The music heard playing in the Leigh nightclub where Fancy Smith patrols outside is a library track, "Three Guitars Mood 2". Coincidentally it also featured the following year in the debut edition of another long-running BBC drama series, Doctor Who (1963).
The end credits carry the caption: "The Lancashire County Constabulary gave valuable assistance in the preparation of this programme."
Jock Weir is seen to play for Wigan rugby league club. Back when this programme was made, it was customary - unlike today - for sportsmen to play for their teams as a secondary career whilst maintaining a first, better-paid job.
Willie Thatcher, the boy who comes to Newtown reception seeking change, is played by future Monkees heart-throb Davy Jones.