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13th December 1989: Audrey Roberts was always one for the better things in life and she was thrilled when she managed to persuade husband Alf to move from the pokey 11 Coronation Street to an upmarket house in Hillside Crescent. However, come moving day things went badly wrong when they found out that the forward chain had broken down after they had handed over the keys to their buyers - the McDonald family. After a night in a hotel, Alf thought he had found the best possible solution in the circumstances which was to move into the Corner Shop flat. Audrey was horrified at this come-down and how it would look to the neighbours who she had annoying with her boasts of moving up in the world. She took the only course she knew and proceeded to lock herself in the bathroom with a bottle of whiskey and get blind drunk, refusing to come out despite all entreaties. It would be another three months before she got the house she wanted when she and Alf moved into 5 Grasmere Drive.
 * For more information see Episode 3004 (13th December 1989).