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.