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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13x01 Episode 1144 (3rd January 1972)

03 January, 1972 8:00 pm
Maggie and Lucille scrap the shop slate as a New Year's resolution. Annie isn't too bothered about the missing handbag as she enjoyed her night so much. Hilda tries to gossip to her and Emily about the Howards' spilt. Elsie tells Maggie she suspects Alan's with Janet Reid. Hilda tries to push Elsie for gossip and gets an earful in response. No one knows where Alan is staying. Elsie also rips into Ivy and Edna when she thinks they're talking about her but realises she was mistaken. Emily is summoned to Bury to see her ill Auntie May. Nellie and Kitty call at the Rovers to see if Gerald Prince has called and Annie hears that he has her handbag. Jerry tells Alan he sympathises with his situation. Hilda wants her and Stan to live within their means from now on but he points out that they're skint.

13x02 Episode 1145 (5th January 1972)

05 January, 1972 8:00 pm
Annie is delighted to see Billy back though he's evasive for the reason for his return. Alan tells Maggie he can't return to Elsie as their marriage is a treadmill of arguments. Betty argues with Hilda after she leaves the Rovers cleaning half-done. Billy tells Annie about Alan sleeping at the garage. Ivy and Edna take Elsie to task for her unreasonable attitude at work towards them. She agrees to go to The Red Lion with them. Nellie and Kitty call on Annie to find out how her meal out with Gerald went. He rings while they're there to arrange another lunch with Annie, provoking their jealousy again. Billy tells Alan he's come to check the books. Alan wants his share of the profits to pay off the last of his debts.

13x03 Episode 1146 (10th January 1972)

10 January, 1972 8:00 pm
Emily has moved into the camera shop flat with Auntie May. Ernie is completing his assignment in Holland. Emily offers to go to evening classes with Elsie to occupy her evenings and gets a sharp retort from her. Annie wants to give Billy the £2,000 she got from the insurance company when Jack died but he refuses it. Len returns and Maggie tells him about Alan and Elsie's split. Billy shows a man round the garage. Alan tries to get answers from him about his money but gets nothing. Lucille and Lorraine Binks ask Emily for photos of them so they can get go-go dancing gigs at other venues aside from the Aquarius but, shocked, she refuses and suggests they ask Ray. Ernie returns, with a beard. Emily is surprised and delighted to see him.

13x04 Episode 1147 (12th January 1972)

12 January, 1972 8:00 pm
Lucille and Lorraine Binks ask Ernie to do their publicity photos. Emily tells Ernie she feels they ought to turn down such business. The girls refer Ernie to their agent, Ray. Billy gives Alan £112.20, his share of the profits, and tells him that if he can come up with £2,500 the garage it's his, even though the buyer has offered £2,750. Alan asks for 48 hours, even though he doesn't know where he's going to get the funds. Elsie asks Maggie if she's heard anything about the garage and is told about the sale and Alan's redundancy. Len sympathises with Alan's predicament and blames Billy but he can't help him financially. Alan refuses to ask Dave Smith for financial help.

13x05 Episode 1148 (17th January 1972)

17 January, 1972 8:00 pm
Ken sets off his first day as Deputy Head at Bessie Street School. The Howards are reconciled, agreeing that making up after a row is the best part. Billy pushes Alan for an answer but he replies that his 48 hours isn't up and he has a couple of phone calls to make first. Ken is pleased to arrive back at the school. Wilfred Perkins welcomes Ken before he begins teaching class 4A but reprimands him for not attending assembly. Alan hears from Mark Howard that Laura has opened a salon in Harrogate.

13x06 Episode 1149 (19th January 1972)

19 January, 1972 8:00 pm
Alan speaks to Laura Howard on the phone but hides the fact from Elsie. He sets off for Bradford to get the money for the Canal Garage but is similarly evasive about the source. Maggie starts to get annoyed with suggestions Betty has about improving the corner shop and tells her to stop making them. Minnie asks the two ladies for their birthdays but doesn't say why. Terry Bates is late for class, saying it was his sister Doreen's fault. Ken asks him to come and see him at dinnertime. Minnie asks Len, Ray and Alf for their birthdays, telling them it's for her pools coupon. Billy gets snappy with Annie when she asks him about the sale of the garage.

13x07 Episode 1150 (24th January 1972)

24 January, 1972 8:00 pm
Len repaints the Canal Garage sign for Alan. Elsie looks for Len. Billy is at a loose end. Elsie asks Len to find out where Alan got the money for the garage. He reluctantly agrees, thinking that it's better to act like the three wise monkeys. Ken asks Terry Bates about his home life and hears how much he has to look after his sister. He tells him he should be concentrating his energies on his schoolwork. Alan tells Billy he has to bounce back from his troubles and not have regrets. Len asks Alan for the source of his money, pretending its for him to get a loan but Alan tells him that his own loan was a one-off. Terry falls asleep in class and tells Ken he went to bed late.

13x08 Episode 1151 (26th January 1972)

25 January, 1972 8:00 pm
Hilda pushes Stan to get a day off work from Len for her birthday. Len tells Elsie not to push Alan for an answer but to let him tell her the source of the money in his own time. Perkins tells Ken that Mrs Bates has been in to complain about him, saying he's interfering. He tells him to let the matter drop. Billy and Alf argue over the usefulness, or otherwise, of councillors. Elsie asks Billy if he knows where Alan got the money from but he denies any knowledge. Albert and Minnie push Alf for free coal from the council. Hilda suspects Stan is keeping something from her.

13x09 Episode 1152 (31st January 1972)

31 January, 1972 8:00 pm
Albert reads the poetry of Robert W. Service in the snug. Hilda wants to find out about Paris from Annie. Alan tells Elsie that he's meeting a business contact in Cheshire. Ena and Minnie bore of the poems as they're all about the First World War. Ken visits Mrs Bates. She accuses him of making Terry feel small by visiting her. He tells her he just wants Terry to do well as he's a bright lad. Elsie has to call in Jerry when she causes a power cut in the house. Alan visits Laura Howard for dinner. He's on edge, wondering what she wants from him. Mrs Bates promises not to work Terry too hard on domestic chores and make sure he goes to bed early.

13x10 Episode 1153 (2nd February 1972)

02 February, 1972 8:00 pm
Stan's stomach is off from fear of flying. Billy and Jerry wind Hilda up about the sights they can see. Mrs Bates wonders if Terry is poorly. The Ogdens set off for their trip with a slanging match between Hilda and Elsie. Laura rings Alan again, insisting he sees Mark. Len thinks he should tell Elsie about the loan before she finds out herself. Albert is sorry to have missed the Ogdens and he wanted them to pass on messages to old friends he met in the First World War. Stan panics in the airport terminal and needs fresh air. While they are out, their flight is called and they miss it. Terry tells Ken that his mum has a sweet spot on him and asks to be put on the football team.

13x11 Episode 1154 (7th February 1972)

07 February, 1972 8:00 pm
Maggie asks Ernie questions about his photography business customers, puzzling him. Minnie tells Len her concerns about Ena. Over at the community centre, Ena loses her keys and has a sudden head pain. Billy tells Lucille she can do better for herself than the go-go dancing. Albert annoys Annie complaining about the Rovers' pies. Len questions Ena about the work being too much for her, annoying her, but he realises nothing is wrong when she easily sees off Albert's complaints about his gardening lecture slot. Billy is taken with Lorraine Binks when he sees her practising her routine with Lucille, annoying Ray.

13x12 Episode 1155 (9th February 1972)

09 February, 1972 8:00 pm
Annie doesn't think Billy is getting anywhere in getting Lucille into a more respectable job. Lucille thinks Ray is exercising too much control over their act. Auntie May is due to be moved to her new flat tomorrow. Maggie asks more questions of the residents. Annie pushes Betty to find out why. Emily wonders how compatible she and Ernie really are. Ray gets the girls a booking at the Butterfly Club but Billy steals his thunder with Lorraine Binks when he reveals he knows the manager there and can get the booking extended. Albert grumbles that he can't watch what he wants on the new television at the community centre.

13x13 Episode 1156 (14th February 1972)

14 February, 1972 8:00 pm
Maggie gets a letter from Irma in Llandudno; she wants all her money out of the shop and she wants it soon. The police continue to question Ena. Len reveals Ena forgot to lock the community centre and the TV room. She gets annoyed with Minnie for suggesting the job's too much for her and Albert for saying she fell asleep at her post and should be shot. Cyril is annoyed that Betty is off to work at the Rovers when he has a week off and he doesn't like her working nights. Bet has received a Valentine's card. Elsie says she has five - all from the United States of America. The doctor agrees to look at Auntie May again and see if her condition's changed.

13x14 Episode 1157 (16th February 1972)

16 February, 1972 8:00 pm
Betty worries that they won't have enough money to buy into the corner shop but Cyril tells her not to worry. Alf can't understand how two sisters couldn't get on. Maggie tells Lucille that Annie had made enquiries as to the selling price of the shop on behalf of someone else. Len has interviewed four women for the post of co-caretaker at the community centre but they've all declined when they've found out who they'll be working with. Minnie tells Ena she'll enjoy having someone to boss around. The stolen TV is found in the back of a van in Balaclava Street and two men have been arrested. Maggie is puzzled as to why Annie should want a partnership in the shop. The doctor tells Auntie May there's nothing wrong with her and to get back on her feet.

