Coronation Street Weekly Update - Nov 24 2008

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Joe whisks Gail away for a dirty weekend and David's shocked at his mum's going away outfit. “Where are you off to? 1963?”. She's off to the land of lurve with Tina's dad and while the grown-ups are away, Tina, David and Graeme get up to no good. First off, Graeme nicks a car for David and Tina but the nasty Windass clan come by and steal it, which ends up being A Good Thing because Graeme wasn't sure how he was going to get rid of it, although his eyes lit up when he thought of setting it alight. As the Windass men stalk the Street in their car, staring hard at the Platt household, dreaming up evil to do to David and Graeme, Graeme only goes and gets himself a job at the butchers, working with Ashley. Hang on a minute. Wasn't Kirkeh working with Ashley and didn't Ashley have to lay him off as there wasn't the work? And where's Boris gone? Just a thought.

With all of his comping, you'd think Norris would be pleased to get a call from the magazines saying he'd won a Cliff Richard competition. But no, he's not happy, because he's come second place yet again to a certain Mary Taylor who's won the first spot. He's even less pleased when Emily brings home Jed Stone (Sunny Jim) to live in the front parlour until he's sorted himself out with a new place to live. Norris is upset with this new arrangement but his interest is piqued when Jed tells him about the evil Tony Gordon who's ousted him from his house. And in a wonderful scene, Jed and Emily chat about ‘ma', Minnie Caldwell herself, and Jed recounts one of Minnie's favourite phrases. "I know folk think I'm simple. What I say to them is that I'd rather be simple and 'ave my pleasures than know everything.” But that's not all she said and you can read Minnie's quote - in full - on her corrie.net profile which was written by Corrie fan Sunny Jim.

Now then, Hayley might be back on the Street but she's having trouble settling in. She tells Roy she wants to go back to Africa and while it's hard for him to hear, he realises he has to let her go. But then she tells him the truth, it's not Africa her heart yearns for, it's Olaf the team leader who she had a crush on. Well, he did have a guitar and sing Swedish folk songs, you can see how that would turn a girl's head. Once admitted, Hayley feels ashamed and Roy forgives all. There's big hugs all round and Hayley decides to stay. She heads to the factory where Tony Gordon wants Hayley as Supervisor but Hayley wants to do something more meaningful instead. Roy suggests she talk to Emily about volunteering with the youth centre and Tony gives Hayley's job to Fiz, who's over the moon.

Yes, Fiz is back on the Street, back from Africa with Chesney and Kirkeh in tow. There's not much to say about what they did while they were out there, you'll have to buy the DVD to find out.

Elsewhere, Amber heads off to Finland this week after it all kicks off in the flat up in the sky. First off, Dev buys the kebab shop and puts Darryl out of a job. To get her revenge, Amber tells Tara about Dev sleeping with her mum for which she gets a slap in return and a tearful Tara says ta-ra to Dev. Amber decides to take up her mum's offer to go to live in Finland but tells Dev she's leaving him to give him space to grow up. While she's away, Dev tries and fails to cope with his new kebab empire and ends up taking on Darryl to work there, with an increased salary and a really silly hat.

And finally this week, Michelle's mum and dad are over from Oireland again, so they are, for their wedding anniversary party. Michelle wants Steve on duty in the pub for party favours on Wednesday. Problem is, he's already agreed he'll testify in court that day for Becky. And if he doesn't testify, Becky'll go to jail. So what's it to be, laughing boy? Ooh, I think we can guess.

And that's just about that for this week.

Coronation Street writers this week were Jonathan Harvey, Peter Whalley and Martin Allen

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Coronation Street Weekly Update - Nov 17 2008

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The big news first up is that a red anorak with Hayley Cropper in it returns from Africa this week. Roy's wearing his best shirt with anticipation and gathers a small crowd in the café for Hayley's return. But she's quiet, is Hayley, after a year away from the Street and hasn't got much to say for herself. Well, it must take some adjusting, from living with lions and tigers and bears, oh my, to being back on the cobbled brick road of Weatherfield. As she tries to adjust to life back in the flat, Hayley's gobsmacked to see her husband checking out Becky's make-up before Becky hits the town in a short, spangly frock. She's even more lost for words when Becky shouts “Laters!” as she heads out the door, only for Roy to respond in the same. By ‘eck, there's been some changes made while  she's been gone.

Elsewhere this week, Gail and Joe's secret is out as Graeme, David and Tina catch the oldies at it, you know, it, on the sofa. As nuclear fall out hits the Platt's house, there's yelling and storming out and it's left to Graeme to do the sensible thing with the kettle in his hand. “Cuppa tea, anyone?” He's great, is Graeme. Anyway, David and Tina come around to the fact that her dad and his mum are having it away and David warms to Joe. So much, in fact that he threatens a rough family called Windass when they won't pay Joe for the kitchen he's installed. (Once upon a time in Corrie, Ena Sharples once defined the class of an area by calling it ‘very bay window'. Now we can define it by being ‘very bad Windass'.  I think you know the sort of people I mean; shell suits, mad hair, staring eyes, the works). Anyway, they're trouble this Windass lot and they're out for revenge starting with stealing Joe's work tools so David, Tina and Graeme go back to their house and rip out the kitchen before Graeme sends it all up in flames.

Over at the bookies, Peter Barlow comes into a quarter of a million pound fortune when Lucy's will's read and he cops for the lot. There's a condition, of course, and it's that he uses the money to bring up little Simon. Peter's plans of doing a runner are put on hold as he buys the bookies from Dan Mason and moves into the bookie flat with his little boy. Ken's not happy, as you'd expect, but Peter turns a blind eye to the ear-ache and starts flirting with Leanne. Meanwhile, in one of the best exits Corrie's seen in a while, bookie Dan Mason packed up and left, driving his car off the cobbles while it was being set upon by Kelly Crabtree and her handbag, yelling at him as he leaves: “You're boring, you smell and you're no good in bed.” Ah, bless.

Dev tries to get close to Tara this week but he can't hide his fear when she tells him that her ex confessed he'd been sleeping with her mum as well as with her. “No! Surely not!, etc.” says Dev, twiddling his hair in that nervous way that four year olds do.  But while he's worried about Tara, devious Dev sets about to exploit Darryl and buy the kebab shop from him after Darryl lets Dev see the books for the shop. Clearly a man with no money troubles despite the recession. Credit crunch? Schmunch.

Over at Underworld, the girls finally get paid but they aren't happy with Tony Gordon's financial goings-on and he consoles himself with a spot of Phil Collins. How tacky and yet how right for Tony.

