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26th October 1983: Eddie Yeats and Marion Willis held their respective stag and hen nights with the groom in the Rovers and the bride in 11 Coronation Street. Barman Fred Gee was at his most obnoxious and spiked the drinks of Johnny Webb to get him to confess the secret news that Marion was pregnant. Stan Ogden overheard the end of the conversation and expressed relief that the news was now out: that was enough for Fred and he started yelling across the pub that Marion was not a model of virtue and that the wedding was a shotgun one. Provoked by Fred, Eddie went for him and was punched to the floor, sporting a black eye at the ceremony.
 * For more information see Episode 2355 (26th October 1983).