13x15 Episode 1158 (21st February 1972)

21 February, 1972 8:00 pm
Ray and Len get annoyed with their change of breakfast cereal as their usual one is too expensive for Jerry's housekeeping budget. Ernie and Emily decide on a spring wedding although Emily is nervous of telling Auntie May. Ena complains that Albert is slacking on the job as 'Junior Caretaker'. Annie tells Billy she's thinking of buying Irma's share in the corner shop for Lucille. Billy tells her Lucille is too irresponsible. Lucille confirms his opinion by asking his opinion on her being an air hostess. Maggie refuses to tell Cyril where the other offer comes from but Annie tells Betty it was her. Cyril tries to morally blackmail Maggie by using the fact that Betty came to look after her in June 1969. Alf sees how upset Maggie is getting.

13x16 Episode 1159 (23rd February 1972)

23 February, 1972 8:00 pm
Jerry, Len and Ray go to Harrison's Supermarket to get their own individual shopping and compare what they spent with each other. Maggie questions Len as to why they aren't using the corner shop and Alf takes the mickey out of them. Emily gets despondent at Auntie May's attitude. While Ray is interested in Brenda the checkout girl, Len gets used to the unfamiliar experience of supermarket shopping. Maggie apologises to Betty and they make up. Len puts luxury goods in his basket. Alan and Ken pull Ernie's leg about coming to a decision about the wedding.

13x17 Episode 1160 (28th February 1972)

28 February, 1972 8:00 pm
Irma writes to Stan and Hilda pushing them to get some money off Maggie. As Ray and Len refuse to pay the increase in housekeeping, Jerry refuses to cook. Emily is annoyed with Ernie for swearing when he heard the news about Auntie May. Cyril tries to persuade Maggie to take up their offer but she tells him she and Betty wouldn't get on under the same roof. She tells the Ogdens they've just got to wait for her answer. Annie is cold with Betty. Alf tells Billy that Annie wants the corner shop for Lucille. In turn, Billy tells him about the off-licence idea. Alf's shocked. Billy tells Lucille about the shop. She's furious. Ray and Len come home to find that no dinner is prepared for them. Lucille tearfully tells Annie that in no way does she want the shop.

13x18 Episode 1161 (1st March 1972)

01 March, 1972 8:00 pm
Emily is surprised when Ernie turns up for Sunday service in gumboots and outdoor gear as he has a photographic job after the service at the canal taking images on the theme of pollution. She worries that people will talk. Alf is shocked to hear that Maggie plans to go and live in London. Hilda wants to decorate the hall but Stan refuses. Elsie looks forward to a visit from her grandson Paul Cheveski. Alf and Maggie go for a walk by the canal. He tells her of the distance between himself and his wife.

13x19 Episode 1162 (6th March 1972)

06 March, 1972 8:00 pm
Paul Cheveski, recovering from flu, is on his way to stay at No.11. Alan goes to the station to collect him while Linda phones from Birmingham, fussing that everything is okay. Jerry is preoccupied with the design of his boat. He asks Len for a loan to help fund its construction. Bet finds a job in the Gazette for Lucille. Elsie and Alan enjoy having Paul around. Lucille tells Maggie that the job is at the Mark Brittain Warehouse and asks her for a reference. She reluctantly agrees and Lucille takes umbrage at her attitude, telling her to forget it. Paul surprises Maggie when he calls her establishment "a funny little shop".

13x20 Episode 1163 (8th March 1972)

08 March, 1972 8:00 pm
Having enjoyed Belle Vue, Alan reminisces about the Newcastle upon Tyne fairs when he was a lad. Betty gets Paul some comics for helping her out with some bottles but Bobby is traumatised after being Tommy-gunned by the boy while he was having his breakfast. Jerry is annoyed when Len and Ray take over the building of the boat. Maggie confides in Ken that she feels Lucille got the warehouse job with false references. Minnie buys some herbs to help Bobby recover from his lack of appetite. Paul wants Alan to keep his promise of a game of football before dinner. Len talks about buying expensive sails for the boat, upsetting Jerry.

13x21 Episode 1164 (13th March 1972)

13 March, 1972 8:00 pm
Elsie admits she enjoyed having Paul around. Maggie tells Lucille that the warehouse wanted to know why she left Dave Smith's Betting Shop and she didn't tell them about the forged reference. Emily hands out copies of her wedding present list. Hilda looks for something cheap on it. Emily and Ernie go to see his house in Eccles. Jerry Booth calls the boat "Shangri-La". Freddie Baxter, the secretary of the Weatherfield Sailing Club agrees to see Jerry after a sea cadets meeting in the community centre.

13x22 Episode 1165 (15th March 1972)

15 March, 1972 8:00 pm
Jerry asks the sea cadets meeting in the community centre for advice on sailing. Their Lieutenant, Arthur Sugden, is not interested until he finds out that Jerry has his own heron-class boat. Ernie and Emily bicker over the house in Eccles. He thinks she's rejecting him as well as the house. Annie tells Emily she'd like her to be married from the Rovers and asks her to move back in. Emily's touched. Ernie tells Maggie about the problem with the house. She tells him that Emily won't think of the house in the same emotional way as him and wouldn't want to feel that she's competing it with for his affections.

13x23 Episode 1166 (20th March 1972)

20 March, 1972 8:00 pm
It is Sunday. Emily worries that Minnie hasn't got a fire lit and is not going to the Rovers but just plans to sit at home all day. Jerry is not confident about launching the Shangri-La. He rings Joe Robinson who has a trailer and cancels his appointment for the boat to be taken to Burmer Reservoir. Bet amazes Annie when, before they come in, she pulls all the pints that everyone will order at Sunday dinner opening time and correctly guesses who will arrive and what they will want, with the exception of Elsie. Annie gives Bet her drink on the house. Lucille tells the regulars that Joe Robinson supposedly can't help transport the boat.

13x24 Episode 1167 (22nd March 1972)

22 March, 1972 8:00 pm
The Shangri-La has been retrieved and is back in the yard. Jerry, Ray, Len and Alan bicker over who was to blame for the boat capsizing. Hilda tells them that Stan's confined to his bed ill. Minnie tells Albert that she's two weeks behind with her rent and needs £2. He worries her further when he tells her that Wormold has been to see the rent officer at the Town Hall. Hilda tries to blag some honey off an ill Ken to make honey and lemon. Len and Ray catch Stan drinking in the Rovers for "medicinal purposes". Prompted by Bet, Len speaks to Minnie about her rent. Lucille makes up some boiled onions for Ken as a cold cure.

13x25 Episode 1168 (27th March 1972)

27 March, 1972 8:00 pm
Emily and Ernie get excited about the upcoming wedding. Emily asks him to shave off his beard. He's reluctant to agree. Audrey doesn't want to come back to the street and sends cousin Vicki Bright in her place. Audrey's divorce from Dickie is imminent and she wants to know what certain people are up to. Ernie and Emily hand Ena the wedding guest list and she realises she is missing from it. She's offended. Lucille taunts Ray about Audrey's return. Vicki agrees to the sale of No.3 to Ernie and Emily. They invite her to the wedding and Ray introduces himself to her.

13x26 Episode 1169 (29th March 1972)

29 March, 1972 8:00 pm
Ken still can't find anywhere to live. Emily starts to get overwrought and have wedding nerves. Ray takes Vicki Bright out on a boating lake. The residents wonder if the wedding will take place this time. A sulking Albert asks Ken how much rent he was willing to pay and is told £3 a week. Vicki tells Ray she has only recently broken off her own engagement as she realised she couldn't stand the thought of spending the rest of her life with her fiancé, much to her parents' disgust. Ray pushes her to attend the wedding. Emily insists that Ernie's moustache has to go.

13x27 Episode 1170 (3rd April 1972)

03 April, 1972 8:00 pm
It is Easter Monday. Annie wakes up a happy and optimistic Emily with breakfast in bed. Ernie, thinking about Leonard Swindley, worries that Emily won't turn up to the Mawdsley Street Chapel. Emily isn't offended when she overhears Betty talking about her just missing being an old maid. Nor is she upset when Ernie turns up as she's delighted to see that he's lost the moustache. She sees that he's nervous. Ena finds Ernie in the chapel alone and realises what's troubling him. She tries to convince him he's being foolish. Hilda's annoyed at the seating plan in the community centre. Ena finds Albert changing places to put himself on the top table. Annie takes charge of Emily, to Norah Seddon's annoyance.

13x28 Episode 1171 (5th April 1972)

05 April, 1972 8:00 pm
Annie is furious at the delay but Emily refuses to let it upset her, saying that Ernie must have just forgotten something. Although Ernie and Stan arrive at the chapel, a nervous Ernie insists they drive round again. The wedding attendees theorise over the late arrival of the groom. Emily has perfect faith in her intended and sets out for the chapel. Ernie frets that Emily will jilt him and Stan has to beg him to go into the mission. Ena leads the congregation in singing Lead us, Heavenly Father, lead us as they wait. Norah Seddon loses her patience and goes to see what's happening. She's ranting as Jerry waits with bridesmaids Lucille and Bet.

