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1  Mon 4 Jan, 1965

Stan refuses to let Irma bring David into the house. Elsie demands repairs to No. 11. Ken rows with David for not telling him about the suspension. He tells him he doesn't believe the story. Wormold tells Ena that Mrs Briggs, owner of the Street, has died and has left Ena one of the houses. Wormold offers to buy it off her for £350 but when she discovers which house it is she tells him she wants it.

Air Date: 1965-01-04

2  Wed 6 Jan, 1965

Elsie realises with a shock who her new landlord is - Ena Sharples!

Air Date: 1965-01-06

3  Mon 11 Jan, 1965

Elsie demands the repairs from Ena. Hilda hates her paper filled house. Len advertises for a housekeeper. Stan goes to a paper merchant to sell the paper but is only offered £5 a ton instead of the market price of £7. Len and Lucille prepare his house for the interviews. Ena intercepts one of the applicants and tells her about Len.

Air Date: 1965-01-11

4  Wed 13 Jan, 1965

The first applicant accuses Len of being a womaniser, thanks to Ena. The second is a glamourous blonde called April. Swindley starts a lucky dip at Gamma. Hilda sells the paper to Bernie for £4 a ton. Making a profit of only £2 6/8d each. April scares Len but tells everyone she has the job. She insults Elsie and is seen off. Len gives the job to Norma Gee.

Air Date: 1965-01-13

5  Mon 18 Jan, 1965

Norma moves in with Len. Stuart tells Swindley that the Glad Tidings Mission is to be merged with the Bold Street Mission and one will have to close. Ena gets a copy of the rent act and puts Elsie's rent up by 20 shillings a week. Harry Gee looks for his wife. Ena tells the committee she's not bothered about losing her home - she can always find other accommodation.

Air Date: 1965-01-18

6  Wed 20 Jan, 1965

Swindley is horrified when he realises Ena would evict the Tanners. He discovers the lease on the Mission expires soon. Elsie delights in telling Harry that Norma is at Len's. He asks her to return with him but she refuses. Harry tells Len, Norma tried to marry the last man she kept for and she agrees to return home. Ena gives Dennis a month's notice to quit No.11.

Air Date: 1965-01-20

7  Mon 25 Jan, 1965

Elsie decides not to row with Ena over the notice but to get everyone on her side. The word spreads that Ena is putting the Tanners onto the Street. Charlie thinks about being an insurance man. Stan thinks about being a milkman when he discovers they finish at noon. Stan finds a bracelet in the lucky dip and gives it to Hilda. The residents give Ena the cold shoulder. Elsie asks Len to fix things in No.11 so it looks as if it's not worth living in. Annie recognises the bracelet as hers and Hilda returns it. The residents anticipate a battle between Ena and Elsie.

Air Date: 1965-01-25

8  27 Jan 1965

Stan gets up early in the morning to speak with milkman Bert Lodge about the possibility of jobs with his firm. Elsie and Dennis create homemade damp patches and other household problems, hoping to give Ena the impression that No.11 has been falling to pieces for years. Ena sees through it all and tells Minnie she intends to get the Tanners out of the house. The residents anticipate yet another clash between the two. In the Rovers, Ena gives Elsie her notice in writing. Elsie goes for Ena in the snug and the fight spills out into the Street. The residents take sides. Ena tells Elsie she wouldn't be throwing her out if Swindley wasn't throwing her out. Elsie refuses to listen to Ena's protests. Ena attacks her with her handbag and ends up smashing one of No.11's windows. An almost-physical fight ensues and the residents try to separate them. Swindley arrives in time to break the news to Ena that the Glad Tidings Mission is to stay open; the committee has decided to close Bold Street Mission.

Air Date: 1965-01-27

9  Mon 1 Feb, 1965

Minnie agrees to be Ena's rent collector for 8s 1/2d. Elsie pays her rent with no fuss. She cries as she realises she's getting old and heading towards nothing. Swindley feels that he may be promoted to area manager. The pipes in the Street freeze. Jerry turns up, out of work, and is taken on immediately by Len. Dennis tells Ena that Elsie is scared of her and the future. Jerry is evasive about Myra and the baby. Ena tells Elsie she's going to sell the house to Wormold.

Air Date: 1965-02-01

10  Wed 29 Dec, 1965

Jerry asks Len not to ask him any questions. Swindley makes a Spring scene for Gamma's window. he promises to promote Emily when he is area manager but she tells him she doesn't want it - she's happy in the shop. Ena sells No.11 to Wormold for £350, and gets him to agree to do the repairs for Elsie. Swindley leaves Gamma to return to Headquarters. Jerry tells Len that he's left Myra.

Air Date: 1965-12-29

11  Mon 8 Feb, 1965

Jerry tells Len that the baby died prematurely. Florrie agrees to him having the shop flat. Stan gets a job as milkman but has to get up at 4.00am. Ken and Albert go to court for Piggott's case. Jerry moves into the flat and feels very alone. Piggott's bail is set at £100 and the case is put up for the Crown Court. Ken is annoyed when David sends him £5 for his keep over Christmas. He then reads that David has been cleared over the bribe. Florrie is shocked when her husband Norman tracks her down.

