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16th March 1988: With Kevin and Sally Webster moving into 13 Coronation Street after purchasing it from Hilda Ogden, the Corner Shop flat became vacant. Landlord Alf Roberts wasn't over keen to rent it out again, even though he had two applicants for it - Curly Watts and Shirley Armitage. Alf promised to give Shirley first refusal if he did decided to rent it but told her he'd need a reference. Baldwin's Casuals workmate Emily Bishop willingly obliged with this, only for Alf to tell her that Curly had already been given a rent book. She was bitter that Curly had beaten her to it, puzzling the lad as he hadn't given any sort of reference and drew the conclusion that his new landlord was racist. Alf was threatened with the race relations board but the two youngsters had fallen for each other and found the perfect solution to their problem: Curly took on the flat and moved his new girlfriend, Shirley, in with him, annoying a puritanical Alf in the process.
 * For more information see Episode 2814 (16th March 1988).