Don sleeps on the settee. Ivy begs him to let them start again,and Don promises to think about it. Don tells Ivy they've had it and the sooner she realises that the better. She tells him she wants him and will do anything to keep him. Don agrees to give the marriage another go when Ivy convinces him she really wants him. She shocks him by telling him she'd like to sell up and move as the house holds too many memories for her. Alec organises a special early Christmas for Bet but she refuses to play along. She refuses to do any work in the pub. Betty cooks Christmas Dinner for the Gilroy's, but Bet refuses to eat it, as it is still November. Alec tells her he's trying to build a standing for them but she doesn't believe him. Mike moves into another Quays flat, No.4 Montreal House, Wetherfield Quays. He gives Alma his new number but she throws it away.