Air Date: 1965-02-08

12  Wed 10 Feb, 1965

Florrie tells Norman she regrets not going to India with him. Word spreads that Florrie is not a widow. Florrie is relieved when Norman is not after a divorce. Charlie gets a job as an insurance man but needs to find £50 deposit money. Norman tells Florrie he wants them to get back together. He tells her he has to go to Iceland for a while then to Canada for two years. Ena tells Charlie she'll lend him the £50 so that he can afford to pay his rent to Minnie.

Air Date: 1965-02-10

13  Mon 15 Feb, 1965

Norman tells Florrie that if she doesn't go to Canada with him they should get divorced. Emily gets a second hand 1959 car and tries to find someone to give her lessons. Charlie is alotted the area around the Street. Norman takes an interest in Elsie. Len, Stan and Charlie talk their way out giving Emily lessons. Norman tells Elsie that he and Florrie have been apart too long.

Air Date: 1965-02-15

14  Wed 17 Feb, 1965

Emily corners Ken into giving her a lesson. Florrie worries that she's too set in her ways to go back to Norman. When Florrie is busy, Norman takes Elsie to an Engineering exhibition. Ken finds it hard work teaching Emily to drive. She has no sense of danger. Norman takes Elsie back to his hotel and they both realise they're attracted to each other.

Air Date: 1965-02-17

15  Mon 22 Feb, 1965

Len asks Irma if she'll take Jerry out for some company. The residents delight in the fact that Elsie returned at midnight from seeing Norman. Jerry decides it would be alright to have Irma as a friend. Norman tells Elsie he's going to Iceland soon and he knows Florrie won't come to Canada with him. Jerry and Irma play push-penny together. Elsie tells Norman she can't go on lying. She tells him that if he wants her, she'll go to Canada with him.

Air Date: 1965-02-22

16  Wed 24 Feb, 1965

Florrie decides to go to Canada and thanks Elsie for helping her to see that she had to grasp the opportunity. Norman tells Elsie that she should be the one going to Canada. They say goodbye. Norman leaves for Iceland.

Air Date: 1965-02-24

17  Mon 1 Mar, 1965

Val tells Ken she won't be coming to the staff dinner as she'd feel uncomfortable. He refuses to listen. Val starts to close down the salon, planning to sell all the equipment. Emily has her first professional driving lesson and hurts her leg when trying to avoid another car. Mr Dickinson looks for Jerry, wanting to know if he's going to return to Myra. Ken goes to the staff dinner alone.

Air Date: 1965-03-01

18  Wed 3 Mar, 1965

Lucille is given the part of the maid in 'Way of the World', in a joint production with the boys Grammar School. Emily's instructor Mr Hopwood takes her out for a coffee. Dickinson accuses Jerry of having an affair with Irma. Jerry refuses to return and is chased for the £30 he owes him. Len writes Dickinson a cheque and he leaves.

Air Date: 1965-03-03

19  Mon 8 Mar, 1965

Hilda suspects Stan of having another woman when he gets later at coming home. A pipe bursts in the Rovers cellar. Annie wonders over the change in Lucille over the production. Elsie rows with the supervisor and walks out, she refuses to apologise and writes her resignation. Hilda serves Stan's tea in the Rovers and tell's him he's not the only one who can play around.

Air Date: 1965-03-08

20  Wed 10 Mar, 1965

Hilda discovers Stan has given Albert a handmade sweater and demands to know who knitted it. Elsie enjoys her new life of leisure. Dennis demands that she gets a job. Roger Wain phones Lucille at the Rovers and Annie grows curious. Stan tells Hilda how the jumper was left on his float during his round. She doesn't believe him. Annie phones Roger and invites him to tea.

Air Date: 1965-03-10

21  Mon 15 Mar, 1965

Elsie has an interview. Annie feels sure Roger will be a mod or a rocker. She prepares a feast for him and is shocked when he turns out to be a class above her. He refuses to eat any of the food as he is a vegetarian. Elsie feels sure the personnel manager will give the job to an old friend but he offers it to her. Roger asks Jack not to tell his parents he's been to tea as they wouldn't approve of the pub. Elsie is surprised when the job turns out to be at Gamma Garments.

Air Date: 1965-03-15

22  Wed 17 Mar, 1965

Lucille refuses to eat meat to Annie's annoyance. Val worries as no one wants to buy her salon equipment. Emily is horrified to discover Elsie is her new assistant. Hilda feels sure Stan is playing away when he disappears for the afternoon. Roger enlists Lucille to help him look after elderly people. Stan turns up with a black eye.

Air Date: 1965-03-17

23  Mon 22 Mar, 1965

Stan sleeps on the sofa. Frank sends the Barlows an expensive pram which is too big to get in the house. Stan throws Hilda's packed lunch away and Hilda wonders who'll be feeding him. Swindley, as acting area manager, supervises Emily and Elsie at the shop and volunteers to help Emily with her driving. Stan is adamant he got his black eye from a crate at the dairy. Hilda plans to follow him. Val tells Ken she's going to have twins.

Air Date: 1965-03-22

24  Wed 24 Mar, 1965

Val doesn't want anyone else to know she's having twins, but lets it slip to Elsie and Ena. Hilda confronts Stan at Mrs Sugden's house as he eats there. She discovers Mrs Sugden is a little old lady who Stan keeps company in the mornings. Emily drives the wrong way down a one way street whilst out with Swindley. Ena spreads the word about the twins. Albert is annoyed he wasn't told first. Val pacifies him by asking him to be a Godfather. The police let Emily off for the driving offence but want to see Swindley's licence. He discovers that his licence has expired.

