Episode 2498 (11th March 1985)

Plot
George Wardle starts at Baldwin's Casuals as van driver. He is pleased to see Ivy but she can't understand how he knows her. Hilda reads the Rovers staff's tea leaves: Wilf Starkey to travel East, Betty and Silver and Bet will hear from a relative. Ivy realises that she knows George from Church. Andrea tells Harry she wants to leave school and get a job but he wants her to go to University. Mavis writes to Derek and tells him she'd still like to be friends. She wants to go on holiday with Rita but Rita isn't keen. Andrea reveals she's got her exam results and they're awful: 'E' in Physics, 'O' in Maths and Chemistry. Alf invites Rita to go on holiday with her. She tells him she's going out with Mavis. Bet decides to give Hilda's predictions a helping hand to shut her up.

Guest cast

 * Wilf Starkey - Jim Bywater
 * George Wardle - Ron Davies