The Reverend Vernon Lingard was the vicar who was supposed to officiate at the wedding of Albert Tatlock to Alice Pickins in September 1969. He called at No. 1 to ask about the chosen hymns - O Perfect Love and Love Divine - only to find Ena Sharples visiting who said she thought he was too young to have taken holy orders but she had to confess that she was impressed with his knowledge of hymn verses.