Air Date: 1965-03-24

25  Mon 29 Mar, 1965

Everyone thinks that Swindley will get prosecuted. Swindley and Emily receive a summons. The Barlows prepare for birth. Swindley discovers Strangeways Stan to be the magistrate.

Air Date: 1965-03-29

26  Wed 31 Mar, 1965

Swindley and Emily worry about what Mr Papagopolous will say about the case. Ken asks Irma to cook for him in Val's absence but Val ropes in Ena. The residents go to court to watch the proceedings. Emily pleads guilty, the Magistrate sympathises with her and fines her £5. He threatens to send Swindley to prison for a month but only fines him £20. The newspaper carries the report: "Magistrate Attacks Local Preacher". Val goes into labour.

Air Date: 1965-03-31

27  5 Apr 1965

Len takes Val to hospital in his van. Ken feels completely useless. Jerry worries about his future. Len gets a contract from Arnold Jenkinson to do a conversion job for one of his supermarkets. Ken discovers that if the twins are born before midnight he'll get tax relief on them. Willie Piggott is fined £150 for bribing Ken. Val gives birth to a girl and a boy. The Walkers break open the champagne for the residents to celebrate the birth of the first-ever set of twins on the Street.

Air Date: 1965-04-05

28  Wed 7 Apr, 1965

Piggott asks Len to help him convert six old houses into thirty six flats in Blackburn. Len doesn't like the idea of working away from home. Jenkinson cancels the supermarket deal with Len. Len discovers Piggott told Jenkinson Len wouldn't have time for the job. The Barlows decide on Susan Ida and Peter as names. Len realises he is in a rut in Weatherfield and wonders what to do.

Air Date: 1965-04-07

29  Mon 12 Apr, 1965

Len plans to spend some time in Nottingham with Jerry running the Yard. The residents buy the Barlows a pram set. Val returns, with the twins still in hospital putting on weight. Piggott shows Len the houses. Len tells him he'll decide before he goes to Nottingham. Piggott tells Elsie he's sure Len will go in with him as Len has nothing going for him in Weatherfield. Len thinks of offering Jerry a partnership when he gets back from Nottingham. Piggott is angry with the news that Len won't be working with him.

Air Date: 1965-04-12

30  Wed 14 Apr, 1965

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Air Date: 1965-04-14

31  Mon 19 Apr, 1965

The life and times of the resident's of Manchester's 'Coronation Street'.

Air Date: 1965-04-19

32  Wed 21 Apr, 1965

David has torn a ligament. Val persuades Ken to end the feud and write to him. Piggott gives Jerry money to repay what he owes Len so that he is free of committments. Jerry decides to close the Yard and go. David phones and asks to stay with the Barlows. Val doesn't think there'll be any room. Albert agrees to put him up. Jerry leaves everything in Jack's hands and leaves, everyone is cold towards him.

Air Date: 1965-04-21

33  Mon 26 Apr, 1965

The life and times of the resident's of Manchester's 'Coronation Street'.

Air Date: 1965-04-26

34  Wed 28 Apr, 1965

Ken and Val find it hard to cope with the crying twins. Albert, Charlie and Stan get ready for the match. Minnie's TV packs in and she worries that she won't be able to watch the match. Dennis' clients, Caroline Critchley and Jane Maxwell invite him to Oulton Park for a laugh. The residents gather in the Barlow's parlour to watch the match.

Air Date: 1965-04-28

35  Mon 3 May, 1965

Dennis is certain Caroline fancies him. Elsie thinks she must be kinky. Albert and Charlie return after losing Stan in Soho. He gets into a fight with a Leeds supporter, misses his train and has to hitch home. Lucille's 16th birthday arrives and the Walkers ask her to call them Auntie and Uncle. Len returns to discover Jerry has left. The Cheshire set amuse themselves with Dennis. Lucille wishes the Hewitts would return. The et take Dennis for a ride.

Air Date: 1965-05-03

36  Wed 5 May, 1965

Elsie tries to make Dennis see his 'friends' are taking him for a fool. Irma feels out of place at David's favourite jazz club. Lucille feels she has seen the last of Roger because of the class difference. Len confides in Dennis that as a lad he fell in with the same sort of crowd and ended up fighting with them. Hilda finds a cigarette packed stuffed with money lying on the bar and keeps it, not knowing it's Charlie's.

Air Date: 1965-05-05

37  Mon 10 May, 1965

Charlie can't find his £20. Emily has her last driving lesson with Mr Hopwood. Charlie fears he's running out of time as his insurance books have to be right. Hilda spends £6 19/6 on a two piece. David sulks about the fact that Irma works nights in the Rovers. They row and she tells him he should take someone else out. The cigarette packet is found empty.

Air Date: 1965-05-10

38  Wed 12 May, 1965

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Air Date: 1965-05-12

39  Mon 17 May, 1965

Hilda breaks down, not knowing what to do about the money. The residents prepare for the royal visit at Granston Tec. Charlie's supervisor checks his books. When he hears about the money he tells Charlie he wants him to see the area manager. The police are called in. Emily has to cancel her European holiday when her friend lets her down. She has a laugh at Len's expense by agreeing to go with him instead. Charlie's boss suspects him of using the money to go to the Cup Final. Hilda breaks down and confesses to Irma.

