Episode 2033 (24th September 1980)

Plot
Ivy hears that her sister Noreen in Canada has become a grandmother. She is put out that she wasn't first. Marshall's phone Bet and tell her they have her bag. Bet goes to the store to collect it but Eddie fears it may be a put-up job to get her out of the way whilst someone raids the flat. He and Len rush to the flat and find it ransacked. Bet returns to find everything has been taken and she breaks down. Bert and Brian plot to get Ivy and Gail together. Bet isn't insured. She refuses to stay in the flat until the lock's changed, Betty takes her in. Martin gets Elsie out of the way so he can entertain Karen. Martin just wants to neck with Karen but she wants intellectual conversation. He plies her with gin. Bert and Brian get Ivy and Gail together for a drink and they make the peace. Gin makes Karen sick. Elsie returns to find Karen in a drunken heap.

Guest cast

 * Karen Oldfield - Sally Jane Jackson

Notable dialogue
mavis Riley: "Me mother said I was to save meself. And I saved meself till the danger was completely passed."