In the Kabin, Norris carries on comping and tries to rustle up in twenty words or less why he wants to meet Cliff Richard when he plays next in Manchester. “But does he want to meet you?” muses Rita.

Over the road, Aunty Pam enlists Tyrone's help to sell gentlemen's almost-silk undergarments (aka lycra pants) in pubs around town. Tyrone lies to Molly and says he's going to the gym and even though he's helping Pam in order to raise money for their wedding, he's lying to his lady and that ain't good.

And finally this week, a beautiful scene in the Weatherfield hospital canteen when Emily's helping out and Sunny Jim (aka Jed Stone) recognises his former friend and neighbour after 40 years. The two of them chat, catch up, have a coffee and reminisce about ‘Ma'. For those of us, er, mature enough to remember Minnie Caldwell, this brought a lump to the throat.

And that's just about that for this week.

Coronation Street writers this week were Martin Allen, Carmel Morgan, David Bowker, Mark Burt and Jayne Hollinson.

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Coronation Street Weekly Update - Nov 10 2008

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2008 - NOVEMBER 10

There's tears at th'Webster tea table when Rosie returns home, free from John's clutches and his grandma's spare room. He's arrested and taken to Weatherfield nick where he's visited by Fiz who tells him she loves him. I always credited Fiz with more sense than that and she finally proves me right and stops taking his calls. With Rosie home, a huge bouquet of flowers with Tony Gordon behind it walks down the Webster garden path and has a quiet word with Rosie. Tony demands that Rosie keep quiet about the movie she filmed of Carla snogging Liam. When Sally finds out, she's suspicious about Tony's motives for keeping the snog secret and she copies the movie from Rosie's work PC to a memory stick, just in case. Well, you never know when a bit of blackmail cash might come in useful, there's a credit crunch going on. I've just had to sell all my relatives on eBay to pay the gas bill this week.

Rosie, of course, is Underworld gossip of the week as news filters in of her whereabouts and whatnots over the last few weeks. Wiki is feeling particularly vengeful towards John Stape and indeed men in general. She waxes lyrical about the time she poured boiling water over her husband's private parts because he made love to her best friend. She's a dark one, that Wiki.

Speaking of the credit crunch, Tony's feeling the murky waters of debt puddle around his ankles. His accountant tells him he needs to sell the Victoria Court flats to make some money, fast. To tide him over the flood of his financial crisis, Tony moves funds from Underworld to his own business account, forging Carla's signature on the company cheque. If anyone's wondering where Carla's gone, she's visiting a friend in Los Angeles. Yes, she's gone to la-la land, which has been renamed in her honour Carla-la land. The Underworld girls are revolting this week when they find out they haven't been paid. Tony knows why but he keeps them sweet by throwing a tenner on the table in the Rovers and tells them the drinks are on him.

Winner of the Weatherfield Father of The Year Award 1965-1987, Ken Barlow is in a conundrum as Peter won't look after his son, Simon. While Simon's waiting for Peter coming back from the shops, Peter's in the Rovers waiting for someone to serve him. When Ken tries to have a word, Peter gets stroppy and flexes his tattoos in front of the sideboard from where Uncle Albert looks on with a grimace on his face. But when Blanche has a word with me laddo about doing the right thing by Simon, Peter thinks on. He gets Simon a school place at Bessie Street Primary but then packs his bags and tries to do a runner, intending to leave Simon with granddad Ken and great-grandma Blanche. When that plan's thwarted, Peter calls in Social Services to dump Simon on the state. Ken's apoplectic when Peter's not apologetic and Mr Barlow (Snr) tells Mr Barlow (Jnr) that he and Deirdre will take in Simon as their own and look after him rather than see him sent to the workhouse. Mr Barlow (very Jnr) steals all the scenes he's in this week. He's still doesn't say much and Blanche has named him Shymon, but the kid's a little star in the make.

What do you call Janice Battersby in a suit? The accused. Janice gets dolled up in her best Primarni for her day in court on fraud charges over the lottery ticket business and for crimes against fashion. She's relieved to be given community service instead of a six month stretch. But the patients of Weatherfield General are best to look out as Janice gets to serve her sentence in the hospital canteen.

Over at Gail's house she and Joe continue to get comfy but their peace and quiet's shattered when David returns from Ted's house in that London and his ex-cell mate, Graeme (the one that sings) moves in to live on the sofa. I'm loving it already.

And finally this week, Roy prepares for the return of Hayley from foreign shores soon and ponders buying his missus some new bubble bath.

And that's just about that for this week.

Coronation Street writers this week were Chris Fewtrell, Lucy Gannon, Julie Jones, Simon Crowther and David Lane.

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Coronation Street Weekly Update - Nov 3 2008

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Nov 3 2008

There's fireworks at the Barlows' when Peter turns up with son Simon. Peter doesn't know his son, doesn't like him and he doesn't really want him but Lucy was at death's door when she asked Peter to take the little ‘un so he could hardly say no. But that doesn't mean he's happy about having to care for little Simon although Ken and Deirdre are overjoyed to have their grandson about. Deirdre even makes him a chucky egg, a phrase which pleased me no end. Ken gives Peter advice on raising kids the Barlow way so it's just as well the phrase Psycho-Simon's got a ring to it. No one's engaged Simon in a game of ‘Simon Says' yet, which is just as well as he hasn't said a word, not even a thankyou for Deirdre's chucky egg.

Speaking of Deirdre, she and Blanche head off to Lourdes with Deirdre a little concerned that she'll be sharing a room with a lesbian Nancy. Sorry, that should read - a lesbian, Nancy.

Norris is the talk of the wash house when he drops a bag of ladies saucy undies on the Street. Emily tells Rita who tells Tina in the Kabin and they gossip about Norris' secret life as Eddie Izzard.  A penny for the guy's thoughts offered by Emily reveals that Norris has been entering and winning competitions instead. Last week he won the fizzy drinks maker, this week he won the frilly pants shaker. To help his winning streak, Norris goes all out and buys Marvin Spengler's best selling classic: Stuff The Competition and Win! Win! Win!, in an episode that referenced Peters and Lee, Ken Dodd and a 1970s sitcom.

Becky gets a rocket when she's arrested and charged with assault, theft, criminal damage, gunpowder, treason and plot. Steve says he won't lie for her if the case goes to court which is what the copper is depending on, of course. He's got history with Becky, has DC Hooch (damp squib of the parish), after he came on to her when she was just 16 and she knocked him back in the back of a cop car. He tries it on again and Becky knows that this guy's burning for more. Bear with me, the firework references will stop soon, I promise.

