Episode 429 (28th February 1978)

Plot
Ruth makes waves at Emmerdale Farm when she supervises a bulldozer bashing down the corpse. Joe remonstrates with her but she tells him she needs the land. That evening Annie tackles Ruth over the corpse business. Ruth explains that she has a brother who failed as a farm-manager because he was bullied by the local farmers. She doesn't want to go the same way but in future she agrees to consult her neighbours a bit more. Down at The Woolpack, Wilks gets Amos' goat when he asks him who he is taking to the Press Ball that night, especially since there doesn't seem to be anyone except Mrs Acaster. Eventually Amos bows to the inevitable and invites her to the ball, but there is a more terrible fate in store for Amos. When they arrive at the Pump Room he reaches inside his pocket only to find that he hasn't got his wallet. And his wallet contained the tickets!