I've just heard on national radio this morning that The Street
is to have an update itself, with a fish and chip shop and a butcher's
shop included, hot favourites to work in the fish and chip shop
are Vera and Trisha with amorous Fred Elliot to work in the butcher's
shop. One of the shops will have a flat above it too. It has been
a quiet week otherwise on CS, not too much happening really.
Reg decides that to stay with Firmans he has to present a younger
image and so spends £300 on a wig, (very unrealistic looking!),
Curly makes fun of him while he's wearing it at work, and the
shop girls at Firmans all giggle at him too. He won't wear it
in front of Maureen though as he is too embarassed.
Alf tells Audrey the reason that things are strained between himself
and Martin, and Audrey confides in Gail that she must start looking
after Martin better than she has been doing.
Steve McDonald and his girlfriend move into the flat above Jim's
cafe and Steve promises to turn over a new leaf financially. However,
he goes the the horse races and wins £800... unfortunately
for him both Shaun and Des are there too and Shaun takes the £800
off Steve immediately to pay off some of his debt with Shaun.
Rodney the relief manager in the Rovers is a big hit with everyone
really, he gets on well with the staff and regulars and tells
Jack that all he has ever wanted in life is a pub like the Rovers.
Rodney does some of Jack's cellar work for him and Jack is afraid
that Rodney will find out that in fact Jack doesn't do much at
all in the cellar, and usually ends up going to sleep down there,
but Rodney doesn't let on.
Curly takes Trisha out for an evening, and they go to the pictures,
they seem to be getting on quite well together.
Josie stays at Don's house all day for her dinner and tea and
she asks Don if she can stay for breakfast ;-) but Don gets a
bit upset with her and tells her he can only take the relationship
slowly, one day at a time.
So, as you can see not too much happening really. Ken and Denise
haven't been in the show for a long time now. Mavis has a slight
crush on Shaun when he comes into the Kabin for something, and
the actress who plays Sally Webster is still in the show but because
of her pregnancy which they are trying to disguise... she is only
in shots with her behind a counter at the corner shop or with
one of her children in front of her.
Quite an exciting week on the Street this week.
Martin takes Gail out for a romantic meal while Alf and Audrey
babysit for them. When they arrive back home, Martin confesses
to Gail that he has been unfaithful, and that he actually slept
with the nurse on Christmas Day. Gail is devastated and stops
speaking to Martin, ignoring him around the house. Audrey calls
around to see Gail the next day and spills the beans to Gail,
telling her that both her and Alf already knew of Martin's infidelity
as Alf had seen him kissing the nurse at the hospital on Christmas
Day. This upsets Gail even more and when she asks Audrey why she
hadn't told Gail about this, Audrey said that she and Alf had
both been waiting for Martin to tell her first. Gail realises
that Martin has only told her now because he was afraid that she
would hear it from Alf or Audrey first.
Alma receives a letter from her ex husband's solicitors telling
her that Jim had died 2 months ago, and she finds out that Jim
has left her £2,000 in his will. She decides to spend the
money on a used sports car, a convertible MG, much to Mike's dismay
who can't understand why she wanted another car when they have
1 each already, but of course she wanted something of her own.
The shot of her driving it down the street with Phyllis in the
passenger seat is priceless!
Steve MacDonald continues to have pressure put on him about his
financial situation, this time from another bookmaker who he owes
money to. Steve approaches Shaun and asks him for the money back
that Shaun took from him at the race course when he won £800.
He tells Shaun that it could be seen as theft, and Shaun wonders
whether Steve will go ahead with any kind of court case about
it, because legally Steve does have a point. Steve and Mike Baldwin
are back in business together, printing t-shirts for a local nightclub.
Steve takes Fiona out for a meal and at the end of the evening
asks for the bill, and gives the waiter his car keys and asks
for his car to be brought round to the front of the restaurant
for him. The waiter returns with his credit card, telling him
that payment has been refused and he can't have his car keys back
until he pays the bill!
Don and Josie appear to have split up because Josie was wanting
too much out of the relationship.
Trisha's son Jamie gets on well with Jack Duckworth and Jack lets
him look after the pigeons with him.
