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20th February 1974: A happy event in the street took place as all of the residents gathered for a party in the Rovers to celebrate the long-expected engagement of Len Fairclough to Rita Littlewood. Betty Turpin expected Cyril to come along later on and join them and her sister Maggie Clegg would be doing the same as soon as she was able to close the Corner Shop for the evening. Jerry Booth went to fetch Maggie but before they could leave a policeman colleague of Cyril's arrived with devastating news - Cyril had collapsed and died of a heart attack outside his house and they wanted Maggie to have to be the one to break it to her sister...
 * For more information see Episode 1367 (20th February 1974).