Archie Wardle was an ex-RAF man who celebrated the end of the Second World War in Europe in 1945 with a pub crawl in Weatherfield. Fifty years later to the day, they recreated it and ended up at the Rovers Return, where Billy was reunited with his old love Betty Turpin, who he'd met on VE night. In his reminisces about the war with Billy, Percy Sugden and Emily Bishop, Archie spoke of his relief when the Americans bombed Japan as he and Billy were posted to the far East and Japan's surrender marked their return home, alive.