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10th September 1980: When Emily Bishop opened a secretarial bureau from the back room of 3 Coronation Street with Deirdre Langton in 1980 the last thing she expected was a whirlwind romance but that is what she got when she agreed to do the books for pet shop owner Arnold Swain. He started to take her out and soon proposed to her. The marriage ceremony took place at Weatherfield Registry Office with Deirdre and Arnold's friend George Turner as witnesses and young Tracy Langton as a bridesmaid. The reception took place at No. 3 where Turner tried it on with Elsie Tanner and Rita Fairclough before he read out the telegrams including one from long-departed Leonard Swindley. There were smiles all round but Emily little dreamed that she wasn't the only Mrs Swain walking the earth...
 * For more information see Episode 2029 (10th September 1980).