Episode 88 (16th October 1961)

Plot
Swindley organises the evening's trip to the illuminations. Doreen agrees to become the new barmaid and gives her notice in to Swindley. Two young lads, Phil Braithwaite and Norman Dobson, arrive looking for digs in the area. Jack, Ena, Minnie, Martha, Albert, Ken, Val, Frank, Christine, Dennis, Jed, Jean, Elsie, Bill, Alf, Doreen, Swindley and Emily go to Blackpool. Brian looks after Esther, in bed with flu. Elsie and Bill become brazen in their affair. The coach leaves with Ena still having her palm read by a Fortune Teller.

Regular Cast

 * Florrie Lindley - Betty Alberge
 * Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
 * Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
 * Martha Longhurst - Lynne Carol
 * Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
 * Esther Hayes - Daphne Oxenford
 * Frank Barlow - Frank Pemberton
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie
 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Leonard Swindley - Arthur Lowe
 * Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
 * Miss Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Valerie Tatlock - Anne Reid
 * Doreen Lostock - Angela Crow
 * Jed Stone - Kenneth Cope
 * Christine Hardman - Christine Hargreaves

Guest Cast

 * Jean Stark - Renny Lister
 * Bill Gregory - Jack Watson
 * Coach Driver - Frank Pettitt
 * Brian Foley - Denis Holmes
 * Phil Braithwaite - Brian Dean
 * Norman Dobson - Alan Holden
 * Fortune Teller - Julie Perry