Template:29 February

29th February 1984: After years of being subordinate to Annie Walker behind the bar of the Rovers, Fred Gee saw a chance when he was made temporary manager in February 1984 to end what he called "the slip-shod, slap-happy days in this boozer." Among his changes was an attempt to revolutionise the food especially when he saw the opportunity to get their fayre reviewed in the Weatherfield Recorder. Wanting to get peas on the plate as well as pies for the same price, he decided to choose a cheaper supplier for the latter and chose Cowards, despite warnings from Betty Turpin that they were third-rate. The move proved disastrous, with both the customers and the Recorder, slagging them off. Fred's parsimony had another victim - himself, when he doubled up with pain after eating his own offerings, and ended up in hospital.
 * For more information see Episode 2391 (29th February 1984).