Curly and Racquel are still not on speaking terms. Racquel learns
about the fight Curly and Des had and goes to see Curly at work,
in Soopascoopa and they have an argument, Curly tells Racquel
he doesn't want to see her again. After she leaves the shop, Curly
goes berserk and tips over some of the produce, Emily and Percy
are in the shop at the time and they see all of this. Needless
to say, Curly gets sacked. When Reg hears about this, he takes
Curly by the neck (almost!) and arranges an interview for him
with the company Reg works for, although he doesn't tell Curly
what the job is for. Only when Curly accepts the job does he find
out that the 'management' position is in fact .... - Reg's assistant!
So, Curly and Reg are back working together again.
Des Barnes hasn't been sacked from the bookies, in fact he and
his boss are quite good friends now. The boss tells Des that his
divorce has just come through and they go to the Rovers to 'celebrate'
this, with the boss (I can't remember his name) eyeing up Liz
in the bar and telling her she's a good looking woman and so on.
Denise and Ken seem to be getting on ok with baby Danny, Denise
purchases a pushchair. Ken is keen to get his hands on some of
the furniture that rightfully belongs to him and which is now
in Deidre's old house, owned by Baldwin. Ken writes Baldwin a
letter putting his case clearly stating that he owns the furniture,
Deidre said he could take it and so on, but when Mike receives
the letter he just laughs at Ken and tells him there's no chance
of getting the furniture.
Derek is still on his health kick, he meets up with Norris trying
to sell him some stationery but Norris ends up selling Derek a
hugely expensive piece of gym equipment, much to Mavis' annoyance.
Vicky has her 18th birthday and comes into some money, (about
240,000 pounds) and takes Bet out for dinner. Bet tells her not
to let the money change her at all and to be careful of wolves
after her money. Of course, Steve MacDonald eyes are lighting
up every time he sees her now, he knows of the money of course.
Another eventful week here. You may also have heard that real
life actress Barbara Knox who plays Rita is to leave her husband,
it's in the tabloids here.
Ken finds out that Emily still holds a key to Deidre's old house...!
Emily appears to be regressing into a bad state of mental health
and is being particularly snappy with people after Mike Baldwin
has an argument with her when she was about to offer him the key
to Deidre's house back. So, she's feeling rather used by Mike
(after working for him for all those years etc...) so she gives
Ken the key. Ken enlists the help of Martin and Kevin to help
him 'remove' the furniture he wants from the house. Kevin decides
its more than his job is worth to help Ken in case Mike finds
out he was in on this, so chickens out. Ken moves the furniture
into his flat. When Mike finds out about this he calls the police
to report a burglary, knowing full well that Ken has taken the
stuff. The police constable comes around, he happens to be an
ex-pupil of Ken's and they get on well, the policeman tries to
talk Mike out of pressing charges but Ken gets taken in for questioning
and in the end is let off. However, later in the Rovers Mike embarasses
Ken in front of everyone calling him a thief and the father of
an illegitimate child etc., Ken goes to hit Mike but Bet stands
in between them both to stop the fight, Mike tells Ken it's not
over and he could still press civil charges against him for burglary.
Then, Ken goes home to find Tracey waiting for him to remind him
that it's her 18th birthday the next day, ken offer hers 50 pounds
as a present and Tracey acts most ungrateful, saying "Am
I only getting 50 pounds?" and so on, and so she leaves in
a huff after a big argument with Ken. On the whole, not a good
day for poor old Ken!
Don finds himself a new lady friend, he drives her in the taxi
and she finds him in the Rovers later to pay her fare as she doesn't
have enough money at the time and they have a drink together.
Liz MacDonald is now working full time in the betting shop, Des
is against this and is doing his best to make sure Liz isn't settling
in well. The boss (Shaun) fancies Liz though and wants her working
there. When Bet finds out she is working there, she goes to see
her to tell her she will find someone to take her place in the
Rovers.
Do you remember Trish Armstong? This was the girl with the young
boy who was caught shoplifting in Betterbuys and then Curly went
out with her for a while until her husband found out? Well, she
answered Alma's advert to move into the flat above the cafe, Alma
agrees to take her on but then finds out she has a son, so isn't
so keen on having a young boy above the cafe when there is only
one bedroom. She tells Mike who offers to rent out Deidre's old
house to her and her son, she's overjoyed of course but Mike did
promise her a FURNISHED house and of course, Ken has all of the
furniture now!
Gail has been away to see "Ivy in the retreat" for a
few days.
Alf helps out in the corner shop when Maude takes a few days off
and Audrey is starting to feel a bit jealous about Betty being
the mayoress.
Rita and Roger are still going out together, Rita confides to
Mavis that although she likes him enough, he just 'isn't Ted'
and feels there's something lacking between them. Roger and Mavis
start art school again this term and Roger asks Mavis what Rita
really thinks of him so Mavis tells him the truth, I think she
is secretly pleased that nothing serious will happen between Roger
and Rita. Derek is still on his health kick and drinks pints of
water in the Rovers!
Well, Trisha Armstrong doesn't seem to be making too good an impression
on her new neighbours. She has a little boy (aged about 12) and
he is a bit of a tearaway and she doesn't know how to keep control
of him properly. She finds herself locked out of the house she's
renting from Mike Baldwin (Deidre's old house), just as Vera and
Jack Duckworth are passing so Jack breaks the glass in the front
door to open the door for her and lets her in. When the little
boy sees Jack he says to his mum (in front of Vera) "Isn't
that the man that my dad gave a black eye to when he found him
in our house?" and of course it was Jack, when he babysat
the boy when Curly took Trisha on a data a few months back. Mike
Baldwin starts an argument in the Rovers with Trisha over who
is to pay for the broken glass in the door, and the Duckworths
get dragged into this also. Trisha also talks to Bet (not knowing
she is the landlady of the Rovers) and asks her if she can put
a word in for her with the landlady of the Rovers to get her a
part time bar job, although she's been told the landlady is a
right 'slab face'!
Liz Macdonald walks out of her job at the bookies after having
an argument with Steve over his gambling habits. He complains
to Liz that she lives in a slum while he lives in a flat on the
docks and his gambling has paid for all of that and his new lifestyle.
Des asks Liz to come back to work and Steve apologises in the
end.
Mavis is rushed into hospital with concussion after falling off
the 'Mile Muncher' exercise machine of Derek's. Derek is short
of sympathy for Mavis' bump on the head until Martin Pratt tells
Derek he could sue for damages. Derek, realising there could be
something in this pampers Mavis for all he's worth, making out
her injuries are worse than they are.
Alf is invited to a Mayoral lunch where a royal person will be
making an appearance. When Audrey hears about this she decides
she wants to be Mayoress after all, and must see the Royal. However,
Betty has already bought a new outfit but Audrey thinks she can
sway Alf's opinion to take her instead so cooks a nice supper
and cuddles up to him on the sofa, but Alf tells her he's definetely
taking Betty as she is now the 'official' Mayoress.
Rita and Roger continue to be friends, Rita tells Mavis to mind
her own business over their relationship.
Emily and Ken have a long chat, and they both admit they miss
Deidre.
Curly finds out that his new neighbour is Trish Armstrong and
at first believes she has come looking for him, but when he finds
out she has moved into the street he has a resigned drink in the
Rovers.
