Episode 3920 ( 11th October 1995 ) Plot . Rita isn ' t sure if she should invest in the Rovers or not . Although Des keeps standing her up , Maxine is still keen on him . Vera tries to find a job for Jack , fearing they ' ll soon be through the £30 , 000 . Des decides to stop seeing Maxine as she ' s too much of a clinger . Vicky tells Steve she ' s renting a Quays flat . He is annoyed that she has done it without telling him when he wanted to buy rather than rent . Sarah Louise gets bored at home when Martin falls asleep , so she goes to have dinner with Don . Maxine doesn ' t like the way everyone accuses her of chasing Des . Mavis offers to take The Kabin off Rita ' s hands . The McDonalds apologise to each other , he accepts the flat and she agrees to open a joint bank account so he doesn ' t have to keep asking her for money . Rita asks Alf ' s advice . He poses the question that if the Rovers is such a success then why hasn ' t Bet any savings ? Rita realises Bet is a bad risk to back . Des apologises to Vera over the house . She feels that it ' s a good job it fell through as the mortgage would have been huge . Des is surprised when Maxine tells him she knows he doesn ' t want a steady relationship and that ' s fine by her - she just wants to have fun . Bet gets the brewery to drop the price by £2 , 000 but Rita tells her she ' s thought about it , but she ' s not going through with it . Mavis is embarrassed when they start rowing in The Kabin . Bet accuses Rita of only having money because she married into it and Rita tells her she ' s jealous as she couldn ' t marry Len . They shout at each other , bringing up past hurts ; Bet tells Rita that without Len , she ' d be nothing but a " clapped out chorus girl " , to which Rita retorts that it ' s better than being a " clapped out barmaid " . Bet tells Rita she doesn ' t know the meaning of friendship , that ' s she sorry she ever asked and leaves the Kabin , effectively ending their friendship . Cast . Guest cast . " None " Notable dialogue . Bet Gilroy : " Excuse me , I ' ve run that flamin ' pub on my tod for years ! " Rita Sullivan : " Yes , and not made a penny from it . Well have you ? unless you ' re keeping something from me . " Bet Gilroy : " Are you saying that I ' m lying ? That you think I ' ve got thousands of pounds stashed away , is that it ? I only wish to God I had . You can see me statements if you want . What is this Rita , what ' s going on ? " Rita Sullivan : " Look , you ' re wanting me to put up thousands of pounds . I ' m entitled to ask you why you haven ' t any savings if this pub of yours is such a wonderful business proposition . " Bet Gilroy : " Don ' t you come the high and mighty with me Lady . You ' d not be stood there with a bulging bank balance if you hadn ' t flamin ' married it ! " Rita Sullivan : " Len left me a tatty little shop but it was me who worked my guts out over there , me that opened this place . " Bet Gilroy : " It was Len ' s cash what got you started . But for him you ' d have bin nowt but a clapped - out chorus girl ! " Rita Sullivan : " Better than a clapped - out barmaid ! " Bet Gilroy : " Talk about fair weather pals ? I should have known better than turn to you . " Rita Sullivan : " Nobody pours thousands of pounds down the drain no matter how good pals they are . " Bet Gilroy ; " Pals ! Pals ! , You don ' t know the meaning of the word ! "