Episode 954 (16th February 1970)

Plot
Bill Gregory turns up in the street after an absence of nine years. Annie is horrified when Alan reveals in the Rovers that she bleaches her hair. He tells Elsie that if they'd used her cheap lacquer on Annie's hair it would have turned green. Ena and Minnie try to get Albert out of No.1. He refuses. Annie receives a mysterious Valentine card. Annie tells Bill that Elsie married. He thinks she married Len. Len puts him straight. Sandra takes food in to Albert. Bill tells Ena he's not leaving the street without Elsie.

Guest cast

 * Bill Gregory - Jack Watson

Notable dialogue
Albert Tatlock: "They played brass bands when we came marching home in 1918. They promised us Homes Fit for Heroes to live in... and Every Man an Acre and a Cow. Well my home's just as it were, my cow never came, they've pinched me allotment and there isn't a Brass Band between here and Belle Vue."