Episode 1279 (18th April 1973)

Plot
Annie tries to patch over her embarrassment but Ethel Bostock is too down to earth to mind and tells Annie she used to be a char. When Herbert James talks of walking the Pennine Way - all 270 miles of it - Albert tells him he'll do it as well. Annie is alarmed when Ethel tells her that she and Minnie are old friends and that she's glad Annie is working class. Alf tells Annie he'll be proud of her if she turns out like Ethel. Elsie puts Maggie right about Mike Ritchie but Maggie still refuses to have anything to do with Alf - she doesn't like people interferring in her life. Norma finds a mouse in the store room of the Corner Shop.

Guest cast

 * Herbert James - Llewellyn Rees
 * Ethel Bostock - Pearl Hackney

Notable dialogue
Albert Tatlock: "You never stop having to prove yourself. Not if you're a man. Not until you're dead."