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Sep 1, 2008
Greetings and welcome to another weekly update. I hope you’re all curled up on the sofa with your tea and Gypsy Creams, nodding your head and tapping your toes to Vernon’s new song. I know what I’ll be singing next time on karaoke. And so, without any further ado, here we go with this week’s Coronation Street update.
If you’d like your weekly update with pictures, fan stuff and fun stuff - and the words to Vernon’s new song - then have a look here: http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com
Vernon goes all out to get Liz back. He takes time away from work in the caff to write special lyrics for Liz. One song’s called “Ice and a Slice (Of my Heart)”. He’s big on brackets, is Vernon. But the one that does it for Liz and he sings to her in full in the back room of the pub was called “(Don’t Fall Into) The Mason’s Arms”. It were wonderful, it really was. But it almost cost him his job in Roy’s Rolls when Roy took Ken back on as he needed the extra help and Ken’s got nowt else to do.
Meanwhile, over at Dev’s flat, Smita Smitten, Showbiz Kitten (aka Nina) gets her claws in and carries Dev off for a dirty weekend. It must have been really filthy as she spent most of the weekend having a passion fruit spa bath. Passion fruit, dear? With all those pips? For fans of Devendra, a dirty weekend in a hotel meant there were lots of scenes of him rolling around on the duvet in a towelling gown with his legs spread at an inappropriate angle for a man of his age while Nina prowled the bedroom and played with his balls. His golf balls, dear, his golf balls. Well I don’t know… can *you* explain why Dev was playing golf in the bedroom? The way she sunk her nails into the balls made my eyes water but at least Dev scored a hole in one. I just wish it’d been an Arnold Palmer bedroom. He could have got the ball through the hole in the windmill, made Nina’s lights flash, sails spin and receive a token for another free try. However, Dev’s not happy when he realises that he’s the latest in a long line of men that Nina takes to the hotel for sexy weekends. And when Dev’s feeling insecure, he fiddles with his wedding ring, which was a nice little touch. He wants to cool things with Nina but hasn’t the nerve and when he tries, she warns him that if he dumps her, she will tell Prem to cut him out of his Manchester Asian Business Network. “I’m urging you, as your goddess, to have a rethink,” Nina purrs into Dev’s ear. That was such a good line, I’m planning to use it myself this week, possibly in the supermarket when we do the weekly shop on Thursday and my lovely man picks up the wrong flavour Gypsy Creams.
Someone who could do with the comfort that only a packet of Gypsy Creams can bring is Sean because Marcus has gone off with a fella. Or at least that’s what Sean thinks. And indeed, it’s what Todd told Eileen when he rang up from that London place to say he’d seen Marcus in a nightclub with a man. Marcus is supposed to be in London to do botox, not boozing or boys, and when Sean finds out that the man Marcus was with was Noel, his ex, he’s all needy and pleady. That is, until Marcus rings and admits he’s with Noel in that London place again and Sean hangs up his phone and cuts Marcus off in his prime. There’ll be no more consensual texts between the two of them.
However, over the road there’s more romance going on that you can shake a stick at. David and Tina get back together and are all loved up but only after he uses and abuses Amber’s crush on him to make Tina jealous. Poor Amber. She was dolled up to the nines like a right bobby dazzler, ready for snogging on the sofa with her paramour du jour. When she realises she’s been stitched up, she’s in bits and Molly comforts her by the counter in the corner shop. But wait, there’s more. As Tina and David snuggle up again, Tina’s dad and David’s mum get in a tangle too. It’s still at the white wine stage, we haven’t progressed much from last week I’m afraid but there’s been kissing and giggling going on in that Platt house. Gail decides to cool things with Joe when she sees how happy David is with Tina and she can’t put him through having another fella come into their lives to disrupt things again. Joe leaves for a business trip to Berwick and tells Gail to think on. Father Ted accosts Gail after he spots her with Joe. He leads her to the Rovers, encouraging her to spill all her secrets over a pint in the pub. “Drink! Feck! Girls!” he never said, but next time he’s on screen, watch closely, he just might.
Elsewhere, the big story this week was Jerry falling and hitting his head. Now then, the last time someone fell and hit their head in that living room was Charlie Stubbs doing himself an injury after he’d been given a good thwonking over th’ead by Tracy Barlow. It has history, that living room, history. So Jerry’s brain starts bleeding, he has to have his head drilled and he survives, Theresa confesses, Jerry throws her out of th’ospital room and she asks him not to tell the kids she’s been trying to kill him. It’s a shame Jerry Morton’s leaving. He’s kind of growing on me now although he’ll always be Sinbad.
At Underworld, Julie’s covering for Sally while she’s on her jollies with the Webster clan. She fits in well does Julie, but I want to know what she’s doing working in the factory. Didn’t she have a job as a customer services operative slash personal communicator or something?
And that’s just about that for this week.