Elsewhere, Kev and Sally are at their wits end worried about Wosie. Sophie says she's got Rosie's picture online and makes posters to help find her sister. She could've set up a Find Rosie Web(ster) site too on the Interweb(ster). Yes? No? Oh, please yourselves. Anyway, Rosie gets ready to rumble in the attic with a table leg in her hand and a determined look on her face. She's ready to belt ten bells out of John next time he comes in. Meanwhile, Eileen sends John on a Streetcars job and Fiz finds his keys and phone that he's left behind. She rings John to tell him she'll feed the cat and John, knowing what Fiz will find, takes his terrified cab passengers on a journey they'll not forget and if I were them, wouldn't pay for. John screams through the streets of Salford with the old couple in the back of the cab, determined to get to Rosie in the house before Fiz does. He gets there in the nick of time to find Fiz fingering a pair of Rosie's knickers hung up to dry in the kitchen, a worried look on her face. Fiz can't believe what John tells her and she sets Rosie free but instead of falling into a tearful heap in Fiz's arms, Rosie dashes straight out of the open door and runs out of the house. We can only hope that John's passengers are outside still waiting in the car, wondering what their cabbie has got himself into.

Maria's parents leave their distraught daughter on the Street and dash back to their donkeys. Heartbroken Maria starts sorting out Liam's stuff with tears in her eyes, but there's a bang and flash of suspicion as she goes through his phone and uncovers a list of messages and calls to and from Carla. She also finds out about Carla's involvement in LadRags - or LardRags for the outsize gentleman.

And finally this week, Kirk's wearing his holiday shirt and a grin on his face as he announces to Fiz and Chesney that Cilla's sent them all tickets to visit her in South Africa. Fiz takes some persuading, she's not sure she wants a holiday full of sun, sea, safari and Cilla but agrees in the end. It's bound to be a cracker.

And that's just about that for this week.

Coronation Street writers this week were Peter Whalley, Jayne Hollinson, Jonathan Harvey, Damon Rochefort and Mark Wadlow.

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Coronation Street Weekly Updates - November 2008

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Coronation Street Weekly Updates - January 1995

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JANUARY 1995

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FEBRUARY 1995

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MARCH 1995

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APRIL 1995

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JUNE 1995

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Coronation Street Weekly Updates - July 1995

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JULY 1995

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SEPTEMBER 1995

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Coronation Street Weekly Updates - November 1995

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Coronation Street Weekly Updates - December 1995

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Coronation Street Weekly Update - Jan 15 1995

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Curly and Racquel are still not on speaking terms. Racquel learns about the fight Curly and Des had and goes to see Curly at work, in Soopascoopa and they have an argument, Curly tells Racquel he doesn't want to see her again. After she leaves the shop, Curly goes berserk and tips over some of the produce, Emily and Percy are in the shop at the time and they see all of this. Needless to say, Curly gets sacked. When Reg hears about this, he takes Curly by the neck (almost!) and arranges an interview for him with the company Reg works for, although he doesn't tell Curly what the job is for. Only when Curly accepts the job does he find out that the 'management' position is in fact .... - Reg's assistant! So, Curly and Reg are back working together again.

Des Barnes hasn't been sacked from the bookies, in fact he and his boss are quite good friends now. The boss tells Des that his divorce has just come through and they go to the Rovers to 'celebrate' this, with the boss (I can't remember his name) eyeing up Liz in the bar and telling her she's a good looking woman and so on.

Denise and Ken seem to be getting on ok with baby Danny, Denise purchases a pushchair. Ken is keen to get his hands on some of the furniture that rightfully belongs to him and which is now in Deidre's old house, owned by Baldwin. Ken writes Baldwin a letter putting his case clearly stating that he owns the furniture, Deidre said he could take it and so on, but when Mike receives the letter he just laughs at Ken and tells him there's no chance of getting the furniture.

Derek is still on his health kick, he meets up with Norris trying to sell him some stationery but Norris ends up selling Derek a hugely expensive piece of gym equipment, much to Mavis' annoyance. Vicky has her 18th birthday and comes into some money, (about 240,000 pounds) and takes Bet out for dinner. Bet tells her not to let the money change her at all and to be careful of wolves after her money. Of course, Steve MacDonald eyes are lighting up every time he sees her now, he knows of the money of course.

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Coronation Street Weekly Update - Jan 23 1995

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Another eventful week here. You may also have heard that real life actress Barbara Knox who plays Rita is to leave her husband, it's in the tabloids here.

Ken finds out that Emily still holds a key to Deidre's old house...! Emily appears to be regressing into a bad state of mental health and is being particularly snappy with people after Mike Baldwin has an argument with her when she was about to offer him the key to Deidre's house back. So, she's feeling rather used by Mike (after working for him for all those years etc...) so she gives Ken the key. Ken enlists the help of Martin and Kevin to help him 'remove' the furniture he wants from the house. Kevin decides its more than his job is worth to help Ken in case Mike finds out he was in on this, so chickens out. Ken moves the furniture into his flat. When Mike finds out about this he calls the police to report a burglary, knowing full well that Ken has taken the stuff. The police constable comes around, he happens to be an ex-pupil of Ken's and they get on well, the policeman tries to talk Mike out of pressing charges but Ken gets taken in for questioning and in the end is let off. However, later in the Rovers Mike embarasses Ken in front of everyone calling him a thief and the father of an illegitimate child etc., Ken goes to hit Mike but Bet stands in between them both to stop the fight, Mike tells Ken it's not over and he could still press civil charges against him for burglary. Then, Ken goes home to find Tracey waiting for him to remind him that it's her 18th birthday the next day, ken offer hers 50 pounds as a present and Tracey acts most ungrateful, saying "Am I only getting 50 pounds?" and so on, and so she leaves in a huff after a big argument with Ken. On the whole, not a good day for poor old Ken!

Don finds himself a new lady friend, he drives her in the taxi and she finds him in the Rovers later to pay her fare as she doesn't have enough money at the time and they have a drink together.

Liz MacDonald is now working full time in the betting shop, Des is against this and is doing his best to make sure Liz isn't settling in well. The boss (Shaun) fancies Liz though and wants her working there. When Bet finds out she is working there, she goes to see her to tell her she will find someone to take her place in the Rovers.

