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21st January 1998: The cause of preserving the Red Rec, Weatherfield's green area, took a dramatic turn as protestors took to the trees to stop the council moving in with chainsaws. None were keener than Emily Bishop, who, along with Spider Nugent, braved an entire cold January night in a tree's branches. The residents were worried about Emily on account of her age but Spider's protest had sparked something in her and she only came down - to rapturous applause - when she made the front page of the Weatherfield Gazette. The protest dragged on until 16th February, when Roy Cropper's discovery of a Roman bath house underneath the Red Rec made the land too valuable to be built on.
 * For more information see Episode 4338 (21st January 1998).