Episode 1051 (10th February 1971)

Plot
Ena joins Mrs Parsons at Tony's first concert. Handel returns to Whaley Bridge. Yvonne Chapel tries to draw Ken out of his shell - he tells her about Val and says he's not grief stricken. Len asks Ena to keep quiet about the site, in return he'd try to get her the position of caretaker at the Community Centre. Ken phones Edith Tatlock and tells her he's travelling up. Ena is summonded to St Anne's as Henry Foster is ill. She tells Minnie about the Centre job.

Guest cast

 * Handel Gartside - Harry Markham
 * Tony Parsons - David Hill
 * Mrs Parsons - June Brown

Notable dialogue
Ken Barlow: "Life turns out to be just a bloody cheat, and I can't even whimper."