13x29 Episode 1172 (10th April 1972)

10 April, 1972 8:00 pm
Jerry wonders where they can store the Shangri-La. Vicki comes to the yard to see Ray. Neither have slept well and she can't make up her mind what to do. They agree to talk later. Emily sends a postcard from the Peak District, changing her mind about the colour scheme of No.3. Annie decides to chivvy up the decorators to get it done. A reluctant Ken has to fill in for an absent games teacher. Elsie guesses that Vicki is pregnant and Hilda overhears their conversation. Vicki tells Elsie about the proposal.

13x30 Episode 1173 (12th April 1972)

12 April, 1972 8:00 pm
The Bishops are due home that night. Vicki looks for Ray to get her answer. Elsie tells her to think about what she wants too. The residents finish decorating under Annie's watchful eye, painting the ceiling of the living room of No.3 purple as she claims it's the "in-colour". Ken and Perkins coach the Bessie Street School team. Vicki tells Ray she'll do whatever he wants to do. She tries to convince herself adoption would be the best thing. Ken hears that the PE teacher's wife usually washes the boys' football kits. Perkins asks him to find a replacement. Ray looks for a flat for him and Vicki, telling Jerry they have no plans to get married immediately.

13x31 Episode 1174 (17th April 1972)

17 April, 1972 8:00 pm
As the Bishops look over their house, they are surprised to see their purple ceiling and Alf still papering the bedroom. He explains how the neighbours stepped in to help them. Hilda is annoyed that everyone seems to know the Bishops are back before she does. Ray is depressed about Vicki Bright's departure. Elsie feels guilty that she interfered by giving advice. Albert gives a bored Ken advice on football formations in preparation for the match. Ray joins in and he and Albert argue over tactics. Emily and Ernie are puzzled as neither of them wanted purple for the ceiling. Alf tells them it was Annie's choice as she thought white was dull.

13x32 Episode 1175 (19th April 1972)

19 April, 1972 8:00 pm
Ivy has spent the night at No.11, feeling sorry for herself and irritating Alan. Albert volunteers himself to give tactics to the Bessie Street School boys. Ernie plans the redecoration of the purple ceiling. He worries that he's forgotten something important. Ivy knocks back a huge breakfast as she rants about Jack. She doesn't take Alan's hints that she's not welcome. Alf walks into the Bishops' bedroom to collect a pan of paint he left and reminds Ernie that he was due to preach this Sunday morning as per the circuit plan. Ernie panics. Albert uses his uniform to try to push to the front of the Rovers' Sunday lunch queue. Hilda tells Ray that Stan is going back on the lorries and wants his holiday money due to him.

13x33 Episode 1176 (24th April 1972)

24 April, 1972 8:00 pm
Alan doesn't like the way Ivy is familiar with him. It is the day of the football match between Bessie Street School and Regent's Road. Terry Bates feels excluded as he's the reserve. Ivy can't work through worrying about Jack. Billy returns. Albert thinks a spectator at the match is a scout from Weatherfield County FC but he turns out to be a nostalgic father whose son turned once down a career in football. One of the boys, Rodney Smith, goes down with injury but Terry has gone missing so the team has to play a man short. Bessie Street wins the match.

13x34 Episode 1177 (26th April 1972)

26 April, 1972 8:00 pm
Alan blames Ivy and Edna for Elsie getting into trouble. Billy is amused when Annie tells him that Stan swerved to avoid a fox at Scotch Corner and a consignment of bananas fell on him, putting him in hospital. Johnny Fitzpatrick castigates Elsie for letting Alan into the warehouse and advises her to throw Ivy out of her house, saying being boss and friend doesn't mix. Rita threatens to tell Terry's dad about him disappearing from the match and going to the pictures. In turn, Terry threatens to tell him Rita is interested in Ken. Albert and Ken both try to take the credit for the Bessie Street School win.

13x35 Episode 1178 (1st May 1972)

01 May, 1972 8:00 pm
Maggie spots Archie Crabtree, Hilda's brother arriving at No.13. Mr Perkins tells Mark Hillkirk off for writing on the blackboard. Archie claims he is there to look after Hilda while Stan is in hospital. Not having seen him for twelve years, she's suspicious as to his motives and finds out he's on the dole. He suggests he could decorate for her and she demands the front of the house is pebble-dashed so it looks like a picturesque fisherman's cottage. Perkins warns Ken about his involvement with Rita, saying he was indiscreet when he visited her at her home. He's angry and defends himself. He's not bothered with what was written about him on the blackboard.

13x36 Episode 1179 (3rd May 1972)

03 May, 1972 8:00 pm
Alf advises Maggie to visit Gordon. She refuses as she'd have to close the shop. Rita fools around with Ken at the PTA to the annoyance of Wilfred Perkins. Maggie decides to take Alf's advice. Perkins warns Rita that gossip is not good for the school morale. She tells him to keep his nose out of her business; there's nothing between Ken and her. Jerry tells Billy that Hilda will need planning permission for the porch on the front of No.13. Rita leaves the school and joins her date - Len, not Ken.

13x37 Episode 1180 (8th May 1972)

08 May, 1972 8:00 pm
Len arranges to see Rita again. Archie is proud as the porch nears completion. Albert complains that the corner shop is closed with Maggie away. Councillor Warburton calls on Len and is annoyed when he won't back a housing plan to do up a building in a rundown area, Len preferring a series of old people's bungalows. Lucille worries about a dental appointment. Len arrives at Harry Bates's house to return a scarf that Rita left in his van. They flirt. Betty thinks that someone should tell Archie about the need for planning permission. Len tells Jerry and Ray to stay out of the house that evening as he’s entertaining a lady but to tidy up before they go. Ray delays going until Rita arrives so he can see who his woman is. Rita tells Len that her husband is away often working on building motorways.

13x38 Episode 1181 (10th May 1972)

10 May, 1972 8:00 pm
Archie goes to the Town Hall to get planning permission for the porch. Hilda gives him Stan's suit. The residents think they have no chance and Hilda gets annoyed when Albert and Minnie ask for the wood when it's taken down. Billy and Ray plan to use the shop flat as a love nest in Maggie's absence, and trick the key off Alf. Betty and Lucille realise what Billy is up to and refuse to let him away from the Rovers, but Lucille agrees to swap shifts with him when he pays her. Rita entertains Len after getting Terry out of the way. The girls stand Billy and Ray up by going off with Yankee officers and they can't find anyone else to spend the evening with.

13x39 Episode 1182 (15th May 1972)

15 May, 1972 8:00 pm
Maggie returns from visiting Gordon. Archie Crabtree swears vengeance on the porch thief. Hilda accuses the residents. Rita tells Len she has to vacate by the end of the week. Len agrees to help her as she's on the housing list. The Bishops look for ways to get people using the community centre. Maggie suggests something fun. Rita introduces Len to her husband Harry Bates, convinced Len will get them a house. Len arranges an appointment with them and the housing committee. Lucille suggests a talent show at the centre. They decide on a street band. Sid Bolton, brewery rep, asks Billy if he's thought of running the Rovers.

13x40 Episode 1183 (17th May 1972)

17 May, 1972 8:00 pm
Stan celebrates his fiftieth birthday in hospital and Hilda lovingly writes out his card. She shows Archie the bright tie she's bought him. Ray and Jerry tease a surly Len about Rita. Archie doesn't think Stan will last until his sixtieth birthday with his boozy lifestyle. Annie tells Billy she's far too set in her ways to change the Rovers. Rita visits Len at the yard and he gives her tips for the housing meeting. Emily drums up support for Ernie's street band and Elsie offers Alan's talents on the guitar. Over a meal, Hilda tells Archie how she and Stan met.

13x41 Episode 1184 (22nd May 1972)

22 May, 1972 8:00 pm
Rita tells Len that Harry Bates hit her before he threw her out and the cause of their row was jealousy over Len. She refuses to return to Harry. Len refuses to have her at No.9, citing the fact that three men live there already. Alf refuses to join the band as he can't play an instrument. Annie tells Billy that she's kept his old trumpet and he's left with no option but to join the band himself. Stan discharges himself from hospital.

13x42 Episode 1185 (24th May 1972)

24 May, 1972 8:00 pm
Len grows impatient waiting for Harry Bates. Billy turns down the licence on the Rovers. Ena makes it clear that she is opposed to the band using the community centre. Ray refuses to take Stan on at the yard, on the basis that he walked out on them before. Billy likewise refuses Hilda's suggestion that Stan become the Rovers' cellarman. Annie is cold with Billy when she returns from the brewery. Councillor Warburton goes to the roadworks site to find Len. Maggie tells Rita she can stay as long as she has to but not a minute longer. Bates arrives back at the site. Len tells him that he's only interested in Rita's welfare. Harry accuses him of more than that and threatens him. A fight breaks out, watched by Warburton from the safety of his car. Len loses the fight and ends up face down in a puddle of muddy water.

