Plot[]
Ena, Minnie, Bet, Betty, Albert, Billy, Ray, Jerry, Norma, Edna, Stan and Hilda go to the Preston Guild. Maggie doesn't know what to do about Ron Cooke but doesn't want to be on her own again. The Lomaxes - Colin, Karen and baby Jason, arrive from Hartlepool to visit Ena. Lucille tells them that she won't be back before 10.00pm. They wait in the Rovers but Annie is cold to them as she doesn't believe they're related to Ena and doesn't like them bringing a baby in with them. They put Jason outside. Maggie writes a letter telling Ron she can't take him on. He turns up before she can give it to him so she tells him in person. The coach arrives at Preston. Jason is taken from outside the Rovers.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix
- Alan Howard - Alan Browning
- Maggie Clegg - Irene Sutcliffe
- Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
- Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
- Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
- Billy Walker - Kenneth Farrington
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
- Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
- Norma Ford - Diana Davies
- Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
Guest cast[]
- Edna Gee - Mavis Rogerson
- Colin Lomax - Alec Sabin
- Karen Lomax - Rosalind Elliot
- Ron Cooke - Eric Lander (Credited as "Ronald Cook")
- Jason Lomax - Samantha Ferguson (Uncredited)
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug
- 11 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
- Corner Shop - Shop and back room
- Weatherfield to Preston route including roads in Belmont and country roads
- Preston Guild
Notes[]
- All the scenes on the Grape Street set were OB recorded while all of the scenes of the regulars travelling to and arriving at the Preston Guild were on film. The locations used were Chapel Street in Salford where the coach sets off with Salford Cathedral on the other side of the road, the A675 Belmont Road between its junctions with Westminster Road and beyond Wilmslow Avenue in the Bolton district of Astley Bridge, then slightly further on the same road as the coach passes the junction of Wilkinson Road. Part Two begins with shooting outside The Wrights Arms pub just south of Belmont itself, which is now The San Marino Italian restaurant. The passing shot just before Albert Tatlock declares that it won't be long before they arrive was filmed on the A59 London Road just after crossing the River Ribble with the Guild flags flying, though the shot of Albert himself appears to have been taken further back on the moors judging by the scenery outside the coach window.
- The scenes of the coach travelling to Preston were set to incidental music.
- TV Times synopsis: Ena's great-grandson turns up - and vanishes!
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 6,121,000 homes (6th place).
Notable dialogue[]
Maggie Clegg: "Maggie Clegg attracts alcoholics like iron filings to a magnet, must be me own special brand of charm."
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Elsie Howard: “Look Maggie, all you've got to go on in this world is what is, not ifs, buts, or maybe, and what is is a bloke you like, you can get on with and you can talk to, and they're not so many to the pound these days.”
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