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27th July 1981: Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton at All Saint's Church in Weatherfield. Ken and Deirdre have had an on-off relationship since 1979, but Ken has often been non-committal as Deirdre was still separated from husband Ray Langton when they started dating and he was worried about being cited in the divorce. More recently, Deirdre had been seeing Mike Baldwin, much to Ken's chagrin, but when Mike deserted her at a party, Deirdre finished with him and got back together with Ken, who proved his commitment to her by proposing. Most of the Coronation Street residents turn out for the wedding, and Deirdre's mother Blanche Hunt makes one of her infrequent visits to Weatherfield to see the couple tie the knot. The Barlows take their honeymoon in Corfu.
 * For more information see Episode 2120 (27th July 1981).