Air Date: 1965-05-17

40  Wed 19 May, 1965

Minnie offers to sell her TV for Charlie but he refuses to let her. The area prepares for the Queen's visit. There's a burst water main so the procession has to be changed to come down Coronation Street. Ena organises the decorations and the Council provide window boxes. Minnie prepares No.5 in case the Queen pops in. The leak is repaired and the Queen is directed back along Rosamund Street. The residents watch and Ken is presented to her at the Tec. Charlie leaves the Street at midnight.

Air Date: 1965-05-19

41  Mon 24 May, 1965

Minnie misses Charlie. Val tries to organise the Christening party. Ken feels they shouldn't be christened. Minnie covers up for Charlie with his boss. Norman Lindley returns from Iceland. Albert discovers that Charlie is still doing his round. Florrie sends bills to all her credit customers demanding immediate payments. She advertises the shop for sale in the paper. Albert finds Charlie singing in the Red Lion.

Air Date: 1965-05-24

42  Wed 26 May, 1965

Minnie wants Charlie brought home. The twins are christened at St Marys, the Godparents are: Peter's - David, Albert and Val. Susan's - David, Emily and Val. The Lindleys are vaccinated for their trip. Emily tells Len she was joking with him about the holiday. Charlie doesn't go down too well at the Red Lion. Len and Stan bring him home. £20 is pushed through Minnie's letter box.

Air Date: 1965-05-26

43  Mon 31 May, 1965

Charlie returns the money to his boss. The Lindleys grow desperate to sell the shop. Hilda appears much happier. Ena and Minnie watch as the militaristic Lionel Petty views the shop. They realise he is Sandra's father. She tells them she saw the shop advertised and persuaded Lionel to look at it, planning to capture Dennis. Swindley plans to leave the area and Emily is made supervisor at the Mission. David is offered a two year contract as player-coach with Weatherfield Athletics on £35 a week. He takes the post. Swindley says his goodbyes and leaves. Sandra tells Dennis she idolises him and knows that he will grow to love her. She tells him she's going to marry him and doesn't care how long it takes.

Air Date: 1965-05-31

44  Wed 2 Jun, 1965

Lionel gets to know the shop doing everything in army fashion. David signs up with the Athletics club. Florrie finds it hard to leave everything behind to make a new start. Dennis is horrified when Lionel likes him. Florrie gives Emily her favourite vase. Lionel puts Irma on three months trial. The residents wave the Lindleys on their way. An advert in the paper searches for Ena, telling her to contact a firm of solicitors.

Air Date: 1965-06-02

45  Mon 7 Jun, 1965

Ena is told someone will contact her soon. Lionel upsets the customers by showing them no civility. Len takes Elsie to Belle Vue for the day. Ken thinks of buying a house with a garden but Val doesn't think she can cope with a move. Emily organises a street outing to the Blue John Mines. Ena receives a visit from her great nephew, Tom Schofield, from the USA.

Air Date: 1965-06-07

46  Wed 9 Jun, 1965

Ena discovers she has a family in America that she never knew existed. Lucille prepares for her exams. Tom tells Ena he's come to take her to America to stay with her brother who she hasn't seen for years. The residents snub Lionel after he is short with Ena. Ena tells Tom she will go to America.

Air Date: 1965-06-09

47  Mon 14 Jun, 1965

The life and times of the resident's of Manchester's 'Coronation Street'.

Air Date: 1965-06-14

48  Wed 16 Jun, 1965

Emily advises Lionel to take a personal interest in his customers. Sandra plans a party for her birthday, with Dennis as the main guest. Ena and Elsie accuse Len of being jealous over Tom. Lionel starts getting on better with the residents. Len apologises to Tom. Ena discovers she'll be going to America in four days.

Air Date: 1965-06-16

49  Mon 21 Jun, 1965

It is Sandra Petty's 19th birthday. She is upset when Dennis tells her he can't go to the party because of work. Stan stops smoking to spend more money on drink. Dennis' work lecture is cancelled so he has to go to the party. Lucille takes Roger to the party where Sandra fools all Dennis' attempts to escape. Stan goes back on the cigarettes. Ena grows sentimental about seeing her brother again.

Air Date: 1965-06-21

50  Wed 23 Jun, 1965

Minnie gets emotional about Ena's departure. Tom suggests Elsie knocks her dividing wall down to have a large lounge. Ena and Tom leave for Nebraska. Lucille is estatic when she hears that Harry has arrived in Liverpool to see her.

Air Date: 1965-06-23

51  Mon 28 Jun, 1965

Harry arrives to sort out Lucille's future. She wants to stay with the Walkers when she leaves school. Annie would prefer her to go to Ireland. Dennis thinks of getting another job. The coach company get their dates mixed up and Emily is faced with the prospect of not having one for the trip. One is found but she has to pay more for it.

Air Date: 1965-06-28

52  30 Jun 1965

Emily leads the trip to the Blue John Mines with Dennis, Sandra, Irma, David, Hilda, Stan, Charlie, Minnie, Albert, Elsie, Len, Jack and Annie in attendance. Arthur Walker looks after the pub. The residents view the mines, 850 feet below ground level. Irma grows frightened of scaring David off. Dennis escorts Sandra. Lucille sees Harry off at Liverpool. On the coach back, David presents Irma with an engagement ring from the cavern. She accepts it.

