Template:2 February

2nd February 1977: The Ogdens came to the realisation that their continuous run of back luck was not assisted by the fact that their house number was 13. They decided to change it to 12A and Stan thought that he had the council's blessing when Alf Roberts told him he'd vote for it on the relevant committee. As it was Hilda's birthday, Stan jumped the gun and bought the new numbers from Woolworths - in brass - and affixed them to the door. Hilda was delighted...until she realised that the front door was locked shut, their keys were inside and she had a birthday treat in the form of a leg of lamb cooking in the oven. They had no choice but to break a window to get inside, by which time the lamb was ruined. To cap it all, Alf told Stan that he'd changed the house number before council permission had been granted and he was therefore in breach of a local government act...


 * For more information see Episode 1675 (2nd February 1977).