Episode 1048 (1st February 1971)

Plot
The firemen arrive to try to save Val. They have to drag Ken back from the house. Val is rushed to the Infirmary but is dead on arrival - electrocuted by the faulty plug. Lucille and Ray take the twins to Glasgow. No one knows how to help Ken. The Council decide to demolish the maisonettes.

Notable dialogue
Albert Tatlock: "I've had my life. I've had a good run. Why couldn't He have taken me 'stead of our Valerie?"

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Irma Barlow: "It's something to do with being born a Barlow, or marrying a Barlow... life seems to have it in for us."