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Another strong week on the Street this week that saw me warming
to Toyah Battersby, her tough nut exterior cracked open just a
little when she told Spider she loved him. She found out it was
his birthday and gave him one of those huge cardboard cards but
all Spider did was lament about how the only people who profited
from birthdays were the capitalist card manufacturers. "It's
okay" replied Toyah "I didn't buy it, I nicked it!.
Spider and Toyah join forces against the council's plan to build
a concert bowl on the red rec, along with Roy and some of the
others in the Street. They hold a protest meeting in the Rovers
which turns into a shouting match, led by Janice Battersby, of
course. Roy laments the destruction of the hoary ground wort on
the red rec, and Toyah paints a sign, bless her, that reads "Save
whorey". Spider laughs at her spelling error and she gets
a little upset about it "It's not my fault I'm thick, it's
the government's!". They both decide they'll handcuff themselves
to the trees in the red rec when the revolution comes, and have
a rehearsal in Emily's house, handcuffing each other to the stair
banisters. When Spider asks Toyah for the key so he can unlock
the cuffs, she admits she left it on the sideboard so they both
miss out on the protest meeting at the council and have to stay
locked together until Aunty Em comes home, hours later. I really
enjoy Spider, he's a scream, very likeable (and real) and has
quickly become my favourite character on the Street.
Well! What can I say! Deirdre finally found out about Jon!
Sitting in the Rovers on New Years Eve, she tells Liz she's going
to surprise Jon at Try-n-Sly. Armed with a bottle of cheap fizzy
stuff she strolls in to ask the assistant where Jon is, and she
finds out that Jon is at home with his wife and kids. Surely not?
She gets Jon's address from the assistant and, complete with bulging
neck muscles, storms to the house. Jon's wife answers and Deirdre
tells his wife, kind of cryptically I thought, that she is the
"mystery woman". "What was all that about?"
asks his wife after Deirdre leaves, "I really don't know"
says Jon. (Actually, it's all more of a let down than a show down).
Anyway, Jon comes to see Deirdre a few days later and tells her
that his wife is psychotic and that he can't leave her because
she's threatened to kill their children if he leaves her, but
this time he will start divorce proceedings and promises to be
true to Deirdre. Far too late, Deirdre realises what a fool she's
been and orders Jon to leave immediately. She goes to see Jon's
wife later and tells her what Jon had told her about his wife,
but the wifey doesn't want to believe Deirdre, after Jon told
her that Deirdre was a maniac who had been stalking him. She tells
Liz she'll withdraw £500 each day from his credit card until
her £5,000 has been repaid and that she'll leave the house
for Jon to continue paying the mortgage, and move into a little
flat on her own again. Sounds straightforward but I don't think
it will be that simple - especially now I've heard that Deirdre
gets thrown in jail soon on charges of fraud!
Looks like Liz McDonald is set to have an affair with Mike
Baldwin! Mike takes Liz on as a machinist in Underworld, and the
girls, especially Janice Battersby, are not best pleased, wondering
why Mike would take on someone without any experience but who
does wear tiny skirts and tight tops. When Alma finds out that
Mike has taken Liz on, she wonders what is going on too, and Mike
tells her that he has taken on someone tarty like Liz to fit in
with his expansion plans for Underworld. (Yeah, well, that's one
word for it!).
Sally isn't happy that Natalie keeps hanging around Kevin at
the garage, on the pretence of "doing the books". She
feels she can't trust Kevin and wonders if their relationship
will ever be the same as it was before his affair with the hoary
ground wort.
Nick tells Leanne he is going to visit some Canadian friends
in Scotland for a few days and when Leanne tells him how much
she'll miss him, he asks her to go along on the trip with him.
As the Battersby's sit around and argue in front of the TV, Leanne
sneaks out of the house, leaving a note in the fridge for her
parents. The two of them book into a bed and breakfast in Scotland,
wondering how much fun it would be to get married while they're
in Scotland, and so decide to get married the next day. Oh dear,
I don't think Gail will be best pleased somehow.
Zoe is still staying with Ashley and the two of them hug and
kiss. She tells baby Shannon (aka Katie) "I bet you think
he's your dad don't you? Well, I wish he were".
Glenda :-)
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