Glenda
Five things we learned in Corrie this week.
1. Vernon can sing better than he can write lyrics
2. Ken likes buttered Pikelets
3. Fallow is not a word that’s included often enough in songs
4. Cushions made from material costing £66 per square metre should always be plumped
5. Roy Cropper just keeps on getting more cute
Coronation Street writers this week were Julie Jones, Debbie Oates, Carmel Morgan and Lucy Gannon. A full female writing week.
Glenda
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Greetings and welcome to another weekly update. I hope you’re all curled up on the sofa with your tea and Gypsy Creams, nodding your head and tapping your toes to Vernon’s new song. I know what I’ll be singing next time on karaoke. And so, without any further ado, here we go with this week’s Coronation Street update.
If you’d like your weekly update with pictures, fan stuff and fun stuff - and the words to Vernon’s new song - then have a look here: http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com
Vernon goes all out to get Liz back. He takes time away from work in the caff to write special lyrics for Liz. One song’s called “Ice and a Slice (Of my Heart)”. He’s big on brackets, is Vernon. But the one that does it for Liz and he sings to her in full in the back room of the pub was called “(Don’t Fall Into) The Mason’s Arms”. It were wonderful, it really was. But it almost cost him his job in Roy’s Rolls when Roy took Ken back on as he needed the extra help and Ken’s got nowt else to do.
Meanwhile, over at Dev’s flat, Smita Smitten, Showbiz Kitten (aka Nina) gets her claws in and carries Dev off for a dirty weekend. It must have been really filthy as she spent most of the weekend having a passion fruit spa bath. Passion fruit, dear? With all those pips? For fans of Devendra, a dirty weekend in a hotel meant there were lots of scenes of him rolling around on the duvet in a towelling gown with his legs spread at an inappropriate angle for a man of his age while Nina prowled the bedroom and played with his balls. His golf balls, dear, his golf balls. Well I don’t know… can *you* explain why Dev was playing golf in the bedroom? The way she sunk her nails into the balls made my eyes water but at least Dev scored a hole in one. I just wish it’d been an Arnold Palmer bedroom. He could have got the ball through the hole in the windmill, made Nina’s lights flash, sails spin and receive a token for another free try. However, Dev’s not happy when he realises that he’s the latest in a long line of men that Nina takes to the hotel for sexy weekends. And when Dev’s feeling insecure, he fiddles with his wedding ring, which was a nice little touch. He wants to cool things with Nina but hasn’t the nerve and when he tries, she warns him that if he dumps her, she will tell Prem to cut him out of his Manchester Asian Business Network. “I’m urging you, as your goddess, to have a rethink,” Nina purrs into Dev’s ear. That was such a good line, I’m planning to use it myself this week, possibly in the supermarket when we do the weekly shop on Thursday and my lovely man picks up the wrong flavour Gypsy Creams.
Someone who could do with the comfort that only a packet of Gypsy Creams can bring is Sean because Marcus has gone off with a fella. Or at least that’s what Sean thinks. And indeed, it’s what Todd told Eileen when he rang up from that London place to say he’d seen Marcus in a nightclub with a man. Marcus is supposed to be in London to do botox, not boozing or boys, and when Sean finds out that the man Marcus was with was Noel, his ex, he’s all needy and pleady. That is, until Marcus rings and admits he’s with Noel in that London place again and Sean hangs up his phone and cuts Marcus off in his prime. There’ll be no more consensual texts between the two of them.
However, over the road there’s more romance going on that you can shake a stick at. David and Tina get back together and are all loved up but only after he uses and abuses Amber’s crush on him to make Tina jealous. Poor Amber. She was dolled up to the nines like a right bobby dazzler, ready for snogging on the sofa with her paramour du jour. When she realises she’s been stitched up, she’s in bits and Molly comforts her by the counter in the corner shop. But wait, there’s more. As Tina and David snuggle up again, Tina’s dad and David’s mum get in a tangle too. It’s still at the white wine stage, we haven’t progressed much from last week I’m afraid but there’s been kissing and giggling going on in that Platt house. Gail decides to cool things with Joe when she sees how happy David is with Tina and she can’t put him through having another fella come into their lives to disrupt things again. Joe leaves for a business trip to Berwick and tells Gail to think on. Father Ted accosts Gail after he spots her with Joe. He leads her to the Rovers, encouraging her to spill all her secrets over a pint in the pub. “Drink! Feck! Girls!” he never said, but next time he’s on screen, watch closely, he just might.
Elsewhere, the big story this week was Jerry falling and hitting his head. Now then, the last time someone fell and hit their head in that living room was Charlie Stubbs doing himself an injury after he’d been given a good thwonking over th’ead by Tracy Barlow. It has history, that living room, history. So Jerry’s brain starts bleeding, he has to have his head drilled and he survives, Theresa confesses, Jerry throws her out of th’ospital room and she asks him not to tell the kids she’s been trying to kill him. It’s a shame Jerry Morton’s leaving. He’s kind of growing on me now although he’ll always be Sinbad.
