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22nd June 1981: A new arrival in the area when Alma Sedgewick momentarily gave up her life of leisure to manage her husband’s cafe on Rosamund Street. Alma was not used to a life of work and bemoaned the fact that she couldn’t find any willing employees from among the ranks of Weatherfield’s unemployed to Bert Tilsley. Six weeks before, Elsie Tanner had been sacked by Jim Sedgewick for taking too much time off work after her house had been wrecked by jealous wife Muriel Fielding. Bert told Elsie of Alma’s staff problem and Elsie asked for her job back. Instead she was offered the assistant’s post on less money. Beggers not being able to be choosers, Elsie took the offer but only lasted a week before she walked out, unable to cope with Alma’s laziness.
 * For more information see Episode 2110 (22nd June 1981).