- Bernard Fielding is impressed with Stan's latest output and asks him to carry on producing the pieces for his exhibition as an "artisan artist" but wants Hilda kept in the background and suggests Stan would be better seen by the press with a dolly bird. Ken buys flowers from Elsie to lie on Ida's grave and she gives him a rose from herself to add to the bouquet. The regulars are puzzled by an item of Stan's work when it's displayed in the Rovers. Elsie promises Douglas that she'll put in a word with Emily. The dustmen take away Stan's sculptures from the back yard of No. 13 thinking they're rubbish. Douglas tells Emily how much he admires her, despite the travails of her past, confusing her all the more. Elsie tells Emily about Douglas. She is flattered and Elsie asks her what's she's going to do. Ken is fed up with his life, depressed by thinking about his mother. Fielding is told of the loss of Stan's "art". He tells them he'll have to find someone else to exhibit. Stan isn't bothered. Hilda is told about the dolly bird plan and is touched, thinking that Stan gave up his art for her. Maggie stands up to Betty and Cyril and refuses to go out with them. Douglas takes Emily out for a meal and a club before he has to return to Portsmouth.—GusF
- Maggie starts to get more impatient with Betty. The residents sign up for a 7-a-side mixed team football match against the Flying Horse but Annie doesn't understand the joke when Alan Ball, Bobby Charlton and Eusébio are on the list. Audrey gets annoyed as Dickie doesn't pull his weight at No. 3. Maggie and Elsie stage a slanging match over Len and give Betty something to think about. Emily tells Elsie that Douglas has promised to see her again when he finishes overseas, but she thinks he'll forget her. Ray moves out of No. 5 and into one of the Albert Park flats for convenience for work, leaving Audrey in charge of his yard. Ken's advice leads Dickie to think Audrey is pregnant. Len and Cyril bicker over who will be team captain in the match. Elsie asks Len to go easy with Maggie. Audrey lets Dickie busy around her. Ena discovers the Council are planning to build a shopping precinct on North Cross Cemetery, on top of her granddad, who was killed in the Weatherfield Main pit disaster of 1906. Maggie gets dressed up for a night with Len but he lets her down in favour of work. Cyril, Annie and Tommy Deakin work out the conditions and prizes for the football match. Maggie discovers Betty has held a card from Gordon from her for several days by accident and goes mad at her.—GusF
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