Episode 1053 (17th February 1971)

Plot
Hilda goes to the Town Hall to put her name down for one of the new flats but comes up against a brick wall. Annie and Nellie Harvey try to outwit each other. Workman, Fred Chapman, tells the residents a mail order warehouse is being built. Nellie decides to perform the opening herself. Emily, the Ogdens, Minnie and Maggie confront Len. He tells them they can't have the Community Centre without the warehouse. Annie puts in her bid first and is invited to open the motel. Ernie is told if he wants to remain a lay preacher he has to get married. Billy plans to take the Mayoral rolls on a test drive for a day.

Guest cast

 * Nellie Harvey - Mollie Sugden
 * Fred Chapman - Harry Littlewood