At Underworld, Julie’s covering for Sally while she’s on her jollies with the Webster clan. She fits in well does Julie, but I want to know what she’s doing working in the factory. Didn’t she have a job as a customer services operative slash personal communicator or something?
And that’s just about that for this week.
Glenda
Five things we learned in Corrie this week.
1. Vernon can sing better than he can write lyrics
2. Ken likes buttered Pikelets
3. Fallow is not a word that’s included often enough in songs
4. Cushions made from material costing £66 per square metre should always be plumped
5. Roy Cropper just keeps on getting more cute
Coronation Street writers this week were Julie Jones, Debbie Oates, Carmel Morgan and Lucy Gannon. A full female writing week.
Glenda
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Sep 8, 2008
Hello folks, before I start this week I’ve got news to share. Dedicated Corrie fans will be aware of a Coronation Street novel which covers events on the cobbles from 1960 to 2003. That book was written by Katherine Hardy. Well, the book has just been updated to include storylines from 2003 to the present day and is in the shops now. You might remember I took a break from writing weekly updates this summer as I was engaged on projects elsewhere. I can now reveal that I was asked to update Katherine Hardy’s novel and if you buy the book you’ll see my name in print on one of the inside pages (if you squint hard enough and use a magnifying glass). The book’s called Coronation Street: The Complete Saga and is available in bookshops, from the publisher’s website at Carlton Books and of course Amazon and the usual discount websites. If anyone buys it, I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing the last five years worth of top Corrie stories.
More news before I start is that I’m going on my summer jollies this week. While I’m away John Dean and Richard Whitbread will be here making a nuisance of themselves for your reading pleasure. My huge thanks go to them both.
To read the Coronation Street update with fan stuff and fun stuff, have a look here: http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com
As Emily knits legwarmers for the church pilates class, Norris rifles through her drawers and finds racy photos of Rita. What’s to do? Was Ernest taking saucy snaps of Rita all those years ago? And if so, why has Emily kept them in an envelope marked “Not to be opened until after my death”? He tells Rita what he’s found because Norris can never keep owt to himself and Rita wants to tell Emily but she can’t bring herself to talk about it for fear of upsetting her friend. Rita and Norris have a big falling out in the Kabin and Norris throbs with guilt. The three of them have a pow wow at Emily’s over the tea-pot as she demands to know what’s going on but Rita’s still unable to tell her what Norris has found.
Over in Roy’s Rolls there’s a couple of bad ‘uns in the caff. You know they’re bad ‘uns ‘cos one of them’s got a beard and both are unshaven. They’re two nasty fellas and Vernon brandishes an iced finger at them, from behind the safety of the serving counter, of course. When Roy asks them to go, they leave a mobile phone behind. Roy picks up the phone and tries to get a signal outside on the Street so he can find out whose phone it is, do the right thing and return it. But as he waves the phone around, there’s a couple of cops in a car taking photos of Roy, assuming him to be a friend of the bad ‘uns they were keeping an eye on. What? No Scouse cop? Anyway, all this rigmarole is a set up for Roy and Ken to get arrested as suspected drug dealers. Roy’s bag is taken in as evidence and Ken’s quizzed too. “I bet you keep your pitbull terrier at home,” the cops tell Ken, which was a cruel way to refer to Deirdre, I thought. But guess who comes to Roy and Ken’s aid? Who gets them out of clink? Becky Grainger, no less. Who needs Wonder Woman when we’ve got Barmcake Becky? Roy’s upset when the cops give him his anorak and shopping bag back, both are torn and he dumps his famous bag in a bin. Not the bag! Not the bag! And Becky only goes and buys him a replacement. This was such a sweet moment. Roy was touched, I was choked and Becky gets her job back in Roy’s Rolls.
In the corner shop, Amber does up Dev’s cufflinks as he prepares to shop for soft furnishings with Nina. “How are you?” he drools as Nina comes into the shop. “Scintillating, thank you,” she replies. I love this woman’s dialogue but Dev’s ardour is dampened when Nina tells him that she’s off to London to look after her daughter Tara. Dev’s face drops as his soft furnishing shopping goes out of the window. “But… the cushions, curtains, pouffes,” he bleats. “All on hold,” she replies as she wafts out of the shop.
Sean’s in a state as Marcus leaves the Street. Yes, it’s another tearful farewell, another hug on the cobbles as another one leaves in a taxi. Marcus claims Sean’s too needy and pleady (he is) although Sean does his best to come on to Liam’s cousin Tom. Tom swears he’s not gay and turns Sean down but there’s a look in his eyes that says there just might be summat soon between Sean and Tom.
