and Emily plan a Christmas Eve concert in the Rovers. Emily asks for volunteers but everyone turns her down. Ken learns that Alan has offered Val a job as head hairdresser at a salon he's opening. Ken is against her taking a full-time job but she's tired of being dependent on him. Ray takes on the contract to convert "The Pink Posy" and shop next door into Alan Howard's Salon. Audrey refuses to let Sandra into the house and keeps breaking down. Ray makes her upset by spelling out her fears. Emily agrees to look after the men so that Audrey can go away. Ray is horrified at the thought of Emily helping him around rather than somebody younger and better looking. Hilda receives a telegram from Australia.

10x99 15 Dec 1969

15 December, 1969 8:00 pm
Hilda looks forward to Irma arriving with Darren and she and Stan obtain a cot for him. Stan finds an excuse not to have to go to the airport with her. Annie arrives back from staying with Joan and Gordon in Derby to hear from Jack that the necklace is missing. Len returns from Huddersfield - with a moustache. Alan wants Len and Ray to work together but Len tells him they didn't part the best of friends. Emily moves out of the Rovers and into No.3 to look after Dickie and Ray. Annie frets over the necklace. Hilda boasts about Irma as she shops for her arrival. Ena pushes Val into making enquiries about when the twins can start school so that she can take up Alan's job offer. Maggie isn't pleased, knowing that Ena just wants her old job back. Ken organises legal advice for Ray. Len goes to see Ray and is angry about the way that Dave Smith has treated him. He offers him his job back. Irma arrives back home. Elsie is delighted to see Len back.

10x100 17 Dec 1969

17 December, 1969 8:00 pm
Annie accuses Hilda of stealing the necklace and suspends her. Maggie is annoyed that Val has taken Alan's job and has let her down at the shop. Irma agrees to work in the shop over Christmas because she's bored. Sandra asks Alan for a job at the Salon. Alan asks Elsie to run the Salon as manageress, above Val. She takes the job when he agrees to employ the Butlers. Ena tells Maggie she'll be her new assistant and is upset when she sees Irma there. When Hilda declares her innocence, Annie considers Betty and Emily as thieves. Annie hints to Betty that she suspects her. Betty walks out of the pub. Elsie tells Ena that she's not interested in Alan. Ena doesn't believe her.

10x101 22 Dec 1969

22 December, 1969 8:00 pm
Jack is upset that Annie has accused Betty of stealing the necklace. Len isn't sure that the salon will be finished on time for that afternoon's opening. Sandra and Irma carry sandwich boards advertising the event. Betty turns up for work, albeit late. Emily and Ernie start to decorate the Rovers' select for the concert. Len and Ray bicker over the salon layout as the deadline nears. Emily asks Ken to be MC for the concert while Irma tries to get Stan to be Cynthia to her Hylda Baker but he refuses as it will mean sacrificing his moustache. Cyril also offers to be MC and suggests he and Ken audition for the role. Betty has an idea for her and Hilda to get back at Annie. The salon staff start to panic as last-minute problems arise and Alan gives them a pep talk. He breaks open champagne for himself, Elsie, Val, Sandra, Bernard, Len and Ray to celebrate. Betty and Hilda threaten Annie with legal action unless she apologises to them. They draw up a formal notice to the affect and threaten

10x102 24 Dec 1969

24 December, 1969 8:00 pm
Annie and Jack bicker over a large turkey he's bought from a farmer friend of Albert's as she's also purchased one. Hilda and Betty resolve to repeat their threat of a notice in the corner shop window if Annie doesn't back down, realising that their other options are limited. Minnie treats herself to a hairdo at the salon. Albert asks Val to trim his false Santa beard that he's glued on for a nursery school appearance. Elsie and Val start to clash for superiority at the salon. Annie refuses to back down in the face of Betty and Hilda's threats. Ernie and Emily plan to eat at a China restaurant on Christmas Day. The final preparations are made to the Rovers select for the concert. Mrs. Hepplewhite arrives to see Annie, wearing the necklace. She reveals that Emily gave it back to her whilst Annie was away. Annie is relieved but Jack points out that she has egg on her face now. Emily starts to panic as the concert approaches. Annie can't think what to say to Hilda and Betty. Alan takes hi

10x103 29 Dec 1969

29 December, 1969 8:00 pm
Minnie shocks Ena out of her sleep when she makes her breakfast in bed in preparation for her 1970 New Year's resolution of doing good turns for people. Ena convinces her that such intentions can be doubled-edged and do more harm than good. Hilda and Irma are disgusted with Stan for still being off work, "convalescing" after the coach crash, and living off their money. Alan and Elsie confirm arrangements to go out on New Year's Eve. Ena senses that Irma is unhappy in Australia with David working long hours. Minnie gives the Walkers a motto mirror as a good turn. Sandra spreads the news about Alan and Elsie's date. Hilda feels there's something wrong between Irma and David as she's barely mentioned his name. Jack tries to find darts players as The Flying Horse has challenged the Rovers to a match to try and get their own back for the football match they lost in October. Irma asks Alan if he can help Stan get a job. Minnie tries to get Elsie to get her a job as "hostess" at the salon, se

10x104 31 Dec 1969

31 December, 1969 8:00 pm
Minnie does more good deeds, feeding the stray cats of the area, and taking some of Ena's breakfast to do so. Irma tells Stan about the car park attendant job she's got him. Stan refuses to take another outside job and rows with her. Alan makes arrangements to meet Elsie at 10.00pm at the Rovers. Alan is annoyed to hear that Stan has been helping Minnie and not working at the job he found for him. He tells Irma that Stan hasn't been at the Labour Exchange as he told her he planned to be. She's furious. Annie tries to pry into Alan's friendship with Elsie while the lady herself tells Ena that she really wants things to work out with Alan. Irma breaks down and tells Elsie she doesn't want to go back to Adelaide. Ena hints to Alan that Elsie is after more than friendship. He's taken aback. Elsie persuades Irma to go back to David. Irma is livid that Stan is going out without Hilda and calls him a liar and a cheat. Hilda slaps her face. The Rovers prepares for its New Year's Eve party but

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