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22nd July 1970: Elsie Tanner marries Alan Howard at Weatherfield Register Office. This is Alan's second wedding and Elsie's first. After pursuing Elsie for some months, Alan had won Elsie over by buying her a house, but when he refused to consider marriage she split up with him. After a change of heart, Alan returned and proposed. At such short notice, they have difficulty finding witnesses and a best man, but Bet Lynch and Len Fairclough show up at the Register Office at the last minute. Although most of the Coronation Street residents don't expect the marriage to last, they gather at the Rovers to give the couple their best wishes when they arrive. As Elsie and Alan leave for their honeymoon in Paris, their wedded bliss is bound to be shortlived as Alan's debts are mounting.
 * For more information see Episode 991 (22nd July 1970).