Mind you, cousin Tom’s got worries when his LadsRags business with Liam gets turned down for a bank loan. The company could be onto a winner with an exclusive contract from All American Booty (don’t ask me, I just write the update) who sell t-shirts for men. Just remember, guys: LadsRags, because you’re worth it. Tom doesn’t tell Liam the bad news about the loan, he just goes to Carla Connor and asks her to invest. It was like a bad episode of Dragons’ Den. “I’ll offer you tuppence-ha’penny for 99.9% of your business. Deal or No Deal?” Carla could have purred. It’s a deal, of course and one that Liam’s all a fluster about when he finds out. Carla doesn’t want evil Tony to know about this new business partnership and Liam doesn’t want Maria to know so there’ll be lots of secret meetings between the pair of them, Carla reminds Liam as he leaves her flat in a state. Now then, I don’t know about Carla Connor. Most women like to come in from work, shower off the day, change clothes and slip into something more comfortable. You can picture it, can’t you? Trackysuit bottoms, fleece socks, oatmeal face-pack and a Bay City Rollers t-shirt. But not Carla Connor, no. She cooks spag bol in her designer finery and bling. Hmm… maybe that’s where I’m going wrong?
Elsewhere, John Stape’s grandma Nell died this week leaving John upset and in need of some loving that Fiz is only too happy to give. She was once on 15 to 1, was grandma Nell, it was the most exciting afternoon of her life. “Must have had a dull life,” notes Lloyd. “Yes, but she had a lovely little house,” muses Fiz.
And finally, Mel and Abi hit the town to celebrate Mel passing her policeladywoman exams but she ends up in a fight in the centre of town. She was trying to stop a gang of girls from fighting but the girls turn on Mel and Abi and Abi ends up in hospital with a detached retina after getting smashed on the head by a bottle of blue WKD by some loon wearing trackysuit bottoms, fleece socks, oatmeal face pack and a Bay City Rollers t-shirt. Fortunately, Abi’s taken to the same hospital where Jerry Morton’s in so Mel pops to see her dad for a cuddle and a cry while she’s there. Jerry gets sent home and does his best to fend off the poisonous Theresa who claims she’s there to see her kids and not to cook him curry with her special spices in.
Five things we learned in Corrie this week.
1. Liam Connor doesn’t like mushrooms
2. Aunty Pam knows where to buy novelty fish that sing in Japanese
3. Norris’ phone ringtone is Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries
4. Tyrone’s so skint, he’s selling his body to medical research
5. Julie likes to spend an hour in the bath with Dean Koontz
Coronation Street writers this week Jonathan Harvey, Martin Sterling, Damon Rochefort, Mark Burt and Simon Crowther.
Glenda Young
Sep 15, 2008
This week's update written by John Dean. Glenda is
on holiday.
Why not have a look at Glenda's Coronation Street blog at http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com
First a note of caution for those Canadian chums who wrote to cancel their subscription last time in protest at the style of my updates. If you've resubscribed, I'm only doing this one then it's Richard again so DON'T PANIC. (And don't read any further)
Fiz agrees to attend John's Gran's funeral after which he takes her to see his Gran's house (presumably she didn't bequeath him any etchings). He persuades her to stay the night and plights his troth. Twice.
Rita tells Emily about the saucy pictures and it turns out Emily had put them in the envelope for safekeeping, intending to give them to Rita, and forgotten where she'd put them. Cuh! What is she like! Panic over. But Emily still decides she's going to change her will.
Amber asks Darren on a date while Nina is still pursuing Dev, even while he's phoning Prem. However, Dev (or 'Dave' as Prem like to call him) is now introduced to Prem and Dev's daughter and takes an instant liking to her. Amber points out that if Bollywood transferred to Manchester it would be Brollywood. Brollywood!!! Geddit??!! Please yourselves.
Mel goes chasing after the yobette who beat up her pal after concluding Abby will have to go down the Job Centre to ask if they have any jobs for one-eyed ex-coppers. But Teresa follows her, talks her out of revenge and then attacks the yobette herself when Mel isn't looking. All Mel sees is that Mum has saved her job and probably kept her out of jail. They begin to bond. Unfortunately, Mel later overhears her and Jerry talking about the poisoning and the rest of the kids hear the argument between Mel and Teresa. So now the whole family knows that their Mum tried to poison their Dad. Yes, this was a scene from a Wallywood movie, capped only by Mel arresting her own Mother for the attempted murder of her Dad. Jerry refuses to confirm the details forthe Custody Sergeant and Teresa walks free.
Liam gets involved more deeply with Carla in the business and lies to Maria about going off to meetings with her and Tom. Truly, a typical Follywood film.
Liz and Harry plan on getting together but agree they need some secret means of communication. Harry suggests tin cans connected by string. Obviously, mobile phones would never do the job. And Harry hires Lloyd to keep tabs on the Missus so he can keep one step ahead of her. Meanwhile the Missus tries to make a similar arrangement with Lloyd. Will Lloyd turn into a double agent? A triple agent? Will he make Kim Philby look like Dangermouse?