Do you remember Trish Armstong? This was the girl with the young boy who was caught shoplifting in Betterbuys and then Curly went out with her for a while until her husband found out? Well, she answered Alma's advert to move into the flat above the cafe, Alma agrees to take her on but then finds out she has a son, so isn't so keen on having a young boy above the cafe when there is only one bedroom. She tells Mike who offers to rent out Deidre's old house to her and her son, she's overjoyed of course but Mike did promise her a FURNISHED house and of course, Ken has all of the furniture now!

Gail has been away to see "Ivy in the retreat" for a few days.

Alf helps out in the corner shop when Maude takes a few days off and Audrey is starting to feel a bit jealous about Betty being the mayoress.

Rita and Roger are still going out together, Rita confides to Mavis that although she likes him enough, he just 'isn't Ted' and feels there's something lacking between them. Roger and Mavis start art school again this term and Roger asks Mavis what Rita really thinks of him so Mavis tells him the truth, I think she is secretly pleased that nothing serious will happen between Roger and Rita. Derek is still on his health kick and drinks pints of water in the Rovers!

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Coronation Street Weekly Update - Jan 31 1995

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Well, Trisha Armstrong doesn't seem to be making too good an impression on her new neighbours. She has a little boy (aged about 12) and he is a bit of a tearaway and she doesn't know how to keep control of him properly. She finds herself locked out of the house she's renting from Mike Baldwin (Deidre's old house), just as Vera and Jack Duckworth are passing so Jack breaks the glass in the front door to open the door for her and lets her in. When the little boy sees Jack he says to his mum (in front of Vera) "Isn't that the man that my dad gave a black eye to when he found him in our house?" and of course it was Jack, when he babysat the boy when Curly took Trisha on a data a few months back. Mike Baldwin starts an argument in the Rovers with Trisha over who is to pay for the broken glass in the door, and the Duckworths get dragged into this also. Trisha also talks to Bet (not knowing she is the landlady of the Rovers) and asks her if she can put a word in for her with the landlady of the Rovers to get her a part time bar job, although she's been told the landlady is a right 'slab face'!

Liz Macdonald walks out of her job at the bookies after having an argument with Steve over his gambling habits. He complains to Liz that she lives in a slum while he lives in a flat on the docks and his gambling has paid for all of that and his new lifestyle. Des asks Liz to come back to work and Steve apologises in the end.

Mavis is rushed into hospital with concussion after falling off the 'Mile Muncher' exercise machine of Derek's. Derek is short of sympathy for Mavis' bump on the head until Martin Pratt tells Derek he could sue for damages. Derek, realising there could be something in this pampers Mavis for all he's worth, making out her injuries are worse than they are.

Alf is invited to a Mayoral lunch where a royal person will be making an appearance. When Audrey hears about this she decides she wants to be Mayoress after all, and must see the Royal. However, Betty has already bought a new outfit but Audrey thinks she can sway Alf's opinion to take her instead so cooks a nice supper and cuddles up to him on the sofa, but Alf tells her he's definetely taking Betty as she is now the 'official' Mayoress.

Rita and Roger continue to be friends, Rita tells Mavis to mind her own business over their relationship.

Emily and Ken have a long chat, and they both admit they miss Deidre.

Curly finds out that his new neighbour is Trish Armstrong and at first believes she has come looking for him, but when he finds out she has moved into the street he has a resigned drink in the Rovers.

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Coronation Street Weekly Update - Feb 7 1995

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Well, Audrey has really gone and done it this time! Alf still refuses to take her to the Lord Lieutenant's luncheon where the Royal person will attend. So Audrey decides to bring to Alf's attention the fact that she can get her own way and embarrasses him into the bargain. Alf and Betty are due to open a new sports centre, Audrey enlists the help of butcher Fred Eliott and they change the time of Alf's visit to 1/2 hour earlier than planned, Audrey rings the sports centre to tell them the Mayor can't make it but the Mayoress will attend in his place. So Audrey and Fred make it to the sports centre and get all of the attention that should have gone to Alf, Audrey even steals Alf's speech and reads it out. Unfortunately for Audrey, Alf and Betty arrive just as Audrey is finishing her speech and Alf is furious. When they get home, they argue and Alf tells her she is not officially the Mayoress any longer and has embarrassed him no end. Audrey simply states that if he doesn't reinstate her as the official Mayoress, she will continue to embarrass him in public and to bring his good name down. Fred Eliot, the butcher, is acting as chauffer to Audrey and thinks he's on to a good thing with her but Audrey is just simply using him as her transport.

Vicky comes back to the Rovers, and tells Bet she has left school. Bet is furious that she won't be going back for her exams and Vicky's attitude is that she doesn't need to pass her exams as she has the money now, and wants to invest it in a business, with horses and stables. Bet marches Vicky to see her headmistresses at school who agrees with Vicky, there isn't much point in her taking her exams as she wouldn't do very well in them anyway. Bet is gob-smacked as she expected Vicky to carry on to University and has been told that Vicky isn't actually clever enough to do this.

Steve MacDonald doesn't gamble any longer in the betting shop that Liz works in, he's taking to gambling elsewhere although Liz thinks he's given up for good. Des and Shaun are concerned over not seeing Steve in the bookies as he has a huge debt to clear up.

Mavis and Derek are still fighting over a compensation claim from Norris - who obviously thinks they've got a good case but is doing his best to dissaude them from taking it to court.

Trish Armstrong starts work in the Rovers as a cleaner, she isn't making many new friends in the Street so far. Racquel finds out that she used to go out with Curly and isn't too pleased about it. Curly is keeping Trish at arms length when she called around to see him, he pretended he was just on his way out.

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Coronation Street Weekly Update - Feb 14 1995

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Well, Alf is torn between taking Audrey or Betty to the Lord Lieutenant's lunch where the 'Royal' person (you never find out who it is) will be attending. Both Audrey and Betty are giving Alf a hard time, they both want to be the only person he takes with him as the official Mayoress. So, Alf decides to send them both... and he stays at home with his feet up. Audrey ends up bragging to everyone about how she met the Royal and chatted to her, while Betty tells everyone they were both stuck behind a crowd of people and could see the Royal from a distance only. Alf tells Audrey he is opening a sewage plant next week, and of course Audrey tells Alf he can take Betty along to that one!

In the betting shop, Shaun the manager asks Liz to stay behind for a drink after work and she agrees, Shuan ends up telling her how much he fancies her and tries to kiss her, Liz walks out on him shouting, and then he tells Des the next day that things aren't working out with Liz, he's not happy with her work and wants Des to sack her.

Trish has made a friend in Vera, as Vera can see a lot of herself in Trish when she was younger. They both go to the bingo together and go shopping too.

