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19th November 1980: Bet Lynch made an error of judgement when she tried to bring an end to the great Rovers bin boycott of 1980. Annie Walker had caused the dispute when she made a formal complaint that Eddie Yeats and Johnny Webb were freely discussing the contents of her bins in the bar of the pub. As a result, all the bin crews boycotted her and the smelling rubbish started to pile up in scenes reminiscent of the winter of discontent the year before. Annie fled to the sanctuary of her daughter's house in Derby, leaving her loyal staff to cope. Bet thought that getting the story in the press would break the deadlock but Weatherfield Gazette photographer Tony Watkins was more interested in shots of Bet posing in front of the piled-up bags. Nellie Harvey saw the printed story and delighted in phoning Annie and telling her. The livid annoyed landlady rang the pub to say that she was on her way home to sort matters out. Bet dreaded the outcome...
 * For more information see Episode 2049 (19th November 1980).