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Mike isn't best pleased at the attention his bird Linda is
receiving from new boss Wheeler. When he finds out that Wheeler
is calling to pick up Linda in his motor to take her into work,
he tells Linda he doesn't want her working there any longer and
tells her she's working back at the factory. Linda seems quite
happy about this arrangement, strangely Ken has a word with her
in the Rovers and she gets that sly grin on her face when she
says: "I won't be making any more problems for Mrs. Rashid".
Yeah , right, and I'm Ethel Merman.
Is it Spider? Or is it me? I mean, what's going on? Why have
I fallen out of lust with the eco-warrier these days? He's just
a pale imitation of the enigmatic crusty he used to be when he
first turned up on Aunty Em's doorstep. Yes folks, this love affair
with Spider could be on the wane, I'm sorry to say. He just doesn't
really cut it any more, does he? I mean, there he was this week
lounging around in his grundies, displaying a pierced nipple and
all I could think when I saw him was that he needed a good feeding
up. Well anyway, realising he has to take his responsibilities
a bit more seriously these days now he's got Toyah and a bedsit
to care for, he decides to get himself a job. "Principles
don't put bread on the table", Gail tells him. So there's
only one thing for it - he goes for an interview with the establishment
- the Benefits Agency itself. A bit nervous before the interview,
he starts talking to a guy who works there, only to find it's
fellow crusty Ganga Tim. "There's somethi ng I should tell
yer" says Spider, "I'm an anarchist". "So
am I" replies GT. It's a done deal, he gets the job, planning
to make the system work to help claimants with their benefits
rather than becoming one of the establishment himself.
Aunty Em returns from her travels with Maude and realises straight
away what's been going on in her living room. She does a great
impression of Lady Bracknell: "A FIRE?" when Spider
and Toyah eventually come clean about why they had to redecorate.
Emily isn't best pleased though and throws them out after taking
Spider's key from him. However, Maude makes Emily see reason and
warns her about turning people away. So, Em pops into the jobcentre
to see Spider and invites him and Toyah round that evening . She
gives them a cheque for £100 to cover expenses involved
in redecorating but Spider tears the cheque up, he can't accept
it, although Toyah would have snatched it from Aunty Em's hand,
given half a chance.
Rita isn't too happy that Sharon continues to see Ian and calls
her a 'daft schoolgirl'. To call her a 'brainless bimbo with no
guts who needs a life' would have been more appropriate, but never
mind. Things are moving along between Shazza and Ian but Sharon
can't bring herself to tell Rita she's seeing Ian (again) and
she lies (again) saying she's out with Sally - and Rita finds
out the truth - of course. How can you keep any sort of secret
in Coronation Street, for goodness sake? Lots of snogging and
tongues down throats between Sharon and Ian this week. It's almost
enough to put you off your pie and chips.
Maxine is beside herself with worry. Still using the back door
of the house until her new husband returns home, she gets a call
from Ashley to say he's stuck in Iceland after a storm hit the
cargo boat: "He had to batten down the hatches, go below
deck , and he's out of seasickness tablets!" she moans to
her mum. Meanwhile, Doreen has problems of her own when Maxine's
dad Derek turns up to try to woo his wife back home with the promise
of a new bathroom suite (blokes can be SO romantic when they put
their mind to it, can't they?). He also brings a bunch of chrysanths
he's picked up somewhere but sadly, they don't smell good enough
to hide the stench of 25 bad years together, and Doreen isn't
swayed (who would be?). She tells Maxine she'll stay at her house
longer until things are sorted out between her and Derek.
Roy and Hayley - wearing vomit-inducing matching jumpers -
hold the first aid class in the café and there are great
scenes and a lot of innuendo to be had when Roy struggles home
with a blow-up doll under his arm. No, not that sort of blow-up
doll, the sort of doll people in first aid classes use to practise
on. First aider Lester leads the session and Roy isn't at all
happy, in fact he gets quite jealous, that Hayley is better at
this first aid lark than he is. He's so jealous that he even accuses
Hayley of flirting with Lester. Flirting? In that jumper?
It's the anniversary of Natalie's wedding to Des and of course,
she's a wee bit emotional. Betty realises the date and tells the
others to tread carefully around Natalie - Vinny wonders if she'll
remember it's her wedding anniversary anyway: "I used to
forget mine regular" he says. But of course Natalie does
remember and she's upset after spending a bit of time in the old
house surrounded by her memories. Jim finds her crying on the
cobbles, hugs her and takes her for a drink in the Flying Horse.
Over a chat with Jim, she decides to sell the house and sort out
Des' things once and for all. It's time for her to move on, a
little anyways. When Vinny and Leanne find out that Natalie has
been out drinking with Jim, so she has, they wonder what's goin
g on and if indeed she has given Des any thought, today of all
days
.
Tyrone gets a little visitor in the garage when he feeds his
sandwiches (which Vera made for his lunch) to a thin scraggy dog
that just happened to be walking by.
A good line in the Rovers this week when Vinny cheekily wonders
if Emily is chatting him up when she asks him: "A sherry,
please. Sweet". It's a bit like the time I asked an assistant
in Safeway "Excuse me, where's the Coffeemate?". He
pointed at the Nescafe and laughed: "It's there, pet."
Oh, and look out for the dishy non-speaking-extra bloke in the
Rovers this week - I think it was Sunday night he was in.. not
bad at all.
And that's about that for this week.
Glenda ;-)
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