NEW FOR KINDLE...
Corrie weekly updates from 1995, 17 years in 17 e-books
All the wit and warmth of Weatherfield, none of the waffle
Available from amazon.co.uk or amazon.com
Check out the Coronation Street Blog - it's FAB
Norris decides to take a protective interest in Rita's affairs,
especially the one he thinks she shouldn't be having with a married
man. But she isn't having anything with anyone, married or not,
as she tells Emily in the Rovers, away from the prying eyes and
wagging ears of Mr Cole in the Kabin. Anthony sends Rita a huge
bouquet of flowers by way of apology and Rita decides she's going
to give him the chance to explain himself. And as if by magic,
the shopkeeper appeared. (Bear with me, I've always been a Mr
Benn fan and that line has just been too good to resist. I'll
stop doing it soon, promise). He tells Rita the truth about his
wife. Yes, he's still married. No, he no longer has a relationship
with his wife. And no, they don't even live together any more.
In one of the most intriguing storylines I can recall, and certainly
one that poses a moral dilemma, he tells Rita that his wife Isabel
suffers from an advanced state of Alzheimer's and lives in a nursing
home. The disease affects her so badly that she no longer recognises
her own husband. But does this make his feelings for Rita acceptable?
Rita thinks not at first and confides in Emily that she doesn't
really know what to make of it all. Finally, she agrees to another
night at the theatre, a platonic friendship and nothing more,
with Antony.
Dole-wallah Deirdre gets herself down to the Jobcentre but
there's nothing worth applying for (there never is Deirdre, get
yourself registered with a couple of agencies in London girl,
they'll be falling over themselves to offer you wadges of cash
to temp in offices to sit and surf the net in between the filing
and the typing. Excuse me, I digress, but I'm having a great summer
nonetheless). Just as Deirdre's searching for work, Maya blu-tacks
a sign in the corner shop window saying 'Help wanted, apply inside'.
Mmm... these two events could be connected during next week's
update methinks. Quite naturally, Deirdre's not best pleased with
Ken, blaming him for her losing her job, especially as he manages
to get another woman into work this week. Sort of. He accompanies
Toyah to the radio station where she was on work placement before
getting sacked last week, and she manages to talk to the organ
grinder instead of the monkey, who tells her how much he liked
the interview she did with Ken and is looking forward to hearing
more of her work. But anyway, back to Ken and Deirdre. The pair
of them have a chat and Ken admits he was never happy about her
working for the one person he despises. It's quite a touching
scene, made better for the fact that they're arguing like billy-oh
while Blanche is in the house. Blanche goes out, Ken and Deirdre
make up and when the old dragon returns, all is sweetness and
light and she's very confused.
The big storyline of the week has been Jez's court case - close
your eyes now if you don't know what happens. He gets acquitted.
He goes free. The jury says he's an innocent man. Right, you can
open them again now. While the circumstantial and forensic evidence
can't be doubted, the case isn't strong enough to convict Jez
of murder. Everyone's in shock - Natalie and Steve more than anyone
of course. Natalie's determined to see justice done and Steve's
plain scared that he'll be next on Jez's hit list. When Jez turns
up in the Rovers with a couple of henchmen at his side, Natalie
tells him to get out, as you'd expect. And as you'd also expect,
from Jez, he lets her know he isn't scared of her, or Jim McDonald
who tries to put the frighteners on him. Jim's a bit worried for
Steve's sake, so he takes the lad a sledgehammer, just in case,
to keep beside him in the cab office. And then Jezzy boy pays
Steve a visit there, but the sledgehammer's out of reach when
it's needed. Jez tells Steve he wants his eight grand back, he
tells him he'll be around, he tells him he was the one who murdered
Tony Horrocks. And then before he walks out, he makes that creepy
'zzst' noise between his teeth, grips and twists Steve's nose
between his fingers. (I do that to my brother sometimes, grip
and twist his nose then hold my thumb up going: "I've got
your nose, I've got your nose". He gives me one of his looks
and goes: "Glenda, stop it. You're almost 36 years old. It's
not funny any more". Oh yes, it is, it is.)
There's a surprise visitor at the B&B when Geoff Horton
turns up with little Tommy. Doreen's done a runner with her fancy
man, a younger bloke she's been having an affair with, so Vera's
only too happy to look after Tommy temporarily until things are
sorted out in Blackpool. When Doreen turns up asking to take Tommy
away with her, Vera gives her short shrift, assisted by Jack,
who throws the woman out. Tommy's staying with his gran and grandad
Duckworth, for now, anyway.
Fred invites Ashley and Maxine to dinner at the golf club and
against Maxine's wishes, the pair of them go there for the evening.
Fred has an ulterior motive for the dinner; he wants Ashley to
join the golf club as a member and even lines up Mike Baldwin
to second his membership. But despite hobnobbing with Weatherfield's
finest - footballers, models and the likes of 'Fishfinger' Fawcett
and his missus, Ashley quite simply doesn't want to play golf.
Maxine can't afford to let this social climbing opportunity pass
by, so she offers to join as a lady golfer instead.
And elsewhere on the Street; Dennis offers Jim 20% percentage
on all takings if he rents out space in the garage to him to fix
motorcycles. Les and Dennnis hatch a scam to cash in on returning
supermarket trolleys to Freshco and that's just about it for this
week.
Glenda ;-)
Follow the Coronation Street Blog on Twitter and Facebook
No comments:
Post a Comment