13x43 Episode 1186 (29th May 1972)

29 May, 1972 8:00 pm
Maggie advertises for an assistant at the corner shop with the flat available with it. Alan gets annoyed that Len hasn't done some work for him that he put his way several weeks ago and decides to do the work himself. Rita goes back to Harry Bates and Len thanks Maggie for putting her up. Stan puts on a suit to go down to the Labour Exchange, much to Hilda's delight. Ellen Page tries out for the job but she reminds Maggie of Betty too much with her bossy, correcting ways. Ray and Len argue over the way in which he's neglecting work at the yard. Alf finds out why the mayor wants to see Len and tells him about Councillor Warburton witnessing the fight with Harry.

13x44 Episode 1187 (31st May 1972)

31 May, 1972 8:00 pm
Hilda starts Stan up again with the money for a bucket and chamois leather but he still needs a ladder. Norma enjoys her first night in the flat and serves her first customer - Ena. She spins her fanciful stories about her parents and previous work. They amuse Maggie. Len sets off again for his meeting with Harold Chapman. Ray sells Stan his old ladder back for £4 spread over eight weeks. Chapman entertains Len to lunch in the mayoral Rolls parked up at the end of the street. Hilda asks Alf if Stan can get the job of doing the community centre's windows. He tells her it's Ena's decision. The residents realise they've all been given different stories from Norma about her background and Ena thinks Maggie has taken too much on.

13x45 Episode 1188 (5th June 1972)

05 June, 1972 8:00 pm
Ray takes an interest in Norma. Insurance club man Ned Fox collects club money from Maggie but Elsie avoids him as she can't make her weekly payment. Len, Ray and Jerry start a job at Silcock's Shirts where Ray takes a fancy to the sight of the owner's daughter Sue Silcock and her flashy car. Norma introduces efficiencies in the corner shop which enable her and Maggie to take a lunch break in the Rovers where she meets the rest of the residents. Betty tells Maggie there's no hard feelings for her not entering into a partnership but wonders where Norma is really from. Only Ernie, Ken and Len turn up for band practice and Emily has to dragoon the rest from the Rovers. Ernie annoys the rest of the group with his criticisms and they walk out on him.

13x46 Episode 1189 (7th June 1972)

07 June, 1972 8:00 pm
Ned Fox gives Elsie a cheque for £296. He advises her to take out insurance but she's already made plans for the money. Ray chats Sue Silcock up but she doesn't give anything away. Len and Jerry take the mickey. Ernie and Emily struggle to find anyone interested in helping out at the senior citizens' concert. They manage to rope in Ken. Maggie and Ritchie Levitt think Norma is being hard on her father, Jacko Ford. Ray fixes Sue's car so that it doesn't work. He then "repairs" it for her. He seems to have got lucky when Sue lets him accompany her in a spin round the block to make sure. Ena plays piano for the silent movie until the film breaks, but the Bishops and Ken enjoy it more than the old folks.

13x47 Episode 1190 (12th June 1972)

12 June, 1972 8:00 pm
Alan tells Elsie to spend the money how she wants. She calls Len and Jerry in. The residents wonder what she's having done. Hilda thinks Elsie's doing up her front room to keep up with the Ogdens. Ray entertains Sue at the Rovers to everyone's surprise as they consider her too posh for him. Sue likes Ray but asks him not to constantly shoot lines at her. Elsie has a pink bathroom suite installed to Alan's amazement. Norma tells Maggie that her father is in a miners' home in North Wales. Maggie is surprised he can afford it. Norma says he was well insured. After realising the work at No.11 is taking place upstairs, Hilda tells Stan to snoop while window-cleaning.

13x48 Episode 1191 (14th June 1972)

14 June, 1972 8:00 pm
Ritchie Levitt tells Maggie he has good news for Norma about her dad. Ray and Sue get caught in the rain at Heaton Park. Hilda finds out about what Elsie is having done at No.11 when she sees the bath getting taken in. Elsie wants black wallpaper in the bathroom. Norma discovers Jacko is coming out next week and knows where she lives. Sue takes Ray home to meet her father Tommy and he and Ray take the mickey out of Sue's poshness. Hilda and Elsie argue over Hilda's snide comments about the bathroom suite. Maggie realises Norma is lying to her when she denies seeing Ritchie. Maggie tells her she can't believe anything she says as her stories about her dad are full of inconsistencies.

13x49 Episode 1192 (19th June 1972)

19 June, 1972 8:00 pm
Tommy Silcock finds out more about Ray. He hears from Annie that he has a dubious past. Jerry is bitter that he takes his job more seriously than Ray but isn't a partner. Norma rows with the customers in an attempt to get Maggie to sack her but Maggie refuses to. Len is honest with Tommy about Ray's past but tells him how he's turned himself around and just works all the harder after he's taken a knock. Norma tells Maggie how having a father like Jacko ruins her relationships whether she is honest or lies about him being in prison. Annie considers taking another cruise but Billy also wants to go on holiday soon. T

13x50 Episode 1193 (21st June 1972)

21 June, 1972 8:00 pm
Norma throws Jacko out but Maggie reverses the order on the grounds that it's her house. Jacko promises Norma he'll mend his ways. Hilda gets on at Len as her bins haven't been emptied but he assumes they're being boycotted and chooses not to get involved. Sue starts feeling suffocated by Ray. She feels uncomfortable when he tells her that he's in love with her. Billy has decided on a foreign holiday and looks over travel brochures. Jacko gets Maggie to run around after him. Tommy asks Ray to work for him, starting at the bottom.

13x51 Episode 1194 (26th June 1972)

26 June, 1972 8:00 pm
Annie puts up a poster for Preston Guild and gets annoyed when Albert corrects her on the history of the event. Stan thinks two men are pinching his customers and goes on the warpath. Billy plans a holiday abroad. Len gets tickets from Alec Gilroy for the opening of the Victoria Street Working Men's Club and invites Elsie and Alan. Len tells Elsie it's a swish place and she decides she needs a new dress for it. Minnie and Albert are both interested in the Guild and she asks Ken to organise a coach trip there. He refuses and suggests Albert instead. Elsie is very overdressed at the club to her embarrassment. Len is shocked when Rita is introduced singing on stage, though Elsie thinks he knew all along that she'd be there. After her set, Len helps her when she is bothered by a drunk man. Bet tells Ray about the two men who have pinched Stan's round. Len brings Rita to his table.

13x52 Episode 1195 (28th June 1972)

28 June, 1972 8:00 pm
After some "negotiation", the Henshaws swap one of Stan's streets for a bigger one. Len wants to get to know Rita again. She agrees. Stan discovers his new patch is being demolished. The police want Jacko over a break-in at a jewellers in Longsight.

13x53 Episode 1196 (3rd July 1972)

03 July, 1972 8:00 pm
Annie organises a Preston Guild trip from the Rovers in competition to the one that Albert is organising from the community centre. Rita turns up at the Rovers to see Len and tells him about Alec Gilroy's offer. Jacko tells Norma he's innocent of the break-in in Longsight and doesn't have an alibi as he was sleeping rough at the time. Rita auditions for Alec. Norma refuses to give Jacko a false alibi. Maggie believes he didn't do the jewellers. Annie is furious when Albert asks her to advertise the centre's trip to Preston. She tears up his poster in front of him. Alf and Emily are surprised when they hear about it and reveal that Albert is organising the trip off his own bat without their involvement.

13x54 Episode 1197 (5th July 1972)

05 July, 1972 8:00 pm
Maggie thinks Norma did the wrong thing shopping Jacko. Jerry doesn't like the idea of having Rita around. Annie and Albert both try to make sure that people go on their Preston Guild trip and not the other. Jerry tells Ray he doesn't like Rita. Billy makes fun of Annie's pretensions to being the leader of the community. Jacko returns. Maggie makes him talk to Norma and he tells her that the police have caught the real crook. Bet is impatient, waiting for a letter to arrive. Albert demands to see Annie who passes him her outing list to take on. She tells him that the Lady Victuallers have invited her on their "VIP" trip to the Guild. Norma apologises to Jacko for shopping him and tells him she's pleased he's been let go. Billy and Bet discover they've booked in at the same villa in Italy at the same time.

13x55 Episode 1198 (10th July 1972)

10 July, 1972 8:00 pm
Jerry thinks Len is making a fool of himself. Lucille thinks Billy and Bet have planned a dirty holiday together in Italy but Billy vehemently denies it. Jacko starts at the Rovers. Benny Lewis opens a new betting shop in the precinct and invites Len and Alf in their capacity as councillors and Billy as a local businessman to a grand opening. Jerry makes sarcastic comments to Len about where he spent the night. Benny takes Ted Loftus on. Len brings Rita to the opening. Benny is taken with her but panics when Detective Inspector Patterson turns up at the opening and tells him to keep his nose clean and assist the police - or else. Benny's hostess Carol Webb gets drunk and flirts with Billy.

