| Episode 297 | |
| Production code | P228/297 |
| ITV transmission date | 16th October 1963 (Wednesday) |
| Stories by | Harry Driver |
| Writer | Adele Rose and Alan Hardman |
| Designer | Denis Parkin |
| Director | Pauline Shaw |
| Producer | Margaret Morris |
| Navigation | |
| Previous episode | 14th October 1963 |
| Next episode | 21st October 1963 |
Plot
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Minnie hates not talking to Ena. Elsie discovers Dennis has got a suit on hire purchase on her instalments. He tells her it's so that he wouldn't show her up. Martha snubs Ena in the Rovers. Minnie grows concerned about Ena's health. She tells Vera that she thinks Ena's going senile.
CastEdit
Regular castEdit
- Florrie Lindley - Betty Alberge
- Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
- Martha Longhurst - Lynne Carol
- Miss Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire
- Leonard Swindley - Arthur Lowe
- Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
- Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie
- Myra Dickinson - Susan Jameson
- Concepta Hewitt - Doreen Keogh
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
- Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
- Frank Barlow - Frank Pemberton
- Harry Hewitt - Ivan Beavis
- Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
- Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
- Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
Guest castEdit
NotesEdit
- TV Times synopsis: Minnie's loyalty is stretched to its limit, and Elsie buys something she couldn't possibly wear
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 8,367,000 homes (1st place).
Notable dialogueEdit
Annie Walker: "We all tend to forget at times that Mrs. Sharples is really a very unimportant old woman".
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