Mavis and Derek are still intent on claiming against Norris for Mavis's so called injuries. However, it looks like they have a case until Mavis confesses to Derek she was wearing court shoes with heels when she tried the machine... will she be able to go through the claim with the guilt playing on her mind?

Vicky goes to see her grandad to tell him that she has left school and Bet is overjoyed to have her back in the Rovers, and they are getting on well together although Vicky hasn't made any concrete plans for her future as yet.

Don's new friend Josie is still around, they went to the park with Gail and Martin's younger son (can't remember the name) and then Don takes her into the cafe to introduce her to Gail who seems pleased that Don has a new lady in his life, although Vera isn't so pleased that her best friend's husband is seeing another woman.

In the hairdressing salon, John needs a model for a hair show he is entering and asks Racquel. Although she'd decided never to model again after the modelling school told her she didn't have what it takes, she decides to do the show for John.

Curly wonders how he can get to meet some of the girls that work in the supermarket where he now works with Reg, Reg tells him not to bother with them as he has already told the female workforce that Curly is gay so they don't bother with him. Curly is incensed by this so to get his own back he tells the women that he and Reg are lovers!!!!

Ken, Denise and Mike haven't been in the show for a while so we haven't seen the new baby much at all. Also, it is obvious that the actress who plays Sally Webster is pregnant in real life although they are trying they best to disguise this by only showing shots of her from shoulders up!

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Shaun decides not to sack Liz after all, after talking to Des who tells him there is no need to sack her as he work is fine (although Des doesn't know the real reason why he wants to get rid of her), so Shaun and Liz make up and become friends again.

Mavis and Derek decide to drop the claim against Morris for Mavis' injuries on the Mile Muncher machine. Mavis finds out however that it was actually Angela's idea to drop the claim against Norris, and that Derek had taken Angela's advice, so is quite furious about this.

Vicky has a letter from her grandad inviting her on a 3 week cruise leaving this Friday, but Vicky has no one to take with her and asks Bet to go, Bet doesn't fancy going on holiday with Alec but does fancy the holiday itself. Later, Alec rings Vicky to say he can't go on the cruise after all but still lets Vicky have the option of taking someone, so both her and Bet are all set to go on the cruise together for 3 weeks. Bet now needs to contact the brewery to send in a relief manager while she is away.

Steve MacDonald is having severe money problems, Shaun is after his debt owing to him for Steve's gambling in the bookmakers (about £2,000) and his credit cards have been stopped also. Fiona tries to help him out of it but he doesn't seem able to help himself. With Fiona giving him so much attention lately he realises that he really loves her and asks her to marry him, and sends her 24 red roses to the hairdressing salon. Fiona thinks about this a lot and tells him the answer is no, mainly due to his cash situation and tells him when he digs himself out of the hole he's in she might think differently about his proposal. Mike Baldwin is also giving Steve a bad time over the business, as they have just lost a big order and the business isn't doing too good either.

John enters the hairdressing competition with Racquel as his model (who laps up the attention). John persuades Fiona to enter the competition too and she uses Steve as her model. John is placed second winner, and Fiona receives a special mention for a first time competitor who has won the most points.

Josie and Don are getting more used to each other, she goes around to Don's house and he cooks dinner for her, she is disgusted with the dirty tea towels he's using in the kitchen and he tells her it's because his washing machine is broken, so Josie offers to do Don's laundry. She does know about Ivy in the retreat, and Vera is most unhappy with Don seeing another woman.

Reg Holdsworth hears on the grapevine that Firmans Freezers may be taken over by an American company who are notorious for sacking all of the present staff and recruiting their own to take their places, he's worried now about losing his job, although he hasn't told Curly yet all of what is happening.

Still no sign of Ken, Denise and the baby, although you do get to hear the baby's screams filtering down from Denise's flat into the hairdressing salon!

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Coronation Street Weekly Update - Feb 28 1995

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Steve MacDonald and his girlfriend Fiona decide they need to cut back on Steve's spending to ease his money problems and the best way to do this is for Steve to give up his flat in the docklands and to move somewhere cheaper. Fiona asks Alma if the flat above the cafe is still for rent, and now they are planning on moving in there. Shaun tells Liz he is worried about Steve's overdraft and warns her that he will go after the money.

Mavis and Derek accept an invitation to Angela's house for dinner along with Norris. Angela and Mavis don't get on at all well and Angela makes a pass at Norris and keeps on feeling his leg under the table!

It's Rita's birthday and Alf takes in a bunch of flowers for her, they end up having a heart to heart talk about life in general and shop keeping and so on, and Alf tells Rita it's all worth while when he gets a smile from her, she is so touched that they give each other a hug just as Martin walks in the shop and he teases Alf about this. Later, Alf and Audrey go to Gail and Martin's house for tea and Alf tells Martin that he got the wrong idea about himself and Rita, and brings up the fact that he saw Martin kissing a young nurse when he visited the hospital on Christmas Day.

Vera tries some matchmaking with Curly and Trisha and invites them both to tea on the same night. She goes on about there not being enough happiness in the world and how you have to grab it while you can and they both realise they've been set up with Vera playing cupid. Still, it works, and the next night Curly offers to take Trisha out. Before they go out, Trisha's son comes to see Curly and warns him to be careful(!) when he takes his mum out.

The relief manager steps in to the Rovers to take over while Bet is away. Bet did ask Racquel to take over while she went on her cruise but Racquel couldn't decide if she was strong enough for the responsibility, and by the time she'd decided she would like to step in as relief manager, Bet had already called the brewery. His name is Rodney and he was in the police force with Betty's husband Cyril. He is about the same age as Betty and they get on well. Jack tries to pull a fast one and tells Rodney that it's a tradition for the Rovers to stay open past closing time for the regulars to stay behind for a drink, however his plan backfires when there's just himseld and Rodney who ends up playing his trombone in the Rovers. (Racquel calls it a flute!)

Josie waits at Don's house for his new washing machine to be delivered, unfortunately it doesn't arrive so Josie busies herself with cleaning the kitchen while Don is out. I think Don is starting to feel a bit overwhelmed with Josie, and that she could be taking over his life a little bit too much although he seems to enjoy her company.

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Coronation Street Weekly Update - Mar 8 1995

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I've just heard on national radio this morning that The Street is to have an update itself, with a fish and chip shop and a butcher's shop included, hot favourites to work in the fish and chip shop are Vera and Trisha with amorous Fred Elliot to work in the butcher's shop. One of the shops will have a flat above it too. It has been a quiet week otherwise on CS, not too much happening really.

