Episode 1278 (16th April 1973)

Plot
Bet and Betty are forced to decorate the Rovers living room. With Hilda away at Archie Crabtree's, Annie advertises for a temporary cleaner. Albert is annoyed by his friend Herbert James' boasting of his fitness. Maggie refuses to have anything to do with Alf, upsetting him, Len advises him to tell her about Mike Ritchie's Wichita widow. Retiring Mayoress Ethel Bostock arrives at the Rovers but Annie mistakes her for the new cleaner come for an interview.

Guest cast

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