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24th August 1983: Vera Duckworth was delighted that her plans to move from her and Jack's old home on Inkerman Street had been successful when their offer to buy No. 9 for £10,000 from Chalkie Whitely was accepted. Jack was keen to adopt Chalkie's pigeons while Vera was pleased that the neighbours seemed to know everyone else's business in Coronation Street and Jack wouldn't be able to get up to his old tricks. No one thought they would be able to obtain a mortgage but the building society agreed to lend £9,000 and Vera burst into the Rovers to break the good news to the regulars who responded with morose and unhappy faces. This passed straight over Vera though, pleased that they were "gob-struck" at the thought of them as their new neighbours.
 * For more information see Episode 2337 (24th August 1983).