This week's writers were Peter Whalley, Jan McVerry, Julie Jones and Chris Fewtrell
John Dean
Why not have a look at Glenda's Coronation Street blog at http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com
First a note of caution for those Canadian chums who wrote to cancel their subscription last time in protest at the style of my updates. If you've resubscribed, I'm only doing this one then it's Richard again so DON'T PANIC. (And don't read any further)
Fiz agrees to attend John's Gran's funeral after which he takes her to see his Gran's house (presumably she didn't bequeath him any etchings). He persuades her to stay the night and plights his troth. Twice.
Rita tells Emily about the saucy pictures and it turns out Emily had put them in the envelope for safekeeping, intending to give them to Rita, and forgotten where she'd put them. Cuh! What is she like! Panic over. But Emily still decides she's going to change her will.
Amber asks Darren on a date while Nina is still pursuing Dev, even while he's phoning Prem. However, Dev (or 'Dave' as Prem like to call him) is now introduced to Prem and Dev's daughter and takes an instant liking to her. Amber points out that if Bollywood transferred to Manchester it would be Brollywood. Brollywood!!! Geddit??!! Please yourselves.
Mel goes chasing after the yobette who beat up her pal after concluding Abby will have to go down the Job Centre to ask if they have any jobs for one-eyed ex-coppers. But Teresa follows her, talks her out of revenge and then attacks the yobette herself when Mel isn't looking. All Mel sees is that Mum has saved her job and probably kept her out of jail. They begin to bond. Unfortunately, Mel later overhears her and Jerry talking about the poisoning and the rest of the kids hear the argument between Mel and Teresa. So now the whole family knows that their Mum tried to poison their Dad. Yes, this was a scene from a Wallywood movie, capped only by Mel arresting her own Mother for the attempted murder of her Dad. Jerry refuses to confirm the details forthe Custody Sergeant and Teresa walks free.
Liam gets involved more deeply with Carla in the business and lies to Maria about going off to meetings with her and Tom. Truly, a typical Follywood film.
Liz and Harry plan on getting together but agree they need some secret means of communication. Harry suggests tin cans connected by string. Obviously, mobile phones would never do the job. And Harry hires Lloyd to keep tabs on the Missus so he can keep one step ahead of her. Meanwhile the Missus tries to make a similar arrangement with Lloyd. Will Lloyd turn into a double agent? A triple agent? Will he make Kim Philby look like Dangermouse?
This week's writers were Peter Whalley, Jan McVerry, Julie Jones and Chris Fewtrell
John Dean
Sep
22, 2008
Sep 29, 2008
This week's update written by Richard Whitbread.
Glenda is on holiday.
Why not have a look at Glenda's Coronation Street blog at http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com
John and Fiz almost start playing happy families but John overplays his hand telling everyone that Fiz is moving to the middle of nowhere in his Gran's house. Fiz isn't and it is all off. John knows who to blame - Rosie, so when he swaps shifts with Lloyd he collects Rosie from a night out on the town and takes her for ride into the countryside and detaches her mobile phone from her whilst driving(!). Anyway he wants her to leave Weatherfield and he will be able to get Fiz back. Having scared her he brings her back to the Street. She recovers her normal demeanour and refuses to pay the fare - as witnessed by Lloyd. Sally refuses to believe her story when faced with Lloyd's evidence and not only pays the fare but tips John as well.
Becky and Jason are flat hunting but frankly they are not impressed by anything they see.
Maria makes it clear that she does not want Liam gadding off to New York so Tom is sent on his own. Liam does not take this particularly well, but then he is a married man and under the thumb. Later on with nothing to do and completely bored he phones Carla - as if that is a good idea. And they he compounds it by actually meeting her - with no-one else present. And guess what - he still fancies her and she can still wind him up.
And the factory syndicate has won £25k on the lottery - which Janice finds when she and Leanne check the ticket. However Janice is fed up with the others because they did not cover for her with Carla and she does not get around to telling them about the winnings. Then silver tongued Leanne turns on the charm, pointing out that perhaps, just perhaps, there was no point in telling the rest of the bunch. Indeed perhaps they could share it between them? Indeed with a false identity - say "Rosie Webster" and a vacant address (the flat next to Janice's) they could claim the winnings for themselves.
Things have got quieter in the Morton household - but Jerry knows that something has to change or Teresa will never stop hanging around.
And Dan the bookie has started chasing Liz again, even though Clarissa is onto him and has banned him from the Rovers. Lloyd is acting as secret agent for Harry and Clarissa keeping each informed on the other! Clarissa pulls a fast one and finds out that Harry has been lying so pretends to be ill to avoid a charity do. Liz gets invited and spends a fortune on a new dress and accoutrements. Clarissa achieves a stunning recovery (plus wearing a new dress herself) and she and Harry arrive in the Rovers prior to the charity do! Meanwhile Vernon has delivered an ultimatum to Liz - he has a record contract and he is leaving - will she join him? He gives her a 20 minute window of opportunity. Liz upset by Harry decides to join him - arriving as he drives his van away into the night.
