Episode 2499 (13th March 1985)

Plot
Bet sets Hilda up, giving Betty a silver locket. Wilf Starkey pretends he's been invited East to Gorton. Hilda is chuffed. Ken talks to Andrea for Harry about her future. He tells her not to take the results as a failure. Bet asks an old friend, Tommy Figg, to pretend to be her Cousin Arthur. Terry is keen for Andrea to leave school. 'Cousin Arthur' turns up to see Bet and Hilda is ecstatic until Jack reveals he's a club comic. When Vera tells Andrea she's making the right decision leaving school, Andrea changes her mind and agrees to stay on. Betty admits to Hilda that they've been having her on over the predictions. Hilda is upset but Bet is shocked when her Uncle Ted arrives. He is a tramp and she fears he wants to see more of her.

Guest cast

 * Wilf Starkey - Jim Bywater
 * Tommy Figg - Johnny Hammond
 * Uncle Ted - Dickie Arnold