Air Date: 1965-06-30

53  Mon 5 Jul, 1965

Ken doesn't give David and Irma's engagement long. Hilda starts planning for the wedding. Dennis decides to pack Gerald's in. Ken realises in horror that the Ogdens will be his in-laws.

Air Date: 1965-07-05

54  Wed 7 Jul, 1965

Jack enters for the bowling President's cup. Albert asks around for odd jobs to earn extra money. Dennis has an interview for Pepper's Salon. He discovers his diploma is a private one and won't get him work anywhere but Gerald's. Elsie is annoyed because of the £65 it cost her. Dennis walks out on Gerald. Val goes down with chicken pox.

Air Date: 1965-07-07

55  Mon 12 Jul, 1965

Val has to stay away from the twins for two weeks. Hilda tries to push her way in but Ken shows her the door. Irma feels she's not sure about marrying into the Barlow family.

Air Date: 1965-07-12

56  Wed 14 Jul, 1965

Elsie makes Dennis do the housework. David is annoyed when Irma goes dancing without him. He orders her not to do it again and she returns the ring. David makes Ken see he loves Irma. Dennis gets Sandra to do all the work at No.11. Albert decides to sell his coin collection. Lucille lands a temporary job in a factory for the holidays. David and Irma make up and get engaged again. Lionel grows tired of Sandra spending her time with Dennis and gives him a job at the shop. Albert is shocked to discover his coin collection is only worth 50 shillings.

Air Date: 1965-07-14

57  Mon 19 Jul, 1965

Emily recommends Elsie is made manageress during Emily's holiday. Dennis starts at the shop, humping stock. Elsie is annoyed when Mr. Papagopolous wants to put a supervisor over her. She rows with him. Irma tries to be domesticated. Mr.Papagopolus tells Emily to sack Elsie.

Air Date: 1965-07-19

58  Wed 21 Jul, 1965

Elsie considers applying for the job of manageress at the Laundry but doesn't know how to tell Emily. The Walkers clash over his bowls and a Licenced Victualler's meeting. He refuses to let her go . Dennis hates his job and thinks about becoming a rep.

Air Date: 1965-07-21

59  Mon 26 Jul, 1965

Annie continues to be cool towards Jack. Stan starts brewing beer. Minnie is angry when she finds the Mission cleaner, Clara Midgeley, using Ena's china and shouts Clara down. Annie discovers Nellie Harvey has influence in the LVs and invites her to tea. Hilda discovers Stan's beer making equipment in the yard. Len and Charlie buy themselves into the set up. Minnie makes up with Clara. Elsie starts work at the Laundryer. Hilda returns all Stan's bottles to the off licence for cash, and catches the men with the equipment.

Air Date: 1965-07-26

60  Wed 28 Jul, 1965

Hilda orders Stan to throw the equipment away, thinking it's for home made tomato sauce. Charlie takes it all in. Annie prepares for Nellie's visit. Minnie agrees to the equipment, thinking it's for making health tonic. Nellie catches Annie in her dressing gown and shocks her by being familiar with Jack. Stan, Charlie and Len try to keep their exploits secret. Nellie tells Annie she plans to put her forward as chairman of the LV committee. Annie realises it's thanks to Jack.

Air Date: 1965-07-28

61  Mon 2 Aug, 1965

The Barlows celebrate their third wedding anniversary. Dennis gets a new job. David comes up against a couple of insolent workmen at the Social Club and crosses them. They get angry when David gives Len work at the club rather than them. Dennis entertains Sandra in the parlour on the piano.

Air Date: 1965-08-02

62  Wed 4 Aug, 1965

David holds a dance at the Club. Dennis' sales samples arrive. He admits to Elsie that he's a rep for the Children's Novelty Toy Company. Sandra dresses herself up for the dance and gets Dennis' attention. Johnny and Tony make trouble at the dance. Elsie and Lionel decide to leave Dennis and Sandra to it, to let it fizzle out. When Johnny pinches Irma's bottom, David intervenes and threatens to bar him. Ken agrees to buy a car. Lambert tells David not to push his authority about. The smell from No.5 of the beer making starts spreading down the Street.

Air Date: 1965-08-04

63  Mon 9 Aug, 1965

Jack prepares for the bowls final. Dennis tries all his jokes out on Elsie. As the smell of the beer making becomes unbearable, Charlie worries that they've gone wrong. Jerry returns and tells Len he's looking for work as the Blackburn job folded. Stan bottles the beer. Len refuses to feel sorry for Jerry. Jack wins the President's Cup. Jerry sleeps rough in the Yard.

Air Date: 1965-08-09

64  Wed 11 Aug, 1965

Len throws Jerry out of the Yard. Jack buys Annie a necklace for her birthday. Albert and Stan row with Len over his treatment of Jerry. The bottles start to explode at Minnie's, scaring Bobby into the coal hole. Elsie persuades Jerry to sleep at No.11. Minnie and Emily test the 'tonic'. Len gives Jerry his job back and gives him a room at his house. Annie is elected chairperson of the LV. Minnie and Emily drink themselves to sleep.

