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16th June 1975: Annie Walker had gone to see son Billy in Jersey for a couple of weeks and asked senior barmaid Betty Turpin to look after the Rovers for her while she was away. Betty found the normally bustling and friendly pub sinister when she it was emptied after hours and asked Bet Lynch to stay there with her. Even so, Betty was unable to sleep, afraid that the premises had not been locked up properly. She ventured downstairs and looked round and then caught sight of something in the Snug that startled her. In addition, she heard a voice chatting away lugubriously and mentioning Minnie Caldwell and the deceased Valerie Barlow by name. The ghost of Martha Longhurst was haunting the Rovers...
 * For more information see Episode 1501 (16th June 1975).