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8th May 1995: This was a date of celebration for much of mankind but especially in Europe where fifty years of peace following the end of the Second World War was commemorated. The residents of Coronation Street marked the fiftieth anniversary of VE Day with a party in the Rovers where among the revellers were some pensioners recreating a pub crawl of half a century before. Among them was Billy Williams who was startled to see Betty Turpin serving behind the bar. He and Betty had been wartime sweethearts. They had exchanged letters, and Billy had even proposed but they had lost contact and Billy had married someone else. The two old people rekindled their romance and were married later in the year.
 * For more information see Episode 3853 (8th May 1995).