Air Date: 1965-08-11

65  Mon 16 Aug, 1965

A hungover Minnie orders Charlie to get rid of the beer. Sandra thinks she's too drab to interest Dennis. She helps out at Gamma as a favour and shocks Dennis by refusing to go on a date with him. David's players win their first match 2-0. He upsets Irma by buying a new suit rather than saving. When Jack tells Annie he's sick of hearing about Forsythe Jones she tries to make him jealous by showing an interest in Lionel.

Air Date: 1965-08-16

66  Wed 18 Aug, 1965

A tramp turns up on the Street looking for Albert. Elsie fears he's after money and fobs him off. Sandra has a new hair do for Dennis' benefit. Annie realises Minnie is lonely and invites her to Sunday lunch. Charlie, Len, Stan and Albert go fishing on the canal and Charlie falls in. Albert discovers the tramp is an old friend, Ted Bates, and hopes he finds him soon.

Air Date: 1965-08-18

67  Mon 23 Aug, 1965

Len enjoys sharing the house with Jerry. Lucille starts work at Mitchells. Len gives Jerry his birthday present - a partnership. Lucille is chatted up by loader, Barry, at work. Ted finds Albert and tells him he's run away from an OAP home, Albert takes him in. Len throws a party for Jerry with the home made beer but it all goes off. Albert's sideboard mysteriously jumps in the night.

Air Date: 1965-08-23

68  Wed 25 Aug, 1965

Ted thinks he's bought Albert bad luck. David puts it down to subsidence from the old Barton Colliery. Jerry wants a legal agreement drawn up regarding the partnership. Hilda thinks Albert has got a poltergeist. Barry asks Lucille to go to a party with him, when the other girls agree, so does she. Len discovers Albert's floorboards have cracked. Elliston's changes into manufacturing PVC. The supervisor at the OAP home arrives. Albert tells him Ted is staying at No.1 for good.

Air Date: 1965-08-25

69  30 Aug 1965

Ted's daughter writes to Albert asking him not to interfere. Lucille gets four 'O' Levels - Science, English, French and Geography. Ted is hurt by his daughter's indifference to him. The residents are shocked and shaken when No.7 collapses.

Air Date: 1965-08-30

70  1 Sep 1965

The residents fear the rest of the Street will fall down. The Barlows seek refuge for Peter and Susan in the Rovers as everyone moves out of their homes. The police rope the house off and Mr. Wormold arrives. Annie worries when Lucille doesn't return after a night out with friends. The menfolk start to shift the rubble in case Lucille is under it. She arrives home safe. The Surveyor detects no subsidence. The collapse was caused by a faulty beam over the bay window. Len is given the contract to secure the house. Ted decides to go back to the home and leaves. Lucille cries over No.7. Wormold feels it isn't worth the £300 repairs and tells Len to pull it down.

Air Date: 1965-09-01

71  Mon 6 Sep, 1965

Len and Jerry start knocking down No.7. Dennis finds it hard being a salesman. David gives Irma a proper diamond engagement ring. Val can't get the twins to sleep with all the noise from No.7. Len becomes abusive when Ken asks him to stop. Jack locks Lucille out when she comes home an hour late at night

Air Date: 1965-09-06

72  Wed 8 Sep, 1965

Jack lets Lucille in when Annie becomes tearful. Hilda wants Irma to have the white wedding she never had. Lucille's workmates start to resent her qualifications. Custom and Excise inspect the Rover's cellar, and take samples of the beer. Lucille is ignored at work. The Walkers agree to give Lucille more space and respect her as a woman. Stan can't sleep from worrying about the cost of the wedding. David assures him they don't want a big one. Hilda convinces Irma that David wants a big wedding. She tells Irma to push David to buy No.3.

Air Date: 1965-09-08

73  Mon 13 Sep, 1965

Lucille makes plans to turn her bedroom into a bedsitter. Hilda dreads the thought of Irma moving away. Jack treats Annie to a night out in Wilmslow for sorting Lucille out. They bring back reports of the pub and the rich men there. Elsie is tempted and thinks of going to the Fox and Hounds.

Air Date: 1965-09-13

74  Wed 15 Sep, 1965

Lucille doesn't get a secretarial job. Jack tells her it's bcause of the way she speaks. Annie agrees to give her elecution lessons. David and Irma grow fed up with all the wedding talk. Elsie goes man hunting at the Fox and Hounds and meets Bob Maxwell. They enjoy each other's company and he offers her a lift home. He collapses at the wheel and crashes the car.

Air Date: 1965-09-15

75  Mon 20 Sep, 1965

Elsie runs off from the scene of the crash when she realises Bob is dead. She asks Len for help, telling him she couldn't report the accident for the sake of Bob's family. She realises she's left her gloves in the car. Len agrees to fetch them, but when he gets there the police are around. Ena writes saying she's returning but Emily can't bring herself to sack Clara. Len discovers Bob died two and a half hours after leaving the pub with Elsie. He tells her he wants nothing to do with it anymore - it's obvious they got up to something together.

Air Date: 1965-09-20

76  Wed 22 Sep, 1965

Stan accuses Len of being jealous, Elsie tells him nothing happened between Bob and her. She wants to tell the police but Len stops her. The police try to get in touch with the Walkers.

