Episode 1289 (23rd May 1973)

Plot
At Woburn Abbey Minnie buys a teatowel off The Duke of Bedford in the souvenir shop. Billy asks Alan for a job but Elsie doesn't approve. Len tells Ray the shop is his - he has bought it for £3,000 and he's got Rita running it. Deirdre can be her assistant. Ena finds an old friend working in Woburn, Dora Wainright, who introduces them all to the Duke. Billy packs his bags and leaves Weatherfield.

Regular cast

 * Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
 * Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix
 * Billy Walker - Kenneth Farrington
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
 * Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
 * Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
 * Alan Howard - Alan Browning
 * Rita Littlewood - Barbara Mullaney
 * Norma Ford - Diana Davies
 * Deirdre Hunt - Anne Kirkbride (Credited as "Ann Kirkbride")

Guest cast

 * Tom Schofield - David Holliday
 * Faye-Marie Schofield - Jane Casson
 * The Duke of Bedford - Himself
 * Dora Wainwright - Kit Hoult