13x56 Episode 1199 (12th July 1972)

12 July, 1972 8:00 pm
Jacko makes himself useful at the corner shop. Hilda thinks Stan is working long hours. Alf knows he's at 19 Inkerman Street. Minnie is one of the first customers at the betting shop. Benny's counter bookkeeper doesn't turn up for work as she's pregnant. Ernie repeats his criticisms of not having a cooked meal made for him. Emily grows tired of his complaints. Mrs Toft tells Hilda she's seen Stan in Inkerman Street. Ray hears that Benny needs a bookkeeper. Jacko delivers some pies for the Bishops' tea and tries to compare notes with Ernie on being in jail, asking him what the Spanish ones are like. They realise he's an ex-con. Ted Loftus tells Benny about Lucille's previous experience and he invites her for an interview.

13x57 Episode 1200 (17th July 1972)

17 July, 1972 8:00 pm
Annie disapproves of Lucille getting a job at the betting shop. She still doesn't know about Hilda's defection. Hilda and Lucille clash over the cleaning taking too long. Norma asks Jacko not to bet so much. He gives a tip on the horses to Minnie in front of Ena. Benny takes on Ray and Jerry to transform his flat above the shop into a bachelor pad, complete with dimmer lights and a cocktail cabinet, based on the flat in Come Blow Your Horn. Ray thinks he'll be able to borrow the place once in a while for his own courting. Norma comes in to place a bet for Jacko and thinks she recognises Cyril. Lucille confirms he's a retired policeman and married to Betty who works with Jacko.

13x58 Episode 1201 (19th July 1972)

19 July, 1972 8:00 pm
Minnie wonders what the weather is like at Newton Abbot where a horse she wants to bet on is running. Showing trust in him, Annie asks Jacko to eat his lunch with them. Rita still can't decide whether to take the job with Benny. Len books a meal out for the two of them. Benny also asks Rita to come round to his flat that night but she turns him down. Cyril overhears that Jacko, who he has arrested before, is working at the Rovers. Jacko sees him in the pub and asks for a word with him. Minnie is furious when she tries to place her bet and discovers from Benny that Ena has got her barred from the betting shop. Jacko tells Cyril that he's going straight and asks him not to reveal he's been inside.

13x59 Episode 1202 (24th July 1972)

24 July, 1972 8:00 pm
Going to Rita's flat to fix a washer on a tap, Len is somewhat off with her for taking the job with Benny and for spending the evening at his flat. Amused, she easily parries his objections. Benny shows off his flat to Billy who is unimpressed with its decor and doesn't understand its reference to Come Blow Your Horn. Jacko tells Ernie that he is worried that Cyril has told Betty about his jail record thus putting his job at risk. Annie pushes Billy to sort out his and Bet's accidental joint holiday arrangements. Ernie tells Minnie that Ena was right to interfere in her gambling but Maggie is on Minnie's side. Betty warns Maggie that she is sheltering a jailbird and is shocked to find that her sister already knew. Rita has lunch with Benny and tells him that he's not her type of man, though she likes him and wants to be friends.

13x60 Episode 1203 (26th July 1972)

26 July, 1972 8:00 pm
Minnie snubs Ena as she collects in her milk. Emily watches on sadly. Annie asks Billy to drop off Jacko's wages. He thinks she did the wrong thing in sacking him. Jacko packs up his things to leave the area. Maggie tells him he can stay but he refuses. She makes him stay for his lunch though. Emily tries to sort the peace between Minnie and Ena by getting Benny to put a 50p a week limit on Minnie similar to the one that Dave Smith had but he refuses as it's too much trouble. Ernie finds out that Jacko's been fired. Billy and Bet both change their holiday plans with Billy going to Magaluf and Bet to Torremolinos. Norma asks to speak to Annie and Ernie joins her. Norma pleads for another chance but Annie refuses, worried what the staff will think. Ernie tells her to ask them.

13x61 Episode 1204 (31st July 1972)

31 July, 1972 8:00 pm
Elsie broods over the reason why Laura is trying to contact Alan and is curt with everyone in the Rovers. Jacko tells Billy about Laura's phone call. Alan tells Colin Harvey he's going away for a fortnight and he's in charge. Stan tries to buy a cheap van through Alan, asking for tick. Both Billy and Alan refuse. Billy tells Alan about the phone call and that Laura will be calling back at 9.00pm. Alan tells Billy that he owes Laura £2,500 that she lent him to buy the garage. Jacko thanks Betty for supporting him in the vote but she warns him not to let anyone down. Ken helps with a stock check at the corner shop. Laura tries to ring Alan back at 9.00pm. Alan cuts the call off and has to confess to a furious Elsie that he didn't get the money for the garage from his accountant but from Laura and he is now in arrears for the repayments.

13x62 Episode 1205 (2nd August 1972)

02 August, 1972 8:00 pm
Alan asks Elsie not to be with him when he meets Laura but she refuses. She takes the day off work to be ready to meet her. Ken and Ray obtain an inner tube from Colin Harvey. Maggie tells Elsie not to be jealous of Laura. Elsie plans a full makeover before meeting her. Billy plans a test of Jacko to persuade Betty that he can be trusted. Ken collects signatures on the inner tube. Norma worries that Jacko is being treated as an untouchable. Billy plants £3 under the phone. Alan confesses his concerns about Laura meeting Elsie to Len. Jacko isn't tempted by the money. Len asks Elsie not to meet Laura for Alan's sake but Elsie's determined to meet her and see what she's like. Jacko realises what Billy's up to and is short with him. Both Elsie and Laura arrive at the garage before Alan and chat civilly to each other. Annie and Emily are appalled at Billy's trap.

13x63 Episode 1206 (7th August 1972)

07 August, 1972 8:00 pm
Lucille is hysterical over the Peeping Tom but Billy tells her to play it cool or Annie will cancel her holiday to Blackpool with Nellie Harvey. Emily and Ernie are furious over Jacko's treatment. Elsie admits she was wrong over the money as it was only what Laura owed Alan but he makes her stand by her decision. Benny tries to get Rita to stay for a few drinks but she refuses as she has a date with Len. Billy feels guilty over his treatment of Jacko. Lucille doesn't want to go out, frightened of the Peeping Tom. Hilda also sees him outside the back of No.13. Rita and Len join Elsie and Alan for a drink in the Rovers before they go out and the ice begins to thaw between Elsie and Rita. Lucille tells Ken about the Peeping Tom. Emily screams as she sees that she's being watched from outside her back bedroom window.

13x64 Episode 1207 (9th August 1972)

09 August, 1972 8:00 pm
A shaken Elsie rushes into the Rovers and tells Alan, Ken and Billy that she thinks she's disturbed the Peeping Tom in her back yard. Hilda buys a pair of binoculars. Benny questions Rita about Len's treatment of her. Hilda keeps watch on the area from the upstairs windows. Ernie tells Elsie and Emily they ought to form a vigilante committee to patrol the area. He goes to the Rovers to get the menfolk to form one. Ken and Billy agree to join him. Rita tells Len that Benny is always asking questions about him as he's interested in her. Ernie, Emily, Ken, Alan and Elsie meet and discuss tactics. Ray and Jerry don't take the idea of Ernie's committee seriously but go along to see what they're saying.

13x65 Episode 1208 (14th August 1972)

14 August, 1972 8:00 pm
The residents of the street turn on Stan who protests his innocence. Jerry calls him sick. Len tells Rita to choose between him and Benny. The residents decide not to call in the police over Stan. Hilda sticks by him. Benny asks Rita to marry him and she accepts him. Hilda angrily tells the residents what she thinks of them and spits on the Rovers' floor. PC Conway tells the residents they've caught the real Peeping Tom in Bessie Street. Stan puts on a suit expecting the police to turn up and arrest him at any moment.

13x66 Episode 1209 (16th August 1972)

16 August, 1972 8:00 pm
Billy is waiting for the man caught in Bessie Street to be charged before he'll believe that Stan is innocent. Jerry tells Len that Rita isn't steady enough for him. Benny presents Rita with an expensive engagement ring. The Ogdens talk about moving as Stan loses some customers. After they receive anonymous hate mail, Hilda decides to fight her ground and decides a put a notice in the Gazette threatening legal action against slanderers. Jerry tells Benny that he was wrong and that Len has real feelings for Rita. The Ogdens read of the arrest of Edwin Ferguson - the real Peeping Tom. Hilda storms round to the Rovers with the paper.

13x67 Episode 1210 (21st August 1972)

21 August, 1972 8:00 pm
Lucille spreads the word that Rita's engagement to Benny is over. Alf's wife is taken into hospital. Nellie Harvey tells Annie that Ethne Willoughby, the national president of the LVA, is to call on her. Annie insists that the regulars wear ties in the Rovers for when she is due to call. A travelling salesman offers to take Maggie to the Rovers but it's only to discuss business. Len insists that Rita give Benny his ring back. Maggie is depressed at being on her own. Ethne arrives at the Rovers with Nellie and gets on well with Annie. She shows an interest in the Preston Guild and Nellie promises to get her a ticket to a VIP luncheon.

