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15th December 1976: Annie Walker was in perpetual competition with fellow landlady Nellie Harvey but never more so than in the Autumn of 1976 when she discovered she had passed her driving test - after eighty-six lessons. Determined to better this record, Annie signed up for her own lessons, much to the amusement of the Street residents who watched her "kangeroo jumping" her car through Weatherfield and also witnessing an unfortunate crash to avoid a greyhound. After some five months, Annie put in for her test. Eddie Yeats heard that few people had confidence in Annie and started a book on her failing. Several people placed their bets that she would pass on odds of 10/1 and Eddie felt he was on to a dead cert - even Annie put £1 on herself. Come the day, everyone except Eddie was pleased when she returned to the Rovers with her pass certificate, and Eddie found he had some largish sums to pay out...
 * For more information see Episode 1661 (15th December 1976).