Air Date: 1965-09-22

77  Mon 27 Sep, 1965

As Elsie panics, Len makes her see that no one will care what she's been up to - she's just a tart. Emily has difficulty getting an assistant. The police, Det Sgt Sowman and Det Constable Lucas, tell Annie they're trying to trace the woman from the Fox and Hounds who told the barmaid the Walkers recommended the pub to her. Emily agrees to taking Sandra on at Gamma if Lionel approves. Elsie breaks down and smashes a window. The police return Elsie's gloves, telling her she'll have to appear at the inquest. Sandra says yes to the job without asking Lionel. Dennis rows with Annie for telling the police about Elsie. She breaks down.

Air Date: 1965-09-27

78  Wed 29 Sep, 1965

Minnie is upset when she doesn't get a birthday card from Ena. Emily employs Sandra on £5 a week. Lionel tells her she can't have it as she has to look after him and the shop. She threatens to leave home. Minnie has a party with Albert, Clara, Charlie and Jerry. Elsie faces up to the neighbours. Annie tells her to stop feeling sorry for herself, everyone is on her side. Minnie gets a telegram from Ena saying she's coming home.

Air Date: 1965-09-29

79  Mon 4 Oct, 1965

Sandra starts at Gamma. Clara is upset that Ena is returning. Lionel accuses Emily of coming between him and Sandra. Ena returns home from seeing her brother in America. Elsie goes to the inquest and refuses to go without speaking to Moira Maxwell. She refuses to speak to Elsie. Emily realises Lionel is like her own father. Ena agrees to let Clara sit in Martha's chair so long as she buys the drinks. Elsie doesn't believe the Maxwell incident is finished.

Air Date: 1965-10-04

80  Wed 6 Oct, 1965

Lionel accuses Emily of splitting up a home. Elsie decides to go and see Moira. But she turns up at No.11 to find out the truth. She accuses Elsie of being a dirty backstreet tart and realises that they both know that Bob hated her. Elsie realises Moira blames herself for the death and is glad to let her blame someone else. Minnie is delighted when Ena gives her three presents. Annie advises Lionel to let Sandra have her own way. Half the neighbours see Lionel entertaining Annie to her embarrassment. Ena discovers city surveyors measuring in the street and sets Minnie and Clara out to discover what's going on.

Air Date: 1965-10-06

81  Mon 11 Oct, 1965

The surveyor refuses to tell the residents what he's measuring for. Dennis worries about his waistline and goes on a diet. Ena calls a Street meeting about the survey. Annie makes her own enquiries through the LV. Val is tired of Ken treating her as an idiot. David agrees to help Dennis get fit. Ena is elected spokeswoman for the Street. She arranges a meeting with the surveyor. Val is surprised when Ken starts asking her opinion on world matters. The residents laugh at the idea of Dennis keeping fit.

Air Date: 1965-10-11

82  Wed 13 Oct, 1965

David wears Dennis out with jogging. Annie writes to the MP about the survey. The surveyor plans to fob Ena off with his assistant but Ena stands firm. Jerry lends Dennis some dumb bells. Ena forces the surveyor to talk to her. Val signs up for evening classes, studying sociology. Ena announces the Council's plans to build a ring road through Coronation Street.

Air Date: 1965-10-13

83  Mon 18 Oct, 1965

The Council plan to demolish Coronation and Mawdsley Streets. The surveyor tells Ken that the ring road is only in the planning stage. David is touched to discover Irma has kept a scrap book of cuttings on him. Jerry starts doing all the housework at Len's. Lucille goes to the employment office and is sent for a job as filing clerk. Emily decides to pick up trade with a Mannequin Parade in the shop.

Air Date: 1965-10-18

84  Wed 20 Oct, 1965

Lucille turns down the filing job. Emily searches for models for the parade. Dennis starts 'Tanners Enterprises' and turns the front parlour into an office. Albert organises a Street bonfire. Lucille goes for an interview at the Research and Development department of Marshall's cotton mill. Val starts evening classes. Lucille gets the job at the mill, to Annie's disapointment. Stan catches David in Irma's bedroom. He slaps her face and she walks out.

Air Date: 1965-10-20

85  Mon 25 Oct, 1965

Dennis contemplates having a phone installed at No.11. Irma refuses to talk to Stan, or eat in the same room as him. Hilda tells Stan he had no right to hit Irma. David is furious to discover Stan hit Irma. Dennis orders a phone in his name. David makes sure everyone knows Stan hit Irma. Jerry catches Allan Platt stealing wood from the Yard for a bonfire. Jerry agrees to give him woodwork lessons.

Air Date: 1965-10-25

86  Wed 27 Oct, 1965

Hilda gets Stan and Irma to appologise to each other. David tells her he has £1,180 in the bank, he earns £27, 11 shillings a week. He tells her he wants them to marry and move to Cheshire. She is ecstatic. Jerry is horrified when Allan drops Len's treasured plane and splits it in two.

Air Date: 1965-10-27

87  Mon 1 Nov, 1965

Lucille starts work at the mill. Jerry tells an angry Len that he broke the plane and will replace it. Ken gets a letter from the GPO telling him Dennis' phone will be a party line with the Barlows. Albert refuses to cooperate when David wants to buy him a new overcoat. Lucille agrees to pay the Walkers £2, 10 shillings a week on the condition she also saves some. Albert is secretly delighted when David buys him the new coat. Allan leaves a hand made toast rack in the Yard for Jerry.

