Billy and Betty look after the Rovers whilst the Duckworths are on their holiday. Betty tells him that she wants him to stay away from the beer pumps. Rita agrees to watch an act Alec is interested in to give her opinion to him. Mike chases Vicky for back-rent on the print shop but she tells him that she doesn't care; the business is finished and they don't want the lease any more. Derek chats to Billy at the allotment and discovers that he wins prizes at horticultural shows. Derek decides he'll enter some himself. Maureen is stunned when Reg's girlfriend Yvonne Bannister confronts her and tells her to stop being obstructive and to give Reg a divorce. Maud calls her a trollop and expects Maureen to throw her out but Maureen agrees to talk to her. Fred books for an outing to York. Yvonne accuses Maureen of wanting to steal Reg's shop and flat.