Although depicted by a BBC set here, O'Connors' Tavern - as shown by the establishing shot - was a genuine Liverpool pub on the corner of Hardman Street and Pilgrim Street, and was a haunt of the Mersey poets.
Roger McGough reads the poems "P.C. Plod versus the Youth International Party" and "Gift for a Lonely Girl" from his 1971 collection "After the Merrymaking".
Beryl and Sandra have known each other for three years.
Carla Lane's first solo script for the series, which sees Beryl and Sandra move into Flat 1, 17 Beech View in Allerton.
The episode marks the first use of the revised titles for the series: the location footage shot at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (aka "Paddy's Wigwam") has been refilmed.