Plot[]
Len and Ray tell Stan he'd better form his own union and Ray even suggests the name - the Stanley Ogden District Union - "SODU". At the warehouse, Elsie tries to maintain high standards from checkers Ivy Tilsley and Edna Gee, particularly when Dennis Maxwell tells her that owner Sir Julius Berlin is visiting on a tour of inspection. Annie tries to matchmake between Billy and an old school friend of his and Joan's called Lorna Shawcross. Tommy Deakin tries to interest the residents in buying items from him from a catalogue. On Ken's advice, Stan renames himself the Stanley Ogden Labour Organisation - "SOLO" - and Ken also suggests that Stan consult professional unionist Charlie Dickinson. The visit from Sir Julius goes well and Maxwell suggests to Elsie that they have lunch somewhere to go over some points about work. Billy refuses to have anything to do with Lorna before she is pointed out to him by Len and he is instantly smitten by her good looks.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Billy Walker - Kenneth Farrington
- Alan Howard - Alan Browning
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
- Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix (Credited as "Elsie Tanner")
- Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie (Credited as "Ivy Tyldesley" and "Lynn Perrie")
- Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
- Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
Guest cast[]
- Edna Gee - Mavis Rogerson
- Dennis Maxwell - William Lucas
- Tommy Deakin - Paddy Joyce
- Lorna Shawcross - Luan Peters
Places[]
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug, back room and hallway
- 13 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
- Mark Brittain Warehouse - Checking room and supervisor's office
- Rosamund Street
- Fairclough and Langton - Yard and office
Notes[]
- The ending scene of this episode set in Rosamund Street was OB recorded in Worthington Street, Old Trafford. Lorna Shawcross walks up the adjacent Henrietta Street, with the Church of St John the Evangelist in the far distance, and turns off past Billy Walker and Len Fairclough.
- First appearance of Ivy Tilsley, however the credits list the character as "Ivy Tyldesley" and the actress as "Lynn Perrie".
- TV Times synopsis: In which Stan gets to grips with industrial 'relations'.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 7,700,000 homes (1st place).
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