And finally reverting to Webster land Sophie is unhappy as there is no money to pay for her ski-ing trip (lucky girl - who in their right mind actually wants to go somewhere cold for a holiday?). Kevin wants to get the garage back on its feet and discusses it with his father. Bill suggests that getting Tyrone onside by making him a partner is the solution - so Ty gets 30%!
Talking of people having a night out Carla refuses to join Tony at a fashion show party - she has a prior engagement! So Tony engages brain and invites Rosie to show him and provides some money for her to buy some suitable clothes for seducing potential buyers!
Another fun packed week on the Street. John Stape is but a step from going completely loopy; Liam has decided the bird in the bush is preferable to the one in his hand; Liz has lost both Harry and Vernon and probably wants revenge; and Kevin is going to be working for nothing for a while - but then he no longer has to pay school fees (one wonders how he managed that in the first place anyway).
And for my readers, I promise another update shortly to bring you all up to date. And this time around Glenda did not leave the credit card so it is a bit frugal in Update Towers!
Cheers
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K Richard W
Why not have a look at Glenda's Coronation Street blog at http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com
John and Fiz almost start playing happy families but John overplays his hand telling everyone that Fiz is moving to the middle of nowhere in his Gran's house. Fiz isn't and it is all off. John knows who to blame - Rosie, so when he swaps shifts with Lloyd he collects Rosie from a night out on the town and takes her for ride into the countryside and detaches her mobile phone from her whilst driving(!). Anyway he wants her to leave Weatherfield and he will be able to get Fiz back. Having scared her he brings her back to the Street. She recovers her normal demeanour and refuses to pay the fare - as witnessed by Lloyd. Sally refuses to believe her story when faced with Lloyd's evidence and not only pays the fare but tips John as well.
Becky and Jason are flat hunting but frankly they are not impressed by anything they see.
Maria makes it clear that she does not want Liam gadding off to New York so Tom is sent on his own. Liam does not take this particularly well, but then he is a married man and under the thumb. Later on with nothing to do and completely bored he phones Carla - as if that is a good idea. And they he compounds it by actually meeting her - with no-one else present. And guess what - he still fancies her and she can still wind him up.
And the factory syndicate has won £25k on the lottery - which Janice finds when she and Leanne check the ticket. However Janice is fed up with the others because they did not cover for her with Carla and she does not get around to telling them about the winnings. Then silver tongued Leanne turns on the charm, pointing out that perhaps, just perhaps, there was no point in telling the rest of the bunch. Indeed perhaps they could share it between them? Indeed with a false identity - say "Rosie Webster" and a vacant address (the flat next to Janice's) they could claim the winnings for themselves.
Things have got quieter in the Morton household - but Jerry knows that something has to change or Teresa will never stop hanging around.
And Dan the bookie has started chasing Liz again, even though Clarissa is onto him and has banned him from the Rovers. Lloyd is acting as secret agent for Harry and Clarissa keeping each informed on the other! Clarissa pulls a fast one and finds out that Harry has been lying so pretends to be ill to avoid a charity do. Liz gets invited and spends a fortune on a new dress and accoutrements. Clarissa achieves a stunning recovery (plus wearing a new dress herself) and she and Harry arrive in the Rovers prior to the charity do! Meanwhile Vernon has delivered an ultimatum to Liz - he has a record contract and he is leaving - will she join him? He gives her a 20 minute window of opportunity. Liz upset by Harry decides to join him - arriving as he drives his van away into the night.
And finally reverting to Webster land Sophie is unhappy as there is no money to pay for her ski-ing trip (lucky girl - who in their right mind actually wants to go somewhere cold for a holiday?). Kevin wants to get the garage back on its feet and discusses it with his father. Bill suggests that getting Tyrone onside by making him a partner is the solution - so Ty gets 30%!
Talking of people having a night out Carla refuses to join Tony at a fashion show party - she has a prior engagement! So Tony engages brain and invites Rosie to show him and provides some money for her to buy some suitable clothes for seducing potential buyers!
Another fun packed week on the Street. John Stape is but a step from going completely loopy; Liam has decided the bird in the bush is preferable to the one in his hand; Liz has lost both Harry and Vernon and probably wants revenge; and Kevin is going to be working for nothing for a while - but then he no longer has to pay school fees (one wonders how he managed that in the first place anyway).
And for my readers, I promise another update shortly to bring you all up to date. And this time around Glenda did not leave the credit card so it is a bit frugal in Update Towers!
Cheers
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K Richard W
Sep 29, 2008
This week's update written by Richard Whitbread.
Glenda is on holiday.
