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28th May 1990: Hilda Ogden had left Coronation Street in December 1987 to housekeep for Doctor Lowther in Derbyshire and few had heard of her since her departure. The regulars in the Rovers were therefore surprised when she made a flying visit in May 1990. Hilda had not lost the need to impress during her time away, making sure they all knew that she had come back in a taxi and insisted on drinking port on its own and not with lemon, as that was the way her new social set consumed it. She also stunned them with the news that her employer had proposed to her, leading Alec Gilroy to ask if he’d developed senility. Later on, at Stan’s grave, Hilda talked to her dead husband and told him that she’d turned the proposal down as he was the only one for her.
 * Hilda’s returned was a mini-episode spin-off shown as part of the 1990 ITV Telethon