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20th April 1977: After a long and troublesome courtship, Len Fairclough and Rita Littlewood finally tied the knot when they were married at St. Mary's Church. The two had met five years before and had been briefly engaged in 1974 but Rita couldn't get Len to commit to a wedding date and called it off. She had had several other romances during the time but it was only when he was faced with losing her as she made plans to move to Tenerife that he proposed again and this time carried his promise through to a wedding ceremony. The problems didn't end there though as Len got drunk on his stag night and hurt his ankle falling down the stairs and then his car wouldn't start to take him to the church, causing Rita to worry that no wedding would take place. In the end, all went well and the honeymoon was also in Tenerife.
 * For more information see Episode 1697 (20th April 1977).