Mrs Sonia Forrester was a well-to-do lady who struck up a conversation with Annie Walker on the plane back from Jersey after visiting her son Billy in May 1978. Annie wanted to impress Bramhall-dwelling Mrs Forrester and offered her a lift home in her Rover driven by her “chauffeur” Frederick. However the car had been stolen by Batesey, a gatecrasher at a party held at 11 Coronation Street and Fred had no option but to collect Annie in Len Fairclough’s transit van. Mrs Forrester declined the offer of a lift and took a taxi instead. Annie, not for the first time, was unimpressed with Fred...