Why not have a look at Glenda's Coronation Street blog at http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com
The good news is that Glenda is back with us next week, the bad news is that she will have a few less people to write about ... read on to find out who has let and how they went.
Rosie is going to have her work cut out not to be completely overshadowed by Sophie given the way the later is developing her brains and speaking powers - in the latter case the fish fingers obviously did some good - especially when she points out if Kev had sold Ty his share for £325 she could go skiing with the rest of the class! Rosie of course will always excel at looking cheap and tarty no matter how expensive the clothes and in the Rovers waiting for Tony she almost looks over dressed for once. Anyway Tony has made it up with Carla who will go to the ball and she gets a public dumping. Empty headed Rosie lets her mouth do the talking and tells Kevin just how Tony knew how much the business was worth - the turnover, contracts - and she handed it over - because he is a dinosaur - even Mum says so (although Sal denies it).
The following day Carla tells him it was a big mistake to upset the hired help and he is to cheer her up. So Tony offers Rosie a meal in a big grown up hotel - Baden House. They enjoy pinot grigio, which Rosie pours down her throat like the cider she is more used to consuming and gets just a lot tipsy. At the end of the meal she gives Tony a surprise of her own - obviously a room key hidden inside a napkin. He signs the bill as to both his and the waiter's surprise he is staying! He finds the room and wanders in and we are all treated to the sight of Rosie wearing a bodice which just about covers her nipples and her bottom and not a lot else. She is offering him a glass of champagne and much more but once again she gets rejected - Carla is the woman for him. Once again empty headed Rosie opens her mouth and this time points out that Carla has other fish to fry and to prove her point shows him the mobile video of Carla kissing Liam from a few weeks ago. Tony has little choice but to believe her, pours coffee down her to sober her up, get some clothes on her and then he departs telling her to find her own way home. However he keeps her mobile and we see no more of Rosie, so she is our first missing person of the week.
Takes Sally a while to realise that Rosie did not come home and she starts worrying. Kev and Sophie are not worried in the slightest. Eventually the police are called and both Tony and John are interviewed. Tony tells most of the truth, but does not mention the mobile which he drops in the canal. John however answers the questions in a funny way. He was on duty the previous evening in the town centre and the police do not seem to check the log of his movements. Now where did Fiz say the lonely house was?
Liz realises that she has been completely stupid - not because of Vernon's departure but over Harry, so she sits down with Clarissa and they plan a comeuppance for Harry. Harry is summoned to the back room of the Rovers where Liz ensures that he removes most of clothing (and to be honest I am not going any further with that) to a point at which Clarissa appears and can be seen taking photographs of him to make him look a complete fool. He is made to depart largely unclothed through the bar to the obvious amusement of the drinkers. Humiliated Harry decides to leave Weatherfield and go and see his old mates, he is giving up on women. Within days however he is on the phone to his son offering first refusal on the business as he needs the money for something new. Where will Dan find any money - in case you had forgotten there is a credit crisis and banks in the UK no longer lend money (and no-one with a half a brain is paying any money into a bank in case it is the next one to go bust). So the second missing person is Harry - a short stay but I bet he enjoyed it!
And that brings us to R'Janice and R'Leanne who are running the old lottery scam - cash the cheque and spend the money! And they have this wonderful idea - a false identity and address - Rosie Webster living in the empty flat next to Jan's. Jan gets some false ID from a man in a pub and a bank account is opened and the cheque collected and banked. Explanation to the Street residents is the death of R'Jan's favourite uncle that no-one has ever heard her mention. The two agree not to touch the cash - well for a while, except that Jan and Roger want a new HUGE (sorry cannot do large enough typeface) flat screen telly so that they can see themselves in HD! (The thought of Janice's scowl is HD is enough to curdle the milk in the fridge). And Leanne has a bright idea of her half share as well.
Maria thinks she is pregnant as she is feeling sick this morning. Oh no it is only food poisoning. Yawn.
Jelly Roll Morton, Kayleigh (the love of Chesney's life) and Findlay (the one who was not Lloyd's son) go on holiday, but the kids do not know they are not coming back as Jelly forgot to tell them. Three more people for Glenda not to write about. It really is becoming a ghost town. Can anyone explain the finances or sense behind a man who is clearly not well moving to Spain with two young kids and no local support mechanism or family? No me neither.
And Tony is thinking fast. He tells Carla that he has to meet an old friend for the evening. Instead he hangs around outside Carla's flat. Tom has returned from the USA and needs to update the business partners on the new product he has seen. After a while Tom decides he is going night clubbing and departs leaving Carla and Liam alone together. Liam makes a pass and Carla refuses at least in side the building telling him to go. But outside, obviously in full view of mad, staring eyed Tony they share a long passionate kiss.
Will there be another body or missing person or both by Wednesday.
Watch this space - Glenda is coming.
Thanks to all the team at ITV Productions that have made my updates possible.