13x68 Episode 1211 (23rd August 1972)

23 August, 1972 8:00 pm
Maggie realises Alf is avoiding her. Nellie Harvey discovers all the tickets for the Preston Guild have been taken. Len is annoyed at the continuous congratulations on his supposed wedding. Norma tells Maggie about the ad in the personal column she placed for her when she receives some unexpected letters. Maggie realises Lucille knows all about it. Rita tells Len that she tried to give the ring back to Benny but he told her to keep it. Nellie tells Annie that she was voted by the Weatherfield LVA to give a presentation to the Preston branch to mark the Guild so she couldn't therefore give up her ticket to Ethne Willoughby. Annie gives up her ticket for Ethne. Maggie gets a letter from a Ron Cooke and is unsure about getting in touch with him although she finds his letter charming.

13x69 Episode 1212 (28th August 1972)

28 August, 1972 8:00 pm
The Ogdens continue to spurn the residents though Stan thinks no one is bothered. Hilda wants to get her Preston Guild money back from Albert. Norma tries to persuade Maggie to ring Ron Cooke but she refuses. Billy tries to get Jerry to take up cycling again. Alf tells the regulars that the hospital are doing tests on Phyllis. Maggie starts to get impatient with Norma's matchmaking, afraid of what Ron is like. Spotting a chink in Maggie's excuses, Norma manages to get her to make the phone call. While she is doing so, Norma lies to Alf when he calls in and says that Maggie is at the wholesalers to prevent him disturbing her call. Maggie enjoys talking to Ron and he agrees to come round.

13x70 Episode 1213 (30th August 1972)

30 August, 1972 8:00 pm
Phyllis Roberts goes into a coma. Maggie introduces Alf to Ron Cooke. The Howards drop out of the Preston Guild trip so Billy takes a ticket. Ron takes Maggie to Heaton Park. They learn a lot about each other. Norma agrees to go to the Preston Guild with Jerry. Hilda gives up hers and Stan's tickets as a gesture of kindness, only to buy them back - they have the moral high ground. Ron tells Maggie he's an alcoholic and asks her for help.

13x71 Episode 1214 (4th September 1972)

04 September, 1972 8:00 pm
Ena, Minnie, Bet, Betty, Albert, Billy, Ray, Jerry, Norma, Edna, Stan and Hilda go to the Preston Guild. Maggie doesn't know what to do about Ron Cooke but doesn't want to be on her own again. The Lomaxes - Colin, Karen and baby Jason, arrive from Hartlepool to visit Ena. Lucille tells them that she won't be back before 10.00pm. They wait in the Rovers but Annie is cold to them as she doesn't believe they're related to Ena and doesn't like them bringing a baby in with them. They put Jason outside. Maggie writes a letter telling Ron she can't take

13x72 Episode 1215 (6th September 1972)

06 September, 1972 8:00 pm
Karen Lomax becomes hysterical as the residents search for Jason. Elsie and Annie take charge. Annie blames herself. The police are called in. They contact the army to help with the search. Colin is catatonic. Detective Inspector Patterson finds out that Elsie was the last one to see Jason before he was snatched. He thinks Jason was awake at the time. A policewoman sits with Karen. Patterson asks the residents if there's anyone local who might be capable of snatching Jason but they're reluctant to name people. Ena is shocked when she is summoned from the Preston Guild. Minnie goes with her as she is led into a police car.

13x73 Episode 1216 (11th September 1972)

11 September, 1972 8:00 pm
Two days after Jason's disappearance, the police are operating from a mobile HQ set up in Victoria Street. Minnie looks after the Lomaxes, who are still catatonic. The police find a cream-coloured baby glove and ask Karen if it's Jason's. She's sure his are pale blue. Frogmen drag the Irwell. Ena breaks down. Lucille puts a woman, Margaret Beecham, onto the police when she says she has information about Jason. Margaret calmly explains to Det. Ins. Patterson how she buried Jason with stones at the back of her house. The police follow up her story but find nothing at the location. Patterson realises she's ill and finds out from her doctor that she has delusions. Emily and Betty look for Jason and find the pram on a croft.

13x74 Episode 1217 (13th September 1972)

13 September, 1972 8:00 pm
Emily and Betty can't bring themselves to look in the pram for fear of what they might find. Betty rings the police from a call box. Sgt Conway and Det Sgt Simms take the report seriously. Karen Lomax can't sleep and Ena sends Minnie out for some brandy. Det Insp Patterson tells Conway and Simms not to touch the pram until he gets there. Annie gives Minnie the brandy on the house. Betty rings Billy with her news. Minnie overhears him and rushes back to tell all at No.5. Jerry offers to drive the Lomaxes there in his van. They get there just before Patterson. He stops Karen running for the pram and looks in it himself, finding Jason alive and well. Annie is relieved to hear the news. Patterson tells the residents that his job isn't over as they need to find the kidnapper.

13x75 Episode 1218 (18th September 1972)

18 September, 1972 8:00 pm
Maggie is alarmed to discover rag-and-bone men Dirty Dick and Tommy have reopened the viaduct stables for Dolores, their donkey. Alf tells Maggie that Phyllis is a lot better and he's just off to visit her in hospital. Billy covers for Annie being ill in bed, saying she's had a bilious attack. She refuses her food. Billy tells Lucille he doesn't want anyone gloating over his mother. Maggie tells Dick and Tommy that Dolores can't be stabled so close to the corner shop and threatens to report them to the Town Hall. Dick and Tommy row over who is the legal owner of Dolores. Alf looks for Len. He breaks down and tells Jerry tha

13x76 Episode 1219 (20th September 1972)

20 September, 1972 8:00 pm
Maggie is upset that Alf hasn't told her about Phyllis's death. Tommy and Dirty Dick try to lure Dolores to them in the street in a witnessed contest to see who she regards as her true owner but Dolores goes to sleep. Alf tells Maggie that he can't see so much of her because of his feelings towards her. Tommy gives Dolores to Dick. Dr. Mitchell tells Billy they have to get Annie up and about.

13x77 Episode 1220 (25th September 1972)

25 September, 1972 8:00 pm
Annie refuses to eat. Billy has gone to London in an attempt to get Annie out of bed and behind the bar. She feels betrayed and turns on the waterworks when Lucille says she has to go to work. Ena, returned from being with the Lomaxes in Hartlepool, is getting tired of the mess that Dolores leaves behind. Bet has flu so the Rovers is short-handed. Betty is furious to hear that Billy has gone on the advice of Dr. Mitchell. Tommy tricks Dirty Dick into signing a form for Dolores. Annie has four sleeping tablets left. Lucille summons Dr. Mitchell who tells Annie that it's no good moping over her errors. She asks for more sleeping tablets and he writes a prescription. Tommy "announces" Dick's plan to sell Dolores to Weatherfield Slaughterhouse for £30 and shows the letter that Dick has signed as proof. Minnie starts the "Save Dolores Fund" to enable Tommy to buy Dolores off Dick but Maggie, still upset about Alf, refuses to allow a collection box in the corner shop.

13x78 Episode 1221 (27th September 1972)

27 September, 1972 8:00 pm
Len rings for an ambulance when he and Lucille can't wake Annie. Tommy keeps Dick away from the Rovers while Minnie collects for the Dolores fund. The residents wonder if Annie was attempting suicide. Ena blames herself, as do a lot of the regulars. The ambulance men carry Annie through the bar. Lucille returns from the hospital and tells everyone Annie only took four tablets and has had her stomach pumped. The regulars find it hilarious. Ken helps Norma expand her vocabulary. Annie returns with Dr. Mitchell. Lucille expects to be told off but instead Annie thanks her for her concern and prompt action, as she feels years younger.

13x79 Episode 1222 (2nd October 1972)

02 October, 1972 8:00 pm
Norma decides to ask Ken for private lessons in English literature. Rita tells Len that her landlady Lena Norris has told her that she can't have men visitors after 9.00pm. Albert takes to his bed with his old war wound. Maggie worries that Norma is setting herself up for heartbreak. Jerry warns Len that Rita has given up a lot for him and hasn't got much back. Ken agrees to teach Norma for 50p an hour and gets her to keep Albert company in exchange. Ray takes Mandy Taylor out and she spends all his money. Len gets rid of Jerry to entertain Rita at No.9. Jerry decides he wants a relationship with Norma and puts on his best suit to ask her out

13x80 Episode 1223 (4th October 1972)

04 October, 1972 8:00 pm
Having got rid of Jerry, Len and Rita start cuddling on the sofa. Ray interrupts them to borrow money off Len to take Mandy out. Jerry asks Ken for private history lessons, believing that Norma is studying the same subject. When Ken tells him he's tutoring Norma in English literature, Jerry changes his request accordingly. Jerry gatecrashes Len and Rita's night again to collect his pen and notepad. He is soon followed by Ray, who abandoned his date as he found Mandy too hard to keep up with. Len pays him to go to the Rovers. Norma is annoyed that Ken has taken Jerry on as well. Len sets up a rota so he can have time alone with Rita at No.9. Ray and Jerry are miffed that they each get one evening a week while Len gets two.

