Episode 297 (16th October 1963)

PlotEdit

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

• Vera Lomax - Ruth Holden
• Walter Potts - Christopher Sandford
• Credit Salesman - Derek Benfield

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".