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20th March 1978: The wedding of Alf Roberts and Renee Bradshaw took place at Weatherfield Registry Office but not before a last-minute hitch. The night before, Alf had celebrated his stag night with various friends including Len Fairclough who was blind drunk by the time that they returned to Coronation Street. A WPC told them to move on but Len became officious and told her he was a councillor. Knocking on his own door, he asked his wife Rita to identify him but, disgusted at his state, she denied doing so. Len was arrested and spent the night in the cells, the problem being that he had the wedding ring as Best Man and he had to attend court to explain himself the next day. Unable to find a ring which fitted, the happy couple were relieved when a sober Len arrived just in time to fulfil his duties.
 * For more information see Episode 1792 (20th March 1978).