Episode 95 (8th November 1961)

Plot
Elsie apologies to Annie. The Cheveskis receive a letter from a workmate of Ivan's in Canada. His photos of the affluent life there interest Linda. Elsie and Ena confront each other in the street and verbally attack each other as the residents look on. Dennis has to stop Elsie from hitting Ena before Ena yells back that if she'd written the letter she'd have signed it. Elsie realises with shock that she's right. The residents wonder who did write it.

Regular Cast

 * Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
 * Linda Cheveski - Anne Cunningham
 * Leonard Swindley - Arthur Lowe
 * Florrie Lindley - Betty Alberge
 * Harry Hewitt - Ivan Beavis
 * Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
 * Doreen Lostock - Angela Crow
 * Concepta Riley - Doreen Keogh
 * Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
 * Martha Longhurst - Lynne Carol
 * Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
 * Esther Hayes - Daphne Oxenford
 * Frank Barlow - Frank Pemberton
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Ivan Cheveski - Ernst Walder
 * Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie
 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Christine Hardman - Christine Hargreaves

Notable dialogue
Ken Barlow: "If you read a decent paper for a change you'd find there's more to worry about in this world than Elsie Tanner and 'er boyfriends." Frank Barlow: "Kruschev an' Kennedy don't live in Coronation Street, Elsie Tanner does."

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Martha Longhurst: "If anything's sad and soggy in the middle, it's you Minnie Caldwell."

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Elsie Tanner: "They don't need sewers round 'ere, they've got Ena Sharples!"

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Ena Sharples: "There must be more latchkeys for No. 11 Coronation Street than there is for Buckin'am Palace!"