Episode 1047 (27th January 1971)

Plot
The Barlows finish packing. Nobody wants to be Albert's housekeeper. Annie agrees to lay on a farewell party for the Barlows. Billy sells Ken's car for £130. Charlie Braddock and Gina tell Len and Ray that she's found a better job and they throw Gina out. The residents gather at the Rovers to bid farewell to the Barlows. As Ken waits in the pub, Val gets ready. She tries to mend a plug on a hairdryer and electrocutes herself, starting a fire by knocking an electric fire into a packing case.

Regular cast

 * Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
 * Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
 * Billy Walker - Kenneth Farrington
 * Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Irma Barlow - Sandra Gough
 * Peter Barlow - Christopher Dormer
 * Susan Barlow - Wendy Jane Walker
 * Ray Langton – Neville Buswell
 * Betty Turpin – Betty Driver
 * Alan Howard - Alan Browning

Guest cast

 * Handel Gartside – Harry Markham
 * Gina Fletcher - Deirdre Costello
 * Charlie Braddock - Peter Childs
 * Mrs Toft - Beatrice Neild