Rodney in the Rovers(!) decides to liven the place up a bit, Jack
is wary of Rodney's plans but Rodney tells him he has a great
idea to bring more custom into the pub. We'll have to wait until
next week to see what he has up his sleeve!
Martin and Gail continue to have problems at home. Martin wants
Gail to forget about what happened and to put it behind her, but
she can't. Alma goes around to see Gail and Gail confides to her
that she can't trust Martin anymore no matter how hard she tries
and wants to. Gail stays away from the cafe for a few days and
is very miserable for a while, hardly speaking to Martin at home.
Then, she goes out for a long walk on her own to think about things,
comes home feeling quite serene and peaceful and is very nice
to the children but completely ignores Martin. I think she will
probably throw him out.
Mike wants to check out Alma's car to make sure it hasn't been
stolen, so he rings a company who can check out these details
when you give them the registration number over the telephone.
Alma's car comes back clean of course but she is so incensed that
he challenged her judgement that she rings in the registration
number of the Merc. and it comes back as being the registration
number of a different car altogether, so it must be stolen!
Steve McDonald goes to the police about Shaun stealing his money
from him, the police question Shaun who says that Steve handed
over the money of his own free will. The police also question
Des who lies for Shaun and tells the police that he didn't see
anything at all.
Rodney decides to hold a karaoke night in the Rovers, although
the regulars don't agree to it and say it will be a flop. However,
it's a success! and very, very funny too. Reg Holdsworth gets
up to sing Great Balls of Fire. Denise (Ken babysits), Fiona and
John sing something too and while Reg is singing.... in walks
Bet and Vicky back from their cruise. Bet demands to know what's
going on, she can't believe her eyes and tells Rodney that he's
only done this to prove to the brewery that he can run the pub
better than she can, and bring in more money. He tells her he
hasn't done it for the brewery and that they don't even know about
it, he did it for her opinion and wants to know what she thinks
about it. So, Bet takes the mike too and sings 'What do you want
to make those eyes at me for', its a classic Coronation Street
episode!!
Wow, what a week!
Well folks, Deidre is back! The reason is that Tracey is admitted
to the same hospital that Martin works at, with a suspected drug
overdose or a bad Ecstasy tablet instead her. Ken is at her bedside
when she is in a coma and in walks Deidre. They both spend time
together at Tracey's bedside although they don't know if she will
pull through yet.
Rodney in the Rovers brings Bet a bunch of daffodils and wants
to be friends with her, but Bet isn't so keen on this idea and
when Rodney comes into the Rovers and tells her to buy a drink
for herself on him, she simply puts the money into the tip glass
for the staff.
Martin and Gail are having a strained time at the moment. Audrey
persuades Martin to let her and Alf have the children while they
work things out between themselves. Martin brings the children
home to see Gail for Mothers Day (which was March 26th here in
the UK) and Gail tells Martin that her children have always been
enough for her, and she has never needed to look outside the family
for any more love. Neither Gail or Martin want to move out of
the house but they won't give in to each other.
Tricia and Shaun have both been doing a bit of harmless flirting
with each other lately and when Racquel finds out, she tells Curly
that Tricia is being unfaithful to him. Curly tells Tricia he
doesn't want any more to do with her. This also comes about because
Curly sees little Jamie and he tells Curly that his mother has
other boyfriends as well as Curly (just pulling his leg I think
but Curly believes him).
Steve MacDonald is still deep in debt with almost everyone.
Don confides in Josie about Denise, and tells her everything,
all about the telephone calls, following her and harassing her
etc. Josie doesn't know how to react to this.
Vicky has decided not to invest in the stables after all and tells
Bet she wants to give some of it to charity, Bet obviously doesn't
want her to do this so she asks Vicky to think seriously before
doing anything. I just hope she doesn't end up giving any of it
to Steve McDonald.
Denise and John go to a nightclub together and Ken babysits. This
comes after the night that Denise was in the Rovers singing on
the karaoke machine, and so Ken babysits twice in a row. He has
a go at Denise about only being involved in the baby's life when
it suits her. He is babysitting the night that he has to go to
the hospital when he hears about Tracey and has to take the baby
with him.