Hilda wants to buy the River Park Estate house for £17,000. Ben Critchley offers Eunice a job, with or without Fred. Mavis tries to get out of her blind date. Stan refuses to move house. Eunice looks round the Park View Hotel and wants the job. She urges Fred to see it but he refuses and accuses her of fancying Critchley. Hilda tells Eddie that he can move with them and works out that, with his rent, they can afford to move. She puts No.13 up for sale. Mavis stands Bobby Simpson up. Bet is horrified to hear that she's let a man escape and meets him herself, calling herself Mavis.