Plot[]
Len takes Jerry Booth on as apprentice, his old place having come to an end with the death of Joe White, his previous boss. Minnie asks Swindley to come round to her house to ask his advice. Frank returns from holiday to the news of Ken and Val's engagement. Elsie is depressed. Val collects her engagement ring. Len finds out that Jerry is a cyclist with the Weatherfield Harriers. Annie writes to Concepta from Babbacombe four times and only once to Jack. Ken sells his scooter to put towards the wedding. He decides to put a deposit down on a new semi-detached. Frank is hurt at the thought they'll move away. Ena and Martha gossip about how lonely he'll be. Minnie doesn't like her house anymore after the death of her mother and wants to move into No.5, partially because it has an indoor toilet. Swindley promises to ask the landlord for her. Val thinks they should stay with Frank but Ken refuses to remain in No.3. They think about buying No.9 as Val could start a hairdressing business in the front room. Sheila and Doreen get excited at the thought of Len's new lad, thinking he must be tall, dark and handsome. They are initially disappointed when they see Jerry in his cycling shorts. Elsie promises to write to Linda and Ivan about the house.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Florrie Lindley - Betty Alberge
- Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
- Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
- Leonard Swindley - Arthur Lowe
- Frank Barlow - Frank Pemberton
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
- Valerie Tatlock - Anne Reid
- Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
- Doreen Lostock - Angela Crow
- Sheila Birtles - Eileen Mayers
- Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
- Concepta Hewitt - Doreen Keogh
- Martha Longhurst - Lynne Carol
- Harry Hewitt - Ivan Beavis
Guest cast[]
None
Places[]
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug
- 3 Coronation Street - Back room
- Corner Shop
- Corner Shop bedsit
- 15 Mawdsley Street - Back yard
- Jubilee Terrace
- 15 Jubilee Terrace - Downstairs room
Notes[]
- First appearance of Jerry Booth.
- Jerry gives his age as 19, although it is later established he was born in 1941. On his Weatherfield Harriers cycling gear, the town's name is spelled "Wetherfield".
- Annie Walker's gentleman friend from Babbacombe is referred to as "Alfred Forsyth-Jones" instead of the later-established Arthur Forsyth-Jones.
- A rare reference is made to a contemporary event when Martha Longhurst wants to watch the television coverage of the first publicly available live transatlantic television signal by satellite by Telstar which was indeed shown on 23rd July 1962.
- TV Times synopsis: A new boy shows his face in the Street. Can this be the answer to the prayers of Doreen and Sheila?
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 6,303,000 homes (3rd place).
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