Audrey admits to Dickie that she likes the extra money he’s bringing in. Hilda rushes round her work at the Rovers, determined to be on the spot when Edith arrives now that Val is in hospital. Ray puzzles Annie when he checks that she will be serving at lunch time. Edith prefers the (Maisonette)|flat to No.9 as she feels it gives Ken and Val more privacy. She’s proven wrong when Hilda bursts in to see her. Audrey and Lucille go on a shopping spree. Edith doesn’t take to Hilda and is grateful when Elsie, also calling in, gets rid of her by telling her that she’s just spotted Stan talking to his fancy piece from Inkerman Street. However, Elsie makes herself equally at home, annoying Edith all over again. Ray tells Ena and Maggie that his plan about Annie is gathering pace. At the yard, Ray meets old friend Connie Robinson. He tells her he wants her to pose as pub landlady from Hyde.