The Taxi Driver dropped Susan Barlow off at 1 Coronation Street after she had supposedly been on a trip for the New Year to Newcastle, but in reality having passed the festivities in London with Mike Baldwin. Ken Barlow offered to settle her fare and was surprised at the low sum claimed of 90p, thinking she had come from Victoria Station in Manchester. The driver gave the game away, blithely telling Ken that she had picked her up from Mike's flat, recognising him as the owner of Baldwin's Casuals across the street. Ken was livid to discover the deception and just who his daughter was seeing behind his back.