13x81 Episode 1224 (9th October 1972)

09 October, 1972 8:00 pm
Ray and Len make fun of Jerry's attempts at education. Doing work on Benny Lewis's flat, Ray uses the phone to ring Sharon Duffy and arranges to meet her later there. Bet sees in the paper that Johnny Owens of The Flying Horse is boasting that he's a beer-drinking champion. Stan agrees to challenge him at the Pub Olympics and starts his training. Ena is cynical about Norma's studying. As Ken can't use No.1 for the next lesson, Maggie suggests using the shop flat. A pleased Norma plans to "forget" to tell Jerry. Emily is bored and feels cut off from the community. Bet sets up Ray for the Pub Olympics at crib and he agrees to spy on the opposing team. Ena and Minnie interrupt Jerry studying Keats in the snug.

13x82 Episode 1225 (11th October 1972)

11 October, 1972 8:00 pm
Ena is annoyed that Ernie is neglecting his community centre duties for the Pub Olympics. Emily tells her that he seems to have forgotten her birthday. Ray joins in with Len's plan to sabotage Stan. Sharon calls at Benny Lewis's flat to find her ring that she dropped but Ray puts her off coming in as Len and Jerry are working there. Ernie works out a training plan with Stan. Emily drops hints about her birthday but Ernie is oblivious. Norma gets some time with Ken alone in the shop flat but Jerry interrupts them. Emily sends Ernie out to get some birthday candles but he buys household candles instead. She starts to get annoyed with him. Ray puts Sharon off coming to the flat until the evening when he'll be alone there. Bet agrees to help sabotage Stan.

13x83 Episode 1226 (16th October 1972)

16 October, 1972 8:00 pm
No one shows up at the community centre for Ernie's training session. With twenty-four hours to go, Ray and Len start to ply Stan with beer. Jerry is depressed. Norma insists to Maggie that she never led Jerry on and teases her about seeing Alf. Ernie gets bad-tempered with Emily at the lack of attendance. Only Ken turns up and that's to say that Albert is dropping out at dominoes as he's ill. Ena agrees to take his place for free drinks. Ray finds out from a besotted Sharon that his crib opponent plays the game expertly. Hilda and Ernie get annoyed at Stan's constant drinking. Jerry packs up the lessons. Ken asks Norma to persuade him to think again. Maggie and Alf find Jacko advertising with a sandwich board at a shopping centre. Alf tells Billy that Jacko will be calling at the Rovers that night. Ray and Len con Alf into taking Ray's place at crib. Jerry is short with Norma when she passes on Ken's message.

13x84 Episode 1227 (18th October 1972)

18 October, 1972 8:00 pm
Stan has alcoholic poisoning. Hilda discovers that his mates have bet against him and she fires him up. At the Pub Olympics Stan wins the beer drinking, Betty wins the darts contest, Ena wins dominoes but Jacko loses at crib and Len loses at billiards. Franny Slater tells Sharon Duffy the truth about Ray's penthouse. The Rovers win the Olympics. Annie gets a call from Concepta Hewitt saying she's arriving for a visit. Sharon persuades Ray to give her the key to the flat.

13x85 Episode 1228 (23rd October 1972)

23 October, 1972 8:00 pm
Jimmy Frazer tries to interest Alan into starting to sell used cars. Franny Slater takes a copy of Ray's key to Benny Lewis's flat. Billy offers Jacko his job back at the Rovers. Jacko turns it down at first but then accepts. Concepta Hewitt arrives to stay with Annie and Lucille. She announces herself at the Rovers while Lucille is having a trivial argument with Billy. Alan is tempted by Jimmy's offer as he wants to make a name for himself. Hilda shows Jacko round Benny's flat. Sharon Duffy wants Ray to take the blame for the robbery Franny is planning but he wants to stick it on Jacko. Sharon is worried about being caught.

13x86 Episode 1229 (25th October 1972)

25 October, 1972 8:00 pm
Lucille is convinced that Concepta is being taken for a mug. Billy tells Concepta that Sean Regan can come to stay at the Rovers. Concepta's engagement is announced. Alan agrees to Jimmy Frazer setting up the money for the car deal but is alarmed when Jimmy gets two good-time girls to entertain them for the evening at The Vine. Franny Slater sets Jacko up so he won't have an alibi for his planned robbery of Benny Lewis's flat. He also gets Sharon to go with Ray to Benny's flat and scout out its alarm system. Concepta asks Lucille for her blessing and ad

13x87 Episode 1230 (30th October 1972)

30 October, 1972 8:00 pm
Whilst Jacko is stranded in the middle of nowhere with a drunk, Franny burgles and then wrecks Benny Lewis's flat to make it look like an unplanned job. Soon afterwards, a despondent Benny returns from Spain to find the damage. The residents hang around the Rovers after closing time as they're curious to meet Sean Regan. At Len's suggestion, they give him an after-hours welcome after his plane lands. Benny realises nearly £5,000 has been stolen. In his time of need, he calls on Rita before informing the police. Elsie rows with Alan over his night out when he staggers home in the small hours. Lucille thinks Concepta is buying Sean with Harry's garage, resentful because of the work he put in to make a go of it.

13x88 Episode 1231 (1st November 1972)

01 November, 1972 8:00 pm
Billy tells Lucille to stop being so cold with Sean. Det Insp Patterson investigates the burglary and interviews Rita and Benny about the routine of banking the money and who had the keys to the flat. Benny tells the police only £500 is missing. Franny Slater buys a new sports car and gives Freddie Slack £500 and Sharon Duffy £1,000 for their part in the robbery. He keeps £3,500 and tells Sharon he's going away for a while, warning her not to betray him. Alan has a hangover. Patterson interviews Lucille about any strangers she saw and asks Hilda if she touched the burglar alarm. Concepta and Sean organise a party and invite the residents. Norma hears about the robbery and suspects Jacko.

13x89 Episode 1232 (6th November 1972)

06 November, 1972 8:00 pm
Ray is worried sick. Sean is chirpy at the breakfast table. Billy assures Concepta that he likes Sean. Bet arrives to collect her wages and makes a cryptic remark to Lucille about Sean. Having been phoned by Len, Det Insp Patterson turns up at the yard and interviews Ray. He tells him about Sharon Duffy. To Len's fury, Patterson insists that No.9 and the yard are searched. Norma is convinced Jacko was involved. Hilda overhears Jacko telling Emily that the burglary was an inside job and remembers letting him in there. Lucille asks Bet to explain her remark about Sean. She tells her about him making a pass at her. Hilda can't remember if she left Jacko alone in the flat. Lucille is cold towards Sean again.

13x90 Episode 1233 (8th November 1972)

08 November, 1972 8:00 pm
Hilda tells Stan that she's caught up with Patterson and told him about Jacko. Lucille tells Bet she can't bring herself to tell Concepta about Sean. Norma is shocked when Patterson comes into the Rovers looking for Jacko as he wants to take him to the station for questioning. She begs him not to walk him out in front of everyone. He agrees and waits in the car for him. Norma breaks down after she's passed the message on. Patterson interviews Jacko at the shop and insists on searching the premises. Ray comes into the Rovers but Len refuses to have a drink with him. The next morning, Jacko tells Norma the truth about getting the £30 from Freddie Slack. She's shocked to hear that some of his past sentences were for crimes he didn't commit. Concepta asks Lucille for her blessing and to be her bridesmaid. She tells her how lonely she's been since Harry died and how much she needs a man to cling on to. Lucille happily gives her blessing.

13x91 Episode 1234 (13th November 1972)

13 November, 1972 8:00 pm
Len and Ray uneasily start working together again. Jimmy Frazer starts to put pressure on Alan to take more work on. Elsie tells Jimmy she's not happy about the way the partnership is working. With Maggie in London, Norma asks Lucille to work in the corner shop. Annie tells Norma to accept the facts and not believe too strongly in Jacko. She plans to visit him in Risley Remand Centre. Jerry offers to finish off Benny's work as a form of apology but is told that Henderson's have got the job. Elsie tells Len her fears about Alan working with Jimmy. Len doesn't believe her until his van repair is put off for a week because of other work. A depressed Norma comes back from Risley and she takes her anger out on Ray, putting the blame on him. She as quickly apologises.

13x92 Episode 1235 (15th November 1972)

15 November, 1972 8:00 pm
Benny feels life is looking up with the new business venture. He gets Rita to support him in a meeting to discuss terms with Jimmy and Alan. Len tells Ray he can't have the Scarborough job. Ken and Norma question Benny about the break-in again but he doesn't want to get involved and suggests they speak to Ray as he used the flat to chase Sharon Duffy. Jerry tells Ken that £5,000 was taken; way out of Jacko's league. With the borough coming to an end, Mayor Alderman Chapman meets privately with Alderman Rogers at Heaton Park to discuss who will be the final mayor of the Weatherfield County Borough Council. Chapman wants to cast out the parties by electing an independent. Jimmy, Alan and Elsie join Rita and Benny. Jimmy and Benny agree to be equal partners in the new club venture with Alan looking after Jimmy's interests in his absence.