Reg decides that to stay with Firmans he has to present a younger image and so spends £300 on a wig, (very unrealistic looking!), Curly makes fun of him while he's wearing it at work, and the shop girls at Firmans all giggle at him too. He won't wear it in front of Maureen though as he is too embarassed.

Alf tells Audrey the reason that things are strained between himself and Martin, and Audrey confides in Gail that she must start looking after Martin better than she has been doing.

Steve McDonald and his girlfriend move into the flat above Jim's cafe and Steve promises to turn over a new leaf financially. However, he goes the the horse races and wins £800... unfortunately for him both Shaun and Des are there too and Shaun takes the £800 off Steve immediately to pay off some of his debt with Shaun.

Rodney the relief manager in the Rovers is a big hit with everyone really, he gets on well with the staff and regulars and tells Jack that all he has ever wanted in life is a pub like the Rovers. Rodney does some of Jack's cellar work for him and Jack is afraid that Rodney will find out that in fact Jack doesn't do much at all in the cellar, and usually ends up going to sleep down there, but Rodney doesn't let on.

Curly takes Trisha out for an evening, and they go to the pictures, they seem to be getting on quite well together.

Josie stays at Don's house all day for her dinner and tea and she asks Don if she can stay for breakfast ;-) but Don gets a bit upset with her and tells her he can only take the relationship slowly, one day at a time.

So, as you can see not too much happening really. Ken and Denise haven't been in the show for a long time now. Mavis has a slight crush on Shaun when he comes into the Kabin for something, and the actress who plays Sally Webster is still in the show but because of her pregnancy which they are trying to disguise... she is only in shots with her behind a counter at the corner shop or with one of her children in front of her.

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Coronation Street Weekly Update - March 15 1995

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Quite an exciting week on the Street this week.

Martin takes Gail out for a romantic meal while Alf and Audrey babysit for them. When they arrive back home, Martin confesses to Gail that he has been unfaithful, and that he actually slept with the nurse on Christmas Day. Gail is devastated and stops speaking to Martin, ignoring him around the house. Audrey calls around to see Gail the next day and spills the beans to Gail, telling her that both her and Alf already knew of Martin's infidelity as Alf had seen him kissing the nurse at the hospital on Christmas Day. This upsets Gail even more and when she asks Audrey why she hadn't told Gail about this, Audrey said that she and Alf had both been waiting for Martin to tell her first. Gail realises that Martin has only told her now because he was afraid that she would hear it from Alf or Audrey first.

Alma receives a letter from her ex husband's solicitors telling her that Jim had died 2 months ago, and she finds out that Jim has left her £2,000 in his will. She decides to spend the money on a used sports car, a convertible MG, much to Mike's dismay who can't understand why she wanted another car when they have 1 each already, but of course she wanted something of her own. The shot of her driving it down the street with Phyllis in the passenger seat is priceless!

Steve MacDonald continues to have pressure put on him about his financial situation, this time from another bookmaker who he owes money to. Steve approaches Shaun and asks him for the money back that Shaun took from him at the race course when he won £800. He tells Shaun that it could be seen as theft, and Shaun wonders whether Steve will go ahead with any kind of court case about it, because legally Steve does have a point. Steve and Mike Baldwin are back in business together, printing t-shirts for a local nightclub. Steve takes Fiona out for a meal and at the end of the evening asks for the bill, and gives the waiter his car keys and asks for his car to be brought round to the front of the restaurant for him. The waiter returns with his credit card, telling him that payment has been refused and he can't have his car keys back until he pays the bill!

Don and Josie appear to have split up because Josie was wanting too much out of the relationship.

Trisha's son Jamie gets on well with Jack Duckworth and Jack lets him look after the pigeons with him.

Rodney in the Rovers(!) decides to liven the place up a bit, Jack is wary of Rodney's plans but Rodney tells him he has a great idea to bring more custom into the pub. We'll have to wait until next week to see what he has up his sleeve!

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Coronation Street Weekly Update - Mar 22 1995

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Martin and Gail continue to have problems at home. Martin wants Gail to forget about what happened and to put it behind her, but she can't. Alma goes around to see Gail and Gail confides to her that she can't trust Martin anymore no matter how hard she tries and wants to. Gail stays away from the cafe for a few days and is very miserable for a while, hardly speaking to Martin at home. Then, she goes out for a long walk on her own to think about things, comes home feeling quite serene and peaceful and is very nice to the children but completely ignores Martin. I think she will probably throw him out.

Mike wants to check out Alma's car to make sure it hasn't been stolen, so he rings a company who can check out these details when you give them the registration number over the telephone. Alma's car comes back clean of course but she is so incensed that he challenged her judgement that she rings in the registration number of the Merc. and it comes back as being the registration number of a different car altogether, so it must be stolen!

Steve McDonald goes to the police about Shaun stealing his money from him, the police question Shaun who says that Steve handed over the money of his own free will. The police also question Des who lies for Shaun and tells the police that he didn't see anything at all.

Rodney decides to hold a karaoke night in the Rovers, although the regulars don't agree to it and say it will be a flop. However, it's a success! and very, very funny too. Reg Holdsworth gets up to sing Great Balls of Fire. Denise (Ken babysits), Fiona and John sing something too and while Reg is singing.... in walks Bet and Vicky back from their cruise. Bet demands to know what's going on, she can't believe her eyes and tells Rodney that he's only done this to prove to the brewery that he can run the pub better than she can, and bring in more money. He tells her he hasn't done it for the brewery and that they don't even know about it, he did it for her opinion and wants to know what she thinks about it. So, Bet takes the mike too and sings 'What do you want to make those eyes at me for', its a classic Coronation Street episode!!

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Coronation Street Weekly Update - Mar 29 1995

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Wow, what a week!

Well folks, Deidre is back! The reason is that Tracey is admitted to the same hospital that Martin works at, with a suspected drug overdose or a bad Ecstasy tablet instead her. Ken is at her bedside when she is in a coma and in walks Deidre. They both spend time together at Tracey's bedside although they don't know if she will pull through yet.

Rodney in the Rovers brings Bet a bunch of daffodils and wants to be friends with her, but Bet isn't so keen on this idea and when Rodney comes into the Rovers and tells her to buy a drink for herself on him, she simply puts the money into the tip glass for the staff.

Martin and Gail are having a strained time at the moment. Audrey persuades Martin to let her and Alf have the children while they work things out between themselves. Martin brings the children home to see Gail for Mothers Day (which was March 26th here in the UK) and Gail tells Martin that her children have always been enough for her, and she has never needed to look outside the family for any more love. Neither Gail or Martin want to move out of the house but they won't give in to each other.

