Episode 2790 (25th December 1987)

Plot
Christmas Day: The Bradleys are depressed as they have to spend Christmas with Mavis. Audrey gets out of doing any cooking or washing up, letting Ivy and Gail do everything. The Websters spend Christmas with Hilda who is sentimental about leaving No.13. Mavis gets drunk and maudlin. She likens herself and Derek to Edward and Mrs Simpson. Don enjoys meeting Ivy's family. Hilda is stunned when all the residents throw a surprise farewell party for her in the Rovers. Lisa Woods and her boyfriend Gary Grimshaw bring Jenny out of herself by taking her to a party. Hilda innocently tells Alec that Bet once lived with Mike. Bet presents Hilda with some heated rollers as a present from the street residents and Hilda leads everyone in singing 'Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye'...

Regular cast

 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Bet Gilroy - Julie Goodyear
 * Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
 * Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
 * Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
 * Alec Gilroy – Roy Barraclough
 * Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
 * Gail Tilsley - Helen Worth
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
 * Nicky Tilsley - Warren Jackson
 * Phyllis Pearce - Jill Summers
 * Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
 * Percy Sugden - Bill Waddington
 * Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
 * Gloria Todd - Sue Jenkins
 * Jenny Bradley - Sally Ann Matthews
 * Alan Bradley - Mark Eden
 * Sam Tindall - Tom Mennard
 * Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
 * Sarah Louise Tilsley - Linsay King
 * Don Brennan - Geoff Hinsliff

Guest cast

 * Piano Player - Robert Maxfield
 * Amy Burton - Fanny Carby
 * Lisa Woods - Ruth Whitehead
 * Gary Grimshaw - Colin Kerrigan

Notable dialogue
Hilda Ogden: "I've come in here more times than I care to remember. Cold. Wet. Bone tired. Not a penny in me purse. And seeing them ducks and that muriel... well they've kept me hand away from gas tap. And that's a fact."