anita worked at the flying horse pub. when annie walker (doris speed), landlady of the rovers return, alienates her customers, the flying horse briefly becomes the first choice for the rovers regulars, including len fairclough. even though len was nearly twenty years older than anita, they put aside the age gap as they both like each other. anita refuses to answer questions about the relationship from customers and even warns maggie clegg (irene sutcliffe) away from len. anita and len go on a double date with elsie tanner (pat phoenix) and alan howard (alan browning). anita talks with elsie and impresses her. anita asks len to meet her parents, but len begins to worry about the age gap and believes meeting anita's parents would only increase his fears. anita accepts len's marriage proposal, but he gets cold feet and admits to anita that he has doubts about their relationship. len suggests they have a long engagement, but anita makes it clear that she wants to get married and breaks up with him.