Episode 2109 (17th June 1981)

Plot
Eddie and Stan tell Hilda all about the strippers at the Social Club but Hilda is adamant that Stan spent the night with Freda at the Legion. Hilda washes her hands of Stan and tells him she's not feeding him anymore. Fred gets a letter from the brewery saying he can't have a pub. Hilda goes to the Legion to see Freda and accuses her of having an affair with Stan. Freda doesn't remember who walked her home on the night in question. Gladys Turnbull tell Rita she and her husband have decided to take the baby on themselves. Rita wishes her well. Hilda tells Stan he's a fool to see other women. She realises he's weak. He promises not to be weak again. Elsie searches for a job. Bert's dole is cut as he's been claiming for over six months. Eddie takes Freda to the Rovers. She doesn't recognise Stan and upsets Hilda by saying she'd have to be desperate to spend the night with him. Fred swears to Eunice he'll find out why they've been turned down. Len tells Rita they should look into fostering. She agrees.

Regular cast

 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
 * Rita Littlewood - Barbara Knox
 * Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
 * Fred Gee - Fred Feast
 * Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Bert Tilsley - Peter Dudley
 * Eunice Gee - Meg Johnson

Guest cast

 * Gladys Turnbull - Frances Goodall
 * Freda - Rita May