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K Richard W
Why not have a look at Glenda's Coronation Street blog at http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com
The good news is that Glenda is back with us next week, the bad news is that she will have a few less people to write about ... read on to find out who has let and how they went.
Rosie is going to have her work cut out not to be completely overshadowed by Sophie given the way the later is developing her brains and speaking powers - in the latter case the fish fingers obviously did some good - especially when she points out if Kev had sold Ty his share for £325 she could go skiing with the rest of the class! Rosie of course will always excel at looking cheap and tarty no matter how expensive the clothes and in the Rovers waiting for Tony she almost looks over dressed for once. Anyway Tony has made it up with Carla who will go to the ball and she gets a public dumping. Empty headed Rosie lets her mouth do the talking and tells Kevin just how Tony knew how much the business was worth - the turnover, contracts - and she handed it over - because he is a dinosaur - even Mum says so (although Sal denies it).
The following day Carla tells him it was a big mistake to upset the hired help and he is to cheer her up. So Tony offers Rosie a meal in a big grown up hotel - Baden House. They enjoy pinot grigio, which Rosie pours down her throat like the cider she is more used to consuming and gets just a lot tipsy. At the end of the meal she gives Tony a surprise of her own - obviously a room key hidden inside a napkin. He signs the bill as to both his and the waiter's surprise he is staying! He finds the room and wanders in and we are all treated to the sight of Rosie wearing a bodice which just about covers her nipples and her bottom and not a lot else. She is offering him a glass of champagne and much more but once again she gets rejected - Carla is the woman for him. Once again empty headed Rosie opens her mouth and this time points out that Carla has other fish to fry and to prove her point shows him the mobile video of Carla kissing Liam from a few weeks ago. Tony has little choice but to believe her, pours coffee down her to sober her up, get some clothes on her and then he departs telling her to find her own way home. However he keeps her mobile and we see no more of Rosie, so she is our first missing person of the week.
Takes Sally a while to realise that Rosie did not come home and she starts worrying. Kev and Sophie are not worried in the slightest. Eventually the police are called and both Tony and John are interviewed. Tony tells most of the truth, but does not mention the mobile which he drops in the canal. John however answers the questions in a funny way. He was on duty the previous evening in the town centre and the police do not seem to check the log of his movements. Now where did Fiz say the lonely house was?
Liz realises that she has been completely stupid - not because of Vernon's departure but over Harry, so she sits down with Clarissa and they plan a comeuppance for Harry. Harry is summoned to the back room of the Rovers where Liz ensures that he removes most of clothing (and to be honest I am not going any further with that) to a point at which Clarissa appears and can be seen taking photographs of him to make him look a complete fool. He is made to depart largely unclothed through the bar to the obvious amusement of the drinkers. Humiliated Harry decides to leave Weatherfield and go and see his old mates, he is giving up on women. Within days however he is on the phone to his son offering first refusal on the business as he needs the money for something new. Where will Dan find any money - in case you had forgotten there is a credit crisis and banks in the UK no longer lend money (and no-one with a half a brain is paying any money into a bank in case it is the next one to go bust). So the second missing person is Harry - a short stay but I bet he enjoyed it!
And that brings us to R'Janice and R'Leanne who are running the old lottery scam - cash the cheque and spend the money! And they have this wonderful idea - a false identity and address - Rosie Webster living in the empty flat next to Jan's. Jan gets some false ID from a man in a pub and a bank account is opened and the cheque collected and banked. Explanation to the Street residents is the death of R'Jan's favourite uncle that no-one has ever heard her mention. The two agree not to touch the cash - well for a while, except that Jan and Roger want a new HUGE (sorry cannot do large enough typeface) flat screen telly so that they can see themselves in HD! (The thought of Janice's scowl is HD is enough to curdle the milk in the fridge). And Leanne has a bright idea of her half share as well.
Maria thinks she is pregnant as she is feeling sick this morning. Oh no it is only food poisoning. Yawn.
Jelly Roll Morton, Kayleigh (the love of Chesney's life) and Findlay (the one who was not Lloyd's son) go on holiday, but the kids do not know they are not coming back as Jelly forgot to tell them. Three more people for Glenda not to write about. It really is becoming a ghost town. Can anyone explain the finances or sense behind a man who is clearly not well moving to Spain with two young kids and no local support mechanism or family? No me neither.
And Tony is thinking fast. He tells Carla that he has to meet an old friend for the evening. Instead he hangs around outside Carla's flat. Tom has returned from the USA and needs to update the business partners on the new product he has seen. After a while Tom decides he is going night clubbing and departs leaving Carla and Liam alone together. Liam makes a pass and Carla refuses at least in side the building telling him to go. But outside, obviously in full view of mad, staring eyed Tony they share a long passionate kiss.
Will there be another body or missing person or both by Wednesday.
Watch this space - Glenda is coming.
Thanks to all the team at ITV Productions that have made my updates possible.
--
K Richard W
