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Wednesday 20 June 2012

Coronation Street Weekly Update - July 16 1996

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Alf still wants to press ahead with the name change of Coronation Street to "Alfred Roberts Place". Audrey, who as we know, can keep a secret as well as a sieve can hold vodka, tells Rita about Alf's plan "Tho' why he wants a dingy little back street named after him, I'll never know". Rita tells Jack Duckworth and before you know it, everyone on the Street knows. Audrey then tells Rita it's top secret and she shouldn't tell anyone about Alf's news (too late!). Audrey and Alf are organising a drinks party at their house, where the great name change is to be revealed to a (supposedly) surprised gathering of friends and relatives.

Tony's father decides that Don's business proposition isn't worth investing in. When Tony tells Don this, Don is devastated and Tony ends up resigning from his job. Don then goes to visit his bank, to ask for more capital to inject into the garage. He isn't too honest with the bank at first, and doesn't tell them that Josie has pulled out of the partnership. When the truth comes out, the bank won't lend Don any more money. In fact, they decide to pull in the £6,000 that Don already owes them, saying that Don is trading illegally if he is still trading knowing that the business isn't viable. Kevin tells Sally he has decided finally to go into partnership with Don, but waits until Don comes back from his meeting at the bank before giving him the good news. However, Kevin soon changes his mind when Don tells him what's happening, that he could go bankrupt. Upset and angry, Kevin and Don argue and Kevin threatens to resign but Don calms down and Kevin stays (but for how long?).

Could Kevin become a house-husband? Well, that certainly could be the case now that Sally has got herself a proper job at Baldwin's factory! Mike takes her on as a machinist after she asks him for a job and she loves it, she entertains the other girls there with tales of her children and wants to go for a drink with Ida and Trisha after work, but Kevin puts his foot down and says she can't go. Kevin is worried for his future, his place in society as chief breadwinner looks like crumbling from beneath him.

Who needs enemies when you've got friends like Maxine? No sooner than you can you say "short back and sides", Maxine and Tony are wrapped around each other playing tonsil hockey. A night out is arranged at the Hour Glass pub where Liz works. Curly, Andy, Maxine, Anne and Tony all go out together and the evening ends up with Maxine, yes MAXINE, and Tony, yes TONY, snogging in the corner. Maxine asks Fiona if she's missing Tony and when Fiona admits she is, Maxine goes to see Tony again to say that there is a chance that Tony could make things up with Fiona if he wanted to. But, it's not Fiona he wants now (as he starts eating away at Maxine's lips again).

Fiona goes to visit Steve in prison one more time, and tells him that she won't be going to see him again, this is the last time she'll visit him. Steve rings Fiona in the salon and begs her to reconsider but Fiona has made her mind up. While this phone call is taking place there's an excellent comic scene going on in the background between Roy Cropper and Maxine. Roy is extolling the virtues of petroleum jelly and admits he used to make his own "but petrol isn't cheap these days and Coconuts aren't two a penny".

Alec is thinking of starting up another theatrical agency, and wonders where he can showcase all this new talent he's going to round up off the streets of Weatherfield. In the Rovers, he chats to Anne (Andy's girlfriend) and she tells him to move with the times, to use pubs as his entertainment venues. "What sort of pubs?" he asks her "Pubs like this one" she replies. Oh dear, I fear we'll be seeing "Whistling Cliff Leadbetter and his juggling ponies" entertaining the old folk in the Rovers' snug before long.

Kelly tells Ken she will stay on to look after Danny on a day care basis, and also take in Sally's children during the day time. Everyone seems fine with this arrangement until Sally's first day at work comes around. She's 10 minutes late in picking up her children and Kelly is throwing a wobbler as she wanted to dash off and meet someone (probably Ashley).

Judy and Gary Mallett are having a catalogue of disasters in their house. Judy wants to order all sorts of useless household appliances from her mum's catalogue and Gary is very much against her reckless spending. The only thing he knows about catalogues is "I learned all I needed to know about women from looking at the underwear section of me mam's catalogue". So, when a DIY conservatory arrives in a van, he's really annoyed with Judy. However,it's not Judy that's ordered the conservatory, it's her mother, who actually won the conservatory in a competition and gave it to her daughter and son in law. What *are* they going to do with it?

Major Spoiler Alert Ahead.....

I have heard this from a friend of a friend of a man who heard it in the pub, so it could be inaccurate! Trisha will find out she is pregnant with Terry Duckworth's child!!

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