Greater in scope, scale and detail than the 1000th Episode TV Times Souvenir published in July 1970, it was noteworthy for several notable items. Firstly, its main photospread, a street party on a rain-sodden Grape Street set, is possibly the final time that Violet Carson was pictured with her colleagues of many years before illness led to her unexpected retirement from the programme. The same photographs contain uncredited shots of the production team at the time including programme creator Tony Warren, producer Bill Podmore, archivist Eric Rosser and writers such as H.V. Kershaw, Adele Rose, John Stevenson and Barry Hill.