Tricia and Shaun have both been doing a bit of harmless flirting with each other lately and when Racquel finds out, she tells Curly that Tricia is being unfaithful to him. Curly tells Tricia he doesn't want any more to do with her. This also comes about because Curly sees little Jamie and he tells Curly that his mother has other boyfriends as well as Curly (just pulling his leg I think but Curly believes him).

Steve MacDonald is still deep in debt with almost everyone.

Don confides in Josie about Denise, and tells her everything, all about the telephone calls, following her and harassing her etc. Josie doesn't know how to react to this.

Vicky has decided not to invest in the stables after all and tells Bet she wants to give some of it to charity, Bet obviously doesn't want her to do this so she asks Vicky to think seriously before doing anything. I just hope she doesn't end up giving any of it to Steve McDonald.

Denise and John go to a nightclub together and Ken babysits. This comes after the night that Denise was in the Rovers singing on the karaoke machine, and so Ken babysits twice in a row. He has a go at Denise about only being involved in the baby's life when it suits her. He is babysitting the night that he has to go to the hospital when he hears about Tracey and has to take the baby with him.

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Coronation Street Weekly Update - Apr 4 1995

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Ken asks Denise if he can stay with her at her flat while Deidre lives in his flat and Shamir is coming over to stay with Deidre too. Denise tells Ken no, she doesn't want him to stay there. They have a huge argument with Ken telling Denise that it's obvious she doesn't want him in her life, and that she doesn't want him around the baby either. He tells her that he is going to consult a solicitor regarding custody of Danny. Ken also finds out that Denise and John had been out together and of course this just upsets him even more. The solicitor tells Ken that although he has no automatic rights to the child as the birth father, if the case went to course, Denise could be made to give access to Danny to Ken but advises Ken to talk to Denise about it first before going to court.

Tracey Barlow comes out of her coma with Deidre at her bedside although she is still in hospital (being looked after by the nurse that had the affair with Martin). Deidre asks Tracey if it's the first time she has taken drugs or if its a regular thing, and Tracey tells her it's neither of those things, and that she doesn't intend to stop taking drugs when she gets out of the hospital even though it almost killed her. Bet finds out that Ken has no-where to stay while Deidre and Shamir live in his flat, and offers him a spare room at the Rovers which he accepts.

Now that Deidre is back, she asks Mike if he has made any progress with selling her house for her. He tells her he has put a tenant in the house, because he's having trouble selling it and she wants Mike to have it sold as soon as possible, she can't believe that there isn't even a For Sale sign in the house.

Martin tells Gail she is depressed and advises her to go to the doctor. She is incensed about this and tells Alma what Martin advised her to do, but Alma agrees that she should see the doctor, and he gives her anti-depressants.

Vicky is feeling jealous whenever she sees Steve McDonald and Fiona together, and finds out from Steve that he needs an investor for his t-shirt job for a nightclub, so she writes him a cheque for £2500 (oh no!) on the basis that she receives weekly updates of her investment and wants to know exactly what is going on in the business. Of course, he doesn't give her a receipt or even any kind of agreement for the money.

Rodney is still hanging around Bet in the Rovers and asks Racquel if there is anyone in Bet's life at present, Bet isn't too keen at all on Rodney and is doing her best to try to ignore him in the pub.

At Firmans Freezers, Reg and Curly meet with one of the American managers who have come to meet the staff before they decided whether to buy out the company. The American manager also wears a wig and is very sensitive about this subject, and Curly knows this but doesn't tell Reg, who goes in to his interview thinking that the American and he both have a special something in common and tries to play on this, it's quite funny. Reg on the other hand tells Curly not to wear his glasses for the interview as it makes him look less vulnerable but of course Curly can't see properly!

So, will Ken press for custody? I guess we'll have to wait until next week!

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Coronation Street Weekly Update - April 11 1995

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Tracey is now recovering in hospital but the nurse gives Ken and Deidre serious news, Tracey has kidney damage and will have to go on dialysis until such time that a kidney donor can be found for her. Ken and Deidre decide they will tell Tracey this news themselves rather than her hear it from a nurse in the hospital. When they do tell her, Tracey yells at them at first then starts crying, saying 'why me?, everyone does what I do, why me?'. Shamir is now in England with Deidre and they are staying at Ken's flat together, Shamir is doing his best to support Deidre but seems to be failing really, Deidre's only concern is Tracey although Shamir tells her that his uncle is waiting for their decision on buying a bar in Morrocco and can't hold out much longer for them to return there. Deidre decides that she will stay in England to be with Tracey for a while longer and that she is thinking of donating one of her own kidneys to Tracey.

Josie and Don get free tickets to see the Wizard of Oz at a local theatre and take Jack and Vera with them, against Jack's will, but when they all come back, Jack is singing songs from the show in the Rovers, and Josie gets to stay with Don overnight....

Fiona qualifies as a hairdresser from being a trainee and is now qualified to style hair in the salon. One of her first customers is Gail who she tries to please, but Gail doesn't seem too impressed with her haircut (which looks exactly the same as it did previously!).

Rodney is thinking about buying the Merc. from Mike (Mike knows it was stolen, and has the registration from an old Allegro). Rodney is very keen on the car and so he checks out the registration, finds out it has been stolen and tells Mike he is honour bound to inform his old friends at the police station!

Gail and Martin continue to have problems, Gail doesn't take the anti depressants after all and tries to pull herself out of her depression, they hardly speak to one another in the house and speak only to the children.

Alf is arranging a visit for a French Mayor who is coming over to Weatherfield in the next few episodes.

Mavis and Derek are now into gardening, and Derek has big plans for their garden now that he knows of a new garden centre nearby.

A 'For Sale' sign goes up at Deidre's old house but Tricia takes it down again, and tells Mike she is going to get advice about staying in the house as a sitting tenant.

Vicky asks Steve McDonald for input into his business as she is now an 'investor' but he tells her to keep away from the business before anyone finds out that she has lent him money, he threatens to tell Bet if she keeps pestering him.
 

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Coronation Street Weekly Update - Apr 18 1995

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Deidre visits the consultant at the hospital and tells him she wants to donate her kidney to Tracey. He tells her that just because she is Tracey's mother is no guarantee that the kidney will match, and even if it does, they would only consider using her as a donor if they can't find a suitable one which has been donated from other sources. There are risks to such an operation also, but Deidre can only think about helping Tracey. Shamir is trying his best to support and comfort Deidre but they seem to be pulling apart somehow. The hospital have told Deidre and Ken that Tracey will need as stable a home environment as possible when she is released from hospital and Deidre is now desperate to get Tricia out of her old house so she can move back in for a few months. Tricia however, seems set on staying.

