Arthur Webster was a colleague of Eddie Yeats on his bin round. They were in a council competition to win the "cleanest dustcart" award for which the prize was Cup Final tickets for the crew. The two men met in the Rovers to discuss tactics where Arthur chatted up Bet Lynch and Eddie half-jokingly offered her the role of their mascot. Back at 13 Coronation Street, Arthur told Eddie the points to watch for in cleaning the cart and warned him against sabotage from other teams at the depot. Hilda Ogden thought he was taking a lot of trouble over a cart and Arthur told her it was a habit from his early days in work when he had a pristine horse-drawn milk float. Eddie suggested that on the night before the contest, to avoid sabotage, they park the cart outside No.13. Stan objected but Hilda ove