January
Ena is left Nº11 in a will. She studies the Rent Act and
to Elsie's anger raises the rent. When Elsie objects, she is given
notice to quit. The Mission, which has been threatened with demolition,
is reprieved, and Ena sells the deeds to Nº11 to local landlord
Edward Wormold for £350.
Leonard Swindley is promoted to Gamma Garments' head office. Jerry
Booth returns to the street to work for Len after leaving his
wife Myra and lodges with Florrie Lindley.
February
Stan's waste paper enterprise collapses through lack of customers.
Hilda winds it up and he starts as a milk roundsman. Piggott is
remanded on £100 bail for bribery. Ena lends Charlie Moffitt
£50 to set up as an insurance agent. Florrie Lindley's engineer
husband Norman returns and immediately has a brief fling with
Elsie.
March
Emily Nugent takes on Elsie as a sales assistant at Gamma Garments.
Emily buys a Morris Minor and Mr Swindley returns to give her
driving lessons. She is arrested and charged with driving the
wrong way up a one-way street. Swindley's licence is found to
have expired and they end up in the dock together. He is fined
£25, Miss Nugent £5.
April
Val Barlow gives birth to twins - Susan and Peter. David Barlow
is cleared on the soccer bribery charges, but decides to quit
league football. Willy Piggott is less fortunate - he is fined
£150 for the exam bribery attempt.
Piggott has financed a building development in Blackburn on which
Len loses £1,000. Jerry takes over the job and walks out
on Len.
May
A relieved Miss Nugent passes her driving test. Norman and Florrie
Lindley emigrate to Canada, and Lionel Petty takes over the Corner
Shop. David Barlow signs a two-year contract as player-coach for
Weatherfield Athletic. Ena's great-nephew arrives on holiday from
Nebreska.
June
Lionel Petty's daughter Sandra serves in the Corner Shop and falls
for her first customer, Dennis Tanner. David Barlow and Irma Ogden
become engaged on a day trip to the Blue John Mines at Speedwell.
Ena accepts an invitation to visit Nebraska and flies out from
Ringway.
July
Elsie is sacked by Miss Nugent in a Gamma staff economy drive,
and takes a job at the local laundrette the Laundryer. Clara Midgeley
appears in the Street as Ena's relief help at the Mission. Stan
Ogden and Charlie Moftitt brew their own beer at Minnie's. As
Miss Nugent and Minnie get quietly drunk, the bottles explode.
August
Jerry Booth's building venture collapses and he returns cap in
hand to Len, who offers him a partnership. Dennis Tanner and Sandra
Petty look as though they are falling in love.
Lucille Hewitt's exam results come through - four O-levels, including
science and geography. Her old home, Nº7, which has been
empty since the Hewitts left, collapses and has to be demolished
by Len and Jerry.
September
Ena returns from holiday in Nebraska. Elsie, visiting the Fox
and Hounds pub, in Cheshire, is picked up by tweedy Robert Maxwell.
On the way home he collapses and dies behind the wheel of his
Jaguar. Elsie flees in panic and catches a bus home. An inquest
returns a verdict of death from natural causes, but a bitter Mrs
Maxwell blames Elsie.
October
Jerry moves in to lodge with Len. Lucille quits her job at Mitchell's
Mail Order to work in the research and development department
at Marshall's Cotton Mill. The Street's lady residents take part
in a charity mannequin parade at the Mission, organized by Miss
Nugent.
November
Annie Walker's dreams are fulfilled when she is made chairman
of the Lady Victuallers, and presented with a chain of office.
Dennis Tanner has a telephone installed at Nº11, and Elsie
has a whirlwind affair with telephone engineer Jim Mount.
December
David Barlow and Irma Ogden slip away for a secret Register Office
wedding, but the news is leaked by a talkative taxi-driver. The
Street turn up to surprise them at a reception at the Greenvale
Hotel.
Lucille, under age, is caught serving behind the bar of the Rovers
by Jack Turner. Jerry Booth beats up Turner when he hears that
Jack Walker is being blackmailed over the incident. David Barlow
receives a leg injury in a charity soccer match, and learns that
he will never play again. The club ends his contract and gives
him £300 compensation.