Episode 1016 (14th October 1970)

Plot
Gypsies camp on a slum clearance site. Irma returns and is horrified to discover the shop is empty. Ken is given a grant to visit New York and study technical education, leaving next week. Irma tells Hilda she's made a loss of £7, two shillings and ninepence. Gypsies Reuben Ward and John Smith collect junk in the street. Tommy rows with them for operating on his patch. When Reuben goes to hit Tommy Ray scares him off. Irma discovers Hilda sold Stan cigarettes at cut price. She tells him to pay the rest. When Tommy argues with the gypsies in the Rovers, Billy shocks Annie by threatening to sack him and not the gypsies.

Guest cast

 * Tommy Deakins - Paddy Joyce
 * Reuben Ward - James Donnelly
 * John Smith - Shane Connaughton