Template:28 August

28th August 1978: Conducting one of her regular checks on the contents of Stan's pockets, Hilda Ogden found a final demand for the water rates that he had hidden from her. Even though it was bank holiday, she demanded he get on to his window round and earn some money. Asking after tick in the Corner Shop, she was annoyed to find that the water bills for the residents were based on the rateable value of the house and not the number of occupants. Annoyed that her bill was more than Elsie Tanner's, even though she had two lodgers, she was livid and insisted that they get their money's worth and therefore Stan had to have a bath every night. Her plan badly backfired when Stan fell asleep with the taps running and the water overflowed, running down to the back room below and ruining her precious "Muriel".
 * For more information see Episode 1838 (28th August 1978).