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25th July 1973: Dennis Tanner, a week into a prison sentence for scamming pensioners in a double glazing scheme, received a visit from his ashamed mother Elsie Howard. Elsie had come to London to see Dennis but was too proud to admit to husband Alan he was in prison that she told him she was visiting her friend Sheila Crossley in Sheffield. After an emotional meeting with Dennis, Elsie readied herself to return to Weatherfield but was hit by a taxi while running to a park bench where she had accidentally left her handbag. She suffered a severe concussion and a frontal fracture of the skull, but no lasting effects. As Elsie hadn't told anyone where she was going, her friends and family started to worry about her disappearance and it wasn't until 8th August that Alan tracked her down and visited her in hospital.
 * For more information see Episode 1307 (25th July 1973).