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January
Emily spends Arnold's legacy on a new trampoline for the youth
club and a bed for the hospital. Arnold's penniless widow Margaret
calls, and Emily gives her £2,000 of her own money. Ron
Sykes, Brian's boss, is transferring the firm to the Persian Gulf,
and Brian takes up his offer to work in Qatar. Annie is invited
to the brewery's Bicentenary Ball. When her escort falls ill at
the last minute, she is obliged to ask Fred. Betty is visited
by her son Gordon and his fiancee Caroline Watson.
February
Annie counts the cost of Fred's drunken behaviour: a Space Invaders
game and a new Rover are delivered - both ordered under the influence
at the ball - followed by a barmaid who was promised a job. Stan
forgets Hilda's birthday, despite her giving him the money to
buy chocolates.
Ken tells Deirdre he does not want any more children. Eddie gets
a CB radio and dates Stardust Lil, alias Marion Willis. He borrows
the keys to Mike Baldwin's luxury flat from the Ogdens and entertains
her. Gail makes friends with her new neighbour Jackie Moffatt,
who takes her on a night out while Brian is away.
March
The Faircloughs foster sixteen-year-old Sharon Gaskell, who turns
out to be keen on soccer and good at woodwork. Fred Gee falls
down the cellar steps, and considers suing Annie. She tells him
that if his claim succeeds he will have to look for a lighter
job, and Fred is soon back at work.
Gail rings Brian and finds that he is spending his leave in Cairo
instead of Weatherfield. She decides to go out on the town. Betty
Turpin's old lodger, travelling electrician Alec Hobson, moves
back in with her.
April
Bored Gail gets her old job back at the cafe, while neighbour
Jackie baby-sits for her. Mavis' old flame Derek Wilton turns
up with flowers. Mavis melts a little when he mentions a summer
cruise, but sends him packing when he reveals he is taking his
sister, not her.
Marion - Stardust Lil - wants to keep her past secret, and Eddie
has difficulty expressing his feelings for her. Jack Duckworth
fancies Bet and takes her to the Huntsman, where they narrowly
miss bumping into Vera with her boyfriend. Vera finds out and
dumps Jack's clothes at the Rovers
May
Eddie tells Marion about his prison record and clumsily proposes.
She accepts and they have a rowdy engagement party at the Rovers.
Mike Baldwin discovers that his wages clerk has inadvertently
given everyone a rise. He fires her and takes on Emily, who upsets
the girls by deducting it from their wages.
Betty Turpin is mugged by a youngster from Ken's youth club. Deirdre
quietly tips off the police, who thank her in front of Ken. Hilda
wants a new three-piece suite, but the HP company turns her down
as a bad credit risk. Binman Eddie is paid a fiver to dispose
of an old suite, which he sells to Hilda as a 'modern antique'.
June
Ken surprises Deirdre by suggesting they start a family of their
own. Len and Rita take in Sharon for long-term fostering. Cleopatra,
the factory cat, knocks coffee over the wage ledgers, and ruins
Mike Baldwin's £50 sports-coat. He takes it to the RSPCA,
but the girls retrieve it and make it a member of the union. Enthusiasm
wanes when Mike includes the cat in the bonus share-out. There
is panic when toddler Nicky Tilsley disappears. A big search of
the Street finds him locked in Len's new house.
July
Elsie goes dway and Eddie plans to spend the night with Marion.
He tells Hilda that Elsie is ill in bed, and has to hide in the
back yard when she calls to visit her. Mike Baldwin is comforted
hy his girlfriend Maggie Dunlop when his father dies. Their feelings
grow, and he invites her to move in with him. Hilda, who cleans
the flat, is shocked, so Mike gives her a £1 rise.
Brian Tilsley is home from the Gulf when Gail's admirer Les Charlton
drops in. Brian makes a last minute decision not to go back. Len
sells Chalkie Whiteley his old house, and the Faircloughs move
into the new one.
August
Mavis' budgie Harry surprises her by laying an egg. She changes
its name to Harriet, and warms the egg in her bra to see if it
will hatch. Annie finds a lady's lighter in her Rover. Fred lent
the car to a bookie to pay off gambling debts, and his wife asks
worried Fred for her lighter back.
Brian Tilsley opens a garage in partnership with his boss Ron
Sykes, and invests his £2,000 savings from Qatar. Len and
Rita discover that Chalkie Whiteley's grandson Craig, living in
their old house next door plays thc drums.
September
Annie thinks Fred is having an affair with the bookie s wife.
Mike Baldwin breaks up with his girlfriend Maggie. Eddie and Marion
have called off the engagement, but Elsie and Hilda contrive to
bring them together again. Hilda puts up a friend of Eddie, and
finds that he is on the run. Sharon Gaskell meets Brian T'ilsley
for the first time and develops a crush on him.
October
Chalkie Whiteley's drumming grandson Craig decides to keep pigeons.
When someone releases them, Len is suspected. Sharon volunteers
to baby-sit for the Tilsleys, and Gail suggests that Brian drives
her home. He is embarrassed when she kisses him goodnight, and
more so when she gives him a zodiac key-ring for his birthday.
Hilda gets a cleaning job for a Dr and Mrs Lowther and regales
the Rovers with stories of their luxurious lifestyle.
November
Sharon breaks down when Brian tells her to stop chasing him. Mavis
joins a literary class and meets Victor Pendlebury who asks her
to collaborate on a short story. When it is read on local radio,
Mavis worries in case it is too earthy: Annie Walker is disgusted
- Albert thinks it is rubbish. Marion breaks off her engagement
to Eddie when he loses their savings in a suspect car import business.
December
Sharon is offered a kennelmaid's job in Sheffield, but Len and
Rita hope she won't go. Marion launches a CB radio search for
Eddie, and they have a loving reunion in Liverpool's dockland.
Mike Baldwin threatens to sack Ivy when he discovers that the
girls are making handbags on the side. Deirdre rows with Ken and
spends a cosy evening at Mike's flat. Annie calls unexpectedly
on the Ogdens and catches them trying on cast-off clothing from
Hilda's employer. An incredulous Annie is convinced they privately
dress for dinner. The Street throws a Christmas Cabaret, and Bet
and Betty persuade Annie to hold a staff party.