Air Date: 1965-11-01

88  Wed 3 Nov, 1965

Len throws the toast rack onto the bonfire pile. Lucille is bewildered by the chemist, Kenny Stevens, and his noncholent attitude. Len grows suspicious when Jerry rescues the toast rack. Jerry is horrified to hear that a little boy has burnt his fingers off, playing with fireworks. Len meets Alan and discovers what's been going on. He calls Jerry an idiot and they row to Allan's horror.

Air Date: 1965-11-03

89  Mon 8 Nov, 1965

The residents make the last minute arrangements for the bonfire. Len and Jerry make up. Dennis and Len both make the guys for the bonfire. The gowns arrive for the fashion show but they all want altering. With everyone at the bonfire, Emily has to do it all herself.

Air Date: 1965-11-08

90  10 Nov 1965

Emily worked until 2.00am getting the fashion show ready. The residents gather at the Mission Hall to watch the event. Irma, Sandra and Lucille model the garments and get mixed up back stage. Allan drops woodwork when he discovers girls. The show turns into a fiasco. Elsie is horrified to discover Dennis has bought 108 Christmas trees.

Air Date: 1965-11-10

91  Mon 15 Nov, 1965

Clara looks for cleaning work for extra money. Ena tells Val about her son who died through lack of nourishment. Sandra agrees to store 144 boxes of crackers at Gamma's loft for Dennis. Not knowing that the loft is damp because of a faulty pipe. Emily is disappointed in Sandra because of her lax attitude. With Val at night school, Ken nips to the Rovers. A piece of coal falls from the fire at No.9.

Air Date: 1965-11-15

92  17 Nov 1965

The nappies which Val put out to dry start to smoulder, filling the house with smoke. Val returns home and manages to put out the fire. Val’s furious with Ken but Annie tells her not to be too hard on him. Sandra lets Dennis store boxes of crackers in the Gamma Garments' storeroom after hours. Emily is cross with her when she finds out. Val breaks down at the thought of what could have happened to Peter and Susan. The Christmas trees are delivered, filling No. 11.

Air Date: 1965-11-17

93  Mon 22 Nov, 1965

Lionel is amazed when Sandra questions Dennis' sanity regarding the Christmas trees and seems to have gone off him. Dennis puts the trees in all the backyards to the residents' fury. Jim Mount installs a lacquer red telephone at No.11. Lucille agrees to go on a date with Kenny. Jerry agrees to let Dennis store his trees at the Yard for £5 a week. Elsie is taken with Jim's cheek. Sandra tells Dennis she's had enough of being used. She shocks Lionel by making it plain to him that she is not going to be content living over the shop, after being impressed by Kenny's independence.

Air Date: 1965-11-22

94  Wed 24 Nov, 1965

Sandra takes the day off work. Clara housekeeps for David with Albert away. Sandra tells Lionel she's found herself a flat on the other side of town and she's leaving him. Lucille's workmates warn her about falling for Kenny. Elsie discovers Jim is not married. Ken asks Jerry to start work on the front room at No.9 to turn it into a playroom. Sandra realises Dennis doesn't care anything for her at all. David suggests he and Irma elope and marry on the 18th December. She agrees.

Air Date: 1965-11-24

95  Mon 29 Nov, 1965

Sandra works a week's notice. To everyone's surprise, Dennis sells all his trees. Annie organises the LV annual Ball. Len agrees to help move Sandra into Leestand Road. Irma and David secretly plan the wedding. Irma feels bad about not telling her parents.

Air Date: 1965-11-29

96  Wed 1 Dec, 1965

Clara moves Albert's furniture around. Val accuses her of taking liberties. A taxi driver innocently tells Len about picking David and Irma up from the Registry Office to take them to the reception on Saturday. Sandra leaves Coronation Street. Len tells Stan about the wedding.

Air Date: 1965-12-01

97  Mon 6 Dec, 1965

Stan tells Hilda about the wedding, she is very upset. Len suggests the residents gatecrash the Barlow's reception, and books a table for eleven.

Air Date: 1965-12-06

98  8 Dec 1965

Irma and David go to get married. Jack gets Arthur Walker to look after the Rovers, as the residents leave, on mass, for the reception. David and Irma are married at Ridgeway Street Registry Office. Jack, Annie, Stan, Hilda, Len, Elsie, Ena and Minnie hide behind a screen at the reception and surprise the Barlows. Arthur leaves Lucille alone in the Rovers whilst he places a bet. Val is chatted up by a man called Frank Turner in the Street. He steals cigarettes from the shop, and gets Lucille to serve him at the Rovers. He makes her feel uncomfortable. Stan makes a speech at the reception. Turner tells Jack that Lucille shouldn't be serving behind the bar at sixteen and makes him see that he's going to blackmailed.

Air Date: 1965-12-08

99  Mon 13 Dec, 1965

Albert returns and is unhappy to hear he wasn't told about the Barlow wedding. David and Irma plan their future in their new digs at 17 Ackroyd St. Emily's new assistant, Brenda Hartley, confuses her by not caring at all about the job. She is alarmed to discover she is Mr. Papagopolous' niece. Charlie decides to leave to return to the stage. When Turner continues to turn up at the Rovers for free drinks, Jack decides to call in the police. Annie stops him, realising they could lose their licence. David and Irma are made to feel guilty over not inviting Albert. Minnie is grief stricken over Charlie leaving. Turner blackmails Jack for £2 and he begins to crack.

Air Date: 1965-12-13