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3rd September 1980: Joy turned to disappointment and then anger when the girls at Baldwin's Casuals discovered that they hadn't won big on the pools. Unbeknown to them, Hilda Ogden, angry at being excluded from the syndicate, had changed the copy coupon to reflect the actual Saturday results. Upon checking the coupon themselves on the Monday, the girls thought they had eight score draws and celebrated by spending money they hadn't yet received. When the letter from the pools company didn't contain the expected cheque, Vera Duckworth, Ivy Tilsley, Ida Clough and the rest started looking for the culprit. Elsie Tanner's grandson, Martin Cheveski, was the first to fall under suspicion as he had had the run of the factory over the weekend and had also been rejected from the syndicate. An angry confrontation took place on the doorstep of 11 Coronation Street but Elsie easily dismissed their accusations. Hilda, overhearing, realised she had got the young lad into big trouble and fretted about what she could do to save the situation...
 * For more information see Episode 2027 (3rd September 1980).