The police have taken away Mike Baldwin's Mercedes, although he denied knowing that it was a stolen vehicle.

The French Mayor, M. Pico has arrived in Weatherfield. Alf had tried to find a suitable hotel for him to stay in, but in the end he is staying with Alf and Audrey. He brings with him a black pudding for Alf and a bottle of expensive perfume for Audrey who is overjoyed, and tells the French Mayor to "relax-ay voo" in their home!

Derek has installed a couple of ugly gnomes in their garden, because he told Mavis that the female gnome reminded him of her! Norris comes around to see them both and talks non stop about Angela, he brings Mavis a chocolate Easter Egg and says that he bought Angela one too but they mis-spelt her name on the egg to read 'Angel' which Norris thought was quite fitting.

Steve McDonald finishes the t-shirt job for Costello's nightclub and goes to make the delivery, Vicky insists on going along with him. When they arrive, the owner of the club is out of town and so they don't get paid cash on delivery, as agreed. Vicky is all for taking the goods out of the club until they get paid, but Steve agrees to leave them there and collect the cash later. That evening, Steve and Fiona go to the club and Vicky and Andy McDonald turn up later. The manager gives Steve a cheque to cover the cost of the t-shirts even though cash had been agreed upon originally. Andy tells Vicky that she is playing a dangerous game with Fiona and Steve as she seems set on splitting them up now she has a financial hold over Steve.

As it's been a long holiday weekend (Friday and Monday) here in the UK, John and Denise decide to go out for a day trip with the baby, in John's car. They spend a day in the country and then go back to Denise's flat for dinner and some wine. Denise tells John all about Ken and John can't understand what Denise's problem is with Ken, he thinks he is a good bloke. However, they start confiding in each other and then John leans over Denise and kisses her but she pushes him away, telling him that he has got the wrong idea. He tells Denise that she is always leading men on and should know better by now, and gets up and leaves, telling Denise not to expect to see him again, in any capacity.

I forgot to mention above that Shamir and Ken have a little run in over Deidre, with Ken telling Shamir in no uncertain terms that their daughter has to come first for Deidre.

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Deidre is devastated when the consultant at the hospital tells her that she is unsuitable for a match to be made with her kidney to Tracey. Shamir tries to console her but Deidre is tearful most of the time, she starts thinking about Tracey's father Ray and wonders if he would be a suitable match for Tracey's kidney but she doesn't have a recent address for Ray. Emily has an old address for him but Deidre tells her it was over 10 years since he lived at that address and believes he lives in Holland these days. Emily asks if the British Embassy could trace Ray and Deidre tells her that the hospital is sorting it all out and are looking for him. I wonder if this will signal the return of Ray Langton?

Jack and Vera decide to take their grandson Tommy on holiday with them to a caravan site in North Wales that Jack was sent to in the war as an evacuee and they make all the plans to go in a couple of weeks time.

Steve McDonald pays the cheque into the bank from Costellos and of course it bounces with unsufficient funds in the account. He goes to the nightclub and meets the official receiver there who tells him that Costellos have gone out of business and they are unlikely to see any of their money ever. Steve realises he is now overdrawn at the bank and could be bankrupt himself, unless of course Vicky lends him some more money. Fiona finds out that Vicky has been lending Steve money and is very jealous that Steve is seeing Vicky again, although Steve tells Vicky he didn't have any choice but to take the money from Vicky. Fiona asks Steve to stay away from Vicky and he says he will but that evening he is in the Rovers with Vicky, Denise sees them both sitting with Steve's hand over Vickys and he is saying the line 'lets give it one more chance eh?' does he mean the business or the relationship?

Des celebrates his 30th (!) birthday in the Rovers, Phyllis is the only one to remember and buys him a card.

Ken goes to see Denise about access to Danny but she wants definite times and dates that Ken can have access to Danny while Ken wants to be more involved in Danny's life and to be a father to him. He tells Denise he is asking her one last time before he brings the law into the matter regarding access.

M. Pico, the French Mayor speaks French and Alf of course speaks English, and quite often the two of them have trouble understanding each other and making each other understood. M. Pico is most bemused that Alf has a 'mistress' in the Rovers as well as a wife, he believes Betty to be Alf's mistress and that Betty's 'hotpot' is something quite different from a beef stew!! He also misunderstands Racquel completely when she tells him she is a model... :-) although he does send an apology to Racquel after he leaves. As Alf and M. Pico go to an official function with Betty and Racquel as their escorts, Audrey feels a bit peeved at being left home alone and so arranges for Bryan (Alf's ex chauffer) to come to the Rovers and they drink together all night while Alf is away, although Alf comes back early and Bryan is still in the Rovers with Audrey!

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Well folks, Denise has left!! Ken goes to see her again regarding access to Danny and hands her a letter outlining his 'demands' (as she requested from him). She takes the letter from Ken and then later Fiona sees Denise getting into a taxi with baby Danny. Fiona asks her where she is going but she doesn't say, she just says she wants to get away from everything and tells Fiona to look after the salon for her while she is away. When Ken finds out he tells Fiona he thinks it's a 'positive' thing for Denise to have done, although I'm not quite sure why he said this. Fiona calls John and he comes into the salon to help out for a few hours while he tries to contact other hairdressers to get some permanent help for Fiona.

Ken goes to see the consultant at the hospital about giving one of his kidneys to Tracey and the consultant tells him he can't give his kidney as he is not a suitable match for Tracey. Shamir is feeling a bit left out, feeling that Ken is only trying to help Tracey to get back into Deidre's good books and Shamir and Deidre argue over this. Then, Shamir announces that he is going to meet with the consultant to see if he is a suitable match for Tracey and *surprise* he is! (I don't think anyone saw that one coming 8-) ) Tracey has come out of hospital now and is living in Ken's flat with Deidre and Shamir although she is being quite unpleasant to Shamir. She doesn't know yet that he could be her donor.

Vera and Jack's grandson Tommy is staying with them now before they all go on holiday to Mould in North Wales this coming weekend. Vera decides to throw a little party for Tommy and invites Martin and Gail's children and Rosie Webster. Vera falls asleep and one of the children draws a moustache on her face! Des brings a little toy to Tommy and is overjoyed to see him again. Jack is at a loss as he has no one to look after his pigeons when he goes on holiday, so in the end agrees to little Jamie looking after them. Derek is not amused when he finds pigeon droppings on his new gnomes!

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