| CORONATION STREET (EPISODE 1666) 03 Jan 1977
1st Episode of the Year
Albert receives a parcel of chocolates. He tells Ken it's his 3rd;
he's been buying bars from the Kabin and complaining to the manufacturers
about them.
Hilda is too hung-over to work.
Stanley and Liz arrive to see Len. Len and Stanley don't know what
to say to each other.
Albert asks Rita for any old stock and sends it back.
Liz is keen to mend the rift between Stanley and Len. Len is put out
when Stanley refuses to sleep in the house instead of a hotel.
Liz asks Len to attend their wedding on April 4th. Stanley tells her
he doesn't want him there.
CORONATION STREET (EPISODE 1672) 24 Jan 1977 Tracy Lynette Langton is born The Langtons wait in hospital together.
Bet sports a bruised face.
Deirdre is taken to the delivery room. Ray is relieved when he doesn't
have to be present at the birth.
Eddie sells watches. Mavis buys one for Derek.
Deirdre is delivered of a daughter, Ray is delighted.
Bet buys one of Eddie's watches. Mavis discovers her's has stopped.
Blanche arrives to meet her granddaughter.
Hilda tells Emily that Ernie left the dance early. Emily is suspicious
as he was late coming home.
Eddie refuses to refund Mavis' money so Bet tells him the police were
around looking for stolen watches.
Ray throws a celebration at the flat.
Hilda tells Blanche that Deirdre was on her own when she went into labour.
CORONATION STREET (EPISODE 1696) 18 Apr 1977
Len has a sprained ankle. Rita makes him go to see a doctor.
Rita's uncle Sam arrives to give her away.
Annie helps Rita organise the reception at the Greenvale Hotel.
Alf gets drunk with Sam and has a hangover on the wedding day.
Elsie discovers the mark on her dress. She is very upset and decides
not to go to the wedding.
Rita and Len leave for the church with their attendants.
CORONATION STREET (EPISODE 1697) 20 Apr 1977
[Rita Littlewood and Len Fairclough are married at St Mary's
parish church]
Elsie gets the dress cleaned and gives the girls the bill.
Fred agrees to take Mavis fishing at the weekend. He wories about being
on his own with Mavis and gets Alf to join them.
Deirdre wants to have Tracy christened, Ray doesn't see the point.
Suzie and Gail entertain Rod and Kevin.
Elsie is pleased when Ted makes a date with her. She tells the girls
they can't have the lads round.
Ted provides expensive food for a meal with Elsie. They enjoy each
other's company.
Mavis gets Renee to make up a fishing foursome.
CORONATION STREET (EPISODE 1700) 02 May 1977
Renee takes to her bed with flu. Bet looks after the shop.
Ray is furious that the vicar has turned them away and is determined
to have Tracy christened.
When Bet has to work at the Rovers, Alf looks after the shop.
Ena advises Deirdre to go to St Mary's and see if they'll baptise Tracy.
Blanche arrives to sort out the sale of her house. She tells Deirdre
that she and Steve have had second thoughts.
Mike hears Albert talking about the Western Front and decides it's
the ideal name for the shop.
Albert refuses the denim suit and asks for money instead. Mike refuses.
Smedley agrees to baptise Tracy. Emily, Betty and Ken agree to be
Godparents.
The doctor tells Renee to stay in bed for a week. Alf feels lumbered.
CORONATION STREET (JUBILEE Episode 1710) 06 Jun 1977
Covers the decoration of the Coronation Street float, the appearance
of the characters in period costume and Stan Ogden's failure to get
the van engine started in time to join the procession.
Deirdre tells Ray they're not going to London if they can't find someone
to look after Tracy.
Ray gets the Bishops to agree to look after Tracy.
Eddie and Ken talk Ena into being Queen Victoria on the float.
Fred portrays Sir Francis Drake, with one of Jack Walker's bowls. Ernie
is Walter Raleigh, Ken Sir Edmund Hilary and Eddie plays a caveman.
Emily is thrilled to have Tracy for a weekend.
Stan has to move the lorry in the night and leaves the lights on.
Deirdre refuses to have the Bishops looking after Tracy; they've never
had children.
The players sit on the lorry and wait for the off but the lorry's batteries
are dead. CORONATION STREET (JUBILEE Episode 1711) 08 Jun 1977
Bet goes to the park to see the other floats, dressed as Britannia.
Ray tells the Bishops they're not going to London after all.
Annie is annoyed when everyone blames her for getting a duff lorry
from the Brewery. Alf informs everyone that it was Stan's fault.
The residents demand a kangaroo court for Stan.Albert is the judge,
Fred prosecutes and Eddie defends. Stan is found guilty and has to
buy drinks all round.
Ray arranges with Blanche to look after Tracy.
Bet is highly commended in the fancy dress parade.
Mike tells Elsie business is failing and they may have to go on a
3 day week.
CORONATION STREET (EPISODE 1767) 21 Dec 1977 Ken drags Rita from the factory party to entertain the OAPs. Ivy
and Vera go with her and lead the pensioners in old Music Hall songs.
Mike is annoyed as Suzie flirts Robin in front of him and breaks
the party up.
Eddie entertains the OAPs with some jokes and is booed off.
Still dressed as Charlie Chaplin, Hilda blacks up and sings an Al
Jolsen song to the OAPs. Ivy and Vera do their Hylda Baker routine.
Bet, Fred and Eddie sing 'Sisters' at the party.
Mike has plans for the evening with Suzie but she goes off with Robin.
Rita invites Elsie to lunch on Boxing Day. CORONATION STREET (EPISODE 1768) 26 Dec 1977
The Langtons return home.
The Ogdens entertain Eddie for lunch. They all get drunk together.
Elsie and the Faircloughs have a good meal before Rita and Elsie
start sparring off each other again.
The Langtons decide to throw a party, he is glad that she seems so
much better.
Eddie's stock of turkeys arrive - a day late for Christmas.
Elsie gets her own back at Rita's age remarks and tells her people
are talking about her and Fred.
CORONATION STREET (EPISODE 1769) 28 Dec 1977
Last Episode of 1977
Eddie stores the turkeys in Renee's deep freeze. Albert sells them
for him, telling people they're in aid of the Legion's War Heroes
Tribute.
The Langtons throw a party.
Alf goes to the Langtons party when he hears Renee is going to be
there.
When Fred pesters Rita for a dance, Len tells him to lay off. Fred
hits him, smashing Deirdre's coffee table.
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