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Poor Deirdre. There she is, her and her specs, stuck in prison
with scouser Jackie Dobbs. Deirdre herself wrote a letter to The
Sun, thanking loyal fans for their support while she's banged
up. Only 'Coronation Street' has the power to do this, to bring
the nation together for a bit of "Free the Weatherfield One"
fun. The Street has even brought the Prime Minister and leader
of the opposition, William Vague, together in agreement. A rare
feat indeed. Anyway, as I sit here wearing my 'Free Deirdre' specs
with flashing lights round the frames, stick-on 'Empathise with
Deirdre' neck muscles and "Deirdre's Innocent" T-shirt
and matching slippers, here I go with this week's update.
Aye, the poor lass isn't doing too well in prison. Cellmate
Jackie tells her not to worry, they can go for a swim in the prison
pool and have a jacuzzi and massage later. This brings a semblance
of a smile to Deirdre's face until, 20 minutes after everyone
else, she realises it's April Fool's day. Obviously a reject from
'Within These Walls' and without any of the niceties of Googie
Withers, prison warden Veitch plays another cruel, cruel trick
on Deirdre. She tells Deirdre her appeal will be heard that very
afternoon, there's been a cancellation. Deirdre says her goodbyes
to Jackie, "I kept telling you I was innocent!" she
laughs "I'll be out soon!" Veitch takes Deirdre to the
prison main gate. "See that gate?" she snarls "That's
to keep you in, not to let you out." It was all a cruel ploy
to quieten Deirdre down to stop protesting her innocence every
five minutes. It crushes Deirdre. She weeps and cries and when
Mike Baldwin goes to visit her, she stares into space and retreats
into her own strange world just like my cat does when he's had
too much catnip. Mike calls Veitch and Deirdre is taken to the
prison hospital where a psychologist is called to see her. Veitch
tells Mike he'd be better off getting Deirdre to accept her time
in prison rather than raising her hopes of release. Mike is incensed
and threatens to report Veitch; a nasty piece of work if ever
I saw one.
Alma finds out (from Ken, no less!) that Mike has paid £10,000
for Deirdre's legal fees. Naturally, she's not best pleased and
after confronting Mike and slapping him across the face (in full
view of the factory girls) and a few excellent, tearful scenes
from Alma she tries to make sense of Mike's actions. She goes
out and does 'a bit of shopping, a lot of thinking' (I love lines
like that) and tells Gail she thinks Mike has been having an affair
with Deirdre for the last 15 years and walks out on him. Back
to the cafe she goes and asks Gail if she can stay there for the
night. She leaves Mike a note, and when he finds Alma gone and
reads the note, there's tears in his eyes too.
Angie also finds out that Mike has spent £10,000 from
the Underworld account on Deirdre. She takes her portfolio and
gets herself an in-house designer job elsewhere, telling Mike
she wants to split the partnership and move on. Mike is desperate,
he even calls Angie's new employers to try to get her out of her
new contract but Angie is determined to leave (again).
A tall, dark, handsome stranger turns up on the Street looking
for Les Battersby. Les, worried that it might be someone from
the social security office trying to track him down, says he's
not Les, he's Des Battersby, Les' brother. Anyway, once the confusion
dies down, we meet Greg Kelly, who turns out to be Les Battersby's
son from a fling with Moira Kelly, many years ago. Greg is a bit
of alright, driving around in a beamer with his own business card
and involved in the fashion industry. At first apprehensive, Les
tells him he's "dead chuffed" to have a son and, a great
expression you hear in the North East a lot, asks Greg "How
ya diddlin'?" when he came back to the house to meet Toyah
and Leanne. Greg takes a bottle of champagne with him for the
family meeting but Les takes it off him, saying it's too good
for his lot and he'll keep it for a special occasion! Out come
the beers and Greg and Leanne hit it off straight away, Toyah
isn't so sure.
In the cafe, Judy overhears Nick and Leanne moaning about baby
Shannon (aka Katie), saying that the baby's crying is keeping
them both awake at night. Judy's maternal antenna picks up on
this and she tells Gary she's worried that Shannon isn't being
looked after. Ashley tells Betty that Shannon has developed a
cough and he's worried about her. He calls the doctor to make
an appointment to see the baby, and chastises Zoe for smoking
in the house and not looking after her child properly.
Over at the Websters, Sally and Kevin are getting all lovey-dovey
again. Kevin asks Sally if they should have another baby as he'd
like a son. Sensible to the end, Sally tells him they've been
through a lot lately and a new baby is the last thing they need.
And finally, a beautiful scene this week between Roy and Hayley.
I hope it won't be the last time we see these two together on
the Street. Hayley comes into the cafe and tells Roy that she's
been to see her solicitor and it looks like she's going to become
quite wealthy as she was the only beneficiary of her father's
will. This means she can afford to go abroad and have her operation
done privately, and discreetly. Roy, prepared for Hayley's departure,
gives her a gift. It's a book on Automotive Engines, but when
Hayley opens the book, a silver locket falls out. They say goodbye,
Roy offers his hand for Hayley to shake, but instead she grabs
him in a bear hug and thanks him for everything he's done. "You
made me feel like a real woman." she tells him. Shyly, Roy
asks if Hayley found him attractive. "Oh yes, attractive
and interesting." she replies. They tell each other to take
care and as Hayley leaves, Roy gives the thumbs up. Perfect, absolutely
perfect.
And that's it for this week.
Glenda
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