Episode 89 (27th August 1973)

Plot
Joe has decided to keep his motorbike now he has someone to use it with. Barney delivers the post to the farm; there is a parcel for Peggy. Annie is upset. Verney discovers Proctor has left the area. Mark worries his parents will disown him. He plans to get a job and Verney offers to give him an allowance from the sale of two cottages, one of them being Charlie Nelson's. Carol has a new hairstyle, she helps Annie with the washing. Joe has seen the cottages up for sale. He receives notification of his motorbike retest. Charlie is rude to Alison in the shop. Jack plans to visit him but Carol warns him not to. Jack calls at Rose Cottage, but receives no answer from Charlie. Annie avoids giving Matt Peggy's paracel. Mark doesn't want to accept the money from the cottages, he tells Verney he would prefer to have it as a loan. Charlie answers the door when when Verney calls to Rose Cottage. Verney's astounded at the state of the place but covers it up. He tells Charlie that he will have a new landlord and neighbours but he'll just pay rent to them rather than him. Matt finds the parcel for Peggy and opens it. It's a new leather watch strap that she'd obviously bought for him.

Regular cast

 * Annie - Sheila Mercier
 * Jack - Andrew Burt
 * Joe - Frazer Hines
 * Matt - Frederick Pyne
 * Sam - Toke Townley
 * Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
 * Alison - Carolyn Moody
 * Verney - Patrick Holt

Guest cast

 * Carol - Ann Holloway
 * Charlie - Jack Woolgar
 * Mark - Geoffrey Burridge
 * Mick - David Kelly
 * Barney - George Malpas

Commercial Releases
This episode was included on the following commercial releases:
 * Emmerdale Farm: Volume Four DVD released by Network on 6th August 2012.