13x93 Episode 1236 (20th November 1972)

20 November, 1972 8:00 pm
Elsie hopes Alan knows what he's doing getting involved with Jimmy Frazer. Hilda suggests Benny names the club "The Capricorn" and puts herself forward as the cleaner. Alan goes for a business lunch with Jimmy at The Vine and cancels an appointment with Elsie to do so. She follows him there and catches him, Jimmy and two floozies - Deirdre Hunt and her friend Annie drinking there together. Rita decides to take the job of hostess at the club, keeping on the betting shop as well. Deirdre leaves just as Elsie arrives and starts quizzing her. Ken starts looking for Sharon Duffy. Jacko struggles to recount the night of the robbery and remembers that the car was a blue Cortina which had psychedelic transfers on the door panels. Ken gets help from Alan as he sells second-hand cars. Elsie fears Jimmy is treating Alan like a legman.

13x94 Episode 1237 (22nd November 1972)

22 November, 1972 8:00 pm
Len asks Benny to drop Rita from The Capricorn. He refuses. Ken gets Vine barmaid Brenda to find out Sharon Duffy's whereabouts. Alan, Benny and Rita hold auditions for dolly birds, hostesses and strippers at Benny's flat as the decorators are still at the club. Billy, Albert and Stan gatecrash. Edna Gee auditions for a job as hostess but Alan is not in favour. Len asks Rita to drop the idea of being hostess. She wonders why he's changed his mind. Alderman Rogers tells Alf he's backing him for Mayor of Weatherfield. Brenda tells Ken that Sharon is in London with Franny Slater. She remembers that Sharon and Franny had a row on the night of the break-in. Len tells Alf he's up for mayor. Alf doesn't let on that he's up for the role.

13x95 Episode 1238 (27th November 1972)

27 November, 1972 8:00 pm
Ena is suspicious when Len asks her for a list of any jobs that need doing on the community centre flat. Ken tells Norma that Sharon Duffy is in London and that her boyfriend Franny Slater might have carried out the robbery. Benny is in a nervous state as the opening of The Capricorn nears. Billy tells him his barmaids are not up to scratch and offers free lessons in return for complimentary tickets. Hilda lords it over junior cleaner Bessie Proctor. A pipe bursts in the cloakroom causing a flood and sending Benny into a panic. Hilda suggests that Stan could fix it but she's unable to locate him. Alf overhears Ena talking about Len's sudden helpfulness. Billy reveals Alan turned Edna Gee down for the job as hostess.

13x96 Episode 1239 (29th November 1972)

29 November, 1972 8:00 pm
Tommy and Dirty Dick are served with notice to quit the stable. Alf and Len bend over backwards to be nice to people. Maggie tells Ken that Norma is vulnerable. Hilda is annoyed that she is paid the same as Bessie Proctor when she is senior cleaner. Billy and Rita embarrass Len in front of Mayor Alderman Chapman at the opening of The Capricorn. Rita gets into a fight with a drunken woman and ends up on Chapman's lap, all to the delight of Alf and Alderman Rogers.

13x97 Episode 1240 (4th December 1972)

04 December, 1972 8:00 pm
The morning paper carries a report of the fight at The Capricorn. Alf, Billy and Annie enjoy reading the reports. Annie is annoyed when the Rovers' new cleaner doesn't turn up. Elsie wants Alan to come home at dinnertime rather than be out with Jimmy Frazer. Norma tells Bet how attracted she is to Ken. Annie, Ken, Ernie and Ena argue over the British attitude to work. Rita looks for Len who left the club quickly when the fight broke out. Hilda's bossiness almost causes Bessie Proctor to walk out. Alf tells Rita that Len is up for Mayor of Weatherfield. The Gazette carries further reports - and a photograph - of the fight. The regulars enjoy reading it. Annie demands that Billy finds her a cleaner - even Hilda will do. Norma offers her cooking and cleaning services to Albert in return for the lessons that Ken is giving her. Len is annoyed that Alf has told Rita about the mayorship.

13x98 Episode 1241 (6th December 1972)

06 December, 1972 8:00 pm
Annie is furious with Hilda's slapdash work at the Rovers and that Billy is now paying her 60p an hour. Len pushes for Alan to fix his van and tells Alf he and Rita have split up. He wants the mayor to know while he's in Scarborough. Bet warns Norma that she gets a ready-made family if she takes up with Ken. Likewise, Albert warns Ken that Norma has set her sights on him. Billy and Ernie talk about doing something at the Rovers for Christmas. Annie asks Stan to have a word with Hilda about her work but he refuses. Ena tells Ernie he can't get out of organising something for Christmas at the community centre, even if he is already committed to doing the same for the Rovers. Len asks Elsie to be his mayoress if he's made mayor. She suggests he sends Ray to Scarborough so he can make sure of being mayor. Albert dumps a load of ironing on Norma. Ray refuses to go to Scarborough. Hilda agrees to do the washing-up at The Capricorn club for £1.50 a night - her fifth job.

13x99 Episode 1242 (11th December 1972)

11 December, 1972 8:00 pm
Rita worries that Alan is drinking too much and asks him why he never brings Elsie to the club. Ena refuses to allow a disco at the community centre for Christmas and tells Ernie that Albert has lost the centre's decorations. Ken won't tell Albert who he's going out with for the night. Albert refuses to take responsibility for losing the decorations and threatens to resign when Ernie orders him to find them. Stan refuses to take on Alf's windows, telling him he's retiring due to the high levels of tax he pays. Billy, Jerry and Ray are disgusted with Stan's attitude when they realise how many jobs Hilda has on. Elsie agrees to go with Bet and Norma to the club with Ken. Ena allows Alf to put up a notice about him being a councillor, guessing that he's pushing for himself to be made mayor.

13x100 Episode 1243 (13th December 1972)

13 December, 1972 8:00 pm
Billy and Lucille donate some of the Christmas decorations at the Rovers to the community centre. Alf also donates a large boxful but Ena sees through his efforts and guesses that it's another plug for him to be mayor. Ken and Norma enjoy each other's company back at No.1. Ken was thinking of going to Glasgow for Christmas but thinks he'll just be a reminder to the twins of old days. Stan returns from The Flying Horse to a series of questions from Hilda. She tells him that if he retires he can take on the housework. With Alan busy, Elsie is bored and leaves the club early with Bet. Rita watches with disapproval as Alan orders another whisky. Albert interrupts Ken and Norma and starts to tell them war stories. He likens Norma being there to evenings long ago with Val, annoying Ken. Rita drives Alan home in the early hours but keeps his keys so he can't go in the car again.

13x101 Episode 1244 (18th December 1972)

18 December, 1972 8:00 pm
Stan does all the housework quite happily. Hilda is proud of him. Alan tries to make Elsie see there's nothing between him and Rita. He tells her he's scared that he's losing her. Albert tells Ken he has to sort Norma out. Emily agrees to Ena singing The White Cliffs of Dover not knowing that Ernie has told Annie she can sing it. Hilda buys a moving oil lamp, and electric tongs for the house. Stan spends his money on drink and neither of them have enough for the housekeeping. The Bishops get Ena and Annie together, hoping one of them will choose another song but they want the Bishops to decide. Alan refuses to give Hilda a sub as Rita isn't happy with her work.

13x102 Episode 1245 (20th December 1972)

20 December, 1972 8:00 pm
Maggie tells Elsie that Hilda is gossiping about Alan. Ernie sweet talks Annie into singing There'll Always Be an England at the 1940s night. Hilda tells Elsie she was sacked because she knew too much about Alan and Rita. Norma excitedly tells Emily that she won't be alone this Christmas. Ken is annoyed when Emily congratulates him and Norma. He meets Norma and reads her the full-length poem.

13x103 Episode 1246 (25th December 1972)

25 December, 1972 8:00 pm
Ken goes to Glasgow to visit Peter and Susan and Ena goes to West Hartlepool to visit Karen, Colin, and Jason Lomax for Christmas Day. Elsie realises that Alan is on his way to getting a drink problem. The residents gather in the select of the Rovers for the 1940s show. At the community centre, a young woman called Christine Peters puzzles Minnie and Emily as she talks fondly of baby Jason Lomax and describes him well, having never met him.

13x104 Episode 1247 (27th December 1972)

27 December, 1972 8:00 pm
Jerry takes Norma to see Jacko on Boxing Day. Emily is convinced Christine Peters knows something about Jason Lomax's disappearance in September but Ernie convinces her there will be a simple explanation for her knowing so much about Jason. Christine gives Minnie a pair of mittens to pass on to Jason. Minnie notices a photograph of Jason in Christine's handbag. Hearing that Minnie received a bottle of scotch from the Howards, Albert gives them socks but Elsie only gives him a box of tissues. Cyril tells Betty that Mrs Regan's benefit is being cut because it is suspected she is co-habiting with a window cleaner - Stan. Betty tells Billy and before long, everybody in the Rovers knows. Alan rows with Elsie for giving Minnie their last bottle of scotch. Minnie tells Emily about Christine coming to see her. Alf informs Stan of the gossip about him. Stan realises with horror that he'll have to tell Hilda before she finds out from someone else.

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