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FEBRUARY 18
Corrie lost one of its favourites this week, but
don't worry, it's only temporary and just for a short while. Roy
Cropper flew to t'other side of the world to be with his soul mate,
his best friend, his Hayley. There was only one slight panic on
Roy's To Do list before he left as he fretted over Becky moving into
the flat above the caff while he was away. Becky brought her stuff
into the flat in black bin bags, bringing in her baggage and hanging
up her hang-ups. With Roy now gone from Roy's Rolls for a few weeks,
who'll tend to what he's gone and left behind – ‘s Rolls? Step
forward the educated Mr Barlow who might know a thing or two about
sweet talking the customers but hasn't got a clue when it comes to
customer service. When Becky gives Tina short shrift after she gave
Becky some backchat while drinking blue pop with David, she tells
Ken to think on and use the same technique at home whenever Blanche
gets out of hand. As if he'd ever dare.
Over at the Rovers,
Liz has decided it's time for a revamp and spring clean. Is it too
late to start a campaign to Bring Back the Snug? Oh, apparently so.
Vernon gets right into it, doing drawings and sketches and shares
his vision and ideas for a new look for the pub. He's thinking all
Country and Western but all it's going to get, and those who've seen
the pictures will know, is a fresh lick of paint and a touch up all
round. And most days, I think that's what a lot of us would be happy
with, if we're honest with ourselves. Let's just hope they don't
spoil the character of our favourite fictional pub too much when the
makeover happens. As my lovely bloke once said when I insisted on
putting his denim jacket in the washing machine after years of him
wearing it to go out gigging in: “That's not muck, that's
memories.”
Meanwhile, over at the Duckie's house (note
correct use of apostrophe now that there's only one Duckie left.
Sigh), Jack realised that he'd put a bet on the horses on the very
day Vera died. He decided to check on the bet and it came up trumps
with winnings to the tune of over £3,000 but why isn't he delighted?
Well, it turns out that he's only gone and lost the betting slip
which he legally needs to get his winnings from the bookies. He
pleads with Dan and Harry but they insist on having the slip. The
slip gives them all the slip and the house is turned upside down as
the great hunt for the betting slip takes place, cushions are
overturned, boxes are emptied, letters are opened but nothing is
found. Not until Paul finds the betting slip in one of Vera's
novels. He's ready to come clean and tell Jack the good news but
Tyrone and Molly tell Paul some news of their own first. And when
Paul finds out that he's not wanted in the house once Jack sells it
on to the young ‘uns, he decides to keep the betting slip and he
slips it into his back pocket and gives Jack the slip when he slips
out to the pub for a sip and some supper. And as if poor Jack hasn't
got enough on his plate. This week he's had to make a quick escape
every time he spied Emily and Rita who have made it their mission to
cheer up the newly widowed and take him out for spot of beige
drinking.
Alex and Ryan, brothers in nowt but hair colour,
aren't getting on and who can blame poor Ryan for sulking up in his
room now that doppelganger (I love that word and aim to use it again
before this paragraph has finished) Alex has moved into the Rovers?
Michelle loves her new son better than her old son although she'll
tell anyone who'll listen that she loves them both the same. Despite
the jet black shiny hair, Alex is Michelle's golden boy. Steve knows
enough to tut and make faces every time Michelle takes sides with
Alex over Ryan, but he needs to put his foot down. Next on the list
will be a doppelganger (told you) boyfriend who looks just like
Steve, but somehow quite isn't. The old Steve and old Ryan will sit
upstairs in the Rovers eating jam on dry toast as they watch the
portable telly in the back room, the one without any heating in it
while the new Steve and new Ryan (aka Alex) will dine on fine hot
pot and ale downstairs in the back room in front of a roaring
central heating appliance. Of course, Norris finds out the gossip
about Michelle's real son turning up on the Street and the news
spreads like jam on dry toast all the way to Eileen and back to
Steve at Streetcars who confirms it's all true and does another tut.
Elsewhere, Eyeball Tony the Catalogue Man does a spot of
breaking and entering after nicking the keys to Carla's flat from
her handbag. She thinks there's an intruder and when she finds out
it's ET-the-CM she yells at him to leave. “I am CARLA CONNOR!” she
screams. Well, I was scared. But Eyeball Tony manages to win her
round with his beef dish he'd kept on a low simmer all night. After
slinking into her flat, Carla likened Eyeball Tony to the Milk Tray
Man, remember him? And all because the lady loves… a quick shag with
a nutter.
Over at Underworld, it's been all go in the factory
this week. Not at the machines, you understand, as all the best
dialogue and action happen at tea-break time. Kelly decides she
wants to control her destiny with cosmic ordering. Is that what
Curly did for Racquel that time when he bought her the
star?
And finally this week, Sean has been upsetting Violet
no end. The poor woman gets bigger every time she appears on screen
and although she says she's got another four weeks before the baby
is born, she'll be lucky to get through four episodes the state that
she's in. Hormonal and heavy, she's craving ice-cream and shouting
at Jamie to get Sean out of her life and away from the baby. So when
Sean brings a non-speaking extra called Bob to Violet's flat to do a
spot of cleaning in time for the home birth, she's not best pleased.
as you'd expect. Outside the Rovers, the cast budget stretched a
little further when another extra was given a couple of lines to
say, the likes of which we may never hear again, advising Jamie to
stop having babies once they'd reached number four. He had six of
his own and wouldn't recommend it. Anyway, on with the show, and
Violet and Jamie decide to run away somewhere where Sean can't find
them or come looking for them. Mind you, the state Violet's in,
she'll not be running anywhere and a slow waddle from Weatherfield
may be in order.
Coronation Street writers this week were
Stephen Bennett, Catherine Hayes, Peter Whalley, David Lane and
Simon Crowther.
And that's just about that for this
week.
Glenda -- Blogging away merrily at http://flamingnora.blogspot.com/
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